Ontario cancels Starlink contract in latest Canadian tariffs protest


FILE PHOTO: A Starlink satellite internet system is set up on a miners boat on the Madeira River in Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 4, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Ontario on Monday announced it was cancelling a C$100 million ($68.12 million) contract with Elon Musk's Starlink, the latest retaliatory move against tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Ontario, the most populous of the 10 provinces and Canada's industrial heartland, also said it was banning U.S. companies from provincial contracts.

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