Ontario rips up Starlink deal, plans to tax electricity in response to Trump trade war [Video]

Ontario will rip up its $100-million deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink internet provider and U.S. companies will be banned from procurement contracts as part of the province’s response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.

Premier Doug Ford announced the measures Tuesday, adding he’s warning lawmakers in New York, Michigan and Minnesota that if the trade war “persists” Ontario will put a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity flowing into the states and potentially cut the flow off entirely.

Ontario supplies roughly 1.5 million customers in the border states with electricity.

“This is not the outcome anyone wanted,” Ford said at Queen’s Park in Toronto. “We could have poured our efforts into making Canada and the U.S. the two richest, most successful, safest, most secure two countries on the planet. Unfortunately, one man — President Trump — has chosen chaos instead.”

Just after midnight, Trump moved ahead with long-threatened 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods. A 10 per cent tariff will similarly …