The leader of the most populous province in Canada Ontario said on Monday that he had been rejected by the Starlink Internet Service, in response to the caring tariffs of US President Donald Trump on Canada.
The senior official of the Canadian government also said that Canada is not convinced that on Tuesday he can avoid tariffs as Mexico did, because the goals seem more change for Canada than in Mexico. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, was not authorized to speak publicly.
Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that their planned tariffs were waiting for a month to give time to further negotiations. The statement was confirmed by the White House.
Trump has previously announced on social media that he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday morning and talk to him again in the afternoon. Both Canada and Mexico planned to collect their own tariffs in response to American actions, but Mexico was maintained for a moment.
Business of US companies
Prime Minister Ontario Doug Ford, who said he also banned US companies from provincial contracts, signed a $ 100 million ($ 68 million) with a Canadian $ 100 million ($ 68 million) with a Musk company in November to deliver high-speed internet in farsts in rural and northern Ontario.
“We will take out the Province’s contract with Starlink. Ontario will not work with the people of Hellbent about the destruction of our economy,” Ford said.
“President Trump is the only person to blame. Maybe Elon Musk can call his friend? This is one of the consequences.”
Ford said that companies based in the US will lose “tens of billions of dollars” in new revenues as a result of an answer of Ontario.
“We just won’t use US companies,” Ford said. “And whether we build a hospital, if we build anything, if we build a dog house, I want to make sure we use Ontario Steel, Canadian products, Canadian wood, Ontario Wood, anything.
“I don’t care if it’s a toothpick. We have to buy from Canada and Ontario.”
Ontario and other provinces have already planned to remove American brand alcoholic beverages from the shelves of government stores. Alcohol Control Committee in Ontario sales of almost $ 1 billion ($ 687 million) of American wine, beer, alcoholic beverages and settlements every year, Ford said.
“Canada has not started this fight with the US, but you better believe we are ready to win,” Ford said, who called the elections for his province last week.
Ford said he wanted a four -year term that surpasses Trump’s mandate.
“He wants to come after us?” he asked. “I still heard that an American citizen says Canada is a problem.”
Canada and Mexico ordered the retail retailers to US goods in response to the festive tariffs imposed by Trump. Ford also encouraged the companies to put the Canadian flag on products so that the Canadians can know what to buy.
“This is a tax on American citizens. This is what Donald Trump does to his own people,” said Ford, who described Musk as part of Trump’s team “who wants to destroy family revenues, destroys the companies. He wants to take off the food to exclude a table of diligent people and I will not tolerate it. “
Trump responded on Sunday, criticizing the Canadian surplus with the United States and claiming that without that excess, “Canada ceases to exist as a sustainable country. Sharp, but true! Therefore Canada should become our nurtured 51. State. Much lower taxes and far better military Protection for the people of Canada – and no tariff! “
