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Er, wait... that $100M contract with Elon Musk's Starlink that Doug Ford "ripped up"? Doug Ford signed that deal himself when Trudeau wouldn't make a deal with Musk, conning Ontario taxpayers out of $100M for a service worth less than $14M.

Now he's calling a snap election while taking credit for undoing his own crooked deal (with added penalty costs to Ontario taxpayers). The news is only covering his ripping up of the contract, not the origins of the contract to begin with.

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Article Link: https://globalnews.ca/news/10869860/ont-spacex/ Canada Ford government inks $100M deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink system By Isaac Callan Global News Posted November 14, 2024 1:26 pm Updated November 16, 2024 11:53 am 2 min read The Ford government has signed a deal worth roughly $100 million with Elon Musk’s Starlink company to provide high-speed internet to parts of northern and rural Ontario. On Thursday, the province announced Starlink had won a competitive bidding process to run a satellite-based internet program for roughly 15,000 households and businesses beginning in June 2025. “Our government is pleased to work with Starlink to offer a highly advanced satellite internet service that will help people living and working in the hardest to reach areas of the province access high-speed internet,” Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure, said in a statement. “Our government knows how essential it is to have access to online services and supports, which is why we are using all viable options and technologies, including fibre, fixed wireless and satellite to ensure every community across the province has access by the end of 2025.”
Even though #DougFord has 18 months left in his mandate, he called a snap FEBRUARY election. Why? It sure isn’t for the excuse Ford claims. Ford made an utterly corrupt deal with #ElonMuskIsANazi. $100M for 15,000 households when it actually costs $13.97M (including tax)? #onpoli Because anti-democracy proto-fascist #MapleMAGA #Conservatives couldn’t hand Musk 🇨🇦’s satellite broadband at the federal level, they’re doing a workaround by having Conservative led provinces hand Musk Canadian’s taxpayer money: globalnews.ca/news/1086986... #DougFord inks deal with Musk. #cdnpoli
Ford canceled the deal. He’s a transactional conman who knows this will play well and clinch his win. Even though Ford is the one who forged this backroom deal to bypass Trudeau’s refusal of a Starlink deal & when a Canadian option was on the table. #NeverEverTrustConservatives #ONpoli
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