{"id":34863,"date":"2025-07-30T17:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34863\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:36:07","slug":"ontario-officially-cancels-starlink-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34863\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario officially cancels Starlink contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ontario has officially cancelled its $100-million contract with Starlink<\/a>, but the province refuses to say how much it cost taxpayers to get out of the deal.<\/p>\n

Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce confirmed the cancellation, but did not answer numerous questions about the kill fee the province will have to pay Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have cancelled the contract, and we\u2019re [working] to find a Canadian alternative,\u201d Lecce said. When prompted further, Lecce noted that Ontario Premier Doug Ford had fulfilled his word to cancel it.<\/p>\n

Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma announced the deal last year to deliver high-speed internet to 15,000 residents in rural and northern Ontario.<\/p>\n

The deal would have also included Starlink internet for remote First Nations.<\/p>\n

Lecce says the province is working on another high-speed internet solution.<\/p>\n

Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened to kill the deal<\/a> in February if U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods were imposed, and he ultimately pulled the deal in March when U.S. President Donald Trump implemented those tariffs.<\/p>\n

The Starlink network was developed by SpaceX, a Musk-owned space exploration company headquartered in the United States. Starlink is a low-Earth orbit satellite constellation, reaching altitudes of about 600 kilometres. The satellites can deliver broadband internet to remote locations that have long been without fast, reliable internet service.<\/p>\n

Starlink is also a popular choice among Canadian households. Approximately 300,000 homes got their internet connections through Starlink in 2023, according to a 2024 report from the Global Media and Internet Concentration Project. Those homes were primarily in remote parts of the country where broadband access is poor, non-existent or prohibitively expensive.<\/p>\n

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