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Ontario's payout to Elon Musk over cancelled Starlink contract to remain secret
Ontario paid a confidential kill fee well below $100 million to SpaceX after canceling a Starlink contract amid trade tensions and political disputes with the U.S.
- On March 13, 2026, the Ontario provincial government announced a confidential settlement with SpaceX that keeps the payout secret, saying the kill fee is significantly less than the contract value.
- Doug Ford pulled the Starlink contract as part of retaliatory measures after Trump launched tariffs in March 2025, and he defended cancelling it before implementation.
- SpaceX, Elon Musk's company, planned to be operational by June 2025 as part of Ontario's $4-billion plan to expand high-speed internet for 15,000 households, but the deal remains confidential, the province said.
- As a result, communities and critics note remote First Nations in northern Ontario now pay for Starlink privately, while the Ontario government remains secretive about the payout, the province said.
- Two senior Ontario government sources said the deal was seen as aligning with Trump's policies, as Musk publicly backed Trump and replied 'cool' to Ford's X post, and Musk wrote 'Canada is not a real country' earlier in 2025.
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The province says it cannot make public the amount of the payment to Elon Musk's company.
·Montreal, Canada
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Confidential settlement for scuttled Starlink deal means Ontarians kept in dark on payout
Ontario's payout to Elon Musk's SpaceX over a cancelled Starlink contract will remain a secret after the two sides agreed to a confidential settlement, The Canadian Press has learned.
·Ottawa, Canada
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Ontario’s payout to Elon Musk over cancelled Starlink contract to remain secret
TORONTO - Ontario's payout to Elon Musk's SpaceX over a cancelled Starlink contract will remain a secret after the two sides agreed to a confidential settlement, The Canadian Press has learned.
·Toronto, Canada
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Ontario's payout to Elon Musk over cancelled Starlink contract to remain secret
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
·Winnipeg, Canada
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Total News Sources23
Leaning Left15Leaning Right0Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution79% Left
Bias Distribution
- 79% of the sources lean Left
79% Left
L 79%
C 21%
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