Overview
- Premier Doug Ford said he does not regret terminating the $100 million SpaceX deal, which he framed as retaliation for President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
- The government has acknowledged it will miss the provincewide high‑speed internet deadline for 2025 and now projects completion in 2028.
- Officials say no feasible alternative satellite provider can immediately match Starlink’s capacity, leaving about 15,000 northern homes without the planned service.
- Ontario paid a break fee to end the contract and is moving to speed fibre deployment through easier attachments to hydro poles as remote construction continues to face setbacks.
- Rival constellations are not yet ready, with Telesat guiding test launches for late 2026 and bulk launches in 2027, while Project Kuiper and OneWeb remain behind in scale.