You know, there are competitors to Starlink. After this, if Canadian company (or Premier) needing satellite internet doesn't consider those other options, then their loyalties are suspect.
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Then give up your Canadian Citizenship. What a moron! And to think Americans are allowing him to gut your agencies. Hit the streets. Demand truthful answers from your representatives. Protect democracy, and yourselves.
Remember when we got our boxers bunched over Huawei? Doug Ford is MAGA. He can no more protect us than the scorpion could resist stinging the frog. Doug Ford will always sell us out. It is his nature.
#onpoli
Man I wish I could cancel mine. Did several more inquiries from local suppliers but there’s still no comparable alternative for where I live in a valley in the rurals.
Then he is not really a person. Because his mother is from Canada.
This is why not to do drugs or pretend you’re smart or self-label yourself as autistic. When you go full asshole, you just look bad.
He gave FOX news OUR money to run ads during an Elon and Trump interview. He is doing a Starlink deal with this enemy of ours AND he wants to bore a useless tunnel. Guess who owns a boring company? Elon does. That's who.
I've written to both Ford and my MPP more than a few times regarding Starlink, and to voice outrage over the Fox ads. Musk's latest threats to cut off Starlink to extort minerals from Ukraine should be a deal-breaker.
It absolutely should. Elon is the one behind Trump's messaging to take over Canada. It's ELON doing this. Any and all interaction by any of our leaders with Elon Musk should be considered ground for removal and for legal action against that leader. I called Ford's office.
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Elon has Canadian citizenship through his mother. If Canada doesn't exist, they he can give up that citizenship. We Canadians will be just fine with that.
Hey Elon! I'm sure I speak for 30 million good neighbors up north, when I say, "Go FUCK yourself."
/You are not a government employee
//Go back to Seth Effrica and GtFO.
If you live in a rural area and need to rely on satellite connection for internet and phone service,there is no other reliable source than starlink. I don't like it, but there is no other option where I am. I was able to reduce my Shaw satellite service by $60/month and save money overall.
For context, this is the exact same argument that Putin and Russian imperialists make about Ukraine. Saying a country isn’t “real” is usually a precursor to saying “it belongs to us.”
It’s a reprehensible, and sadly very ancient, form of imperialist rationalization.
Well, pretty much everything about Ford is suspect and corrupt, but this is definitely the big one. It's a question of national security, but Ford and Elon are on the same team it would appear.
Elon is not a real man. He has more artificial bits than robo-cop.
Bring back Anik Satellites!
(or just launch more. I don't know how satellites work.)
I know that, just not 100% certain if he has dual citizenship and holds a valid Cdn passport...
Because if he doesn't think Canada is a real Country, he's defrauding the US by using it.
Canada should boycott everything from this Nazi. He says Canada isn't a real country? Well, everyone is beginning to realize you're not a real genius. You fucking subtard
Oh, I accept he'd only do it for his benefit in any case and it's a strong play to cash in on the pro Canadian sovereignty feeling. But as he's learned, he gets most of the benefit just talking big. 👿
How can we citizens bring pressure to bear on the Ford regime to cancel the Starlink contract? I live in a staunchly Conservative riding and my vote on Thursday will not change that. To allow Musk to do business and to give him that level of power here is unconscionable.
I don’t know how long the federal plan to create a remote internet solution will take (Quebec signed on), but the wait has to be worth it for Ontario to break the deal with Starlink.
OH we know. It's one reason why we're not impressed with the talk of how much Americans love their Constitution over the years has been just that; talk.
Elon is a Canadian citizen & says this. He's an American citizen & has the same level of contempt of the US. I'm sure he hate South Africa too. I encourage Canada to stay far away from anything related to Musk.
Thank you. We in Ontario (who actually have a brain) have demanded the contract be torn up. But Ford is as corrupt as trump, so… and we have far too many lazy, stupid voters in this province.
Doug Ford was Captain Canada for five minutes. Then he signed back on with Elon Musk. Then he called an unnecessary election for completely self-interested reasons.
I live in a regional area and only have access to satellite internet, which isn't great, but I refuse to use starlink even though I have the option of WFH which is difficult with current access, but I won't give the Space Karen my money or business
Canada should lure him up there, put him in a limo and just accidentally lose him somewhere in the interior. Not forever! Just for a few months maybe? It’s a big country. I know you guys can do it, I believe in you.
I know BC just inked a deal with an Ontario company for micro satellite monitoring of forests for early fire detection. But they’re not the big telecommunications companies. So, thanks for the QC example.
The problem is starlink is an order of magnitude better than all other satellite options of how it is designed in terms of orbit and # of satellites. I've used other satellite internet providers. Almost unusable for many things. Ping times of half a second because of how far away the satellite is.
Starlink satellites being in low earth orbit allows for latency not that different than ground-based internet. While others are working on similar constellations, they're not ready yet. Many will be launched on SpaceX (Falcon 9) rockets anyway, bc they're the cheapest and most reliable provider.
So for decent rural broadband, your current choices are big cellular data network build-outs, actually wiring everyone's houses, or starlink. The latter is by far the cheapest option, which is why Ontario and PEI went with it.
This is a genuine problem wrt Elon. SpaceX is literally without peer as a launch provider and Starlink piggybacks on that. Given recent events, this is a massive liability for humanity. The possible alternative provider is...Blue Origin (if New Glenn can stick the landing), & thus Bezos. Not. Great.
True, but the only thing Ford gets done on time is alcohol related. Maybe he could take the starling money and put it towards Telesat to get it moving quicker.
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#onpoli
This is why not to do drugs or pretend you’re smart or self-label yourself as autistic. When you go full asshole, you just look bad.
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Make Telesat Great Again
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telesat
/You are not a government employee
//Go back to Seth Effrica and GtFO.
I am begging our leaders to prepare for war. It's coming unless we deter them.
… but why doesn’t he back up his Tweet by renouncing his citizenship on his own?
F*ck Elon!!
"You think I do? All they listen to up there is Anne Murray and Gordon Lightfoot," Remmy from Sliders
It’s a reprehensible, and sadly very ancient, form of imperialist rationalization.
Bring back Anik Satellites!
(or just launch more. I don't know how satellites work.)
Revocation shouldn't be a problem.
Because if he doesn't think Canada is a real Country, he's defrauding the US by using it.
This is where the rubber meets the road, jackass. You cancel the contract or you are complicit, full stop.
#NeverVoteConservative
248,000 e-signatures on the petition already!
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5353
Since he doesn't even think we are a real country.
more sinister.
Exactly Russia: Ukraine is not a real country
Anyone still has doubt he is a Russian agent should check his head!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KcyGFYwYVQ
Now the US FAA is going to run on it, so I expect Democratic politicians are going to start falling out of the sky.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-5353
Seattle’s protest last weekend shut the store down.
Need some canadians to go to https://teslatakedown.com and put in a date and time to meet other Canadians!
#teslatakedown
#occupytesla
Quebec is working to purge their Starlink deals.
I know BC just inked a deal with an Ontario company for micro satellite monitoring of forests for early fire detection. But they’re not the big telecommunications companies. So, thanks for the QC example.