Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pausing all retaliatory measures in response to U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump chose to delay imposing them on all Canadian imports for 30 days.
That pause includes Ford’s promise to rip up Ontario’s nearly $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink, a spokesperson confirmed.
On Sunday, Ford ordered the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) to strip its shelves of American products in response to the tariffs, which were supposed to start Tuesday.
“If President Trump proceeds with tariffs, we won’t hesitate to remove American products off LCBO shelves or ban American companies from provincial procurement,” Ford said in a statement late Monday afternoon.
Earlier in the day, Ontario PCs had announced a suite of measures to help Ontarians impacted by the tariffs, including a six-month deferral of provincial taxes for Ontario businesses, amounting to roughly $10 billion in cash-flow support.
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