Canada’s most populous province and its economic engine, Ontario, has announced a ban on US companies bidding on tens of billions of dollars worth of government contracts and cancelled a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink in response to US tariffs.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford made this announcement in a post on X on Monday.

“Ontario won’t do business with people hell-bent on destroying our economy.

“US-based businesses will now lose out on tens of billions of dollars in new revenues. They only have President Trump to blame,” he said.

Ford said he was ripping up a Can$100 million (US$68 million) contract with Starlink, signed in November, to provide internet services to 15,000 homes and businesses in remote northern parts of Ontario.