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Ontario won’t say how much was paid to scrap $100M Starlink deal

Treasury Board President Kinga Surma, who was infrastructure minister when Ontario signed and later cancelled the agreement with Elon Musk's SpaceX, declined Thursday to disclose the cost of terminating the deal when repeatedly asked about it by media.

Published Sep 24, 2026 at 7:46pm

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Barbara Patrocinio
Ontario won’t say how much was paid to scrap $100M Starlink deal

Kinga Surma, the minister of infrastructure, attends a media availability at Ontario Place, in Toronto, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

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