As 2025 winds down, it’s become clear that the Ontario government’s plan to connect everyone in the province to high-speed internet won’t be fulfilled, and now it seems like that deadline is being pushed back to 2028.

This plan wasn’t always destined to fail, though. Until the trade war with the U.S. (and Elon Musk) earlier this year, the Ontario government had a $100 million plan with Starlink to help bring high-speed internet to people living in remote areas . However, it was one of the first things that the Ford government cut in a shot at Musk and his close ties with President Donald Trump.

Without Starlink in the picture, things look more bleak for rural Ontarians, who will now need to either sign up for an unsubsidized version of Starlink or try to find another way to get online. H

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