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Conservatives call on Elon Musk to step in after Liberals provide loan to Ottawa-based satellite operator (www.ctvnews.ca)

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A $2.14-billion federal loan for an Ottawa-based satellite operator has Canadian politicians arguing about whether American billionaire Elon Musk poses a national security risk.

The fight involves internet connectivity in remote regions as Canada tries to live up to its promise to connect every Canadian household to high-speed internet by 2030.

A week ago, the Liberal government announced the loan to Telesat, which is launching a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites that will be able to connect the most remote areas of the country to broadband internet.

Conservative MP Michael Barrett objected to the price tag, asking Musk in a social media post how much it would cost to provide his Starlink to every Canadian household that does not have high-speed access.

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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Naa we gave nearly a trillion to the telcoms. The point stands that while musk is a piece of shit, he did something that govs and other private companies didn't.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because for some reason America likes private companies doing everything now. They are so dependent on Musk one single citizen it’s ridiculous, and a national security threat.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

We've been in that loop for a while. The problem is our gov isn't exactly great at providing shit for the citizens because it's filled with the same people who run the private industries. Which in turn just makes people less trusting of our gov. It's a shit cycle