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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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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

The problem occurs in 2030 when Elon decides that only Russian settlers in the North can get satellite Internet because the Canadians might use it offensively in their war, against Russian settlers in Canada.

[-] TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

This is an interesting scenario with the entire military might of the US sitting in Alaska at this moment literally there to prevent this exact thing from happening. I mean, fun to think about, but not happening any time soon. Especially by the year 2030.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

It's really just to illustrate why no one should be trusting Elon. He did that exact thing to Ukraine when they tried to counter attack early on.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

This whole thing is infuriating. Musk is demonstrably a risk and this is just more “more money for you” vote spraying and fuck the consequences.

I for one am happy to loan the tax dollars to a Canadian company.

Arctic sovereignty not your thing, Pierre?

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