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thelogic has been a member of Linktree for 5 years and joined in February 2021. Besides social media accounts, thelogic has populated their site with: • Subscribe to The Logic • Sign up for Shift - Free weekly newsletter • OPP didn’t tell me before signing contract with Palantir, ex-minister Yasir Naqvi says - The Logic • Canada’s fast-track program for skilled foreign workers keeps pace despite tech slump - The Logic • Clearco CEO Romanow steps down after rocky year for SoftBank-backed fintech - The Logic • Canada tries to build quantum advantage with rollout of $360M national strategy - The Logic • Crypto deep freeze looms over reported Coinsquare, WonderFi merger talks - The Logic • Carbon-capture breakthrough could fuel fast-growing industry - The Logic • Once unwanted, Alberta’s brine could be a key to Canada’s EV supply chain - The Logic • Oilpatch entrepreneur promises ‘bright green hydrogen’ from waste wood - The Logic • Canadian venture capital in 2022: The end of the ‘free-money era’ - The Logic • Crypto Quarterly: The party came to an end for risk-loving traders in 2022 - The Logic • Will billions in EV deals translate into benefits for Canada’s auto workers? - The Logic • Shopify goes after the very biggest businesses with new retail offering - The Logic • The people to watch in Ottawa in 2023 - The Logic • VC Outlook 2023: What nine top Canadian venture capital investors expect in the year ahead - The Logic • Rogers can buy Shaw without hurting telecom competition, tribunal decides - The Logic • Outlook 2023: The Logic’s newsroom picks the business and tech stories to watch - The Logic • IPO Outlook 2023: Will more Canadian tech companies brave the markets in the year ahead? - The Logic • The economy stinks—but that didn’t stop these five founders - The Logic • Canadian M&A ends 2022 with a slowdown after buying spree earlier in year - The Logic • A fintech founder, innovation minister, crypto white knight and more: The Logic’s newsmakers of 2022 - The Logic • DarwinAI raises US$6M to capitalize on electronics manufacturing evolution - The Logic • How an Ontario garbage compactor service tapped into the internet of trash - The Logic • Public companies are under pressure to green their finances. What about private firms? - The Logic • New CRTC chair wants ‘tangible results for Canadians’ - The Logic • How the Liberals’ promises to regulate the internet are progressing - The Logic • How B.C.’s new innovation minister plans to boost the province’s tech sector - The Logic • The Logic’s Staff Picks: What to read, watch and listen to this holiday season - The Logic • Buying into the live-shopping phenomenon - The Logic • Dealmakers warn Ottawa’s proposed foreign-investor rules could stymie tech startups - The Logic • Come by Chance refinery conversion fuelled by $49.5M from Ottawa’s flagship innovation fund - The Logic • With critical-minerals strategy, Canada seeks to ease development of key cleantech resources - The Logic • Federal disaster-preparedness funding on hold awaiting official announcements - The Logic • Canada seeking to tighten foreign-investment rules in sensitive sectors - The Logic • Tesla urging Canada to focus on heavy-duty EV charging infrastructure, document shows - The Logic • Green finance focus shifts to biodiversity as Montreal prepares to host COP15 - The Logic • Ontario court ruling limits damages in privacy-breach cases - The Logic • Over a third of respondents concerned about job security: Survey - The Logic • The battery scene in Seoul - The Logic • Canadian tech firms face effects of another uncertainty: A stronger U.S. dollar - The Logic • The Real story: How one of Canada’s pioneering VC firms hit the wall - The Logic • Shopify’s app store is its secret weapon. Now it’s investing millions in some developers. What about the rest? - The Logic • Canadian crypto platforms pushed for crackdown on offshore competitors before FTX collapse - The Logic • Canada looks to boost trade, innovation ties with Indo-Pacific in new strategy - The Logic • Fintech startup Tiptap opts for equity crowdfunding as venture capital chills - The Logic • The Vector Institute at five - The Logic • 'Tis the season: Year-end savings events to test auto retailers amid economic uncertainty - The Logic • FTX’s charitable arm funded three Canadian scholars - The Logic • Aging chemical-warfare lab doing cutting-edge research in Alberta at risk of ‘catastrophic failure’ - The Logic • After mass layoffs, Big Tech companies vague about Canadian expansion plans - The Logic • Musk’s cuts to Twitter Canada silence it at a critical time - The Logic • In COP27’s final hours, fears mount that climate pact will fall short of summit’s goals - The Logic • Ottawa considering major changes to competition policy - The Logic • B.C. and Alberta lead the way on e-bikes and scooters - The Logic • With crypto-staking approvals, Canada’s securities regulators mark another world first - The Logic • At COP27, Canada’s innovators have a pitch for global partners - The Logic • How 38-year-old rules on electricity sales hold back Canada’s next generation of EV chargers - The Logic • As Alberta’s Eavor builds wells globally, geothermal energy plays catch-up in Canada - The Logic • As FTX fallout continues, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan discloses US$95M investment - The Logic • The Motor City turns to Silicon Valley - The Logic • In towns without Uber Eats, local entrepreneurs deliver a solution - The Logic • Canadian crypto-trading platforms reassure customers amid FTX meltdown - The Logic • At COP27, climate-finance negotiations shift from ‘what’ to ‘how’ - The Logic • Meet Aquanow, the company quietly powering Canadian crypto behind the scenes - The Logic • Greenwashing report from McKenna-led UN group puts banks on notice - The Logic • Acquisition of FTX puts the ‘buy’ in Binance - The Logic • Resisting the Liberals’ internet regulations from an appliance showroom in small-town Ontario - The Logic • ‘Cooperate or perish’: At COP27, a mad scramble to put words into action - The Logic • Federal government fuels up $1.6B Alberta hydrogen project with $300M from flagship fund - The Logic • Canada considering ‘passport’ for EV batteries in bid to apply ESG standards to growing industry - The Logic • A blue day at Twitter Canada - The Logic • Freeland’s restrained mini-budget draws criticism from innovation-economy players - The Logic • Lightspeed revises outlook, warning of tougher times ahead - The Logic • Canada bets on new $15B Canada Growth Fund to help keep up with U.S. industrial spending spree - The Logic • Fall Economic Statement 2022: What’s in it for the innovation economy - The Logic • With inflation squeezing Canadians, Freeland banks the proceeds - The Logic • U.S. legislation pays off for Dalhousie battery tech spinoff - The Logic • From Justin Trudeau’s absence to Europe's energy crisis: Six issues that will define COP27 - The Logic • Hootsuite lays off 5 per cent of staff in second round of layoffs this year - The Logic • Expectations vs. reality: Canada’s climate progress ahead of COP27 - The Logic • ‘The bird is freed’: What will Twitter become under Elon Musk? • Over 90% of subscribers want employers to disclose worker monitoring: Survey • Canada’s nuclear plans depend on fuel now supplied only by Russia • Shopify’s sell-more strategy starts to pay off • Balsillie’s Centre for Digital Rights calls for overhaul of federal private-sector privacy bill • Job posting: The Logic is hiring a corporate subscription manager • Parts manufacturers go all in on EVs • Bank of Canada hikes interest rate again in face of economic slowdown • Ottawa has lofty ambitions for Canada’s hydrogen future. Can it realize them? = • Ottawa re-ups fund managers for $350M venture capital program • Q4 moves 39 North America-based jobs to Latin America • Former venture capitalist appointed as new Alberta innovation minister • Ontario Provincial Police use controversial data-mining platform Palantir for crime analysis - The Logic • In industry first, Wealthsimple wins Bank of Canada approval for direct settlement - The Logic • Medicago struggles with vaccine production as it hunts for a new minority owner - The Logic • Counting down to zero on Telesat’s big bet • The young Canadian innovators getting a boost from SoftBank’s Son • Amazon Canada executive who threatened Marketplace shutdown ahead of antitrust review leaves company - The Logic • Canadian VC activity continues to drop in Q3 as investors, founders ‘waiting on the sidelines’ • Canadian pensions sell off U.S.-listed Chinese stocks amid prolonged rout, delisting threat • Putting it into practice: Raptors get set for latest season with new real-time data system • Crypto Quarterly: As downturn continues in Q3, industry focuses on innovation • OSC head says crypto should fall under same rules as traditional finance - The LogicOSC head says crypto should fall under same rules as traditional finance • The Big Read: Ontario firms brace for new era of employee-monitoring rules • The autonomous trucks hauling Loblaw’s groceries are going truly driverless - The Logic • Where the dollars will flow when B.C.’s $500M investment fund turns on the taps • New name, new boss, new pitch: The company formerly known as Corel wants to enable your remote-working life - The Logic • Legault gets his second majority—and a chance to help Quebec’s tech sector - The Logic • Quebec Ink: How Montreal is becoming the centre of the metaverse • After high-flying IPO, agtech darling Farmers Edge struggles as languishing penny stock • Quebec Ink: François Legault and the Montreal disadvantage • Broken Links: Hurricane Fiona puts more pressure on Canada’s supply chains • Broken Links: Preparing Canada’s supply chains for climate-change damage • Who will Elevate women in Canadian tech? • The Interview: Janet Bannister’s Real talk • At Elevate, the tech industry braces for the storm • Broken Links: Canada jockeys for opportunities as auto supply chains diversify • ‘Listen to the tech sector’: Jason Kenney says next Alberta premier will need to stay focused on innovation economy • Digital commerce ecosystem has grown out but not up, investor’s analysis shows • Broken Links: How labour shortages in Canada’s freight industries keep goods from moving • Broken Links: How the Port of Vancouver is coping with the pandemic’s refashioning of Canada’s trade • Amazon exec threatened Marketplace shutdown in Canada if competition reforms go ahead • Merge Mania: What Ethereum’s big move means for Canadian companies • Shopify looks to exit pandemic with new leadership team, away from home • Halifax investors buck Canadian VC norms, forgo government money for new fund • Green bonds should be used to fund nuclear projects: NRCAN • Quebec Ink: Quebecor and Pierre Karl Péladeau’s little succession problem • The scoop on Canada’s dip in ice cream supply • Magnet Forensics expands to Australia as the government cracks down on cyber crime • A global envelope shortage weighs on Canadian institutions • Clearco exits international markets, cuts staff in latest round of downsizing • The Interview: Paper’s Philip Cutler on how the SoftBank-backed Montreal edtech plans to grow • Startups push back on proposal to give Ontario regulators new authority over crypto • Voilà drivers consider joining union over pay, working conditions • Health Canada and the 35,000 missing computers • Analysis: In an era of high interest rates and ESG, companies are turning to a new form of sustainable debt • The Big Read: Canadian regulators losing grip on ESG standards lead • Tech lobby groups multiply as governments look to innovation for growth • More than 30% of respondents scaling back business travel due to disruptions: Survey • The Big Read: ‘An extreme tragedy that they didn’t ask for’: How B.C.’s GeoComply relocated workers from Ukraine • Caisse writes off US$150M Celsius investment after crypto lender’s collapse • OpenText’s Barrenechea sees opportunity as economic ‘poly-crisis’ weighs on tech sector • Cleantech thrives as venture capital investment in other sectors plummets: Analysis • Federal access-to-information system working slower and redacting more, analysis shows • Ottawa’s Mission Control prepares for its moonshot • Ether surges as co-founder Vitalik Buterin teases major upgrade • Unifor outlines EV-heavy auto strategy under new leadership • Quebec Ink: Why MindGeek was tough to quit for Visa and Mastercard • E-scooter startups hope Alberta can serve as a model for Canadian expansion amid micro-mobility push • Ultra-fast delivery workers turned to union over job-safety fears • Clearco co-founders became legal residents of Barbados during COVID-19 pandemic • C100 picks former MaRS executive Ray Newal to lead international expansion • General Fusion’s new CEO plots path to commercialization as sector heats up • Lightspeed earnings meet expectations, but company warns of ‘reasons for caution’ • India trade deal could boost Canadian economy by $8B, study says • Ex-Wave Financial executives unveil digital-ID startup Qui Identity • The Big Read: Canada’s plans for regulating internet content pivot to the algorithms • Mortgage fintech Nesto is growing even as the housing market cools, says co-founder • The Room Where It Happens: Regulations for Big Tech mean big money for big lobbying • Ex-Shopify merchants aim to ease supply-chain headaches for online sellers • Shopify calls 2022 a ‘transition year’ as Q2 earnings come in just below expectations • Shopify lays off 10% of staff as e-commerce growth bet sours • Rogers executives tell MPs outage was ‘unprecedented incident’ • Quebec Ink: Panier Bleu blends e-commerce and nationalism in bid to create homegrown Amazon • After sparring with Ontario regulators, crypto giant Binance builds ties out West • The Logic in India: India told Canada it has ‘little flexibility’ on longstanding investment treaty issues, documents show • The Logic in India: As global slowdown looms, CDPQ keeps the faith in India • Crypto Quarterly: Digital assets faced key test in Q2 amid economic headwinds • Bank of Canada raises key rate by 1% as ‘higher and more persistent’ inflation looms • The Logic in India: CPP Investments looks to back India’s digital, energy transformations • Exclusive: Canada seeking ‘trusted trading relationship’ with India, new envoy says • Special Report: Q2 venture funding in Canada plunges by more than half from last year • Quebec Ink: Why a Montreal startup that bet on ride-sharing is pivoting back to taxis • How Calgary’s Delta CleanTech is eyeing a boom in carbon-capture deals • Online-harms advisory panel’s report reveals a struggle to define the problem, let alone solve it • Exclusive: A better-fitting sports bra? Lululemon patents tech for measuring movement during activity • Trulioo’s CEO on the crypto crash, regulation and when the company might go public • Mastercard Foundation meets disbursement quota as Liberals hold off on promise to toughen requirements • Pender Ventures raising $100M fund as it expands to Eastern Canada • Exclusive: Amazon to increase Ottawa lobbying presence as Canada tightens Big Tech regulation • Scotiabank to cover travel costs for U.S. employees seeking abortions • The Big Read: Behind the scenes, Google pushes back on Canada’s plan to make it pay for news • On the energy transition, ARC Financial’s Mac Van Wielingen feels ‘a touch of vindication’ • Tech CEOs debate future of work at Collision mega-conference • Exclusive: Overstory Media Group aiming to raise $5M to expand its local-news business across North America • Shopify launches wholesale feature for merchants amid e-commerce shift • The Big Read: The uncertain future of Lululemon’s half-billion-dollar smart-fitness bet • The Big Read: After two huge fundraising rounds, Clearco wrestles with high expectations • Canadian firms mostly shunned the SPAC craze. Those that didn’t are scrambling to close their deals • Quebec Ink: What was behind the Caisse’s high-risk crypto bet? • Special Report: Ottawa takes second shot at overhauling Canada’s consumer privacy laws • ‘It’s way too expensive to justify’: 33% of subscribers say they’re ordering grocery deliveries less often • Oil-sands companies hunting for more federal aid despite major carbon-capture tax credit • Top Prospects: Leading innovators from the Class of 2022 • Inovia closes US$325M oversubscribed fund, despite market downturn • The team behind Carrot Rewards plots a comeback in the U.K. • Quebec tech CEOs ask province to suspend controversial new language law • Exclusive: Infrastructure bank studying how to finance climate-change adaptation projects • The Big Read: Why electric-vehicle makers are taking a trip to the mall • The Big Read: B.C.’s Carbon Engineering scales up efforts to help solve the climate crisis—and quiet naysayers • Special Report: Five Canadian founders on how they’re navigating economic uncertainty • Canada’s fast-track program for skilled foreign workers has record year amid talent crunch • Quebec Ink: The burden of Bill 96 on the province's tech firms • Legal code: How two UOttawa professors created a game that teaches video-game law • Ottawa’s push to fulfill USMCA copyright commitments meets resistance from universities • Quebec’s medical records database still only accessible via Internet Explorer • Singapore’s Quincus sets up second HQ in Toronto, looking to AI to solve supply chains • Ultra-fast delivery startup Ninja lays off staff amid acquisition talk • Special Report: What Ontario’s parties are promising for the innovation economy • The Interview: Wealthsimple’s Michael Katchen on downturns, writedowns and the crypto winter • Here’s where Ontario’s political parties stand on EV policies • How machine learning is creating the next leap in biotech research • Here’s how Canada stacks up in the EV battery supply-chain race • Shopify sought closer relationship with federal government during COVID-19 pandemic, documents show • Gig workers unimpressed by Ontario Tories’ pitch for labour support • FINTRAC targets DeFi in report for law enforcement and Five Eyes counterparts • New law will let Canada bar Huawei from 5G networks after years of pondering • CPP Investment Board’s assets top $500B despite market turmoil • With stock under pressure, Lightspeed outlines timeline for breaking even • B.C. e-grocery company files for bankruptcy protection amid COVID-19 struggles and economic turmoil • ‘Major inflection point’: Ukraine war could have lasting effects on energy transition, Enbridge CEO warns • Federal cleantech agency spotlights top portfolio firms amid shift in how it measures impact • Shopify ramps up lobbying presence in Washington, Brussels as lawmakers take aim at tech • Supply, supply, supply key to solving Ontario’s housing crisis, parties agree • Quebec Ink: Amazon’s rent-not-own strategy has been a boon to developers, but the boom may be coming to an end • Immigrant entrepreneurs struggle to get funding. Some investors see that as an opportunity • The Big Read: Canada’s biotech sector is booming, but a lack of lab space has some companies looking south • Exclusive: National Bank, Equitable Bank among returning backers for Portage’s third fund • ‘Everyone is preparing for a storm’: How Canada’s venture investors are handling the growing economic turbulence • As cash floods into the battery business, companies face a battle for talent • Ontario’s lead in Canada’s SMR plans is in the balance in provincial election campaign • ‘It’s very important to us’: Lightspeed’s JP Chauvet eyes path to profitability as stock under pressure • Canada’s attacks on foreign housing speculation latest irritant in relations with United States • Exclusive: U.S., Canada, OECD countries discussing quantum cooperation in face of China’s advances • Shopify challenger Shoplazza chooses Toronto as base for North America push • Why Axis: As Shopify stock sinks on slowing growth, executives ask investors to think long term • The Big Read: In an effort to attract tech talent, Calgary leans into building up an arts and culture scene • Finance Canada pitched on appointing director to oversee financial sector’s security: Documents • CPP Investments bets on booming tech sector in an increasingly online India • Stellantis, governments announce multibillion-dollar package to retool Ontario operations for EVs, hybrids • Quebec Ink: CN’s franco folly deserves condemnation—but it’s the exception, not the rule • The Room Where It Happens: We’d like to help you rebuild your stockpiles • In response to B.C. billionaire’s defamation lawsuit, Twitter says it isn’t a publisher • Canadian tech firms offer employees egg freezing in bid to win talent and improve equity • Wanted: Big brains for classified research at CSE • Letter from the editor: Rebutting critics of the Online News Act • ‘We’re going to create massive companies’: Why Wave Financial’s co-founder is betting on Alberta tech • What’s driving GM Canada’s innovation strategy • The Big Read: How to make bureaucrats think like scientists • Why Axis: Canadian IPO market freezes for tech firms in first quarter of 2022 • Lunch with Dan Breznitz: ‘Our kids will have a worse life than us, unless we change Canadian business’ • Exclusive: B.C. man sues Amazon and delivery company over wife’s death • The ‘stealthy enablers’: Canada’s smaller banks court fintechs as industry dynamics shift • Bank of Canada hikes key interest rate half a point, promises more increases coming • Liberals plan to order increase in charity foundations’ spending, following The Logic’s investigation • Special Report: VC dealmaking in Canada shows ‘signs of a market-wide slowdown’ in Q1 • Alberta’s new innovation strategy long on ambition but short on details, critics say • Rent now, pay later: Canadian fintech startups see opportunity in renters’ market • In Canada’s quest to increase EV adoption, the secondhand market aims to help fill the gap • As crisis piles on top of crisis, Liberals forced to take chances with 2022 budget • Meal-kit pioneer Goodfood goes through another round of staff cuts amid struggles with supply chain, inflation • Ontario’s new deal with doctors slashes payments for ‘walk-in’ virtual appointments • Amazon has spent years fighting Ontario delivery drivers’ bid to form a union. Newly released documents reveal the company’s strategy • The quarter in crypto: A correction, a bounceback and stiff competition • Exclusive: Superclusters seek $1.5B renewal, but government advisors recommend program prioritize domestic firms and IP • With OverActive Media, big-name Canadian investors bet on e-sports’ global future • Exclusive: As Alberta seeks to grow biotech sector, research lab led by Nobel winner makes pitch for millions in government cash • Canadian crypto heavy hitters form industry association to push for friendly regulation • Exclusive: New bill to force Big Tech to compensate publishers to be ‘more transparent’ than Australian model, source says • Critics say payment system delays offer lessons for open banking • Bank of Canada Museum builds new collection of artifacts from the COVID-19 pandemic • BlackRock CEO to shareholders: It’s the end of globalization as we know it • Special Report: What the Quebec budget means for the innovation economy • Amid supply-chain snarls, fight over expansion pits Canada’s biggest port against key tenant • Quebec Ink: As war and autocracy threaten critical mineral supplies, Quebec stands to benefit • ‘This is out of Shopify's hands’: How a Silicon Valley fight over data could become a problem for Canada’s commerce champion • Paul Wells: The Canada Infrastructure Bank and the $655M mystery • How the push to modernize Canada’s payment systems went off the rails • Special Report: What the innovation economy wants from the 2022 federal budget • Alpha Lithium suspends deal to sell stake in mine to Russian state-owned Uranium One • Seven months after Canada announced Moderna factory deal, they’re still negotiating • New proxy push on climate and gender diversity could threaten board seats at Canadian firms • Critics urge government to block Russian investment in Canadian-owned lithium mine • Where Ukraine’s social media strategy collides with the Geneva Conventions • The adaptation gap: While money pours into emissions reduction, it’s proving harder to find the billions needed to get ready for a changing climate • Why Axis: Despite Shopify’s stock-market wipeout, analysts see a path for long-term growth • Exclusive: Calgary's Attabotics eyes potential Ontario manufacturing site for robotic warehousing tech: Documents • Immigration department’s internal ‘playbook’ reveals vision for use of AI to manage growing caseload • How car companies like Magna are using the technology behind Fortnite to get a competitive edge • The Room Where It Happens: You have helicopters, we have mechanics • Exclusive: Mastercard investigating relationship with MindGeek-owned advertising portal • Canada finalizing plans for its version of U.S. Space Force • Toronto’s Parallel Studios plays its cards right amid NFT gaming gold rush • TikTok agrees to $2M settlement of Canadian class-action lawsuit over data collection • The Interview: Raquel Urtasun on the challenge of getting self-driving cars road-ready • ‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: New Vancouver group pushes for support for metaverse tech sector • New crowdfunding rules could have long-lasting impact on civil liberties, social movements and online platforms, experts say • Why Axis: In year-end earnings, Shopify shares script for sequel to its pandemic blockbuster • BDC launches push to track diversity in Canada’s venture capital ecosystem • How displaced oil and gas workers are joining Alberta’s tech sector in droves • Canada wants its exports to reach new markets. A team of trade fixers is backing the innovation economy • With focus on Chinese diaspora, B.C.-based Fantuan carves out a piece of the food-delivery app market • The Big Read: Pandemic leads to investment boom for Canadian parent-tech startups • Reform competition rules to address data-driven dominance, innovation department told • Fundraiser for trucker protest demonstrates the case for Bitcoin—like it or not • Exclusive: Ford in talks with China’s CATL to supply batteries for Ontario EV production, sources say • CEO of B.C.’s new $500M investment corporation faces triple-bottom-line challenge • Lightspeed stock’s poor performance continues in wake of leadership shakeup • New bill regulating online streaming puts Canadian-content requirements on platforms, not users • Facing ‘more competition than ever,’ Canada’s public accelerators turn to VC funds in pursuit of revenue • Quebec Ink: Liberals to give news publishers right to bargain collectively with Big Tech over payments • EVENT: Connecting Canada—5G, spectrum policy and closing the digital divide • 78% of subscribers say they would consider EV in near future: Survey • Industry minister defends security review of Chinese company’s bid to buy Canada’s Neo Lithium • In a risky business, Wattpad leans on data to build ‘not a traditional Hollywood studio’ • The Big Read: With Cosmos, Ethan Buchman wants to solve one of the toughest problems in crypto • Ottawa’s flagship fund to announce $50M for controversial defence contractor • How a global ghost-kitchen experiment is growing out of a Vancouver parking empire • Why Canadian tech companies are joining the #ShowUsYourLeave movement • Despite consumer payments bans, credit-card companies still process Pornhub ad buys • The Rooms Where It Happened in 2021: The year in federal lobbying • Canada’s Miami? Alberta innovation minister pitches province as crypto destination • Canada bet big on a national AI strategy. Is it paying off? • Ottawa asked Cisco for advice on how to justify a contract it awarded the company in 2019, emails show • Quebec Ink: Did Ottawa’s COVID-19 relief programs save the economy, or tank it? • B.C. creator-economy scale-up Thinkific plans media division, eyes acquisitions • As e-commerce surges, years of building condos have left Canadian cities short of warehouses • Binance incorporates in Alberta, hires ex-securities regulators for Canadian strategy • In its Kanata testing garage, BlackBerry envisions a car that anticipates your next move • The people to watch in Ottawa in 2022 • General Motors primes Ontario plant for key role with in-house EV startup BrightDrop • The Liberals want Canada to have its own DARPA—but what would it do? • With a windfall from higher oil prices, will Alberta lose sight of its innovation agenda? • Media companies, sports teams divided over accepting crypto ads amid regulatory confusion • What the new cabinet’s mandate letters reveal about Ottawa’s innovation agenda • Canada’s surging AI ecosystem needs more than machine learning specialists • MindGeek faces new proposed class-action lawsuit in Ontario • Canada’s housing agency developing climate-risk score for real estate listings • Quebec Ink: Inside ‘Project Narsil,’ a Canadian cannabis entrepreneur’s bid for porn giant MindGeek • Nuvei tested by U.S. short seller as it doubles down in new markets • Microsoft wins appeal of stock-option case, reversing employee options precedent • Feds eyeing potential ‘safe-harbour’ disclosure rules for ransomware victims, documents show • Ontario in advanced talks with LG to build $2B battery-manufacturing facility, sources say • Toronto’s GoodGood eyes national rollout as ultra-fast delivery market speeds up • Crypto has a reputation for being hostile to regulation. In Canada, that’s changing • Champagne promises updated privacy legislation in new year • Slowest supercluster Scale AI looks to ramp up amid global supply-chain crunch • Canada’s critical parts in ‘the most complex machine that was ever built,’ and what they get us • How U.S. EV incentives could be a lose-lose situation for workers on both sides of the border • Huawei’s future in Canada hangs in balance as feds’ 5G review due soon, again • Think Facebook’s bad news? Meta’s man in Ottawa would like a word • MindGeek payouts to owners grew amid scrutiny over illegal content, new filings show • Purpose’s Som Seif on crypto ETFs, regulation and the metaverse • More big international crypto platforms restrict use by Canadians as crackdown continues • Want to combat the tech talent crunch in Canada? Offer perks to parents • Telus’s move into health care could be a boost for its bottom line. But for CEO Darren Entwistle, it’s personal • Disrupting giving: 10 of Canada’s most innovative non-profits in 2021 • Letter from the editor: The cost of living with climate change • Semiconductor industry group calls for national strategy to attract fabrication plants, support scale-ups • Canada’s consumer finance watchdog probing use of ‘buy now, pay later’ plans • As Halifax tech talent grows, employers brace for tighter labour market and rising costs • The Room Where It Happens: Pitching strategic innovations for the Strategic Innovation Fund • U.S.’s trillion-dollar infrastructure bill means opportunity, and headaches, for Canada • How companies in Canada are grappling with a new status quo as offices reopen • Quebec Ink: The long and short of Lightspeed’s Spruce Point spat • Quebec tax agency turns to federal fast-track immigration program amid tech talent crunch • For Canadian judges, being tech literate is now a matter of ethics • Industry groups representing banks, fintechs press Freeland for clarity on open banking commitments • Amazon’s Canadian footprint expanded rapidly as same-day delivery ramped up • Will Ontario’s proposed ‘non-compete’ clause ban boost the tech sector? • Canada’s auto industry is training for a wave of jobs never seen before • Lightspeed stock plummets after first earnings report since short-seller attack • The new space race: MDA says it’s time for Canada to set a new strategy for the stars • NDP calls for independent ombudsperson at IRCC in wake of reports on Chinook, internal culture • Competition law review ‘overdue,’ Boswell says • Finance takes centre stage at COP26 climate conference in Glasgow • As people return to the real world, Shopify’s growth returns to pre-pandemic levels. • Toronto crypto exchange Coinsquare sued by another former executive • Finance Canada’s Sabia sitting out charitable-giving consultations over spot on Mastercard Foundation board • Canada’s only ‘mega-foundation’ in the spotlight during debate over minimum giving • Uncharitable: As Canada’s charitable foundations grow, some of the biggest are spending less than required • AbCellera eyes hiring relocation specialist to gain edge in global talent fight • The search is on for Canada’s open banking czar • Climate stress test reveals Canadian companies’ profits threatened without major changes • Internal IRCC tool to speed processing of immigration applications raises concerns among lawyers • Lightspeed’s Dax Dasilva commits $40M to conservation efforts • Quebec Ink: Attempt to throttle access to English education worries business leaders—and young Francophones • With Ivy’s launch, BlackBerry aims to return to the cutting edge of apps • How Canadian cities are fighting for innovation talent as more firms go ‘digital by default’ • Exclusive: Meeting 2030 emissions targets to cost Canada more than $200B, study finds • ‘It’s unworkable’: Canada’s plans for fighting ‘online harms’ draw international condemnation • With dozens of startup incubators and limited funding, B.C. regional development agency seeks expert advice • With expansion into M&A, Clearco puts its trove of data to work • Canada considering new foreign investment and export rules to protect technology and data, documents reveal • Ad-exchange tech firm Sharethrough files for TSX IPO • The global chip shortage is creating a ‘perfect storm’ in Ontario’s beleaguered auto towns • Health Canada considered enlisting Ryan Reynolds, other celebrities to push struggling COVID Alert app • Canada’s fast-track program for skilled foreign workers picks up pace as global talent competition heats up • Canada’s top institutional investors have lost nearly US$2.7B in China stock selloff • Huawei CFO is free after reaching deal over U.S. charges • Robot maker Kinova moves into industrial automation with $20M from federal fund • ‘The world is looking at our talent’: How will Canada fare in the global competition for tech workers? • With open banking on the horizon, Silicon Valley giant Plaid eyes Canadian office • Gas stations face a tough transition to EVs. Couche-Tard wants to be the exception • What the Liberals’ re-election means for the innovation economy • EVENT: Silicon Valley’s most secretive man—the Peter Thiel origin story • Parties promise competition crackdown on Big Tech, but details scarce • What’s really driven Canadian inflation to an 18-year high? • Canada’s political parties pledge to rebuild a domestic pharma industry before the next pandemic • Parties promise new rights and programs for gig workers, but advocates see gaps • Contentious debate includes little discussion of economy, business issues • Sustainability reporting surged in 2020 among Canada's top public firms: Report • Exit Interview: Catherine McKenna on the Canada Infrastructure Bank, getting to net zero and her record in politics • Lightspeed bets on return to the office with new Montreal HQ plans • Top Prospects: Leading innovators from the Class of 2021 • ‘Super-aggressive’ investor Tiger Global roars into Canadian tech market amid megadeal rush • Coffee makers, parking meters, a thing for your socks: Experts call for review of decade-old cleantech patents program • Virtual event: The state of venture capital in Canada • Made in Brockville: Reshoring is all the rage, but 3M’s new N95 plant shows what it’ll take to bring manufacturing back to Canada • Dogecoin in the spotlight as Elon Musk heads to SNL • Shopify romps past expectations, posting nearly US$1B in Q1 revenue as pandemic e-commerce shift sustains • Federal Budget 2021: Ten key takeaways for the innovation economy • The Canadian IPO’s woman problem: Men named David have better odds than women at taking companies public on the TSX • Sidewalk Labs ramps up patenting of technologies conceived for now-defunct Toronto smart city • ‘It is very personal’: AbCellera’s COVID-19 treatment is saving lives in the U.S. In Canada, it’s sitting in storage. Now the company’s CEO is speaking out • ‘Short-term fad’ or promising investment? Subscribers torn on value of NFTs • Quebec budget 2021: What’s in it for the innovation economy • What the carbon-tax ruling means for Canadian cleantech • With new private equity play Maverix, John Ruffolo hopes to fill gap in Canadian investment landscape • Ontario budget 2021: What’s in it for the innovation economy • Canadian investors at risk as number of unregulated cryptocurrency exchanges explodes • What happened at Hubba? 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