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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. 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