April Fong

Apr 17, 2024 | thelogic.co | Kevin Carmichael |Murad Hemmadi |Catherine McIntyre |April Fong

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the higher taxes on capital gains announced in this year’s federal budget are the cost of maintaining a stable democracy, and insisted she wouldn’t have proposed the changes if she believed they would impede investment. Subscribe now to start reading premium, award-winning journalism. By entering your e-mail you consent to receiving commercial electronic messages from The Logic Inc.

Jan 11, 2024 | thelogic.co | Anita Balakrishnan |David Reevely |Jesse Snyder |April Fong

Welcome back. The federal government’s biggest R&D agency wants to help mining-industry startups use AI to test potential breakthroughs in battery technology. The National Research Council, the main federal agency for research and development, is overseeing a four-year, $40-million push to help solve “technical challenges” in the critical minerals sector on which the growing battery sector depends.

Jan 10, 2024 | thelogic.co | David Reevely |Kevin Carmichael |Jesse Snyder |April Fong

OTTAWA — Canada’s exclusion from new alliances among its traditional friends puts it at risk of being left in their wake as they develop critical new military capabilities, officials in the Department of National Defence (DND) warned in an internal memorandum last summer. Subscribe now to start reading premium, award-winning journalism. By entering your e-mail you consent to receiving commercial electronic messages from The Logic Inc.

Sep 28, 2023 | thelogic.co | Aleksandra Sagan |Catherine McIntyre |Anita Balakrishnan |April Fong

TORONTO  —  It was hard to escape the term “artificial intelligence” at this year’s eTail e-commerce conference in downtown Toronto, as retailers acknowledged the buzzword’s potential to revolutionize their industry. Subscribe now to start reading premium, award-winning journalism. By entering your e-mail you consent to receiving commercial electronic messages from The Logic Inc. containing news, updates, offers or promotions about The Logic Inc.’s products and services.

Sep 28, 2023 | thelogic.co | Claire Brownell |Aleksandra Sagan |Anita Balakrishnan |April Fong

The line of people waiting for admission to an Elevate Festival talk about how to sell Canadian AI technology snaked down a corridor in the basement of Toronto’s Meridian Hall Wednesday. The glass-walled room hosting the panel, featuring representatives from three Canadian tech companies and MaRS Discovery District chief delivery officer Krista Jones, eventually reached capacity.