Martin Patriquin

23 hours ago | thelogic.co | Martin Patriquin

SAINT-GEORGES, Que. — ”Good year, bad year, Americans will always buy our stuff,” Vincent Boutin says with an air of nonchalance. He’s one of a legion of maple syrup farmers in Quebec who export more than 100 million pounds of the stuff to the U.S. each year—and the tariffs don’t bother him one bit.

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Martin Patriquin

A network of Facebook scam accounts is using increasingly political messaging to push a series of deepfake videos featuring Mark Carney, Elon Musk and Canadian network news anchors. The scam, which is being promoted across dozens of Facebook advertisements, is flooding the social network with adverts linking to fake news reports at a time when all legitimate news is blocked on the platform in Canada. Subscribe now to start reading premium, award-winning journalism.

2 weeks ago | thelogic.co | Martin Patriquin

By Martin PatriquinA network of X accounts is "artificially" amplifying misinformation about Canada's economy and leadership, according to a report shared with from digital threat research group Reset Tech. Special ReportResilient Canada: It's time to fix our productivity crisisSpecial ReportBy Murad Hemmadi |

2 weeks ago | thelogic.co | Martin Patriquin

MONTREAL — Mark Carney was at a campaign in Vaughan, Ont., when he casually upended over half a century of received wisdom when it comes to stumping for votes in neighbouring Quebec. “Do we have rights in Canada, or not? A right is a right is a right,” he said in response to a question about his views on language legislation in the province.

3 weeks ago | thelogic.co | Martin Patriquin

MONTREAL — Amazon’s Quebec footprint continues to grow months after the company mothballed two million square feet of warehouse space in the province, despite Premier François Legault saying he wanted to cancel the government’s contracts with the company.