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Kevin Carmichael: We do need to think about how AI will affect employment. Panicking won’t help.

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AI executives say being Canadian can help firms make international sales. First, though, Ottawa needs to step up on procurement and export support.

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A crackdown on mislabelled “spent fowl” uncovered rampant tariff evasion. The hard part is recouping the cash.

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Canada’s new AI strategy includes funding to help domestic firms grow and commercialize the technology. How well that money works may depend on how much Ottawa is willing to get out of the way.

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Ottawa’s AI plan doesn’t detail how the government intends to protect children from risks the technology poses. Carney says that law’s coming within weeks.

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Ottawa believes widespread AI adoption could add almost $200 billion to the economy—and it’s investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a bid to get there.

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Stellarex co-founder Spencer Pitcher made his name researching fusion in labs across the Atlantic. Now, his startup wants to build a commercial reactor in Canada.

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Canada’s new AI strategy includes a $500 million fund to back key firms. Ottawa also plans to expand funding for AI adoption, researchers and commercialization as part of a suite of new and renewed programs, The Logic has learned.

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Tim Hortons is ending its loyalty credit card program with Neo Financial, as branded credit cards are no longer Neo’s “core strategy,” executive says.

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E-commerce giant Amazon slowed down negotiations and attempted to cut the union out of key decisions, according to a mediator appointed to try and break an impasse between the two parties.

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Culture Minister Marc Miller tells CRTC to start over on Cancon spending rules for streamers.

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Only 30 per cent of Canadian SMEs are using generative AI, according to BDC, despite the bank’s estimate that broader adoption could add billions to the economy.

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From data centres to housing, ports and pipelines, there’s a lot to build. The problem is there aren’t enough skilled tradespeople to do the building.

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The share of borrowers rated as risky or worse has reached nearly 20 per cent, according to Moody’s, driven in part by a surge in private equity ownership.

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Canadian political and business leaders see little reason to cough up concessions as the review of the North American trade pact inches closer. But there are risks to playing it cool.

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Saskatchewan pulled back from the idea of a teen social media ban after taking a hard look, says Premier Scott Moe. Now it’s waiting to see what Ottawa does.

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Unifor claims confidential internal documents show how Amazon trains managers to harass and manipulate their colleagues in a bid to stop unionization efforts. Amazon says it has done nothing wrong.

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Lion Electric, once valued at $4.7 billion, filed for bankruptcy protection in December 2024. Now it’s back with new owners and a new plan.

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Kevin Carmichael: In his infrequent interviews, CPP Investments CEO John Graham demystifies what the $800 billion asset manager is doing with Canadians’ money.

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A record crowd of 21,300 registered for the annual military trade show Cansec, where Mark Carney announced billions in new spending and attendees could sit in a Gripen fighter.

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