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Political journalist in Ottawa covering trade and Canada-U.S. relations for The Logic | Director at World Press Freedom Canada | Amateur Fiddler | Here to learn and share about the craft, business and protection of the press and its people.
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There are some witnesses representing Canadian and bilateral interests appearing at the USTR hearings on USMCA in Washington this week. What do they plan to say? Read more from @thelogic.co thelogic.co/news/canadia... #TradeSky
Canadian business makes case to save the USMCA, saying Americans need it too - The Logic
Submissions to the U.S. Trade Representative concede technology has overtaken the 2018 deal, but say keeping it serves America's interests
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Dear people of Ottawa: Do you remember the McDonald's on Rideau Street? (OF COURSE YOU DO.) Check out today's edition of @thelogic.co Briefing, our daily newsletter, for a wee update on the place from @davidreevely.bsky.social 🦝 🍟

#Ottawa Have a nice weekend!
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Such a fun tradition! Check out the "best of 2025" in books, movies, music, television and podcasts from us at @thelogic.co thelogic.co/commentary/b... #giftideas #yearinreview
Here’s what you should watch, read and listen to this holiday season - The Logic
Our picks for the best books, TV shows, films and music of 2025
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December 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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What if—just hear me out—overuse of the em-dash—despite the availability of suitable alternatives such as breaking things up into smaller sentences—is the most human thing about me?

#writing #slop #ai
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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📣 Faites passer le mot !
🏆 Soumettez votre candidature ou celle d'un journaliste dès aujourd'hui.
🕙 La date limite est fixée au 17 février 2026 à 23h59 (heure de l'Est).
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December 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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As U.S. prices catch up with Trump’s tariffs, multinationals with #aluminum smelters in Canada are looking south once again thelogic.co/news/canada-... via @thelogic.co #TradeSky
Why the surge in Canada’s overseas aluminum exports will be hard to sustain - The Logic
As U.S. prices catch up with Trump’s tariffs, multinationals with smelters in Canada are looking south once again
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December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Nominations are open for the 2026 World Press Freedom Canada Awards, honouring journalists who confront secrecy, resist intimidation & fight for the truth. Nominate yourself or someone you admire by Feb. 17, 2026: buff.ly/dpIFbn3 #pressfreedom #journalismisnotacrime
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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There are some witnesses representing Canadian and bilateral interests appearing at the USTR hearings on USMCA in Washington this week. What do they plan to say? Read more from @thelogic.co thelogic.co/news/canadia... #TradeSky
Canadian business makes case to save the USMCA, saying Americans need it too - The Logic
Submissions to the U.S. Trade Representative concede technology has overtaken the 2018 deal, but say keeping it serves America's interests
thelogic.co
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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#Japan is watching the #USMCA review closely, says Ambassador Kanji Yamanouchi. What does it have to do with them? He tells me investors see Canada as a trustworthy route to the U.S. market and they don’t want that to change. thelogic.co/news/exclusi... via @thelogic.co #TradeSky
Why Japan wants the USMCA to survive - The Logic
Investors see Canada as a trustworthy route to the U.S. market, says Japan’s ambassador in Ottawa, and they don’t want that to change
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December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Read more about the threats and opportunities of AI in Dispatch, our bimonthly newsletter that keeps you informed about the challenges faced by journalists, highlights our advocacy efforts, and underscores the importance of a free press in supporting democracy. buff.ly/WhbpK8m #PressFreedom
Nikita Roy, a woman with long, straight black hair, brown skin and brown eyes, wearing a dark blazer and red blouse, speaks into a microphone while raising her hand slightly. She is wearing red polish on her nails and there is a glass of water in front of her. Behind her is a screen featuring the logo for World Press Freedom Canada.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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How much money has Canada raised from retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods this year? Remember: most were lifted on Sept. 1. Here's what happened to revenues that month:
thelogic.co/briefing/can... via @thelogic.co #TradeSky
Canada’s import duties revenue fell by 33 per cent in September over previous month - The Logic
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November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Ireland wants to help Canadian tech firms build a ‘digital superhighway’ to Europe, Ireland's minister for enterprise, tourism and employment told @thelogic.co while in Ottawa last week on a mission to expand bilateral trade and investment
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#TradeSky #AI #EU
Ireland wants to help Canadian tech firms build a ‘digital superhighway’ to Europe - The Logic
Ireland’s enterprise minister says push for “simpler, lighter, faster” rules for AI can help both countries
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November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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In principle, the CRTC pays costs for groups that make public-interest cases in its hearings, so that business and industry isn't the only perspective it hears.

In practice, the CRTC can take so long to make those payments that the advocacy groups are dying out. thelogic.co/news/crtc-ad...
CRTC says it’s trying to slash the red tape strangling public-interest groups - The Logic
Non-profits say the commission takes nine months to approve payment for participation in hearings, causing "existential" financial risk
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November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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I guess if we ask Americans to read this story by colleague @joannasmith.bsky.social it could make the president mad. But she talked to several American entrepreneurs in small manufacturing businesses about how tariffs are hurting them and their companies specifically. thelogic.co/news/the-big...
The hidden victims of Trump’s attacks on Canada? Small U.S. manufacturers - The Logic
Companies that make things in the U.S. say Trump’s trade offensive has sent their costs soaring—and pushed away Canadian customers
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November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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U.S. small businesses say tariffs meant to boost domestic manufacturing have increased costs, delayed investments and prompted backlash from Canadian consumers thelogic.co/news/the-big... via @thelogic.co #TradeSky #Tariffs
The hidden victims of Trump’s attacks on Canada? Small U.S. manufacturers - The Logic
Companies that make things in the U.S. say Trump’s trade offensive has sent their costs soaring—and pushed away Canadian customers
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November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Saab wants very much for Canada to buy its Gripen jet fighters. Its chair, Swedish magnate Marcus Wallenberg is with his king on a state visit and talked to me and @joannasmith.bsky.social about just how the competition heated up again and what Saab is offering. thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
Fighter jet deal would turbocharge Canada-Sweden partnership, says Saab chair - The Logic
Ottawa invited the Swedish industrial giant to repitch its proposal to supply Gripen fighters to the Canadian military, says Marcus Wallenberg
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November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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From customs chatbots to services that help find clients, AI-powered tools are helping companies steer through the messy new world of global trade thelogic.co/news/ai-help...
Story by me and @muradhem.bsky.social for @thelogic.co #TradeSky
AI is helping Canadian firms stay on top of the tariff chaos - The Logic
From customs chatbots to services that help find clients, AI-powered tools are helping companies steer through the messy new world of global trade
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November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A Canadian man is suing OpenAI, claiming his interactions with the company’s ChatGPT chatbot destroyed his reputation, alienated him from his family and sent him into a mental health crisis. Read more by @patriquin.bsky.social in @thelogic.co thelogic.co/news/openai-...
Lawsuits claim ChatGPT encouraged delusional spirals and suicides - The Logic
Allan Brooks, one of the plaintiffs, spent weeks speaking to ChatGPT about a mathematical formula he had devised that could bring down global financial systems. Then he realized it was all a lie.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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The North American trade pact has shielded both Canada and Mexico from the worst of Trump’s tariffs. Keeping it alive is their new common cause. My "Big Read" for @thelogic.co from Mexico City. thelogic.co/news/the-big... #TradeSky #cdnpoli
For Canada and Mexico, everything rides on the USMCA - The Logic
The North American trade pact has shielded both countries from the worst of Trump’s tariffs. Keeping it alive is their new common cause.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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My colleagues at @thelogic.co and I have been hard at work reading the 2025 federal budget today. Here are our first stories on what it means for Canadian business and tech. We will have more to report on in the coming days. #budget2025
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Can you help out my colleague @aleksagan.bsky.social ? Get in touch with her directly. Details below.
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If you work(ed) at #Shopify and have been a part of the ongoing quiet layoffs, and want to speak about it securely, reach me at aleksagan.12 on Signal or pop into my DMs.
October 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Consultez La Dépêche, notre lettre d’information bimestrielle qui vous informe sur les défis auxquels sont confrontés les journalistes, met en lumière nos efforts de plaidoyer et souligne l’importance d’une presse libre pour soutenir la démocratie. worldpressfreedomcanada.ca/fr/linstitut...
L’intelligence artificielle est une nouvelle technologie qui pourrait permettre de résoudre certains des problèmes les plus urgents de la planète, mais qui comporte également des risques effrayants si elle devient incontrôlable et nuit à l’humanité.
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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“How do you even understand what you have to pay? It’s a challenge,” Jim Jarrell, CEO of Linamar, said in an interview with @thelogic.co as he described how the growing list of tariffs on steel and aluminum derivatives is becoming a problem.
thelogic.co/news/tariffs... #TradeSky #autoindustry
Calculating tariffs on steel and aluminum products like ‘unscrambling an omelette,’ says Linamar CEO - The Logic
The cost of the tariffs is one thing, but even running the numbers on them is becoming a huge headache for the auto parts industry
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October 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Rejoignez-nous le 6 novembre à Ottawa pour « L'IA et la presse : menaces et opportunités », un symposium sur la manière dont cette technologie révolutionnaire redéfinit la liberté de la presse.

Réservez dès maintenant vos billets gratuits sur : worldpressfreedomcanada.ca/fr/event/lia...
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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This is a great list of speakers! Tickets went quickly for our event with Carol Off earlier this year, so if you want to be there (and you do), then you should get on it.

#pressfreedom
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Canada's border agency says it has taken steps to stop outages on a $706-million digital system to assess and collect customs duties and taxes. The glitches were one reason the platform landed on a U.S. list of non-tariff trade barriers
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Canada’s new online customs system is plagued by glitches - The Logic
Ottawa says it has taken steps to stop constant outages that landed the $706-million tool on a U.S. list of non-tariff trade barriers
thelogic.co
October 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM