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Big Tech’s AI buildout is upending Canada’s bond market
The once-sleepy market is taking off as tech giants go on a borrowing binge -
Trump renews trade attack on Canada, slapping 50% tariffs on a slew of exports
The tariffs targeting products from plywood to hockey skates are set to take effect in 30 days -
The Canadian companies trying to break Palantir’s grip on intelligence software
Anvil and Caseway are building intelligence tools in Canada, but a US$300-billion American giant got its wares here first
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Australia’s pension giant has $10B ready to invest in Canada. It wants something from Ottawa first
IFM Investors is working with Canadian pension funds to convince Ottawa to let them invest in airports, roads and other public assets -
Citi sees Canada heating up in global capital shift
Citi Canada’s CEO says the country’s shifting role in trade, resources and defence is creating new opportunities for the U.S. lender -
Canada bets on graphite as allies scramble for critical minerals
Officials are touting graphite’s potential for national defence operations, as well as its role in the energy grid -
Canada’s ETF industry is almost a trillion-dollar business
Investors are piling into Canadian ETFs, with actively managed ETFs more than quadrupling in value since 2020 -
A niche white-collar role is becoming the AI industry’s hot new job
Tech companies are sending developers into clients’ offices to build bespoke AI systems, blurring the line between software vendor and consultant
National
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So far, foreign-owned firms have dominated Buy Canadian contracts
More than 70 per cent of contracts awarded under the federal government’s new Buy Canadian procurement policy have gone to foreign-owned subsidiaries -
Governments, oilsands giants reach deal to push ahead with carbon capture project
The industry’s MOU with feds and Alberta commits it to the massive Pathways development in exchange for regulatory support for more oil production -
PCO clerk Sabia stayed on Mastercard Foundation board for a year with no conflict screen
The charity has met with several government figures during Michael Sabia’s tenure as Canada top civil servant, but says he was not involved -
Canada’s submarine decision just paid off for Nova Scotia’s spaceport
A German rocket maker signed a 10-year deal with Maritime Launch Services the day after Canada picked TKMS to build its subs -
The $100B bet Canada is putting on European submarines
Ottawa chose NATO allies Germany and Norway over a South Korean bid that promised vehicle plants, rockets and an LNG platform
Tech
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OpenAI adds to parental controls as it positions ChatGPT as a learning tool for teens
Policymakers around the world are considering curbs on how children use chatbots, amid mental health and educational concerns -
The world’s leading AI models may be more Canadian than American, study finds
A study into frontier AI models challenges assumptions that U.S.-built systems export American values, finding they often mirror Canadian views -
Canadian firms are ready to help with digital sovereignty. Their challenge is getting approved
Montreal software company Nakisa spent 18 months documenting its security practices to qualify for contracts—a journey others will find long and costly, its CEO warns -
Zero Point Cryogenics wants to freeze the quantum world
On an industrial lot in Edmonton, next to a Nerf-battle birthday venue, one firm is building the near-absolute zero freezers the quantum industry desperately needs
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The small team in Montreal trying to save the world from AI
LawZero is a humble non-profit with a startup vibe and a core of determined staff. Its quest to create safe AI is anything but modest.
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What Alberta’s corporate heavyweights really think about separation
Predictions of capital flight and the loss of head offices loomed large in Canada’s past secession debates. In Alberta, executives who spoke to The Logic had a different take. -
How Sheldon McCormick brought Communitech back from the brink
The former Uber executive and startup founder inherited a tech hub struggling to stay relevant. His turnaround effort could offer a model for what startup organizations look like in the age of AI. -
Mining the moon. Selling nuclear reactors. For this Canadian, it’s all part of the plan
In the throes of a pandemic-fuelled midlife crisis, Daniel Sax founded a company to mine the moon. Now he has federal space contracts, and wants to power the Arctic with microreactors.
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