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Carney wants $1T to flow into Canada. Small projects are still struggling to get financing
Some proponents seeking Canadian and Indigenous financing say investors’ minimum deal sizes could put institutional capital out of reach -
China and India offer major upside for Canada’s cultural exports, says federal analysis
An internal memo obtained by The Logic urges Ottawa to focus on non-U.S. markets for exports like music, TV shows and video games -
Transformer Lab has built an entire world of AI scientists to automate research
AI researchers inhabit simulated communities with names like Math Mountain and Large Language Model Town and exchange emails and Slack messages as they plan and execute experiments
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Business
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MaRS joins forces with accelerator Vimy Forge to help defence startups
New partnership aims to connect investors with promising military and dual-use companies as Ottawa starts spending big on defence -
Pension funds are lining up for a piece of Canada’s airports
Under the new model, private operators will expect to earn a profit on their investment. What that might mean for airline and passenger fees remains unclear. -
What it was like to pitch a project in the hurly-burly of the Canada Investment Summit
Getting into Canada’s deal book led to many meetings for Alberta defence entrepreneur JR Cox—even if he was excluded from the main event -
Carney’s $500B investment claim requires some generous math
Some of the funding is earmarked for foreign companies, and not all of it is actually investment -
MaRS targets foreign customers for Canadian startups with a new global network
The Toronto innovation hub is building a global network of similar organizations to help scaling Canadian companies expand into new markets
National
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How the Liberals plan to keep their promise on one-year project approvals
A new sprawling bill called the “Building Canada Strong Act” aims to speed up reviews and reshapes labour rules at ports and railways -
India seeks tariff rate quotas for crops, recognition of its economic heft as trade talks with Canada near finish line
New Delhi’s top envoy to Canada says talks for a comprehensive deal are on track for a December signing -
Trump steps up effort to block Canadian goods from U.S. procurement—but his order leaves a lot untouched
The military and lower levels of government make up the bulk of U.S. procurement from Canadian suppliers. Trump’s edict doesn’t cover them. -
Making Canada an ‘associate member’ of the EU won’t be simple—whatever the label means
As the EU formally proposes closer ties with Canada, governments in the bloc are making it clear that words matter -
The ‘red line’ in U.S. trade talks that sets Canada apart from other countries
Canada walked away after American negotiators demanded a say in its future trade deals. Other nations haven’t been so reluctant, a new analysis shows.
Tech
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OpenAI will give free credits to startups enrolled at Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab
Top participants identified by the CDL will also receive support from OpenAI staff as the company looks to tap into Canada’s most promising startups -
LawZero gets $300M from Canada and Germany to develop safer AI
The grants will let the Montreal-based non-profit invest in R&D and buy more compute to develop its AI systems -
Cohere agrees terms with Aleph Alpha as it seeks scale and compute
The Canadian firm is developing bigger and more capable models to close the gap with the frontier labs, CEO Aidan Gomez says -
Radical Ventures raises over US$1B to back AI’s next behemoths
The Toronto investment firm’s new venture fund is the largest ever in Canada, amid huge demand for capital from superstar researchers and fast-growing firms -
Bell picks Saskatchewan in bid to more than double its AI data-centre capacity
The telecom firm has signed a non-binding deal with the provincial government to add 900 megawatts of capacity—and bring its own power
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The Big Read
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Cameco’s high-stakes bid to be Canada’s next nuclear champion
Through the fall of the Soviet Union to the rise of power-hungry AI, Saskatoon-based Cameco has served the nuclear power needs of both Canada and the United States. That’s about to get tricky.
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The $20B risk at the heart of Carney and Smith’s grand pipeline bargain
The oilpatch once called Ottawa’s pipeline-for-Pathways bargain “unfinanceable.” Now the industry seems to be changing its mind. -
Meet Canada’s leading innovators from the Class of 2026
From AI and space exploration to sustainable mining and accessible technology, this year’s Top Prospects are building the ideas and innovations that could shape Canada’s future -
Inside Bell’s all-Canadian plan to power the country’s AI future
The telecom giant is spending big to develop the infrastructure and services it hopes will power a national AI boom. Will the country buy into its vision?
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