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Anita Balakrishnan

Reporter

Anita Balakrishnan covers Canada’s professional services sector. Her beat includes global accounting and consulting firms, the legal industry, and investments in the mining industry. She previously covered the auto industry and automotive tech. Before joining The Logic in 2021, Anita was a business reporter and editor at The Canadian Press and at Thomson Reuters’ Law Times, and was a tech and business reporter for CNBC.com. She is based in Toronto.

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Articles by Anita Balakrishnan

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Ontario fast-tracks Frontier Lithium project in first test of new framework

https://thelogic.co/briefing/ontario-fast-tracks-frontier-lithium-project-in-first-test-of-new-framework/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Oct 30, 2025

Canada eyes a piece of mining deals frenzy as G7 kicks off in Toronto

https://thelogic.co/news/canada-critical-minerals-deals-g7-in-toronto/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Oct 30, 2025

U.S. government investments boosted shares of Canadian mining firms, and now Ottawa may make a similar move, Canada’s energy minister hinted

A shot of Tim Hodgson responding to reporters in a corridor of the parliament buildings in Ottawa. He's wearing a dark jacket and a pink tie.

Can minivans be cool again? Canada’s auto heartland depends on it

https://thelogic.co/news/analysis/minivan-comeback-canada-chrysler-auto/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Oct 28, 2025

he country’s auto sector helped invent the minivan. It may need to reinvent it to survive.

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Flo to close second assembly plant as EV sector stutters

https://thelogic.co/briefing/flo-to-close-second-assembly-plant-as-ev-sector-stutters/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Oct 24, 2025

Boardroom diversity is plateauing in corporate Canada

https://thelogic.co/news/boardroom-diversity-is-plateauing-in-corporate-canada/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Oct 22, 2025

Growth is at its slowest in 11 years when it comes to adding women to boards, Osler says

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General Motors ends production at Canada’s first EV plant

https://thelogic.co/briefing/general-motors-ends-production-at-canadas-first-ev-plant/

By Joanna Smith and Anita Balakrishnan | Oct 21, 2025

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Dye & Durham shares plummet as acquirer pulls out of deal

https://thelogic.co/briefing/dye-durham-shares-plummet-as-acquirer-pulls-out-of-deal/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Oct 20, 2025

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Lyft will hire hundreds in Toronto for its new tech hub

https://thelogic.co/briefing/lyft-will-hire-hundreds-in-toronto-for-its-new-tech-hub/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Oct 17, 2025

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GM, Vale halt battery projects in Quebec

https://thelogic.co/briefing/gm-vale-halt-battery-projects-in-quebec/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Oct 16, 2025

What business wants from the 2025 federal budget

https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/business-2025-federal-budget/

By Anita Balakrishnan, Claire Brownell, Murad Hemmadi, Laura Osman, David Reevely and Jesse Snyder | Oct 16, 2025

Money for AI adoption, a Canada-first drug policy and follow-through on open banking are among the asks for the long-awaited 2025 budget

A shot taken in Rideau Hall in Ottawa of Mark Carney shaking hands with François-Philippe Champagne