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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

U.S. industry leaders plead for truce as tariff fight escalates

https://thelogic.co/news/us-industry-leaders-react-canada-counter-tariffs/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Aug 26, 2026

While politicians upped the ante on social media, business leaders called for negotiators to return to the table with cooler heads

Close-up of a red American roadside call box marked “Made in the U.S.A.,” with a blurred semi-truck approaching on Gordie Howe International Bridge.

Briefing

Gatik raises US$200M for self-driving truck business

https://thelogic.co/briefing/gatik-raises-us200m-for-self-driving-truck-business/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Aug 25, 2026

Thomson Reuters launches its own AI model to reduce reliance on big tech

https://thelogic.co/news/thomson-reuters-custom-ai-launch/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Aug 24, 2026

The large language model, dubbed Thomson, will be an early test of whether domain-specific AI can compete with the likes of Anthropic and OpenAI

Canada’s businesses brace for the impact of new tariffs as hopes for a deal vanish for now

https://thelogic.co/news/canada-business-brace-impact-tariffs/

By Anita Balakrishnan and Murad Hemmadi | Aug 23, 2026

New U.S. tariffs target everything from industrial machinery makers to small clothing makers

A close-up of a worker machine-sewing seams into an olive-green parka.

Briefing

Premiers weigh details of trade deal as LeBlanc returns to Washington

https://thelogic.co/briefing/premiers-weigh-details-of-trade-deal-as-leblanc-returns-to-washington/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Aug 20, 2026

Briefing

Dominion Dynamics is pitching to take over an idled Stellantis plant

https://thelogic.co/briefing/dominion-dynamics-is-pitching-to-take-over-an-idled-stellantis-plant/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Aug 19, 2026

For decades, lawyers hustled to make partner. AI is changing that

https://thelogic.co/news/bay-street-law-partner-ai-roles/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Aug 19, 2026

Internal tech roles at Big Law firms are no longer relegated to support staff, as senior lawyers are tapped to design agentic AI tools

Three people cross a busy intersection on Bay Street, against a backdrop of dark buildings and cars. Their silhouettes are blurred.

Briefing

Clearco taps Macquarie for US$100M in financing to back its rebound

https://thelogic.co/briefing/clearco-taps-macquarie-for-us100m-in-financing-to-back-its-rebound/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Aug 18, 2026

Briefing

US$120M preliminary settlement reached in Pornhub class action

https://thelogic.co/briefing/us120m-preliminary-settlement-reached-in-pornhub-class-action/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Aug 17, 2026

Briefing

Stellantis considering selling Ontario factory, union says

https://thelogic.co/briefing/stellantis-considering-selling-ontario-factory-union-says/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Aug 14, 2026