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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

Chemical giant BASF suspends Canadian EV project

https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/chemical-giant-basf-suspends-canadian-ev-project/

By Anita Balakrishnan | May 28, 2025

The battery materials plant in Bécancour, Que., was announced in 2022 and meant to open this year. The project has now been suspended.

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Seven & i’s new management gets sign-off from shareholders despite Couche-Tard bid

https://thelogic.co/briefing/seven-is-new-management-gets-sign-off-from-shareholders-despite-couche-tard-bid/

By Anita Balakrishnan | May 27, 2025

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Stellantis to preserve all jobs in Canada, Joly says

https://thelogic.co/briefing/stellantis-to-preserve-all-jobs-in-canada-joly-says/

By Anita Balakrishnan | May 22, 2025

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Attorney General opposes Lion Electric takeover as EV firm heads to court

https://thelogic.co/briefing/attorney-general-opposes-lion-electric-takeover-as-ev-firm-heads-to-court/

By Anita Balakrishnan | May 21, 2025

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LeddarTech lays of 95% of its workforce

https://thelogic.co/briefing/leddartech-lays-of-95-of-its-workforce/

By Anita Balakrishnan | May 21, 2025

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CATL stock soars in Hong Kong debut, marking year’s biggest IPO

https://thelogic.co/briefing/catl-stock-soars-in-hong-kong-debut-marking-years-biggest-ipo/

By Anita Balakrishnan | May 20, 2025

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Lion Electric finds buyer for its EV business

https://thelogic.co/briefing/lion-electric-finds-buyer-for-its-ev-business/

By Anita Balakrishnan | May 16, 2025

Honda says it will swap assembly between Canada and U.S. to keep jobs in both countries

https://thelogic.co/news/honda-says-it-will-swap-assembly-between-canada-and-u-s-to-keep-jobs-in-both-countries/

By Anita Balakrishnan | May 15, 2025

Honda says it will swap assembly between Canada and U.S. to keep jobs in both countries

A worker in a white shirt and baseball cap works on the front of a Honda vehicle in an industrial setting with yellow safety lines on floor. A "Do Not Walk Through Here" sign is in the foreground.

Battery-tech firm Li-Cycle files for bankruptcy protection

https://thelogic.co/news/li-cycle-bankruptcy-protection/

By Anita Balakrishnan and Catherine McIntyre | May 15, 2025

The Toronto-based company has failed to raise the money needed to keep its battery-recycling business going and will now likely be sold for parts.

How tariffs add thousands to the price of this Canadian-made SUV

https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/us-auto-tariffs-canadian-suv/

By Anita Balakrishnan | May 15, 2025

We compared tariff costs on identical vehicles sold in the U.S.—one made in Canada, one south of the border. Canadian automakers should be worried.

A low-angle shot of a truck carrying vehicles across the bridge at the Canada-U.S. border in Sarnia, Ont. The U.S. and Canadian flags are flying in the foreground.