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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

Briefing

Cyclic Materials strikes first-ever copper deal with Glencore

https://thelogic.co/briefing/cyclic-materials-strikes-first-ever-copper-deal-with-glencore/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Dec 11, 2024

Lion Electric lays off half its staff and sells major facility as crisis deepens

https://thelogic.co/news/lion-electric-headquarters-sale/

By Anita Balakrishnan and Martin Patriquin | Dec 6, 2024

The Quebec electric vehicle firm has also had its warrants delisted by the New York Stock Exchange as its share price tanks.

A Lion Electric school bus.

Briefing

B.C. gigafactory halted in latest blow to Canada’s EV ambitions

https://thelogic.co/briefing/b-c-gigafactory-halted-in-latest-blow-to-canadas-ev-ambitions/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Dec 5, 2024

One EV industry startup is actually growing—and it’s Canadian

https://thelogic.co/news/shift/novonix-stellantis-volkswagen-ev-supplychain-deals/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Dec 5, 2024

Stellantis and VW set aside their woes recently to ink deals with Novonix.

A forklift between two tall shelves with dozens of large black bags of graphite. The cart is transporting a large bag.

Briefing

General Motors takes more than US$5B in charges, writedown in China

https://thelogic.co/briefing/general-motors-takes-more-than-us5b-in-charges-writedown-in-china/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Dec 4, 2024

Briefing

Lion Electric lays off more than half of staff, halts factory amid credit extension

https://thelogic.co/briefing/lion-electric-lays-off-more-than-half-of-staff-halts-factory-amid-credit-extension/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Dec 2, 2024

Briefing

Carlos Tavares out as Stellantis CEO

https://thelogic.co/briefing/carlos-tavares-out-as-stellantis-ceo/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Dec 2, 2024

What the Trump tariffs mean for Canada’s EV industry

https://thelogic.co/news/shift/what-the-trump-tariffs-mean-for-canadas-ev-industry/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Nov 28, 2024

A 25% levy would hit the sector hard, but which country would feel the most pain?

An overhead view of white Honda vehicles on a production line.

How Northvolt burned through its billions

https://thelogic.co/news/northvolt-failure-battery-empire/

By Anita Balakrishnan | Nov 28, 2024

US$8B and political support in Europe and North America wasn’t enough to beat China’s battery empire.

What Trump’s 25% tariff would mean for Canadian business

https://thelogic.co/news/trump-tariff-market-reaction/

By Catherine McIntyre, Anita Balakrishnan and Claire Brownell | Nov 26, 2024

Key industries expected to be hit hardest are bracing for far-reaching consequences

Multicoloured cargo containers are seen at the Port of New York and New Jersey, with numerous cranes and the estuary seen in the background.