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    Fatima Syed

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    Fatima Syed was a reporter at The Logic. She was previously a reporter with National Observer, where she established the outlet’s Queen’s Park bureau with an emphasis on coverage of environmental and energy policy. She previously worked at the Toronto Star and at The Walrus, and is a National Magazine Award nominee. She contributed chapters to two anthologies published by Coach House Books, Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity and House Divided.

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    Articles by Fatima Syed

    COVID-19 roundup: A plan to reopen Ontario—but no ‘hard dates’

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-a-plan-to-reopen-ontario-but-no-hard-dates/

    By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Zane Schwartz and Murad Hemmadi   |   Apr 27, 2020

    Ontario announced that it will reopen its economy in a three-stage process that will begin only after it sees a “consistent two-to-four week decrease” in the number of new daily COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations

    COVID-19 roundup: Ottawa unveils its small-business rent-relief plan

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-ottawa-unveils-its-small-business-rent-relief-plan/

    By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre and Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 24, 2020

    Commercial landlords who agree to cut small businesses’ rent by 75 per cent and not evict them will be able to get forgivable loans worth 50 per cent of what they’d normally collect from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the federal government announced Friday

    A lone person walks past closed businesses in Kensington Market in Toronto in April 2020.

    COVID-19 roundup: Saskatchewan goes from hammer to dance

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-saskatchewan-goes-from-hammer-to-dance/

    By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre and Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 23, 2020

    The province's five-phase plan to reopen the province, released today, kicks in May 4

    COVID-19 roundup: Because ‘Mom and Dad are stretched, too’

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-because-mom-and-dad-are-stretched-too/

    By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin   |   Apr 22, 2020

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced almost $9 billion in new financial support for post-secondary students

    COVID-19 roundup: The rent is due in 10 days

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-the-rent-is-due-in-10-days/

    By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin   |   Apr 21, 2020

    Some of Canada’s largest commercial landlords are still waiting to hear what exactly Ottawa is offering them and their tenants

    COVID-19 roundup: Are all Ottawa’s cards now on the table?

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-are-all-ottawas-cards-now-on-the-table/

    By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre and Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 20, 2020

    On Friday, Ottawa put more cards on the table, with $250 million for the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program for R&D projects and $675 million for its six regional development agencies, reserved for companies that don’t qualify for the salary assistance

    COVID-19 roundup: $250 million more for the innovation economy

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-250-million-more-for-the-innovation-economy/

    By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi, Martin Patriquin and Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 17, 2020

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced Ottawa is adding $250 million in new money to the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program

    Cinchy wants to create a COVID-19 data ‘command centre’ for Canada’s health agencies

    https://thelogic.co/news/cinchy-wants-to-create-a-covid-19-data-command-centre-for-canadas-health-agencies/

    By Fatima Syed   |   Apr 17, 2020

    The centre would help public health agencies determine their readiness for surges and help collate data needed for vaccine research

    COVID-19 roundup: Ottawa expands business-loan program

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-ottawa-expands-business-loan-program/

    By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi and Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 16, 2020

    Banks and credit unions have issued more than 195,000 interest-free, partly forgivable loans of up to $40,000 each, worth a total of over $7.5 billion, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday

    COVID-19 roundup: Trudeau urges patience as Canada records steepest-ever GDP drop

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-trudeau-urges-patience-as-canada-records-steepest-ever-gdp-drop/

    By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi and Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 15, 2020

    Canada’s economy shrank nine per cent in March and 2.6 per cent across the first quarter, Statistics Canada estimated on Wednesday

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