Fatima Syed

Reporter

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 ‘bridge to better times’

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-a-bridge-to-better-times/

By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin | Mar 30, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that businesses that have seen a 30 per cent drop in revenue due to the economic impacts of COVID-19 will qualify for the federal 75 per cent wage-subsidy program

COVID-19 roundup: Ottawa puts its cards on the table

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-ottawa-puts-its-cards-on-the-table/

By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin | Mar 27, 2020

Breaking down Ottawa’s new measures to help small businesses with COVID-19

https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/breaking-down-ottawas-new-measures-to-help-small-businesses-with-covid-19/

By Murad Hemmadi, Fatima Syed and Zane Schwartz | Mar 27, 2020

‘It’s becoming clear we need to do more, much more,’ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said

Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks at a press conference on the federal government’s economic response to COVID-19 in Ottawa in March 2020.

COVID-19 roundup: Canada opposes White House border plan

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-canada-opposes-white-house-border-plan/

By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin | Mar 26, 2020

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said she was strongly opposed to the U.S. proposal to place 1,000 troops near the border

COVID-19 roundup: ‘We are doing things the government hasn’t done before’

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-we-are-doing-things-the-government-hasnt-done-before/

By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Zane Schwartz, Murad Hemmadi and Martin Patriquin | Mar 25, 2020

Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu has invoked powers granted to her office under the Quarantine Act to legally require travellers returning from other countries to self-isolate for 14 days or face fines and/or jail time

COVID-19 roundup: Emergency session, unprecedented powers

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-emergency-session-unprecedented-powers/

By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin | Mar 24, 2020

Steal these ideas: 34 things Canada’s innovators think the government should do to help the economy through the COVID-19 crisis

https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/steal-these-ideas-34-things-canadas-innovators-think-the-government-should-do-to-help-the-economy-through-the-covid-19-crisis/

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

Aggressive wage subsidies, rent forgiveness and venture capital-matching programs: how government should address the COVID-19 crisis, according to Canadian business leaders

Finance Minister Bill Morneau arrives for a press conference on economic support for Canadians impacted by COVID-19 at West Block on Parliament Hill in March 2020.

COVID-19 roundup: A million Canadians homeward bound

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-a-million-canadians-homeward-bound/

By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre and Murad Hemmadi | Mar 23, 2020

“Enough is enough. Go home and stay home,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in his public briefing on the government’s COVID-19 measures Monday morning

COVID-19 roundup: The jobless tally mounts

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-the-jobless-tally-mounts/

By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin | Mar 20, 2020

Out-of-work Canadians filed 500,000 applications for employment insurance and financial assistance this week alone, up from 27,000 the same week last year