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    Joanna Smith, The Logic Reporter.

    Joanna Smith

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    Joanna Smith covers trade, particularly the Canada-U.S. relationship. She has been a journalist on Parliament Hill since 2008, including as a reporter for the Toronto Star and as Ottawa news editor and then bureau chief for The Canadian Press. She was most recently editor-in-chief of Kathari News, an online journalism startup with a focus on the global energy transition. She has also taught journalism at Carleton University and is on the board of directors at World Press Freedom Canada.
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    Articles by Joanna Smith

    Briefing

    Cameco signs $2.6B deal to supply uranium to India

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/cameco-signs-2-6b-deal-to-supply-uranium-to-india/

    By Joanna Smith   |   Mar 2, 2026

    Briefing

    Alberta budget forecasts $9.4B deficit—and a surprisingly rosy picture of future oil prices

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/alberta-budget-forecasts-9-4b-deficit-and-a-surprisingly-rosy-picture-of-future-oil-prices/

    By Joanna Smith   |   Feb 27, 2026

    Briefing

    EU won’t formally join the Pacific Rim trade pact despite Carney’s bridge-building

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/eu-wont-formally-join-the-pacific-rim-trade-pact-despite-carneys-bridge-building/

    By Joanna Smith   |   Feb 27, 2026

    Poilievre pitches critical-mineral stockpile as leverage in trade talks with the U.S.

    https://thelogic.co/news/pierre-poilievre-donald-trump-speech/

    By Laura Osman and Joanna Smith   |   Feb 26, 2026

    The Conservative leader laid out his plan to deal with the United States in carefully chosen words, but finally called out Donald Trump by name

    A head-and-shoulder close-up of Pierre Poilievre at a lectern, against a blue backdrop.

    Briefing

    Carney’s trip to India expected to include uranium deal: Indian envoy to Canada

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/carneys-trip-to-india-expected-to-include-uranium-deal-indian-envoy-to-canada/

    By Joanna Smith   |   Feb 26, 2026

    Canadians on Mexican trade mission undeterred by drug violence

    https://thelogic.co/news/mexico-cartel-trade-mission-react/

    By Joanna Smith   |   Feb 26, 2026

    Canada's largest-ever trade mission to Mexico ended just before this week's outbreak of fires and shootings. Business leaders on the trip say they're sticking to their plans.

    A police officer standing in the centre of a wide street, with a burned out car and abandoned flat-bed truck behind him.

    Briefing

    Carney is going on a round-the-world trip to India, Australia and Japan

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/carney-is-going-on-a-round-the-world-trip-to-india-australia-and-japan/

    By Joanna Smith   |   Feb 24, 2026

    Regulator claims shippers are using Canada to end-run U.S. taxes

    https://thelogic.co/news/canada-ports-face-trump-harbour-tax/

    By Joanna Smith   |   Feb 16, 2026

    The Trump administration wants to levy harbour taxes on all overseas cargo destined for the U.S.—even if it’s coming through Canadian ports

    Shipping containers stacked at a busy port terminal, with cranes and transport vehicles operating under a clear sky.

    Fraudulently labelled American chicken is flooding into Canada, farmers charge

    https://thelogic.co/news/canada-us-trade-illegal-chicken/

    By Joanna Smith   |   Feb 13, 2026

    Premium American chicken meat has been getting into Canada duty free because it’s falsely labelled as low-grade. Border officials are trying to stop that.

    A close-up of a white chicken sticking its head through the wires of its cage.

    Briefing

    Owner of rival Windsor-Detroit crossing met Lutnick before Trump’s Gordie Howe bridge threat

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/owner-of-rival-windsor-detroit-crossing-met-lutnick-before-trumps-gordie-howe-bridge-threat/

    By Joanna Smith   |   Feb 11, 2026

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