Martin Patriquin is a Quebec correspondent for The Logic, covering the province’s innovation economy and the transformation of its legacy businesses, and writing The Logic’s biweekly Quebec Ink column. He was previously Quebec bureau chief for Maclean’s. A National Magazine Award winner, he has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Walrus, Vice, BuzzFeed and The Globe and Mail, and is a regular panelist on CBC’s Power & Politics.
A network of scam accounts are running Facebook ads featuring an AI-generated prime minister at a time when all news is blocked on the Meta-owned platform in Canada.
The accounts are pumping out thousands of posts about the Canadian economy and alleged support within Canada for U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threat.
Quebec Premier François Legault said he’d cancel Amazon contracts after the company closed its warehouses in the province. Sources confirm it’s continuing to build huge new facilities.
Hydro-Québec generates enormous quantities of clean, cheap energy and has deals in place to increase supply to the U.S. in the coming years. That gives it power—and leverage.
