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    Martin Patriquin

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    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.

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    Articles by Martin Patriquin

    Briefing

    Northvolt looks to existing shareholders for US$1.3 billion: Report

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/northvolt-looking-to-existing-shareholders-for-us1-3-billion/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   Jan 28, 2025

    Amazon is closing all its facilities in Quebec and cutting 1,800 jobs

    https://thelogic.co/news/amazon-quebec-unions-exit/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   Jan 22, 2025

    The move follows the unionization of an Amazon warehouse in Laval in May 2024. The company said the decision was unrelated.

    5,000 cancer patients in Quebec have lost access to their medical data

    https://thelogic.co/news/muhc-opal-app-shutdown-quebec/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   Jan 22, 2025

    An app for patients used by Quebec’s largest English-language hospital was shut down earlier this month due to a lack of funding. Its developer is trying to get it back online.

    An emergency sign outside the McGill University Health Services (MUHC) hospital

    Briefing

    Hopper sets sights on US$10-billion valuation in IPO plan

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/hopper-sets-sights-on-us10-billion-valuation-in-ipo-plan/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   Jan 21, 2025

    Tech leaders have a plan to protect Bluesky from Elon Musk

    https://thelogic.co/commentary/quebec-ink/bluesky-free-our-feeds-elon-musk-twitter-takeover/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   Jan 13, 2025

    Free our Feeds, a collective of tech leaders including Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Mozilla Foundation president Mark Surman, wants to raise US$30M to protect Bluesky.

    Briefing

    Foreign acquisition of 7-Eleven owner would be a matter of national security, Japan says

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/foreign-acquisition-of-7-eleven-owner-would-be-a-matter-of-national-security-japan-says/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   Jan 8, 2025

    Briefing

    Meta to cease using third-party fact-checking on its platforms

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/meta-to-cease-using-third-party-fact-checking-on-its-platforms/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   Jan 7, 2025

    Briefing

    Quebec to ban sale of all light-duty gas-powered vehicles by 2035

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/quebec-to-ban-sale-of-all-light-duty-gas-powered-vehicles-by-2035/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   Dec 18, 2024

    Quebec clamped down on Airbnb. It didn’t go well

    https://thelogic.co/commentary/quebec-ink/airbnb-montreal-illegal-listings/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   Dec 16, 2024

    Following a deadly fire at an illegal Airbnb in Montreal, Quebec belatedly tried to get a grip on dodgy short-term rentals. Not much has changed.

    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.

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