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.
The Liberal government is pushing ahead with a social media ban for youth, The Logic has learned. The same legislation is likely to include age restrictions for chatbots.
A potential partnership between the provincial government and Quebec-based tech giant CGI is being pitched as a bulwark against U.S. hegemony. Some have caught a whiff of cronyism.
Roblox is a recruiting ground for groups who encourage acts of self-harm, violent crime and child sexual abuse, according to a government report obtained by The Logic