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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

    The Quebec exception delivers a union at Amazon

    https://thelogic.co/commentary/quebec-ink/quebec-exception-delivers-amazon-union/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   May 21, 2024

    The province's labour-friendly laws were no secret when the e-commerce giant set up warehouses. Will its workers elsewhere follow suit?

    A blue and white Amazon sign with wording and both French and English appears in the foreground; in the background is a large, grey warehouse-style building with a blue awning and Amazon's smile-shaped arrow logo near the roofline.

    Briefing

    Engineering giant behind Apple’s HQ lost US$25M in deepfake video conference scam

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/engineering-giant-behind-apples-hq-lost-us25m-in-deepfake-video-conference-scam/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   May 17, 2024

    Briefing

    Online Harms Act will help curb sexual exploitation, harassment, hate: Justice minister

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/online-harms-act-will-help-curb-sexual-exploitation-harassment-hate-justice-minister/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   May 14, 2024

    Briefing

    Amazon warehouse workers in Laval can form union, labour tribunal says

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/amazon-warehouse-workers-in-laval-can-form-union-labour-tribunal-says/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   May 13, 2024

    Google blocks Jim Balsillie from speaking at not-for-profit tech group’s annual summit

    https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/google-blocks-jim-balsillie-regtech-summit/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   May 13, 2024

    Jim Balsillie opens a glass door to enter a room; he's wearing a black suit with a bright, green tie and is holding a black folder for carrying papers.

    Briefing

    Deep Sky chooses Alberta for its first carbon-capture site

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/deep-sky-chooses-alberta-for-its-first-carbon-capture-site/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   May 10, 2024

    Out of thin air

    https://thelogic.co/news/the-big-read/fred-lalonde-deep-sky-carbon-capture/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   May 7, 2024

    A photo of a man with wavy hair and close-cropped beard clad in a blazer and white t-shirt; he appears against an aqua-toned backdrop with a hazy image of an industrial smokestack.

    The divestiture campaign at McGill and beyond is bound to fail. Maybe that’s the point

    https://thelogic.co/commentary/quebec-ink/the-divestiture-campaign-at-mcgill-and-beyond-is-bound-to-fail-maybe-thats-the-point/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   May 6, 2024

    Asking an institution to target companies that don't deserve it is pointless—unless you want to make the institution look bad.

    A black-clad man with his back to the camera stands before a poster hung on a section of wire fencing around a tent encampment. The poster reads "Our demands: disclose, divest, defend, declare."

    Briefing

    CN Rail, CPKC workers vote to authorize strikes if labour agreement not reached

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/cn-rail-cpkc-workers-vote-to-authorize-strikes-if-labour-agreement-not-reached/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   May 1, 2024

    Briefing

    Ex-Binance CEO sentenced to four months in prison

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/ex-binance-ceo-sentenced-to-four-months-in-prison/

    By Martin Patriquin   |   Apr 30, 2024

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