David Reevely

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Ottawa reporter for The Logic. The feds, Ontario, health, space, telecom, infrastructure, whatever needs doing. Proud alum of the Ottawa Citizen and Canadian Press. He/his.
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David ReevelyMay 24

New Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has 60 days to make it a lot simpler to get into the federal government's marquee innovation programs, she tells colleague Laura Osman: "We are a war cabinet, and we need to have a wartime philosophy."

The application form for the Strategic Innovation Fund is 50 pages long and that won't do, she says.

https://thelogic.co/news/carney-has-given-me-60-days-to-cut-red-tape-says-the-new-industry-minister/

Carney has given me 60 days to cut red tape, says the new industry minister - The Logic

Mélanie Joly invokes ‘wartime philosophy’ as she pledges to make Canada’s innovation funding programs faster and more efficient

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David ReevelyMay 15
Ontario expects the trade war to be an economic hiccup, not a nightmare, according to its new provincial budget. Here's the story from me and colleague Aimée Look: https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/ontario-opts-for-billions-in-spending-to-stave-off-the-effects-of-trumps-trade-war/
Ontario opts for billions in spending to stave off the effects of Trump’s trade war - The Logic

The province’s budget includes business supports, infrastructure spending and a critical minerals plan, but postpones balancing the books

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David ReevelyApr 26

I spent the past week in Iqaluit, learning how southern politicians’ talk of asserting Canadian sovereignty and developing natural resources in the North sounds to the people who actually live there.

They're in! To a degree that honestly surprised me, given how Canada has mistreated Inuit, in particular, in the name of Arctic sovereignty.

But they have some terms, to make sure that 2025's version of northern development is not like 1950's.

https://thelogic.co/news/the-big-read/arctic-sovereignty-canada-nunavut-federal-election/

Nunavut has a message for the rest of Canada—and a to-do list - The Logic

Politicians from the south have long failed to deliver on promises to boost Canadian sovereignty in the North. Threats of annexation from the U.S. could change that, fast.

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David ReevelyApr 23

Unless you ARE Pierre Poilievre, you are guaranteed to learn important things about how this leading contender for prime minister became who he is, how he thinks and works, and what some of his nearest and dearest think of him. Spectacular work by colleague Laura Osman.

https://thelogic.co/news/the-big-read/pierre-poilievre-canada-election/

Pierre Poilievre's 25-year quest to make Canadians see things his way - The Logic

The Conservative leader's tax-chopping, anti-government agenda harks back to his days as a right-wing campus activist. He's not about to give it up now.

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David ReevelyApr 22

Here’s a story of who Mark Carney is, how he got that way—going from the some of the most boring work in Big Finance to heading the Bank of England to the political arena—and what it says about how he’s handling his new battles.

https://thelogic.co/news/the-big-read/mark-carney-canada-election/

Meet the real Mark Carney - The Logic

The Liberal leader has steered central banks and investment giants through successive crises, but guiding Canada through the Trump era would be the greatest test he's faced

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David ReevelyApr 4

Amid the weirdness on Donald Trump's list of new tariffs this week was a 50% whack at Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the tiny French collectivity just off the coast of Newfoundland.

What's that about? I asked myself.

The answer is stranger than I expected.

https://thelogic.co/news/st-pierre-miquelon-high-halibut-tariffs/

Why tiny St-Pierre-Miquelon got hit with sky-high tariffs just for the halibut - The Logic

A protest over quotas and a single load of fish put the French island outpost in Trump's crosshairs

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David ReevelyMar 25

When the U.S. briefly cut Ukraine off from satellite imagery, I wondered if that affected the flow of radar images from MDA—if those went via the U.S. or something.

Turns out, there's no effect. Because we stopped sending that intel over two years ago.

https://thelogic.co/news/canada-space-leader-mda-stopped-satellite-images-to-ukraine/

Canada quietly stopped sending satellite images to Ukraine two years ago - The Logic

Images from Brampton, Ont.-based MDA halted long before the U.S. blocked Ukraine from using American satellite pictures.

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Show threadDavid ReevelyMar 23
A couple of supplementary notes:
* Former CBC/CTV host and part-time art dealer Evan Solomon is running for the Liberals in Toronto Centre. Marci Ien bowed out there a couple of weeks ago.
* Edmonton mayor and former Liberal minister Amarjeet Sohi is running for them in Edmonton Southeast. It's a new riding.
David ReevelyMar 23
The Logic has your election kickoff coverage here, starting with why this is happening: https://thelogic.co/news/federal-election-campaign-2025/
Everything you need to know about Canada's trade war election - The Logic

Canadians will go to the polls in the thick of a tariff war, and who'd do the best job fighting Trump is the issue that matters most.

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David ReevelyMar 20

The tech-forward crew at Build Canada has a lot of ideas for how to strengthen the country in a difficult time. Fourteen papers published so far. Every single one of them led by a man.

Colleague Catherine McIntyre talked to them about what's going on there.

https://thelogic.co/news/build-canada-diversity-memos/

Build Canada has published 14 policy ideas—all of them written by men - The Logic

Senior figures behind Build Canada says it’s wrong to characterize the project as male-led and that questions about diversity distract from the issues it is trying to address.

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