James Temperton
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Deputy managing editor, @the_logic. Formerly of @WIRED.
Montréal, Canada
Joined September 2010
Scoop: @the_logic obtained leaked audio of prime minister Justin Trudeau explaining why Donald Trump's talk of annexing Canada and turning it into the 51st state is a genuine threat. By @muradhem and @smithjoanna.
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RT @muradhem: New: Prominent Canadian tech leaders have launched Build Canada, a group proposing policy ideas to influence governments' dir…
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NEW: Major tech figures, including Shopify trio Daniel Debow, Tobi Lutke and Harley Finkelstein, have launched Build Canada to influence government policy on issues ranging from immigration to health care.
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Feels like the US is either going to can (unlikely) or delay (likely) the tariffs on Canada.
President Trump tells me his call with Prime Minister Trudeau went “very well.” Asked if the tariffs against Canada are still going into effect tonight, he said, “Watch.”
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NEW: Trump’s approach to imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico “blatantly violates” both the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and WTO agreements, according to legal experts. There is a "strong case" for a legal challenge. Story by @LookAimee.
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The auto industry supports about 100,000 direct jobs and hundreds of thousands of indirect jobs in Ontario alone, where there are 700 parts firms, more than 500 tool, die and mold makers, and hundreds of other automotive software firms.
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Tariffs on Canada confirmed. White House again saying fentanyl is the issue. A reminder that 43 pounds was seized at the US-Canada border last year. 21,100 pounds was seized at the US-Mexico border.
Donald Trump has reiterated he will hit Canada and Mexico with 25% tariffs on Saturday because, he says, of fentanyl. How much fentanyl was seized at the US-Canada border last year? Just 43 pounds.
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How about illegal border crossings? In 2022, the total number of people apprehended by the U.S. at the Canadian border was just 5% the total for the Mexican border. 109,535 people at the border with Canada. 2,378,944 people on the border with Mexico.
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RT @LookAimee: Exclusive: Vancouver start-up Sanctuary AI wants to raise US$10 million via a two-year convertible note offering “in order t…
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SCOOP: Canada's most prominent tech leaders, including Shopify executives Tobi Lütke, Daniel Debow and Kaz Nejatian, have a secret WhatsApp group called 'Build Canada' where they're developing a vision for where they think the country should go next.
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SCOOP: Geordie Rose, one of Canada's most successful entrepreneurs, has for years claimed to have held the Guinness World Record for the most amount of yoghurt eaten in one minute—1.5 kilograms, to be exact. He has never held any such record.
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AI is taking over the world—yet the data centres that power everything from ChatGPT to Google Gemini are packed with slow, power-hungry copper wiring. One company is trying to change that... with lasers! Fascinating story by @muradhem.
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Huge move by Amazon in Quebec. The company has announced it is closing all of its facilities in the province and cutting 1,800 jobs.
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A medical app used by 5,000 cancer patients at a major Montreal hospital has stopped working due to a lack of funding. The developer of the app is now scrambling to get it back online.
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RT @stokel: This month, another budget airline pulled out of Canada. In my first story for @the_logic, I asked: why can airlines not make t…
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RT @muradhem: What would federal innovation policy look like under a new Conservative government? Fewer direct subsidies and more R&D suppo…
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