Silence&Motion
Senior Member
Calgary's desperately trying to diversify its economy so that we're not beholden to a handful of powerful corporations. Had Amazon decided to locate here, we'd end up beholden to a single powerful corporation. In that sense, I'm happy they took a pass (though being on the shortlist would have gotten Calgary several glowing articles in the international press). I'm happy that many of the cities on the list are large and powerful enough not to feel compelled to offer Amazon anything (e.g. Toronto, NYC, etc.).
I suspect that Toronto's only on the list to keep up appearances that they'll potentially go outside the USA. That would be such a huge decision, they would have already made it prior to this city-level competition (even if the competition is real).
I suspect that Toronto's only on the list to keep up appearances that they'll potentially go outside the USA. That would be such a huge decision, they would have already made it prior to this city-level competition (even if the competition is real).