Topic: Amazon HQ2

PM Trudeau woos tech giants in US trip

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has concluded a trip to the US where he visited San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago to meet with government officials and business leaders to promote Canada as an investment destination. He also discussed the importance of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), climate change, cross border tourism, and the…

Editorial – 32-1

It’s been a promising start to the New Year with several substantive announcements that are hopefully an indication of more to come with forthcoming federal and provincial budgets.

Toronto only Canadian metro area to make it to Amazon’s HQ2 shortlist

Toronto is the only Canadian city on the short list of 20 metropolitan areas that Amazon.com Inc is considering for its second headquarters in North America, dubbed HQ2. The 20 metro regions were selected from 238 submissions. Other Canadian metro areas, including Ottawa, Montreal and Vancouver, put in proposals, but only Toronto made the cut.…