Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America

Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by martin_drapeau on Thursday September 07, 2017 @09:13AM (#15191480)

Salaries are lower in Canada indeed. Plus, their are substantial credits both at the federal and provincial levels to recuperate developer salary costs (30%+). Ubisoft and other studios have their R&D in Montreal just for this reason. There is a big talent pool in and around Montreal. Would be an ideal location.

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by kogepathic on Thursday September 07, 2017 @09:35AM (#15191674)

> There is a big talent pool in and around Montreal. Would be an ideal location.

True, Montreal is also a great potential city for HQ2. They already have quite a tech presence there (OVH data centre, game studios, some media production)

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by JustAnotherPat on Thursday September 07, 2017 @10:28AM (#15192136)

Taxes are too high in Quebec. Also, not sure people in Montreal want to be dominated by Amazon and have it turn into some new Amazon-centric tech hub. It is doing relatively well without a megacorp there.

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by eniotna on Thursday September 07, 2017 @11:56AM (#15193000)

I believe it's the opposite, taxes for companies are lower in Quebec than in the US (did not factor in R&D credit, etc). Individual taxes are higher in Quebec.

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