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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by notatoad on Thursday January 18, 2018 @07:10PM (#16182883)
Part of me says that if they wanted to set up shop in Toronto they would have just done it, and not gone out of their way to attract attention like they have.

But on the other hand, if they want to run a PR campaign on the basis of "we seriously considered many US cities, and Toronto was a better option", they're certainly putting in the groundwork for that.

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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by astrodust on Friday January 19, 2018 @01:01PM (#16188263)
It's probably just going through their "due diligence" so they can pull the pin on a non-US but "North American" location. If they want to hire the best in the world it's easier to get visas for working in Toronto, and the path to citizenship is pretty straightforward.
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