Ontario will bid for Amazon’s 50,000 jobs by investing in education, won’t offer U.S. firm incentive

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Amazon for 50,000 well-paying jobs.

The region’s formal bids to win the hotly contested competition for Seattle-based Amazon’s second headquarters will be submitted this week.

But Ed Clark — the former TD Bank president and CEO who serves as Premier Kathleen Wynne’s business adviser — says the province “is not offering any new financial incentives to Amazon — nor any incentives that are not available to others who seek to grow or locate such jobs here.”

“As a businessman I like this approach. Successful firms want to be in jurisdictions that are inherently attractive, and that will remain so in the future,” Clark said at a Canadian Club speech at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Wednesday.

“This is doubly true if you are locating a head office. Companies want jurisdictions that invest in educated workforces, have livable cities, and put out a welcome mat for the best talent to bring their energy and ideas from anywhere in the world.”

 

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“This is doubly true if you are locating a head office. Companies want jurisdictions that invest in educated workforces, have livable cities, and put out a welcome mat for the best talent to bring their energy and ideas from anywhere in the world.”

Or you could take the Trump approach and abhor education, cities, and the best talent from anywhere in the world.

 

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“This is doubly true if you are locating a head office. Companies want jurisdictions that invest in educated workforces, have livable cities, and put out a welcome mat for the best talent to bring their energy and ideas from anywhere in the world.”

Or you could take the Trump approach and abhor education, cities, and the best talent from anywhere in the world.

There is no way Amazon goes to Toronto unless someones palms are greased. This announcement is an odd one, it's as if Canada is trying to convince everyone they are not going to bribe for these jobs. It's federal offense to commit bribery, and Canada does it very well, though this time I assume the FBI will be watching. This is why over a 15 year period RCMP laid exactly TWO charges of bribery, the worst in the world, followed by the British.

In order words, the RCMPs motto on this issue is, "we know Canada bribes foreign companies to take their jobs and we look the other way". Just consider the $400M given to GM for 4000 jobs in Ontario. Makes one wonder just how high up such briberies go.