Suitor Amazon is on the hunt for a North American city to house what it calls HQ2: a second headquarters. “An investment this large would fundamentally alter a town,” said Dan Shaw, a lecturer at Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business in Halifax. Other businesses, including local startups, that employ highly-skilled technology workers may struggle to compete, he said. Canada is already facing a tech talent shortage, partially due to a brain drain as desirable candidates are lured to Silicon Valley. Some Canadian tech leaders have grumbled about the incentives Amazon’s asking for and city proposals are likely to include.

Source: National Post October 19, 2017 07:52 UTC