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Originally Posted by ComixZone

This is not shocking at all, as it is what Edmonton is doing.

You know what though? At least it’s a company that does want to invest in Calgary, unlike pretty much every other company in the current environment. Yeah, there’s a lot of concessions on the City’s behalf in that ask, and I’m not saying I’m for it or against it - but if anyone thinks this type of deal is exclusive to CSEC, they’re kidding themselves.

For example, in the Amazon bid, if you don’t think Calgary is going to have to bend over and take it from Amazon in order to win the bid, then you’re kidding yourself.

But, I’m sure this will do nothing but further turn people against big business, because for whatever reason, it’s evil for wanting to operate in a City that pretty much no one else wants to at this stage.

I know that will come off as me being “for” CSEC’s deal, when I’m not really - it’s an absurdly large ask in negotiations. I’m just more or less venting about the current state of Calgary knowing full well the significant number of layoffs that are still coming to the energy sector (and have already begun) this fall as companies continue to shed risk and lessen their presence in Calgary.

Having Amazon open up a location in Calgary with the job numbers that are being talked about would be a huge economic benefit to Calgary, so it's a little easier to stomach having to put out large amounts of taxpayer dollars for that.