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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
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Acquiring top end talent in a city like Toronto or Calgary would be a lot cheaper than getting it in a city like Austin.
CDN dollar is one thing, but Austin is already a tech city, with a lot of tech firms. Amazon is going to need to poach some of those people and they will have to pay to do so.
In a city like Calgary there are a lot of people with an engineering/tech background who are looking for employment, and with a little work Amazon could work with local schools to offer more programs focused around staffing their headquarters.
In Toronto they would have a bigger pool to choose from, and wouldn't need to pay the bigger salaries compared to the States.
From a simple cost perspective, Austin would be a lot more expensive.