[the dude]

i'm not going to make any grand statements about downtown employment because i can't back them up with numbers. what i can say is that i've got a few friends [engineers and mbas] who work downtown, some for kpmg [which you can add to the list of good downtown employers]. as others have stated, there's plenty of room for more retail in the core. now, i happen to believe these businesses should be of the unique and independent variety but then beggars can't be choosers...

oh, amexcanada also has an office downtown. if i'm not mistaken several hundred work there. some of those jobs are in customer service but there are also jobs offering a decent salary out of that office.