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Originally Posted by LeadingEdgeBoomer
It looks like the long shot has won and Canada will host the bank HQ. Ottawa is a long shot too---but as we have just seen underdogs can win , so let us be optimistic.
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Happy Canada won. Good on Carney. Helps that the UK backed out. And helps that Canadian banks stepped up and pledged to help capitalize the initial fund.
That said I hope they don't pick Ottawa because of politics. It would be exactly like the ridiculous decision to put the research centre in Halifax (the thing that should have been in Ottawa). It doesn't help our credibility if everything is about domestic politics instead of getting work done. Ottawa is a poor choice. Ridiculous that Vancouver is even being considered. Toronto first. And Montreal second, are the most logical.
Also, as I said on the national thread, this city is utterly incompetent serving people who live and work here today. Adding several hundred highly paid Europeans and their families to the parking lot known as Ottawa is probably going to hurt our reputation more than help.
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