A Vancouver data analyst crunched some data about which Canadian city is the best candidate to win the bid for Amazon's expansion, and when all was said and done, Vancouver didn't come out on top. "I reran the New York Times analysis for Canadian cities and what came up is that Calgary is the winner for Canadian cities," Von Bergmann said on The Calgary Eyeopener. According to a Vancouver data analyst, Calgary has the best combination of high skilled labour, affordability, lifestyle, public transit and long-term labour growth among Canadian cities vying for Amazon's HQ2. Vancouver data analyst Jens von Bergmann analyzed the criteria Amazon is looking at in choosing a home for HQ2. Locating north of the borderAs to why Amazon might prefer a Canadian headquarters over an American one, Corcoran provided several reasons.

Source: CBC News September 20, 2017 20:15 UTC