Amazon released a short list of the top 20 cities in North America for its new HQ2 headquarters and Ottawa failed to make the cut.
Toronto is the only Canadian city along with reported American favourites such as Boston, New York City, and Chicago.
Ottawa's bid was driven by Invest Ottawa which highlighted our highly educated workforce, high tech cluster, and quality of life.
More to come.
Today we are announcing the communities that will proceed to the next step in the HQ2 process. Getting from 238 to 20 was very tough – all the proposals showed tremendous enthusiasm and creativity https://t.co/x1bFYbk4Ui pic.twitter.com/J2x0HHzBTR
— Amazon News (@amazonnews) January 18, 2018