Nanaimo and points south bring us just barely up to 600,000, and that's including Port Alberni.
I stand corrected. For some reason, when I first searched for the Greater Victoria population, I got something like 680,000 as the number. Then, I just added in a couple hundred thousand for Nanaimo and points south. But, when I search now, Greater Victoria comes out in the 370,000 range. Not sure where I went wrong... maybe that original number was for a far broader "Victoria area" that already included Nanaimo and more. Thus, I double-counted.
Sorry for the confusion. And, yes, I'll admit it makes the Langford bid less attractive.
New Jersey offered $7B in tax breaks.
http://www.chicagotr...1017-story.html
I don't think it's going to be a bidding war, even if Amazon makes it out to be.
Next up, we'll get the "Finalist" list, which will include their target, then something else in another province, and likely a couple more in 2 different states. Thus, they'll get bidding between nations and also at the province/state level. We just have to keep in mind that it's a game and Amazon probably already knows where it's going to go.
That said, the highest bidder is going to be a finalist just so the actual target thinks bidding is important. But, if something like Langford makes the finalist round, it's a done-deal. No need to bid at all... just change the city's name to Amazonia or something and be done with it.
David...