In November 2018 the online e-commerce company Amazon announced it would be building a second headquarters in New York City and Arlington, VA. The announcement came a year after the company announced it would accept proposals from any North American city who wanted to host the headquarters. Amazon said the company could invest over $5 billion and the offices would create up to 50,000 high paying jobs. More than 200 cities applied and offered Amazon millions of dollars in economic incentives and tax breaks. For the New York City headquarters the city and state governments gave Amazon $2.8…
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Province/Territory
Response rates from 16.4k Canada voters.
63% Yes |
37% No |
51% Yes |
31% No |
5% Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised |
3% No, spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies |
3% Yes, as long as the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives |
2% No, the government should never subsidize private businesses |
3% Yes, if the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents |
1% No, but punish them for moving jobs out of the country |
1% Yes, but I would prefer lowering corporate taxes to benefit all local companies |
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1% Yes, but only if local citizens can vote on the amount of incentives to offer |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 16.4k Canada voters.
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Unique answers from Canada voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9ZNW7W51mo1MO
Yes, as long as everyone gets to vote on it, taxes are still fair, everyone has a job, and the local environment is not compromised.
@9ZJXL261mo1MO
Yes, IF and ONLY IF the city needs the business to thrive + its not hurting anyone who lives in the area.
@9RTLWCP5mos5MO
Yes, as long as the environment is protected, and the company hired local residents for new jobs created
@9RGCB9P5mos5MO
Only if they are relocating to Canada and not moving away and that the subsidy is smaller than the return.
@9RCRJ4F5mos5MO
This needs a more nuanced stance. Will the relocate benefit the citizens of the area? Are there other local business that can fulfill the need with support on their own? Is the company a multinational that will take money out of the country? It is not an easy yes/no decision.
@9QZCYDN5mos5MO
I don't think they should, but they should be allowed to if the people of that city agree and if there's a high chance the tax revenue will exceed the incentives. A better strategy I think would be to spend money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies
@9QZCYDN5mos5MO
I donr think they should, but they should be allowed to if the people of that city agree and if there's a high chance the tax revenue will exceed the incentives. A better strategy I think would be to spend money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies
@9LJGNWT 9mos9MO
That is up to each municipality to ensure that public officials enter into meaningful and productive contracts that attempt to benefit that community. Any official that willfully misleads the public and/or receives payoffs for promoting or agreeing to such an arrangement should be prosecuted and if convicted, EXECUTED. Did you hear that Trudildeau?
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