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		liquimoon on July 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Canada Has No Big Tech Companies - There is a lot going on there that should make it more open to tech companies, but it has always been more of media than a tech town. It's slowly changing now. Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Microsoft all have their offices here.

jmspring on July 21, 2013 [–]

It has been a little while since I last checked, but the Amazon and MSFT offices were more towards Richmond than Van proper, but still a good sign.

Though some of those offices were, from what I recall, a method to get around issues in dealing with US work visa issues for foreign talent...

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