Coderre “worried” about international agencies
Denis Coderre claims to be worried about the city losing international agencies – OACI, IATA and the World Anti-Doping Agency – if more is not done to keep them here. There’s no apparent immediate risk of them leaving.
dhomas 17:11 on 2021-09-29 Permalink
Sounds like scare mongering to me. This guy is a piece of work.
Spi 21:01 on 2021-09-29 Permalink
Really? No more recently than a few months ago IATA announced it was downsizing Montreal to the benefit of Geneva. Give it a few more years and they’ll close the Montreal office.
https://news.paxeditions.com/news/buzz/iata-significantly-reduce-its-presence-montreal
Remember when the AI was all the rage a few years ago and various people were talking about making Montreal the hub for AI regulatory stuff, that’s pretty much dead and the most prominent company that was in that sector was sold off to American interests.
Tim 21:19 on 2021-09-29 Permalink
Spi: that AI company was sold off to American interests because it didn’t have a solid business plan and spent millions of dollars with nothing to show for it.
dhomas 01:12 on 2021-09-30 Permalink
Element AI was an example of how even the smartest technical minds aren’t always the best at running a financially successful business.
Kate 18:40 on 2021-09-30 Permalink
There’s a big difference between doing open-ended research, and building a product for a customer. Maybe they didn’t really grasp that.