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Ottawa has been revealed as the proposed new home of Hemel Stags.

The man behind the move to the Canadian capital is Toronto founder Eric Perez, who completed a takeover of League One Hemel earlier this week and has been invited by the Rugby Football League to put his plans to the rest of the clubs.

Perez planted the first professional Canadian rugby league club in the west of Ontario three years ago and is confident a second club in the east of the province will be just as successful.

"I went to a lot of cities before I decided this was the right place," said Perez, who remains a shareholder of the Wolfpack but no longer has any active involvement in the club which is favourite to reach Super League in 2020 after narrowly missing out last season.

"Ottawa has a population of 1.4million and is an incredible tourist destination, It's also a bilingual city so it's a nice little bridge between the French clubs and the English clubs.

"It's a four-and-a-half hour drive from Toronto and in ice hockey, Ottawa Senators versus Toronto Maple Leafs is a really big rivalry, kind of like an Ontario derby, as is Ottawa Redblacks against Toronto Argonauts in CFL (Canadian Football League)."

Perez, who hopes to get his plans approved in time to enter League One in 2020, has yet to divulge a name for the relocated club but says matches will be played at the 24,000-capacity TD Place Stadium.

"Basically Hemel will be partnering with Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), which owns multiple sports franchises and provides the best support possible in what I consider to be one of the best cities in the world," he added.

"It gives us probably the best commercial infrastructure of any club in the RFL, in any division.

"It's an incredible city and it's an incredible opportunity to work with OSEG and to be in a huge stadium like this. I consider this to be one of the best venues in the CFL."

The RFL considered Perez's proposal, along with a bid to set up a new club based in New York, at its last board meeting and decided there was potential to help deliver its strategic vision.

Perez insists there are no hurdles to overcome in Canada, with backers already in place, and is hoping being an existing club with membership of the RFL will help pave the way for the move.

He says the intention is to form a strong relationship with the community club that will remain in Hemel but expects some personnel to make the move to Ottawa.

"First I'd like to have my relocation approved and then I can take stock of what we have and what we want going forward," he said.

"There will be some people that move over. I am hoping for 2020 but the relocation has to be finalised relatively soon to make that timeline happen."