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Out of eight Canadian cities vying for the landmark multi-billion-dollar investment of Amazon HQ2, the joint bid by Windsor-Detroit is the worst, says the Globe and Mail.

In an article entitled ‘The mother of all bidding wars,’ Report On Business columnists assessed the potential pitches to Amazon by Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Windsor/Detroit.

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Windsor/Detroit’s proposal was reviewed the most poorly. A ‘report card’ accompanying the article gave our region a ‘D’ grade, with the dismissive comment: “Windsor? Detroit?”

“This was clearly done by someone who has not been here and actually put feet on the ground,” said Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens.

“I immediately thought it was a person who has not been to this community. And if they have, it was a long time ago. I just looked at it as coming from someone who is completely uninformed about what’s going on here.”