Toronto Mayor John Tory addresses an audience during the opening ceremony of the Vector Institute at the MaRS Discovery District, in Toronto on Thursday, March 30, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Mayor John Tory says that Toronto and New York City can form a technology “powerhouse on the eastern half of the continent” that would bring jobs to both places and rival tech-rich regions like Silicon Valley.
Tory made the comment to CP24 from Manhattan, where he is the midst of a two-day trade mission that began this morning.
The trade mission includes a visit to Sidewalk Labs, which recently won a bid to help construct a high-tech community on Toronto’s waterfront. Tory is also taking part in a roundtable at the Grand Central Tech innovation hub with MaRS to “promote the strategic eastern alliance between New York and Toronto’s tech markets,” the city says. Tonight, he will also co-host a “Tech in Toronto” reception with a group of Toronto technology founders to promote the growth of the industry locally.
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