A federal review of Ottawa’s business dealings with Amazon found that cutting ties with the tech giant’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), would be expensive, time-consuming, and likely shift contracts to other hyperscalers. The February report, obtained by The Logic, followed Amazon’s closure of seven Quebec warehouses that cut over 4,500 jobs.
It revealed Ottawa’s heavy reliance on AWS, which holds more than 600 government contracts worth over $220 million since 2020. Despite political outrage, the federal government has since awarded AWS an additional $9.7 million in new contracts, including one with National Defence.
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