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Novel Technologies: Cities and Parent Company

novel technologies: The prime minister describes the project as a step toward smarter, greener, more inclusive cities, and creating a new type of neighbourhood that puts people first, according to Toronto Star. Toronto has ambitions to be a global metropolis. Much of the attention is obviously due to the involvement of Alphabet, Google's parent company. But to realize them, we need to learn from other cities. Right now, many cities are making substantial investments in themselves. We have to look beyond the outer trappings of success the tall buildings, elegant landscaping and novel technologies and ask ourselves what makes a city thrive. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.