Business View Magazine | January 2020

231 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 politician and a champion of the region. He reports, “In 2018, we had over $250 million of private capital money invested in my township alone and that was the result of being extremely well poised and ready for a large investor (Giant Tiger) that came knocking on our door at just the right time. They have now built a 600,000-sq.-ft. distribution center, and moved their entire distribution function from Ottawa to the Johnstown Industrial Park in Edwardsburgh/ Cardinal. It was the largest single investment in the entire United Counties, and had a huge impact on the employment base for the region.” Edwardsburgh/Cardinal is located at the junction where Hwy. 401 from Toronto to Montreal intersects with Hwy. 416 from Johnstown. When Giant Tiger came calling, there was 222 acres of Ontario Site-Certified, Investment-Ready Land. The government-operated certification program requires that 17 studies, including archaeological, endangered species, and environmental studies have to be done on a UNI TED COUNT I ES OF LEEDS AND GRENV I LLE