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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Sara Wilshaw's visit to the State Capitol offers a |
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fitting opportunity to congratulate her on her appointment as |
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consul general of Canada to the South Central United States in |
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January 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, Based in Dallas, Ms. Wilshaw is representing Canada |
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in Texas, as well as in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and |
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Oklahoma; her office engages with regional leaders, assists in |
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developing business relationships, and helps Canadians living and |
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traveling in the area; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Wilshaw most recently served as the commercial |
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minister and senior trade commissioner at the High Commission of |
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Canada in India; her overseas experience also includes a posting to |
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the Permanent Mission of Canada to the World Trade Organization in |
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Geneva and an assignment in the trade section of the Canadian |
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Embassy in Japan; and |
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WHEREAS, Early in her career, Ms. Wilshaw worked for the |
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Canadian government in Ottawa on such issues as East Asia |
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relations, multilateral trade, and strategic policy, and she served |
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as director general of the Office of the Chief Trade Commissioner; a |
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graduate of York University's International Relations and |
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Economics Program, she was employed by the Canada Border Services |
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Agency and Statistics Canada before joining her country's foreign |
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service in 1996; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas and Canada share vital commercial ties and |
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many mutual concerns, and Sara Wilshaw brings to her new post a |
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wealth of expertise to help build even stronger bonds between our |
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state and her nation; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby welcome Sara Wilshaw, consul general of Canada |
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to the South Central United States, and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for a successful tenure in her new post; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Wilshaw as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Anderson of Dallas |
Hernandez |
Phillips |
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Anderson of McLennan |
Herrero |
Pickett |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Johnson |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
Kacal |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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Burkett |
Keffer |
Romero, Jr. |
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Burrows |
King of Hemphill |
Sanford |
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Button |
King of Parker |
Schaefer |
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Canales |
King of Taylor |
Schofield |
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Capriglione |
King of Uvalde |
Schubert |
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Craddick |
Landgraf |
Simpson |
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Cyrier |
Laubenberg |
Smithee |
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Davis of Dallas |
Lozano |
Stephenson |
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Davis of Harris |
Lucio III |
Stickland |
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Deshotel |
Márquez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Dukes |
Martinez |
Thompson of Harris |
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Dutton |
Martinez Fischer |
Tinderholt |
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Elkins |
McClendon |
Turner of Collin |
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Faircloth |
Metcalf |
Turner of Harris |
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Fallon |
Meyer |
Turner of Tarrant |
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Farney |
Miller of Comal |
Villalba |
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Farrar |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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Flynn |
Morrison |
White of Bell |
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Muñoz, Jr. |
White of Tyler |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1564 was adopted by the House on April |
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1, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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