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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. |