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Canada Advocacy Day in Sacramento

Monday, March 13, 2017
  • Politics

On March 8th, representatives of the Quebec Government Office in Los Angeles, which include the delegate Elizabeth Mackay, had the chance to participate at the Canada Advocacy Day in Sacramento

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Représentatives of the Quebec Government Office in Los Angeles: Anne-Catherine Briand-Fortin, director of public affairs and government relations, Elizabeth Mackay, delegate, and Jerome Alton-Carney, business development manager.

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Brandon Lee, consul general of Canada in San Francisco, Pedro Noyola, former undersecretary of trade and foreign investment and undersecretary of finance of Mexico, and Andrew Grant, president and CEO of the Northern California World Trade Center .

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Friends of Canada Sacrament Reception (from left to right): Giovanna Mingarelli, Brandon Lee, consul general of Canada in San Francisco, Elizabeth Mackay, delegate, James Villeneuve, consul general of Canada in Los Angeles and Canadian Royal Mounted Police Constable Jessica Brown.

The day started with a discussion co-hosted by the California Chamber of Commerce: “What’s Next? The Future of Trade Policy in North America”. Speakers were Brandon Lee, consul general of Canada in San Francisco, Andrew Grant, president and CEO of the Northern California World Trade Center and Pedro Noyola, former undersecretary of trade and foreign investment and undersecretary of finance of Mexico, and representative of Mexico in various trade negotiations.

They also had productive discussions about the Quebec-California relation in the office of Governor Jerry Brown. The day ended with a reception celebrating the long-standing Canada-California relationship at the Friends of Canada Sacramento Reception 2017.

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