84R14190 BPG-D
By: Anchia H.R. No. 1564
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Sara Wilshaw's visit to the State Capitol offers a
fitting opportunity to congratulate her on her appointment as
consul general of Canada to the South Central United States in
January 2015; and
WHEREAS, Based in Dallas, Ms. Wilshaw is representing Canada
in Texas, as well as in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and
Oklahoma; her office engages with regional leaders, assists in
developing business relationships, and helps Canadians living and
traveling in the area; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Wilshaw most recently served as the commercial
minister and senior trade commissioner at the High Commission of
Canada in India; her overseas experience also includes a posting to
the Permanent Mission of Canada to the World Trade Organization in
Geneva and an assignment in the trade section of the Canadian
Embassy in Japan; and
WHEREAS, Early in her career, Ms. Wilshaw worked for the
Canadian government in Ottawa on such issues as East Asia
relations, multilateral trade, and strategic policy, and she served
as director general of the Office of the Chief Trade Commissioner; a
graduate of York University's International Relations and
Economics Program, she was employed by the Canada Border Services
Agency and Statistics Canada before joining her country's foreign
service in 1996; and
WHEREAS, Texas and Canada share vital commercial ties and
many mutual concerns, and Sara Wilshaw brings to her new post a
wealth of expertise to help build even stronger bonds between our
state and her nation; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby welcome Sara Wilshaw, consul general of Canada
to the South Central United States, and extend to her sincere best
wishes for a successful tenure in her new post; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Wilshaw as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.