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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY BRUBAKER, STACK, FONTANA, BLAKE, BREWSTER, FARNESE, BROWNE, M. WHITE, FERLO, COSTA, PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, GREENLEAF, D. WHITE, BOSCOLA, ALLOWAY, SOLOBAY, DINNIMAN, TARTAGLIONE AND PIPPY, OCTOBER 24, 2011 |
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| INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 24, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Proclaiming October 24, 2011, as "Canada Day" in Pennsylvania. |
2 | WHEREAS, Pennsylvania exported $10,287,395,394 in merchandise |
3 | goods to Canada in 2010. This represents 29% of Pennsylvania's |
4 | worldwide sales in 2010; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Three hundred thirty thousand and six hundred |
6 | Pennsylvania jobs are supported by Canada-Pennsylvania trade; |
7 | and |
8 | WHEREAS, Pennsylvania and Canada share several important |
9 | international trade corridors, including the Capitol Corridor |
10 | from Ottawa to Washington and the Continental One Corridor from |
11 | Toronto to Miami, benefiting both commerce and consumers; and |
12 | WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania-Canada partnership boasts a healthy |
13 | bilateral tourism industry with more than 1.2 million combined |
14 | visits accounting for more than $340 million in expenditures in |
15 | 2009; and |
16 | WHEREAS, In 2010, Pennsylvania exported $1.4 billion in |
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1 | agriculture and food products; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Pennsylvania and Canada are partners in the |
3 | stewardship of the Great Lakes, the largest body of fresh water |
4 | in the world. The Great Lakes sustain life, provide recreation, |
5 | support local and regional economies and are a true natural |
6 | legacy of the people of both Pennsylvania and Canada; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Pennsylvania exported $16,010,787 in oil and gas to |
8 | Canada in 2010; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Academic institutions in both Canada and |
10 | Pennsylvania are actively engaged in a number of partnerships in |
11 | areas, including engineering, medicine, law and the arts; and |
12 | WHEREAS, Both Canada and Pennsylvania are actively engaged in |
13 | a number of partnerships in various fields of innovative |
14 | technology which are laying the foundation for our economic |
15 | future and mutual benefit; and |
16 | WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Flagship Niagara stands daily |
17 | witness to the Battle of Lake Erie, one of the historic battles |
18 | which made the Great Lakes region the greatest theater of |
19 | conflict during the War of 1812, a war which forged the destiny |
20 | of our continent and whose greatest legacy is 200 years of |
21 | peace; and |
22 | WHEREAS, Canada and Pennsylvania share many deep economic, |
23 | historical, cultural and familial ties; therefore be it |
24 | RESOLVED, That the Senate, in recognition of the strong and |
25 | lasting ties between Canada and the great Commonwealth of |
26 | Pennsylvania, proclaim October 24, 2011, as "Canada Day" in |
27 | Pennsylvania. |
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