South Florida is playing a pivotal role to help Haiti “build back better” from its devastating earthquake, because the area serves as the trade hub for the Caribbean nation and home to the largest Haitian community overseas, participants said at WorldCity’s Global Connections forum on Feb. 26. Businesses, nonprofits, universities and government agencies across South Florida all are mobilizing for Haiti, some working around the clock since the Jan. 12 quake that killed more than 212,000 people, left more than 1 million homeless and destroyed as much as 60 percent… Read More
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Grossman is off to Los Angeles
Marcy Grossman
Government of Canada Consul General
Marcy Grossman, the Consul General representing Canada in Miami since 2005, is heading to a a new posting in Los Angeles, effective in July.
Grossman represented not only Canada in Florida but also Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Miami consulate. Prior to coming to Miami, she represented the Canadian government in Dallas for three years.
Grossman is completing a final whirlwind tour of the state, armed with an update of a study she commissioned about Canada’s strong ties to the Sunshine State.
According to the findings of the study, Canada is Florida’s No. 1 international economic partner, No. 1 source of inbound tourism and No. 1 partner in terms of trade that “origin” trade — goods originating in Florida and exported to Canada or visa versa. More than 430,000 direct and indirect jobs are supported because of the relationship with Canada, which is overwhelmingly the United States’ No. 1 trade partner.
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