17 March 2021, Ottawa – Filipino community representatives from British Columbia warmly welcomed Ambassador Rodolfo D. Robles during a virtual “Meet-and-Greet” event he requested and organized by the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver. Consul General Maria Andrelita Austria welcomed the participants.

Ambassador Robles thanked the members of the community for joining him and shared his programs for the Filipino diaspora in Canada. The participants provided suggestion on areas where the assistance of the Philippine Government would be important which Ambassador Robles welcomed.

The event was one of several programs Ambassador Robles is pursuing to reach out to the almost one million members of the Filipino diaspora in Canada, which is the second largest after the Filipino-American community in the United States.