Ambassador Petronila Garcia (R) presents a token to Parliamentary Secretary Pamela Goldsmith-Jones.

20 February 2018, Ottawa. Ambassador Petronila P. Garcia called on Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade Pamela Goldsmith-Jones today, 20 March 2018, at the latter’s office in Ottawa.

During the call, Ambassador Garcia briefed Parliamentary Secretary Goldsmith-Jones on economic developments in the Philippines. Ambassador Garcia informed Parliamentary Secretary Goldsmith-Jones that the Philippines’s sovereign credit rating has recently been upgraded by Fitch from BBB- to BBB. The Ambassador likewise noted that now is the best time to invest in the Philippines, a view shared by the US News & World Report, which named the Philippines as the “Best Country to Invest In”. (A number of Canadian companies have investments in the IT and BPO sector in the Philippines).

Parliamentary Secretary Goldsmith-Jones is a member of Parliament for West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country. She used to serve as Mayor of West Vancouver and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. END