swontario.usvpp.gov The Southwest Ontario Gateway Virtual Presence...

The Southwest Ontario Gateway Virtual Presence Post - Toronto Conulate GeneralHome | Contact Us Embassy Ottawa Consulate Calgary Consulate Halifax Consulate Montreal Consulate Quebec Consulate Toronto Consulate Vancouver Consulate Winnipeg Virtual Consulate: North of Sixty >>find out more Welcome to the Southwest Ontario Gateway Virtual Presence Post The United States Mission in Canada is pleased to announce the launch of its fourth Virtual Presence Post (VPP). Our newest VPP for Southwest Ontario highlights the importance of this region to the United States and to U.S./Canada relations. Through this web site, we hope to build upon the region’s existing relationship and forge an even stronger partnership. The U.S. Mission had a Consulate in Windsor, Ontario from 1864 to 1970 and in Port Sarnia/Sarnia from 1864 to1933 and again from 1940 to 1948. We view this new VPP as a 21st century diplomatic tool that will allow us to strengthen our connections to this region. 27 March 08 John Austin, University of Michigan Professor and Senior Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution, visited Toronto to present the Metropolitan Policy Program s latest analysis, "The Vital Connection: Reclaiming Great Lakes Economic Leadership in the Bi-National U.S.-Canadian Region" to a variety of audiences.The report shows how the region, comprised of the U.S. states bordering the Great Lakes, the upper Mississippi and Ohio watersheds, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, can continue to model what economic regions will look like in the global economy—and also how they can thrive. To read the full report, click here. 10 March 08 The International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States announced that the Centennial Celebration of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 and the Creation of the Commission will be held in Niagara Falls in June of 2009. For more on the centennial celebration click here . 03 March 08...