His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino, III has accepted the invitation from Canadian Governor General David Johnston to undertake a State Visit to Canada fromMay 7 to 9, 2015.
Canada is the Philippines’ 21st largest trading partner, its 6th top source market for tourism, and is home to almost 700,000 Filipinos. In 2014, Canada announced that the Philippines had been designated a Country of Focus for development assistance, and a Priority Emerging Market for Canadian overseas trade and investment.
President Aquino and his Canadian counterpart, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, are expected to witness the signing of bilateral agreements on labor cooperation, development assistance, and infrastructure development, which will highlight the vibrancy of people-to-people relations.
The visit is the first State Visit of a Philippine President to Canada since the visit of former President Fidel V. Ramos in 1997.
The President is expected to make a one-day Working Visit to the United States to meet with potential investors and with the local Filipino community in Chicago.
April 24, 2015
