HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium is in Canada since Yesterday Wednesday October 28th for a week long Economic mission on behalf of her brother His Majesty King Philippe to the Canadian Western provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.
This Economic mission is in an effort to straighten communications between Belgium and Western Canada. Whilst in British Columbia in the Cities of Vancouver and Burnaby, HRH first met with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Queen of Canada's representative to the province Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon
This Economic mission is in an effort to straighten communications between Belgium and Western Canada. Whilst in British Columbia in the Cities of Vancouver and Burnaby, HRH first met with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Queen of Canada's representative to the province Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon
#BEmissionCAN:Princess Astrid & del. with #LieutenantGovernor @LGJudithGuichon,rep. of HM Queen in #BritishColumbia pic.twitter.com/SNKHwDBn7I
— Belgium MFA (@BelgiumMFA) October 28, 2015
According to Huffington Post"While they were in Vancouver they will visit the aquarium, which uses projectors made by Belgian audio visual company Barco, and hear about EXMAR, a Belgian marine engineering company working on an LNG project near Kitimat."In Burnaby According to Burnaby Now"They had a stop at Alpha Technologies, a Burnaby-based technology company specializing in power solutions that has close ties to Belgium."
Her visit continue to Calgary in the Province of Alberta since yesterday for a 3 day visit, were they visited Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary as well as meet with Calgary Economic Development, city officials and oilpatch executives to discuss business and investment opportunities stemming from the Canada-EU trade deal.
After Her visit she went to the Military Museums in Calgary on October 28, 2015 were she inspected the Guard of Honour and paid tribute to Canadians who lost their lives on Belgian soil and commemorated #BattleofPasschendaele.
#WeWillNeverForget: #BEmissionCAN & Princess Astrid pay tribute to Canadians who lost their lives on Belgian soil. pic.twitter.com/h47o9Gl1PQ
— Belgium MFA (@BelgiumMFA) October 29, 2015
#BEmissionCAN: #MilitaryMuseum of #Calgary :commemorating #BattleofPasschendaele #WeWillNeverForget @CanadianForces pic.twitter.com/EoFMBWhMKi
— Belgium MFA (@BelgiumMFA) October 29, 2015
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