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This resolution memorializes Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim July 1, 2025, as Canada Day in New York State, recognizing the profound economic, cultural, and strategic partnership between New York and Canada. The resolution highlights the extensive cross-border relationship, including a shared international border with 17 border crossings, significant trade volumes ($28.9 billion in exports and over $50 billion in bilateral trade in 2022), and 801 Canadian-owned companies employing 58,750 New Yorkers. It emphasizes shared commitments to mutual security through NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), public health collaboration, equity and inclusion, climate change mitigation, and economic innovation, such as the Champlain Hudson Power Express project that will bring Canadian hydropower to New York City. The resolution seeks to officially recognize and celebrate the strong ties between New York and Canada by requesting the Governor to issue a proclamation on Canada Day in 2025, and directs that copies of the resolution be transmitted to Governor Hochul and the Canadian Consul General in New York.

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/K784