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B.C. opens trade and investment office in Seattle as part of $800K investment

SEATTLE - The B.C. government says it has opened a Trade and Investment office in Seattle geared at expanding the province's trade network in the U.S. and attracting investment into British Columbia.

B.C.'s Deputy Jobs Minister Fazil Mihlar announced the opening at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference in Seattle Tuesday evening, saying Troy DeFrank, former trade commissioner at the Consulate General of Canada in Seattle, was appointed as the office's director.

A ministry spokeswoman said the office is already open and the government has invested $800,000 into it and a similar office in Silicon Valley, scheduled to open this fall.

The ministry said in a statement that the Seattle office will help connect B.C. companies with venture capitalists, skilled tech workers and strategic partners.

Jobs Minister Bruce Ralston said in a statement that the office will "deepen the tech talent pool to mutually benefit companies on either side of the border."

The province already has trade and investment representatives around the world in Japan, South Korea, India, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Europe and the U.S.

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