Trudeau meets with California leaders on trade, health care
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau picked up promises of investments and jobs during his first official visit to San Francisco, where he promoted Canada as a destination for California technology firms frustrated by uncertain U.S. immigration laws.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced the online business software company will invest another $2 billion in its Canadian operations.
In addition, San Francisco-based AppDirect, a cloud subscription service whose co-CEO met Trudeau in a college political science class, said it would add another 300 jobs in Canada in the next five years.
"I'm enthused about the interest that these global companies are taking in Canada," Trudeau told reporters at AppDirect.