A Canadian armored car and ATM maintenance company Garda World Security Corp. officially announced Wednesday that it will be establishing its U.S. headquarters in Boca Raton, bringing about 100 white collar jobs to Palm Beach County.
A news release for Gov. Rick Scott’s office earlier this week said that the governor will make an “important economic development announcement” Wednesday in Montreal.
As it turned out, the deal with Garda was finalized in February and announced as final by the Palm Beach County Commission on a March 1 commission agenda. Also, the local media have reported that the city, county and state had been working on the deal since last year.
But this did not stop Scott from announcing the already-announced Garda deal today in Montreal as part of his administration’s efforts to lure jobs to Florida.
“Many companies here in Canada have expressed their desire to do business with Florida because of our excellent business climate and commitment to cut taxes and grow jobs – proof that we are capturing the attention of the business community worldwide.”
Let’s hope that Floridians see the “many Canadian companies” wanting to do business with the state, in the near future.
