Ida Chong, John Yap and Naomi Yamamoto were all appointed to BC Cabinet, creating the largest Asian representation ever, along with Kash Heed who is South Asian. Naomi Yamamoto, the first Japanese-Canadian, is sworn into the new BC Cabinet on June 10th 2009, by Hon. Steven Point, the first Aboriginal BC Lt. Governor.Ida Chong (Oak Bay)Minister of Healthy Living and Sport. Chong is the first Canadian born Chinese-Canadian BC MLA. Previously she had been ministerof small business, te...
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