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Who Is Rechie Valdez, the First Filipino-Canadian Woman in the Canadian Parliament?

Meet the new Minister of Small Business in the Canadian Parliament.

Earlier this week, Filipino-Canadian Rechie Valdez was sworn in as Canada's Minister of Small Business. The appointment makes her the first Filipino-American woman to be part of the Canadian Cabinet. It also marks the second time Valdez has made ...

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Who Was Benson Flores, the First Filipino in Canada?

He was a ship crew for a foreign vessel that docked in British Columbia.

It was a chance discovery that turned Filipino print journalist and radio host Joseph Lopez into an accidental historian. During a long weekend on May 2011, he decided to visit Bowen Island, a quiet municipality just a 20-minute ferry ride away ...

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