Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce the election of Milton Wong as Chancellor of Simon Fraser University. He is the first Canadian of Asian origins to be elected to that post. He follows closely Bob Lee, who recently completed his mandate as Chancellor of the University of British Columbia.
Milton Wong's career as an investment counsellor, a founder of the Laurier Institute, Science World, the Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival and the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention has involved co-operative action with all of Vancouver's cultural communities.
His election as chancellor reflects the values of cultural diversity and the creative dynamism of the new pluralistic society that has emerged in British Columbia.