Ida Chong was appointed Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation on September 5, 2012.
Ida’s previous cabinet portfolios include Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Minister of Science and Universities, Minister of Regional, Economic and Skills Development, Healthy Living and Sport, Small Business, Technology and Economic Development, Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative, Minister of Community Services, Minister of Advanced Education and Minister of State for Women’s and Seniors’ Services. In addition to her role as Minister, she also served on the Cabinet Committee for Climate Action and B.C.’s Treasury Board.
A native of greater Victoria, Ida has represented her constituency of Oak Bay-Gordon Head since she first entered provincial politics in 1996. During her first term at the legislature she was the Official Opposition critic in a number of areas, including critic for Small Business and Deputy Critic of Finance. She was re-elected to represent the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head in 2009.
Ida has been involved in her community for years, volunteering for a number of not-for-profit groups and serving as municipal councilor for the District of Saanich, from 1993-1996.
For nearly 20 years, she was senior partner in an accounting practice based in Saanich, catering to small and medium sized enterprises. While no longer in active practice, she proudly retains her credentials as a Certified General Accountant, having won a number of awards for her work in this field, including being named in 2006 a Fellow of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada, a national designation for exemplary service. 作者: nickguo 时间: 2013-4-26 14:56
With just four days to go before British Columbians cast their ballots in the provincial election, new data shows that Christy Clark’s Liberals are gaining ground on Adrian Dix’s NDP.
A Forum Poll for the National Post, which surveyed 1,147 B.C. adults, found that 43% of respondents said they will vote for the NDP, while 41% will vote for the Liberals — a gap that doesn’t exceed the poll’s margin of error.
The poll predicts eight per cent of the vote will go to the Green Party, six per cent to the Conservatives and two per cent to other parties.
The new results continue the Liberals’ upward polling momentum from last week, which saw the NDP in the lead with 39% of the votes and the Liberals catching up with 35%.
“Our tracking was the first to catch the shift from the NDP to the B.C. Liberals a week ago, and it appears the process has advanced further,” said Forum Research President Lorne Bozinoff.
“If this trend holds for another week, who knows? Canada could just possibly re-elect yet another incumbent provincial government.”
If the poll data holds up on election day, the Liberals could clinch a “razor-thin” majority, beating out the NDP by a single seat in the provincial legislature.
The poll projects that the current premier’s party would take 43 seats in the 85-seat house compared to 41 seats for the NDP. These results represent a shift from last week’s projections, which saw the NDP win 44 seats and the Liberals 39.
The poll results are based on responses from an interactive telephone survey conducted on May 8. Results are considered accurate +/-3%, 19 times out of 20.
