By BC Gov News |
Mable Elmore, Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives, has issued the following statement in celebration of Filipino Heritage Month:
“June is Filipino Heritage Month and an opportunity to learn about Filipino culture and the unique contributions that this quickly growing community has brought to B.C.
“It is my honour to be B.C.’s first Filipino MLA. I stand on the shoulders of the many remarkable Filipino British Columbians who came before me and helped make B.C. the diverse and vibrant province we know today.
“The first migrant Filipinos came to B.C. in the late 1800s. Many were sailors who travelled from the Philippines and settled in New Westminster, then the capital of the new colony of British Columbia.