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in order to change the status of Chinese Canadians. Jung explained his reasons for enlisting as: "Some of us realized that unless we volunteered to serve Canada during this hour of need, we would be in a very difficult position after the war ended to demand our rights as Canadian citizens because the
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Jung's other achievements include taking part in the debate on the implementation in 1960 by the Hon. Ellen Fairclough, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, of the Chinese Adjustment Statement Program that granted amnesty to illegal immigrants from Hong Kong, also known as
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Canadian government would say to us, "What did you do during the war when everybody else was out fighting for Canada? What did you do?" So a few of us volunteered to serve, and my group was probably the first to join up."
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in 1939, he did not receive his first assignment until 1944, mainly because politicians in Ottawa and Victoria did not want to deal with the issues of enfranchising the Chinese after the war. However,
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Jung was also a prominent figure in the community, especially the Vancouver Chinese community. They include: Life President of Army Navy Air Force Veterans in Canada Unit #280, Patron of
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While marching with fellow veterans in 1995, Jung suffered a serious heart attack. He never completely recovered and died in 2002 due to related complications.
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because of its racist legislation against Chinese in the past. Jung was elected as an MP in 1957, representing the riding of Vancouver Centre, under the
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passed numerous pieces of legislation that disenfranchised Chinese in Canada. Jung and a group of young men from British Columbia enlisted in the
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provided funds so that Jung and his Chinese-Canadian comrades could obtain a university education. Jung graduated from the
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in the House of Commons, he urged Canada to take a leading role in serving as a bridge to the Pacific Rim countries.
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as an alternate member of the Legal Delegation to the United Nations (Source: Department of Foreign Affairs).
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would be named after Douglas Jung, as the first Chinese-Canadian elected to Parliament.
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Fong, Petti (January 9, 2002). "First Chinese-Canadian MP changed stereotypes".
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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
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recruited Jung and a group of Chinese-Canadian soldiers into
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degrees. He was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1954.
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After the war, Chinese in Canada were enfranchised in 1947.
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20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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