Michael Chan becomes Ontario's Minister of Revenue
QUEEN'S
PARK, ON, Feb. 21 /CNW/ - Michael Chan, MPP for Markham, has joined the
Ontario Cabinet as Minister of Revenue, Premier McGuinty said today.
"Michael is a strong member
of our team and brings a great deal of
experience
to this position," McGuinty said. "Michael is passionate about
building
opportunity for Ontario families and we're happy to have him on the
team."
As Minister, Chan will help
provide a smooth transition to a single
corporate
tax collection system together with the federal government. Once in place,
the new system will reduce compliance costs and help all Ontario
businesses spend less time filling out paperwork and more time creating
opportunity for Ontario workers and their families.
Before joining government, Chan
owned his own insurance brokerage in Markham with 30 employees and
hundreds of agents. Originally
from Hong Kong, he and his wife Elaine have two sons, Brian and Alex.
