PH Consul General Calls On Calgary MP

Consul General in Calgary Gilberto G.B. Asuque meets Member of Parliament Darshan Singh Kang. (Calgary PCG photo)

CALGARY 16 November 2018 – Consul General in Calgary Gilberto G.B. Asuque called on Member of Parliament (MP) Darshan Singh Kang, who is currently sitting as an Independent in the House of Commons of Canada representing Calgary Skyview, at his constituency office in North East Calgary.

Consul General Asuque met MP Kang to introduce the Philippine Consulate General in Calgary to MP Kang who has some 8,500 Filipinos and Filipino-Canadians in his riding of Calgary Skyview, which was created in 2012.

The Consul General informed MP Kang that the Consulate General was established in March 2016 to provide all types of consular services to some 75,000 Filipinos and Filipino-Canadians residing in the city. He also informed MP Kang that the Consulate General has jurisdiction over Alberta Province, with a Filipino population of some 185,000, and Saskatchewan, with some 33,000 Filipinos.

The Consul General also informed MP Kang of the consular services for Filipinos and other clients including the opportunity for former Filipinos who have become Canadian citizens to reacquire Philippine citizenship. He offered to speak to the Filipinos in Calgary Skyview on all consular issues should MP Kang hold a forum for his constituency. MP Kang said he would be pleased organize a forum for his Filipino and Filipino-Canadian constituents in Calgary Skyview to discuss their consular requirements.

According to the Canada 2011 census, Calgary Skyview has a population of 110,189 residents of which 7.8 percent are Filipinos and 4.4 percent speak Tagalog. MP Kang said some 43,000 electors in his riding voted in the last elections. END

For more information, visit www.calgarypcg.dfa.gov.ph.