Wally Oppal is the Attorney-General and Minister responsible for Multiculturalism. From his website:
Wally was appointed Attorney General on June 16, 2005. He was elected in the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview in the 2005 provincial general election.
Wally has dedicated his entire working life to improving social justice and community safety. He was born in the Vancouver-Fraserview neighborhood, and went UBC law school. He practiced law for 14 years in the Vancouver–Fraserview area.
Wally was appointed to the County Court of British Columbia in 1981, and to the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1985. In 2003, Wally was appointed to the British Columbia Court of Appeal.
Wally’s passion for the Canadian legal system is exemplified by the various positions he has held throughout the years:
- Permanent group leader of the Advocacy course of the Continuing Legal Education Society
- resident, Law Courts Education Society of British Columbia
- Former Director, Family Services of Greater Vancouver
- Member, 1993 Ad Hoc Advisory Committee for a National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention
- Director, B.C. Coalition for Safer Communities
- Member, Supreme Court National Criminal Law Programme Judges Criminal Law Committee
- Author of report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into Policing in British Columbia
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