'Very proud moment': Valdez becomes first Filipino-Canadian woman to serve in cabinet

TORONTO — Rechie Valdez, who made history this week when she became the first Filipino-Canadian woman named to the federal cabinet, took an unusual path to high political office, transitioning from banking to baking to Parliament.

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