Chinatown advocate is 1st provincial appointee to Edmonton Police Commission – Edmonton | 24CA News
A person who has advocated for security in Edmonton’s Chinatown is the primary provincial appointee to town’s police fee.
Michael Lee is the chair of the Greater Edmonton Chinese Community Foundation in addition to vice-chair of the Chinese Benevolent Association and a founding member of the Guizhou Rose Society. Lee has spoken on behalf of the Chinese neighborhood at rallies.
Lee additionally runs a personal dental workplace, has taught on the University of Alberta and is an avid volunteer, in accordance with the Edmonton Police Commission.
Lee’s three-year time period is ready to run out on April 24, 2026, in accordance with the police fee.
The Alberta authorities gained the facility to nominate commissioners by means of the Police Amendment Act, which took impact Dec. 15, 2022.
The police fee mentioned the province appointed two new members on May 11 and that it might introduce them as soon as the members have been onboarded. The different new commissioner has not been launched but.
