Ontario Legislature: David Tsubouchi

David Tsubouchi: Of course, there was a lot Tsubouchi didnt suspect back then. But if ever a politician was miscast, he was it an amiable soul and amateur poet and actor set to work slashing support for Ontarios poorest, according to The Star. Tsubouchi was the first Japanese-Canadian elected to a Canadian legislature and first appointed to cabinet. He has cheerfully admitted that, after a successful run as a Markham lawyer and two terms on council there, he arrived at Queens Park with little knowledge of an MPPs duty, much less the responsibilities of a cabinet minister. He d also given little thought to how the hard-right campaign platform that got Harris elected was to be implemented and Little did David Tsubouchi suspect, when arriving at Queens Park in 1995, that he was to be fitted with fangs and black cape and become one of the leading villains of Mike Harriss Common Sense Revolution. Now 62, and 10 years removed from the Ontario legislature, Tsubouchi has produced a welcome memoir. Gambatte: A Legacy of Common Sense is the first book written by a Harris insider and, more important from its authors point of view, tells the story of his familys appalling treatment at the hands of the Canadian government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.