Sen. Enverga ‘embodied the Canadian dream’: ex-PM, colleagues remember country’s first Filipino-Canadian Senator

Ontario Senator Tobias Enverga’s sudden death in Colombia shocked and saddened colleagues who remember him as warm, funny, and dedicated to his community.

Conservative Senator Tobias Enverga was the first Filipino-Canadian to be appointed to the Canadian Senate. He was appointed by prime minister Stephen Harper in 2012 and died suddenly Thursday morning at the age of 61. Photograph courtesy of Ulle Baum

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

November 17, 2017

“The guy never stopped.” Conservative Senator David Tkachuk was still processing the news Friday morning that colleague Tobias Enverga wasn’t going to be in the Red Chamber when the Senate reconvened on Nov. 21.

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