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	==Controversy==

	During a video-taped meeting with members of the Iranian-Canadian community in January 2015, Leung, the Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism, was questioned over government policy towards Iranians wishing to acquire visas, to which Leung at some point replied "Let me ask you, if you like Iran so much, then why do you come to Canada?"<ref name="Iranian-Canadians">{{cite web \| url=http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-mp-issues-apology-after-comments-anger-iranian-canadians-1.2209180 \| title=Toronto MP issues apology after comments anger Iranian-Canadians \| publisher=CTV \| date=January 27, 2015 \| accessdate=9 April 2015}}</ref> This was a comment which angered some of those present, and Leung sent an email statement shortly after the incident stating that it was not his "intention to offend anyone. I regret if some attendees felt offended." <ref name="Iranian-Canadians"></ref>

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Chungsen LeungMP
梁中心

Member of Parliament for Willowdale
Incumbent
Assumed office May 30, 2011
Preceded by	Martha Hall Findlay

Personal details
Born	(1950-07-14) July 14, 1950 (age 74) Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Political party	Conservative
Residence(s)	Toronto, Ontario
Alma mater	Carleton University University of Southern California

Chungsen (C. S.) Leung, MP (Chinese: 梁中心) (born July 14, 1950) is a Taiwanese born Canadian businessman and politician, currently the MP for Willowdale and Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism. Mr.Leung is also a member of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

Immigration from Taiwan

Chungsen (C. S.) Leung was born in Taiwan and pursued his secondary education in Japan. As the international community gradually recognized the mainland People's Republic of China in the 1960s, he feared that he could become stateless as a person born in Taiwan. Thus, when the opportunity presented itself, he came to Canada to pursue his university education at Ottawa's Carleton University and adopted Canada as his new home. After spending eight years in Canada as an international student and as a landed immigrant, he became a citizen of Canada. He met his wife while studying in Canada.

Education

He received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Carleton University specialized in Economics and Commerce. He also holds Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Management and Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Career

Leung is an entrepreneur with business experiences in disaster mitigation management, urban mass transit projects, building environmentally friendly houses, air & water purification systems, sports equipment retailing and red deer farming. Chungsen also has business experience in the tourism and hospitality sector.

He was a business owner and chief executive officer of four Richmond Hill small and medium size enterprises, as well as, a past director and audit chair of the Xenos Group, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed public company in software development and engineering, and a director with Active Growth Capital.

His international business experience includes: being a member of numerous federal and provincial trade missions during the last two decades; the Toronto-Chongqing Sister City Twinning Mission; organizing the 1st Team Richmond Hill Mission to Asia Pacific; Richmond Hill – Shijiazhuang Sister City Twinning Mission, a member of the Advisory Board for Ontario Export Inc. and the bid team leader to host the 1997 World Chinese Entrepreneur Convention in Toronto.

Community involvement

As an active community participant, Leung has been: founding president of the Richmond Hill & Markham Chinese Business Association, a corporate cabinet director of the Conservation Foundation of Greater Toronto, a member of the Richmond Hill Naturalist, a director of the Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce and numerous other bi-lateral trade or business related associations.

Leung is a director of the York Central Hospital Foundation, and a director of the Toronto Regional Conservation Authority Foundation.

Leung is a piper with the Royal Canadian Legion North York Branch.

In 2003, Leung and his wife, Deborah Chute, received five national “Green” awards for building their energy efficient and environmentally friendly house in Richmond Hill. These awards are: Enerquality Corporation for a super R-2000 house, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation for a healthy home, Canadian Home Builder Association for best environmental practices, Enbridge for low gas consumption guarantee, and Enerwork for being one of the first to use solar energy heating.

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Immigration from Taiwan

Education

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Community involvement

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