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Bev OdaBeverley Oda (born July 27, 1944 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. She is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of ClaringtonScugogUxbridge for the Conservative Party of Canada. Oda has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto. She began her broadcasting career at TV Ontario in 1973, and later worked for CITY-TV and the Global Television Network. Oda was an Ontario Film Review Board Member in 1986-87, and a CRTC Commissioner from 1987 to 1993. She became the Chair of FUND (now The Harold Greenberg Fund) in 1994. From 1995 to 1999, she was a Senior Vice-President of CTV and Baton Broadcasting. She was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in November 2003, and was awarded The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of work in broadcasting. She has also worked as a policy advisor to three Secretaries of State. Oda was for many years a volunteer with the Progressive Conservative Party. She ran as a Conservative in ClaringtonScugogUxbridge in the 2004 federal election, and won a narrow victory over Liberal Tim Lang. Following her election, Oda was named as the Conservative Party critic for the Ministry of Heritage. She has recently argued in favour of allowing more Canadian and foreign programming options in the country. Oda appears to be one of the Conservative Party's more moderate MPs on social issues. She initially claimed she would vote for a bill establishing same-sex marriage in Canada, though she has since retracted this and now claims she will poll her constituents to determine her vote. On November 15, 2004, she reintroduced Bill C-333, the Chinese Canadian Recognition and Redress Act, which calls on parliament to recognize the contribution of Chinese immigrants to Canada, and acknowledge the unjust past treatments of Chinese Canadians as a result of racist legislation. Oda is not herself Chinese, but is Canada's first parliamentarian of Japanese heritage. Oda, Bev Oda, Bev Oda, Bev
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