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Vancouver's Filipino community wants its own cultural centre 'for the next generation'

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The Filipino community is the third -largest cultural group in B.C. after South Asians and Chinese .

The provincial and federal governments have pledged support for the creation of a new Filipino cultural centre.

A cultural centre would be a place to house networks and services, said Sammie Jo Rumbaua .

In June 2024 , the federal government formally recognized Canada ’s 900,000 -strong Filipino population.

The current Temporary Foreign Worker Program has been widely criticized for leaving workers vulnerable to abuse from employers.

In 2008 , a now-defunct group of organizers landed in B.C. Supreme Court after a questionable land deal in Surrey led to accusations of secret deals and betrayal.

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