22 Facts About Kevin Vuong

Kevin Vuong was a member of the Canadian Y20 delegation to the 2013 G20 Summit.

Kevin Vuong joined the Canadian Forces Naval Reserve as an intelligence officer in 2015.

Kevin Vuong served as a public affairs officer at HMCS York.

In November 2020, Kevin Vuong was named as a NATO 2030 Young Leader for Canada, the only Canadian, to join 13 other leaders to advise him on the future of the 30-member Alliance.

On July 20,2022, Kevin Vuong was fined $500 for not following the Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces, which required him to notify his commanding officer of the withdrawn charge.

Kevin Vuong advocated for a price for congestion with Canada's Ecofiscal Commission, penning an opinion-editorial with economist and commission chair Christopher Ragan, that highlighted the social costs to youth and people of colour.

Kevin Vuong was co-chair of the Toronto Youth Equity Strategy, where he helped to secure $958,000 for youth social infrastructure and fought to give youth a meaningful role in police governance and racial discrimination and lost of trust in policing.

Kevin Vuong advocated for programming for vulnerable youth and against the cancellation of affordable "Youth Days" at the Canadian National Exhibition.

Kevin Vuong pushed the City of Toronto for specific roles, representation, and powers to young people, particularly in city planning issues.

Kevin Vuong's campaign was focused on highlighting the lack of services and infrastructure downtown, an understanding of vertical living that leveraged his many years as president of his condominium board, and climate adaptation and action for vertical communities.

Kevin Vuong organized "King Street Eats" to help local restaurants adapt and attract customers.

Shortly before 2021 Canadian federal election, the Toronto Star reported on August 10 that Kevin Vuong was expected to be tapped by the Liberal Party as the candidate for Spadina-Fort York following incumbent MP Adam Vaughan's surprise announcement of his retirement.

On September 1,2021, The Globe and Mail and other media outlets reported that Kevin Vuong was involved in a $1.5 million lawsuit filed against him for his mask making business, TakeCare Supply.

Kevin Vuong did not disclose either the withdrawn charge or the ongoing lawsuit to the Liberal Party, despite it being a requirement that he disclose such information during the vetting process.

Kevin Vuong chose to face a summary trial instead of a court-martial.

Kevin Vuong admitted the particulars underlying the charge, was found guilty, and fined $500.

New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh said that Kevin Vuong had either "lied" to the Liberals, or the party knew about them anyways and was putting his ambitions "over the lives and well-being of women".

Kevin Vuong was therefore elected as a result of advance polls and mail-in ballots, which had commenced several days prior to the scandal becoming public knowledge.

Ontario Liberal Party leader Steven Del Duca called for Kevin Vuong to "examine his conscience" to see if he could credibly take his seat even as an independent, "given the circumstances of the allegation" against him.

Kevin Vuong said that Vuong would not be allowed to run as a Liberal at the provincial level even if he was cleared.

Kevin Vuong has raised the issue of racism and called on the federal government to take greater action to combat racism and, in particular anti-Asian hate.

On March 15,2022, Kevin Vuong was among the list of 313 Canadian officials and parliamentarians, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sanctioned by and banned from Russia.