apology and redress for the head tax imposed on Chinese migrants to Canada from 1885 to 1923. He also served as chair of the board of the YMCA of Greater Toronto and served as a citizenship judge. Chong was a Toronto Sun columnist at the time of his death and had previously written a column for the Toronto Star and op-ed pieces for the National Post. He died at the age of 74 in palliative care after having suffered from a heart condition for several years. He was married to civil servant Shirley Hoy, who had been his partner since the late 1990s, and previously to Lorinne Matsui for 31 years. References 1943 births 2018 deaths Metropolitan Toronto councillors Canadian politicians of Chinese descent Toronto city councillors University of Toronto alumni Canadian dentists 20th-century dentists