Appointed to the Senate of Canada in November 2016, the Honourable Yuen Pau Woo sits as an independent representing British Columbia. He served as Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group from 2017 to 2021.
Senator Woo has worked on public policy issues related to Canada’s relations with Asian countries for more than 30 years. From 2005 to 2014, he was President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, during which time he also served on the Standing Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) and chaired PECC’s State of the Region Report. He is a Senior Fellow at Simon Fraser University’s Graduate School of Business and a member of the Trilateral Commission. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Canadian Ditchley Foundation.
Senator Woo is a joint chair of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations and a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
