Political Candidate
Miki campaigned for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 1993 federal election, challenging New Democratic Party incumbent Bill Blaikie in the working-class riding of Winnipeg—Transcona. He received an endorsement from the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, a railway union of some influence in the area. Miki was regarded as a star candidate and ran a strong campaign, but fell 219 votes short on election day.
He later campaigned for the Manitoba Liberal Party in Radisson in the 1995 provincial election, but finished second to New Democratic Party incumbent Marianne Cerilli. A poor central campaign by the Liberals prevented him from mounting an effective challenge.
In addition to his work on the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, Miki has also been a director of the Japanese Canadian Redress Foundation, and served as executive director of the Organization for Co-operation in Overseas Development.
In February 1998, he was appointed as a Citizenship Judge in Manitoba by Citizenship and Immigration Minister Lucienne Robillard.
In 2003, he lent his support to Avvy Go's efforts to seek an apology for past state discrimination against Chinese Canadians.
In 2012, he was made a member of the Order of Manitoba.
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