Hard Work and a System That Rewards It: Canada’s First Black Justice Minister on His New Appointment

Hard Work and a System That Rewards It: Canada’s First Black Justice Minister on His New Appointment
Alberta MLA Kaycee Madu and his family after he was sworn in as justice minister in Edmonton on Aug. 25, 2020. Handout
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When he first came to Alberta from his native Nigeria in 2005 and was struggling to support his family by washing dishes, Kaycee Madu never dreamt that one day he’d be appointed to one of the most important cabinet posts in that province in his adopted country.

But the Edmontonian has come to realize since then that the system in his province is “built in a way that rewards hard work and risk-takers.”