Career
Following a compensation scandal, he was appointed Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens" Services on December 18, 2014, dropping his responsibilities for Advanced Education. Virk was born in India and moved to the Canadian city of Williams Lake at the age of five years. Virk holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History. from Simon Fraser University.
An extensive career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) included a variety of policing duties with a substantial portion of his experience with various First Nations communities.
In 2001, Virk was commissioned to the rank of Inspector and posted to Surrey where he was active in the issue of youth and gang violence in communities throughout the Lower Mainland and worked extensively with community leaders to help create the British Columbia Integrated Gang Task force. He left Surrey RCMP in 2006 while serving as the acting Officer in Charge of Operations (one of two Deputy Chief equivalents) and transferred to Langley as the Officer in Charge of Operations.
Virk was a community volunteer. In six years spent on the board of directors of the Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation, he helped raise millions of dollars for enhancing health care for Surrey residents.
He also served on the board of Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
