Chinese also worked as domestic servants. Lee Bang, photographed here in the home of his Calgary employer, Randolph Bruce, served as both cook and companion. In a period when the "servant question" vexed the Canadian middle-class, British Columbians looked upon themselves as peculiarly blessed to have in their midst abundant numbers of men and women willing to work as servants and deemed amiable and respectful. It was patronizingly said that one violent anti-Asian labour MP regretted nothing more than that his Sinophobic sentiments prevented his wife from retaining the services of a Chinese cook.
