Reyes received a Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurial Management at Royal Roads University. After a brief career as a civil servant in the federal government,Reyes opened two small businesses with his wife Cynthia,which they owned and operated for 16 years.
In 2010,Reyes founded the Manitoba Filipino Business Council (MFBC) and served as the organization's first president until 2015. During his tenure as President of MFBC,he helped develop stronger trade ties between Canada and the Philippines.[7] He has also served as a former member of the Manitoba Football Officials Association and as a support crew member for the Canadian Football League.[citation needed]
On May 10,2017,Reyes was named to the Fiscal Responsibility Committee of Cabinet,a committee tasked to examine priority matters of the Government of Manitoba related to fiscal and budgetary responsibility,which included strategic transformation priorities,providing oversight for key transformation projects identified in the Fiscal Performance Review and assuming responsibility for other strategic initiatives as directed by Treasury Board or Cabinet.[citation needed]
Reyes was appointed President of the Manitoba Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) in March 2018 and met with provincial and territorial representatives to address the state of Francophone affairs in Manitoba,at the 34th Session of the APF Regional Assembly in Quebec City on July 10,2018.[8]
He has also represented the Province of Manitoba at the inaugural Seamless Canada Meeting at the Canadian Forces Staff College in Toronto held on June 27,2018,and the second Seamless Canada Meeting in Ottawa on December 5,2018,where he met with other provincial/territorial representatives to share a compilation of initiatives and services already in place for Manitoba's military community.[citation needed]
On,December 6,2018,Reyes was named to the Economic Growth Committee of Cabinet,a committee which oversees a whole-of-government approach to growing the provincial economy.[citation needed]
The St. Norbert constituency was abolished leading up to the 2019 provincial election,and Reyes sought election in the newly formed constituency of Waverley. He won with approximately 50% of the vote.[3]
In the 2023 provincial election,Reyes again sought re-election in his constituency of Waverley. Reyes faced NDP candidate David Pankratz,a former paramedic and firefighter,who ran his campaign primarily on healthcare,a key issue in the election campaign. During the campaign,Reyes received the endorsement of former NDP candidate and prior opponent Dashi Zargani. Pankratz ultimately narrowly defeated Reyes by 119 votes.[9]
On January 8,2022,Reyes was heavily criticized and made international headlines for posting a photo of his wife on Twitter shoveling their driveway after she finished a 12-hour shift as a nurse working during the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11] His wife later defended him.[12][13]
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