Canada recently had its general elections, in which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party lost 20 seats and their main opposition party, the Conservatives, gained 26. The Liberals, however, have retained enough seats to form a minority government.
It is now being reported by a leading daily that the new Canadian government has 18 members of the Sikh community in its parliament, while India’s Lok Sabha only has 13. This is the same number of Sikhs that were elected in the 2014 polls.
The 18 MPs have been elected in the provinces of Ontario (10), British Columbia (4), Alberta (3) and Quebec (1). Thirteen of them belong to the Liberal party, while four of them belong to the Conservative party and one belongs to the NDP.
Even Justin Trudeau’s cabinet has four members of the Sikh Community – Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains and Tourism Minister Bardish Chagger. We applaud the inclusive government Canada has formed to represent its citizens.
Sikhs make up approximately 2% of the population both in Canada and India, but their representation in politics is not indicative of that.
Here are all the newly-elected Sikh MPs of Canada.
Ramesh Sangha
Maninder Sidhu
Please come out and show your support for Team Maninder Sidhu! #LPC #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/WU2ZxguWO3
— Maninder Sidhu (@MSidhuLiberal) August 5, 2019
Ruby Sahota
Sonia Sidhu
I just voted! And you should too 🗳
Today, VOTE like your future depends on it. Because it does 🇨🇦Vote #Liberal and let’s #ChooseForward
To find out where to vote or what kind of ID you need to bring: https://t.co/AAFEwV1igO pic.twitter.com/SVLS5QdToe
— Sonia Sidhu (@SoniaLiberal) October 21, 2019
Kamal Khera
Navdeep Bains
Jagmeet Singh
Bardish Chagger
Gagan Sikand
Raj Saini
We did it! A profound thank you to my entire team for your tireless work over the last several months.
You paved the way to victory and have given me the opportunity to continue representing Kitchener Centre. I am forever grateful. #TeamSaini #cdnpoli #elxn43 #WRAwesome pic.twitter.com/ztnfdnY5fR
— Raj Saini (@RajSaini4KitCen) October 23, 2019
Bob Saroya
Jag Sahota
Jag Sahota declared elected in #Calgary Skyview: https://t.co/3Bl6IkCSYU #yyc pic.twitter.com/Bo9nowdQoN
— CTV Calgary (@CTVCalgary) October 22, 2019
Jasraj Singh
Randeep Singh Sarai
Harjit Singh Sajjan
Sukh Dhaliwal
We came out in full force for one more rally in Vancouver. Tomorrow is election day and your vote counts. #ourcommunityyourvoice #exln2019 #cdnpoli @liberal_party @JustinTrudeau pic.twitter.com/jXVUOToGCX
— Sukh Dhaliwal (@sukhdhaliwal) October 21, 2019
Anju Dhillon
Tim Singh Uppal
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