Three Sikhs Take Cabinet In Canada

[sikhstudent99]

HARJIT Sajjan is Minister of Defence.

Sajjan, MP for Vancouver South, has served Canada and his community as both a soldier and a police officer. He is a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces and a combat veteran. He has deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina and served three separate deployments to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Harjit has received numerous recognitions for his service, including the Meritorious Service Medal for reducing the Talibans influence in Kandahar province. He is also a recipient of the Order of Military Merit one of the militarys highest recognitions. Harjit also served as an Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

He was a police officer with the Vancouver Police Department for 11 years. He completed his last assignment as a Detective-Constable with the Gang Crime Unit specializing in organized crime, tackling gang violence and drug crimes. Harjit is also a Human Security specialist, lecturing to a wide audience in both Canada and the US.

The full list of the Liberal cabinet:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau;Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale;Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay;Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion;Immigration Minister John McCallum;Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett;Treasury Board President Scott Brison;Government House leader Dominc LeBlanc;Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Singh Bains;Finance Minister Bill Morneau;Justice Minister and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould;Public Services Minister Judy Foote;International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland;Health Minister Jane Philpott;Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos;Transport Minister Marc Garneau;International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau;Natural Resources Minister James Carr;Canadian Heritage Minister Melanie Joly;Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier;Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr;Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna;Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan;Employment Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk;Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi;Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef;Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough;Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo;Science Minister Kirsty Duncan;Status of Women Minister Patricia Hajdu;Small Business Minister Bardish Chagger.

[WaljinderSingh]

Waheguru. Great news. Congratulations!

[WaljinderSingh]

[simran345]

Waheguru. Great news. Congratulations!

Good to see you back paji.

[GurburAkal]

Harjit Singhs a great guy. I've seen him at a local gurdwara a few times. Wish him luck, and hope he keeps the name of Sikhs high, and doesn't bend over to the dirty politicians

[JSinghnz]

This is the top story in Times Of India.

A proud moment for Sikhs worldwide.

[simran345]

Was lovely watching this. Well done Mr Harjit Singh Sajjan Ji and Mr Navdeep Singh Bains Ji. Good achievements.

[N30S1NGH]

This is proud moment for all Canadians and Canadian Sikhs especially on harjit singh sajjan new position minister of national defense, this is no doubt very high position which i have no doubts harjit singh sajjan will ace it with his background in army.

This actually sets a bar for all the countries to follow as Europe seems to now mesmerized on the fact how multiculturalism (integrate but not annihilate) actually works in Canada. Also, this breaks wide range of stereotypes that non white cannot be in high position even with qualifications or exceed qualitifications both that how white colonist is ought to get us (minorities) somehow (on some minority level that might be true but overall majority this paranoia seems to be proven wrong by mainstream Canadians and mass public opinion) sometimes we get too paranoia on these things as it turns out its not true. In Canada, everything is possible as majority of Canadians support charter rights and freedoms of all. It's founded on charter rights and freedoms.

[jkvlondon]

piece by the National Observer:

http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/11/04/opinion/you-have-no-idea-how-badass-trudeaus-defence-minister-really

[lsingh]

Can you believe Communist and Congress 'Sikhs' called moderates by the Canadian press tried to block Harjit Singhs nomination for MP.