Related Research Articles
David Adams Richards is a Canadian writer and member of the Canadian Senate.
The Khalistan movement is a separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing an ethno‐religious sovereign state called Khalistan in the Punjab region. The proposed boundaries of Khalistan vary between different groups;some suggest the entirety of the Sikh-majority Indian state of Punjab,while larger claims include Pakistani Punjab and other parts of North India such as Chandigarh,Haryana,and Himachal Pradesh. Shimla and Lahore have been proposed as the capital of Khalistan.
Justin Pierre James Trudeau is a Canadian politician who has served as the 23rd prime minister of Canada since 2015 and the leader of the Liberal Party since 2013.
Hugh Segal was a Canadian political strategist,author,commentator,academic,and senator. He served as chief of staff to Ontario Premier Bill Davis and later to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Segal resigned from the Senate of Canada on June 15,2014,as a result of his appointment as master of Massey College in Toronto.
James Colin Ramsey Kenny is a former Canadian Senator. A member of the Liberal Party,he was appointed to the Senate in 1984 by Pierre Trudeau to represent the Rideau region of Ontario.
James S. Cowan is a Canadian lawyer,a senator from Nova Scotia from 2005 to 2017,and was Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 2008 to 2015 and leader of the Independent Liberal caucus until June 15,2016. Cowan was a lawyer and a partner at the legal firm Stewart McKelvey from 1967 until 2020. He retired from the senate on January 22,2017,having reached the mandatory retirement age for senators.
Gwenneth (Gwen) M. Boniface is a Canadian politician who serves as a senator from Ontario since November 10,2016,sitting as a member of the Independent Senators Group (ISG). A former lawyer and police officer,she was the commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) from 1998 to 2006. Boniface was appointed to the Senate was announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on October 31,2016. Boniface is the first woman to serve as OPP commissioner.
George J. Furey is a Canadian politician who served as the speaker of the Senate of Canada from 2015 to 2023. Furey was appointed as a senator from Newfoundland and Labrador in 1999 and was the longest-serving member of the Senate at the time of his retirement.
Canada–India relations also referred to as Indo-Canadian relations,are the bilateral relations between Canada and India. In 2022,bilateral trade between India and Canada was at about C$15.14 billion.
Anthony "Tony" Alexander Dean,is a Canadian senator and former Ontario civil servant. He was secretary of the Cabinet,head of the Ontario Public Service and the clerk of the Executive Council from 2002 to 2008.
Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) since 2017. Singh has sat as the member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby South since 2019. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2011,representing Bramalea—Gore—Malton until his entry into federal politics. A practicing Sikh of Punjabi descent,Singh is an Indo-Canadian,making him the first Sikh and first visible minority to be elected to lead a major federal political party in Canada.
Marilou McPhedran is a Canadian lawyer,human rights advocate and politician. Since October 2016,McPhedran is a member of the Senate of Canada.
Kimberly Pate is a Canadian politician who has served as a senator from Ontario since November 10,2016,sitting with the Independent Senators Group (ISG) caucus. Pate was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Harjit Singh Sajjan is a Canadian politician who has served as the minister of emergency preparedness and the president of the Privy Council since July 26,2023. A member of the Liberal Party,Sajjan represents the British Columbia (BC) riding of Vancouver South in the House of Commons,taking office as member of Parliament (MP) following the 2015 election.
Ratna Omidvar is a Canadian politician and academic,who was named to the Senate of Canada to represent Ontario on March 18,2016.
V. Peter Harder is a Canadian former senior civil servant who was named to the Senate of Canada to represent Ontario on March 23,2016,after the Prime Minister had announced his intention to recommend his appointment on March 18,2016. He served as Representative of the Government in the Senate from 2016 to 2019.
Jasmeet Singh Raina,professionally known as Jus Reign,is a Canadian comedian and music artist of Indian descent. He is most prominently known as a YouTube personality,and one of Much Digital Studios' original creators.
Marc Gold is Canadian law professor and politician who has served as Representative of the Government in the Senate since 2020. Gold has sat as the senator for Stadacona,Quebec since he was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2016. He was a member of the Independent Senators Group (ISG) caucus from 2016 to 2020 but now sits as an Independent. Prior to his appointment as a senator,Gold taught law and was appointed associate dean at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Jaspal Singh Atwal is an Indo-Canadian businessman convicted of attempted murder for his role in the 1986 attempt to assassinate Punjab minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu. A Khalistani sympathizer and member of the now-banned militant group International Sikh Youth Federation,he was also involved in the 1985 attack of Ujjal Dosanjh,a strong opposer of the Khalistani movement who would later become the 33rd Premier of British Columbia. In 2010,he was accused of being part of an automobile fraud case but was ruled out by the Supreme Court of Canada. In February 2018,Atwal gained national attention when he was invited by Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau to a reception during a visit to India and would eventually have his invitation revoked the next day. That same year,he was arrested for issuing death threats to a local radio in British Columbia.
References
- ↑ "Trudeau taps former banker, cop and judge for Senate". Toronto Star , October 30, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Bay Street stalwarts Howard Wetston and Sabi Marwah make list of Senate appointments". National Post , October 31, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "PM Justin Trudeau appoints six new senators for Ontario". 31 October 2016.
- ↑ https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/marwah-sarabjit/ Senate of Canada biography of Marwah
- ↑ "Canada's first Sikh Senator Sarabjit Singh Marwah resigns from his post". www.babushahi.com. 24 September 2023.