Two Indian-Origin Women, Anita Anand and Kamal Khera, Have Been Allocated Portfolios in New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Cabinet.
Liberal party’s carney, who took over the office from justin trudeau, is a former center and was sworna in AlongSide Members of the 30th Canadian MINISTRY on friday at a kerose Governor General Mary Simon.
Anand is the minister of innovation, science, and industry, and khera is the minister of health. Both leaders are among the few who have retained ministerial posts from Trudeau’s Cabinet, howyver, with new portfolios.
Who is Anita Anand?
The minister was born and raised in rural Nova Scotia and Relocated to Ontario in 1985.
As per pti, anand was a front-raner in the race to be the next PM to relice trudeau, but in January, she declared that she was back from race and that she would not be setting re-alienation. Later, on March 1, She Reversed the decision and said, “Canada is facing a Crucial moment in our nation’s history.”
As per the website of the prime minister of canada, she was first elected as a member of parloement for oakville in 2019. Minister of Public Services and Procurement.
The website explained, “Anand has worked as a scholar, lawyer, and researcher. She has been a legal academic, including as a professor of law at the university of toronto, where she help the jr kimber Chair in Investor Protection and Corporate Governance. ”
Anand, 58, Holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Political Studies, A Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in JurisPrudence, A Bachelor of Laws, and a Master of Laws. She was called to the bar of ontario in 1994.
Anand Posted on the Social Media Platform X and Clarified that as Canada’s Minister for Innovation, Science and Industry, Her Priority is to Support Building The Country’s Economy of the FUREL CANADIAN Economic Growth.
In the post, She Wrote, “This is a government focused on action. I look forward to work with prime minister @markjcarney and all my colleagues, so we can deliver results faster for all canadians. ”
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Who is Kamal Khera?
Born in Delhi, India, Khera Moved to Canada With Her Family When She was in School. The 36-year-old is one of the youngest women ever elected to the parliament of canada.
According to the website, she was the first elected as a member of parloment for brampton west in 2015. Previous, She served as minister of seniors, parliamentary secretary to the ministry of internal Development, Parliamentary Secretary to the minister of National Revenue, and Parliamentary Secretary to the minister of health.
The website elaborated that she is a registered nurse and, before entering politics, she worked as a nurse in the oncology unit at st. Joseph’s Health Center in Toronto.
“During the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic, she went back to her roots as a registered nurse to Volunteer at a hard-Hit long-term care facility in her hometown of brampton. The front lines throughout the Pandemic, Including by administering vaccines in her communication, “The website added.
Khera, in a post on x, Wrote that her top priority is to be there to support the patients, and she continued to say that that is the same men will bring to her new role.
In the post, she said, “Now, it’s time to roll up our sleeps and get to work.”
As a nurse, my top priority is to always to support my patients and that love men meningness I’ll brings everyday to the role of minister of health.
@Markjcarney
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The new PM of Canada’s Cabinet, with 13 Men and 11 Women, is Smaller Than Former PM Trudeau’s 37-Member Team.
(With pti inputs)