Who is Anita Anand, Kamal Khera? Two Indians in Canada – former Minister Mark Carney’s Cabinet | World News
Two Indian women, Anita Anand and Kamal Khera, have allocated portfolios in the cabinet of New Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Carney of the Liberal Party took over the office from Justin Trudeau, a former central banker and sworn in with members of the 30th Canadian Department at a ceremony hosted by Governor Mary Simon on Friday.
Anand is the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and Khera is the Minister of Health. However, both leaders are one of the few who retained ministerial positions in Trudeau’s cabinet, but the new portfolio.
Who is Anita Anand?
The minister was born and raised in rural Nova Scotia and moved to Ontario in 1985.
According to PTI, Anand is the leader in the race to succeed Trudeau’s next prime minister, but in January she announced she was withdrawing from the competition and she would not seek reelection. Later, on March 1, she reversed the decision and said: “Canada is facing a critical moment in the history of our country.”
She was first elected to Oakville Parliament in 2019, according to the Canadian Prime Minister’s website. Previously, she served as Chairman of the Finance Committee, Secretary of Defense, and Minister of Public Services and Minister of Procurement.
“Anand has served as a scholar, attorney and researcher. She was a former legal scholar, including as a law professor at the University of Toronto, where she served as chairman of investor protection and corporate governance at JR Kimber,” the website explained.
Anand, 58, holds a bachelor’s degree in political studies (Hons), a bachelor’s degree in law (Hons), a bachelor’s degree in law and a master’s degree in law. In 1994, she was summoned to an Ontario lawyer.
Anand posted on social media platform X and clarified that as Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, her priority is to support the establishment of the country’s future economy to boost Canada’s economic growth.
“This is an action-focused government. I look forward to working with Prime Minister @MarkJcarney and all my colleagues so we can deliver faster results for all Canadians,” she wrote in the post.
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Who is Kamal Khera?
Born in Delhi, India, Khera moved to Canada with her family while she was in school. The 36-year-old is one of the youngest women ever in Canadian Parliament.
According to the website, she was first elected to parliamentary member of Brampton West in 2015. Previously, she served as Senior Minister, Secretary of the Parliament of the Minister of International Development, Minister of National Taxation and Secretary of the Health Minister.
The website details that she is a registered nurse who worked as a nurse in the Oncology Department of St. Joseph Health Center in Toronto before entering politics.
“In the first wave of the Common 19 pandemic, she returned to her own registered nurse roots, volunteering in a tough long-term care facility in her hometown of Brampton. Secretary Kora continues to help on the front lines of the pandemic, including managing the vaccine in the community,” the website added.
Khera wrote in an article on X that her priority is to support the patient there, which she continued, is the same mentality she will bring to her new role.
“It’s time to roll up our sleeves and start working,” she said in the post.
As a nurse, my first priority is always there to support my patients, and that’s the mentality I have every day as Health Minister.
The new Prime Minister of Canada’s cabinet, with 13 men and 11 women, is smaller than the former PM Trudeau’s 37-member group.
(with PTI input)
