Jagmeet Singh to Anita Anand: 17 Indian-origin leaders win parliamentary polls in Canada

With Liberal Party chief and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returning to energy in Canada, 17 Indo-Canadians, together with NDP chief Jagmeet Singh and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, gained the parliamentary elections on Tuesday.

Although Trudeau’s Liberal Party emerged victorious in Monday’s parliamentary elections, the 49-year-old did not win a majority of seats and almost mirrored the results of two years in the past.The 17 Indian-origin leadersAll three Indo-Canadian ministers – Harjit Sajjan, Anita Anand and Bardish Chagger – within the dissolved Cabinet emerged victorious as did 42-year-old New Democratic Party (NDP) chief Jagmeet Singh from Burnaby South.“I want to say that Canadians know that you can count on the New Democrats to continue fighting for you. As we’ve fought for you in the pandemic when times are difficult when people were struggling when people were worried about their future. We were there for you,” Jagmeet mentioned in his concession speech late on Monday evening.Jagmeet gained by almost 40% vote share. He created historical past by changing into the primary non-white chief of a federal occasion in Canada in 2017. Recently, he picked up the endorsement of a fellow left-of-centre politician, US Senator and former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was re-elected from Vancouver-South, with almost 49% of the vote share.Sajjan was re-elected regardless of the cloud of misconduct allegations hanging over the Canadian Forces and the federal government’s dealing with of the scenario in Afghanistan, the report added.“My community knows me,” he mentioned. “When we talk about things that happened 10, 15, 20, 30 years ago — obviously we’re going to take action. And now that more women are coming forward, having the confidence to come forward, yes we’re taking action.”The Liberals’ Anita Anand was declared the winner in Oakville with a virtually 46% vote share; a major improvement for Canada’s vaccine minister.Anita Anand, 54, was a rookie MP after profitable in 2019 when she was appointed. She rapidly grew to become accountable for the nation’s efforts to safe Covid-19 vaccines and was usually on the marketing campaign path with Justin Trudeau.Thanking the volunteers who had labored “extremely hard as a team for five weeks straight,” she mentioned, “I’m just ecstatic.”In her role as former Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Anand played a very public role in the Liberal response to the health crisis.Liberal incumbent Chagger was declared the winner of Waterloo with a 44.8% vote share.“This is a tremendous community to be able to represent,” 41-year-old Chagger was quoted as saying by the CTV News.“This election was really about a mandate. Where do Canadians want to go? Does the environment matter? Do social programmes matter? Do infrastructure investments matter? And clearly, they do,” Chagger said.Among other winners from the Liberal Party are Kamal Khera from Brampton West (55%), Ruby Sahota from Brampton North (54%), Sonia Sidhu from Brampton South (50%), Maninder Sidhu from Brampton East (55%), Sukh Dhaliwal from Surrey-Newton (54%).George Chahal from Calgary Skyview in Alberta (42%), Arif Virani from Parkdale-High Park (42%), Randeep Sarai from Surrey Centre (44%), Anju Dhillon from Dorval-Lachine-LaSalle (52%), Chandra Arya from Nepean (44%), and First-time candidate Iqwinder Gaheer from Mississauga-Malton (53%).Meanwhile, among the Conservative Party, Tim Uppal from Edmonton Mill Woods (38%) and Jasraj Singh Hallan from Calgary Forest Lawn seat (44%) have retained their seats.Canada hosts one of the largest Indian diasporas in the world, numbering 1.6 million people, which accounts for more than three per cent of its total population.The diaspora, whose main concentration is in the Greater Toronto Area, the Greater Vancouver area, Montreal (Quebec), Calgary (Alberta), Ottawa (Ontario) and Winnipeg (Manitoba) has done commendably well in every sector in Canada, according to the information on the website of the Indian High Commission in Canada.The resultsThe Liberal Party was leading or elected in 158 seats — one more than they won 2019, and 12 short of the 170 needed for a majority in the House of Commons. The Conservatives were leading or elected in 119 seats, two less than they won in 2019. The leftist New Democrats were leading or elected in 25, while the Bloc Québécois were leading or elected in 34 and the Greens were down to two.“You are sending us back to work with a clear mandate to get Canada through this pandemic,” Trudeau said. “I hear you when you say you just want to get back to the things you love and not worry about this pandemic or an election.”Hours after the outcomes got here in, Trudeau greeted commuters and posed for photos at a subway cease in his district in Montreal on Tuesday morning — a post-election custom for the prime minister.This is Trudeau’s third federal election win.Congratulating Trudeau, Jagmeet mentioned he would “keep fighting to make sure that the super wealthy pay their fair share”.”We’re gonna fight for you. We’ve seen you. We’ve heard your stories. We’re going to fight for you,” he mentioned.The election, which passed off throughout a fourth pandemic wave in Canada, was the costliest within the nation’s historical past, costing some 600 million Canadian {dollars}, in keeping with a information report.(With PTI inputs)