Thursday, November 05, 2015

Meet Canada's New Defense Minister

Harjit Sajjan, who was born and raised in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab where his father was with Punjab police, and later immigrated to Canada, has now been appointed Canada's new Defence Minister under the govt of Justin Trudeau:

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

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/harjit-sajjan-badass-canada-defence-minister-1.3304931

http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/11/04/five-things-about-harjit-sajjan-canadas-new-minister-of-defence/



http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/ottawa-quietly-apologized-to-india-after-canadian-soldiers-appeared-with-posters-of-sikh-radicals-at-temple

3 comments:

non-carborundum said...

The Sikh community are indeed a great asset to Canada.

san said...

One interesting thing is that Defense Minister Sajjan is also an active reservist member of the army - so he still holds an active military rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, even while also being the Defense Minister. Other military personnel may outrank him in the active duty context, but he would outrank them in the context of being the country's Defense Minister.

san said...

Sajjan's list of credits:

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

Showing the Gringos how to fight jihadis more effectively.