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President??? Didn't you mean PM?
or maybe Quebec is now wanting to join the US instead
BTW, what's the latest word on the Racoon? Is he still in the neighbourhood??
Cheers
DT
We are digressing
. Consider that GWB is the current pres. Also consider that Clinton(wave finger and tell truth guy) was the past president. The future hopefulls are Hillary(do whatever it takes) Clinton and Arnold(one step to the left another to the right). Is it a far throw to have Jake3d in there?
I'll update the raccoon thread now
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Originally posted by meghal
Chandresh...tnx for the backup. You give me more credit than necessary. You can be my press secretary when I become president.
President??? Didn't you mean PM?
or maybe Quebec is now wanting to join the US instead
BTW, what's the latest word on the Racoon? Is he still in the neighbourhood??
Cheers
DT
I think he moved next door...right Jake?
You scared him off with all that gun talk DT!
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Originally posted by meghal
Can we have a list of people of Indian origin, who have managed to reach at higher posts in Government/Politics or have a presence in media?
Here is a list to start with
Harinder Takhar - Ontario Transport Minister
Ujjal Dosanjh - Ex BC Premier/Liberal MP
All other MP/MPP/municipal councillors s of Indian origin
Alok Mukherjee - Holds an important position in Toronto city department
Dr Sheila Basrur - Is she of Indian origin?
Dr. DaCunha??? - The doctor who was a prominent face on TV during SARS epidemic
One of the faculty/dean in Rotman School of Management at U of T is of Indian origin
In media
Writing these two names against my will
Deepa Mehta
Mira Nair
On TV
On Global TV, there is a female news announcer with last name Gill
Suneel Joshi on CTV
Nalini, the weather lady on citypulse
Ravi Baichwal on CBC
Neil Kumar on 680???
Emanuelle Sandhu - Is he allowed on this list?
Not sure if we need to include people of Indian origin who came from the Caribbeans. This includes Harold Husein, Francis D'Souza & Merella Fernandez on City Pulse
Whom did I miss?
Meghal
Anil Arora is Director General of the 2006 Census
Colin D'Cunha was Ontario's Chief Medical Officer during the SARS scare
Alok Mukherjee - Chairman Toronto Police sevices board
Raj Subramanium - CEO Fedex Canada
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From Winnipeg and around
Dr. Naranjan Dhalla - City Hall of Fame
Dr. Karamjeet S. Jolly
Prof. Satyendra Singh - University of Winnipeg
Ruby Dhalla - MP
Dr. Narinder S Rehal
Ajit Kaur Deol - Order of Manitoba
Dr. Baidwans
Prof. Mahesh Chaturvedi - Dean
Dr. Madhav Sinha - Chief of Engineering
AP Singh - IT Consultant
Er. Sidhu - City of Winnipeg
Parminder Sohal - Senior PM MTS
Actually, it is a pleasant surprise to see PIO in excellent positions in universities, hospitals, engineering, govt positions... but then sad to see that they are not so very visible.
Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal
He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1993 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver South.
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed Dhaliwal to Cabinet (the first Indo-Canadian to become a federal cabinet minster) in 1997 as Minister of Revenue. In 1999, he became Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and in 2002 he was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Minister with political responsibility for British Columbia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Dhaliwal
