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37 Indian-origin candidates on the ballot in Ontario
The community looks forward to improving the best tally of 11 legislators in the province.
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As Canada's largest province, Ontario, heads to the polls, a significant drop in the number of candidates and political outfits was noted. However, that is not true for the Indo-Canadian community, where there is no let-up in the political enthusiasm of the candidates vying to grab seats.
In all, there are 37 candidates of Indian descent in the run. They include all sitting members of the outgoing Assembly. Foremost of them have been Prabhmeet Singh Sarkaria, Amarjit Singh Sandhu, Hardeep Grewal, Nina Tangri and Deepak Anand who held key positions in the Doug Ford government.
Another redeeming feature for the growing Indo-Canadian community is the growing number of new faces entering the province’s political arena. Of many first-timers are Shafoli Kapur, an immigration consultant, and Ranjit Singh Bagga, who owns and runs several golf courses in the Greater Toronto Area.
New Blue Party, one of the recent additions to the political horizon of Ontario, has also fielded some candidates of Indian descent while the Greens have once again put their confidence in four candidates of Indian descent.
The community will await the results of the Feb. 27 polls as it looks forward to improving the best tally of 11 legislators.
Here is the complete list of candidates of Indian descent in the fray representing all major political parties and independents:
Progressive Conservatives
Deepak Anand – Mississauga-Malton
Hardeep Grewal – Brampton East
Logan Kanapathi -Markham-Thornhill
Prabhmeet Singh Sarkaria – Brampton South
Nina Tangri -Mississauga-Streetsville
Amarjot Sandhu – Brampton West
Vijay Thanigasalan – Scarborough-Rouge Park
New Democrats
Sonali Chakraborty – Scarborough Centre
Raymond Bhushan – Richmond Hill
Thadsa Navaneethan – Scarborough North
Rajni Sharma -Brampton South
Martin Singh – Brampton East
Sukhamrit Singh – Brampton Centre
Liberals
Anita Anandrajan – Scarborough North
Ranjit Singh Bagga – Brampton North
Nirmala Armstrong – Markham-Thornhill
Viresh Bansal – Oshawa
Vicky Dhillon – Brampton East
Jagbir Dosanjh – Markham-Unionville
Shafoli Kapur – Niagra Falls
Bhavik Parikh – Brampton South
Vandan Patel – Haldinand-Northfolk
Adil Shamji – Don Valley East
Gurwinder Dosanjh – Sault Ste. Marie
New Blue Party
Darryl Brothers – Mississauga-Streetsville
Maria Dsouza – Ottawa Centre
Kamalpreet Kaur – Brampton Centre
Rishab Bhatia – Ottawa-Vernier
Green
Mini Batra – Pickering-Uxbridge
Rajinder Boyal – Brampton South
Nira Dookeran – Ottawa South
Sanin Zeco – Durham
Communists
Rimmy Riarh – Parkdale-High Park
Progress Party Ontario
Pit Goyal – Willowdale
Independents
Pushpek Sidhu – Brampton West
Azad Goyat – Brampton East
Rahul Padmini Saumian – Oshawa
National Elections
Meanwhile, the fight for the Liberal Party leadership and the next Prime Minister of Canada is also inching towards its climax. All six candidates have stepped up their campaigns to woo the party MPs and delegates who will vote on March 9 to make their final choice.
Of the two ensuing elections, the impact of the ongoing tariff war and widening gulf in bilateral trade and people-to-people relations with neighbouring United States is apparent. Average Canadians in general and Ontarians in particular have been watching with tremendous interest day-to-day developments as their future is closely hinged on the outcome of this unprecedented war of attrition.
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