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Harjit Sajjan, MP for Vancouver South, named minister of defence

Sajjan served with the Canadian military in Bosnia and Afghanistan and was a VPD detective

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Canada's new defence minister is Harjit Sajjan, who has numerous military honours, including the Order of Military Merit, given to him by Governor General David Johnston in June 2014. (Governor General of Canada)

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Canada's new defence minister isHarjit Sajjan, a decorated Lt.-Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces and the newly-elected MP for Vancouver South.

Sajjan grew up in his riding, and later walked the South Vancouver streets as a detective with the Vancouver Police Department's Gang Crime Unit.

He is a combat veteran, serving in Bosnia and on three deployments to Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Sajjan has received numerous military honours, including the Meritorious Service Medal in 2013, for reducing the Taliban's influence in Kandahar Province.

"His approach, based on his knowledge of local culture and tribal dynamics, helped senior management to engage with influential Afghan tribal leaders, and led to the identification of insurgent command and control connection points," according to the citation on the Governor General's website.

Sajjan was born in India and moved to Canada with his family when he was five years old.

Harjit Sajjan, seen here in a picture with his wife Dr. Kuljit Kaur Sajan and two children, will be Canada's new defence minister. (Liberal Party of Canada)

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[WaljinderSingh]

[KhoonKaBadlaKhoon]

Have 4 punjabi/Sikh people in Minister positions, 2 pagg wale, 1 mona, and 1 female.

[sikhstudent99]

Yep

[ghettosikh]

Y r apney joinin armys tht dnt care for them

[KhoonKaBadlaKhoon]

Y r apney joinin armys tht dnt care for them

Becauss they want too serve the country they grew up in, and gave them and their parents a chance to succeed. I'd rather serve in the Canadian military than Indian. I'm more curious why some apnay stay in countries they seem to have 0 attachememt towards.

[N30S1NGH]

Becauss they want too serve the country they grew up in, and gave them and their parents a chance to succeed. I'd rather serve in the Canadian military than Indian. I'm more curious why some apnay stay in countries they seem to have 0 attachememt towards.

Great point. I have bought up this before. There is no excuse to live in a ghetto segregated way by using a argument- they don't like us.

This is proud moment for all Canadians and Canadian Sikhs especially on harjit singh sajjan new position minister of national defense, this is no doubt very high position which i have no doubts harjit singh sajjan will ace it with his background in army.

This actually sets a bar for all the countries to follow as Europe seems to now mesmerized on the fact how multiculturalism (integrate but not annihilate) actually works in Canada. Also, this breaks wide range of stereotypes that non white cannot be in high position even with qualifications or exceed qualifications both that how white colonist is ought to get us (minorities) somehow (on some minority level that might be true but overall majority this paranoia seems to be proven wrong by mainstream Canadians and mass public opinion) sometimes we get too paranoia on these things as it turns out its not true. In Canada, everything is possible as majority of Canadians support charter rights and freedoms of all. It's founded on charter rights and freedoms.

[dallysingh101]

I'm proud (because Canucks seem to be less inclined to jump into illegal and dubious wars than say Brits and Yanks), but at the same time, I hope people are acutely aware of the lessons from the Brit colonial experience. We shouldn't end up doing other people's dirty work for them! Got to be said.