Our Sardarjee is Canada’s Defence Minister

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The Punjabi community in Canada made history on Wednesday when two turbaned Sikhs, among four Indian Canadians, were sworn in as Cabinet ministers, as 42-year-old Justin Trudeau took oath as the country\'s 23rd prime minister at a grand public

Ottawa: The Punjabi community in Canada made history on Wednesday when two turbaned Sikhs, among four Indian Canadians, were sworn in as Cabinet ministers, as 42-year-old Justin Trudeau took oath as the country's 23rd prime minister at a grand public

ceremony. While 42-year-old Indian Canadian Harjit Sajjan was appointed Defence minister, 38-year-old Navdeep Bains got the portfolio of innovation, science and economic development. Another Sikh, Amarjeet Sohi, who is not turbaned, has been sworn in as Minister for Infrastructure. A former bus driver, Sohi was jailed in India for two years in the 1980s.

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