14 Facts About Bardish Chagger

Bardish Chagger is the first woman to serve as Government House Leader.

Bardish Chagger's parents immigrated to Waterloo from Punjab, India in the 1970s.

Bardish Chagger attended the University of Waterloo, with aspirations to become a nurse, but she subsequently became an executive assistant to Telegdi, who represented Waterloo in the House of Commons for the Liberals from 1993 to 2008.

Bardish Chagger graduated from the University of Waterloo with a bachelor of science degree.

Bardish Chagger volunteered for Justin Trudeau's 2013 party leadership bid, and subsequently became the Liberal Party's candidate in the newly reconstituted Waterloo riding.

On November 4,2015, Bardish Chagger was sworn in as Minister of Small Business and Tourism.

Bardish Chagger was later appointed to the role of Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth, which she held until 2021.

Bardish Chagger retained her responsibilities as Minister of Small Business and Tourism until the July 18,2018 cabinet shuffle.

In late April 2017, Bardish Chagger sent a letter to her counterparts, then New Democratic Party House Leader Murray Rankin and Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen, to inform them that the government would be abandoning several of the key proposals that were part of the modernization paper, such as changes to the Friday sitting, legislative programming, and electronic voting.

In July 2020, Bardish Chagger was the first witness who testified in front of a parliamentary committee investigating the awarding of a sole-sourced contract to run the Canada Student Service Grant program to WE Charity, an organization with ties to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

Bardish Chagger was the one who signed the contracts with WE Charity, and had met with WE Charity days before the student program was announced by Trudeau.

Bardish Chagger was removed from Cabinet in 2021 as a part of cabinet reshuffle.

On December 3,2021 Bardish Chagger became Chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

Bardish Chagger unexpectedly resigned from the committee on April 29,2024.