Jasbir Sandhu
| Jasbir Sandhu | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Surrey North |
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In office May 30, 2011 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dona Cadman |
| Succeeded by | Randeep Sarai |
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| Born |
April 21, 1966 Punjab, India |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Simi |
| Residence | Surrey, British Columbia |
| Alma mater |
Royal Roads University Simon Fraser University |
| Profession | Politician |
Jasbir Sandhu (born April 21, 1966) was a Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament in the 41st Parliament. He was elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election. He represented the electoral district of Surrey North and is a member of the New Democratic Party. He has served as the Official Opposition's critic on Public Safety and for the Asia-Pacific Gateway project.
As a child, Sandhu immigrated to Canada where he completed high school and graduated from Simon Fraser University and Royal Roads University with a MBA. He worked at the Justice Institute of British Columbia as a program coordinator. He helped operate a program which provided training and testing of taxi drivers in Metro Vancouver. Sandhu was the spokesperson for the Prof Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation which advocated for an apology from the federal government over its actions during the Komagata Maru incident.
As a child, Jasbir, with his family, emigrated to Canada from Punjab, India, where he was born. He lived in Surrey and graduated from Queen Elizabeth Secondary School. He worked at his family's restaurant and as a taxi driver while attending Simon Fraser University where he graduated with a bachelor's degree, and then Royal Roads University where he received a Master's of Business Administration. Beginning in the mid-1990s Sandhu began working as an instructor and program coordinator at the Justice Institute. Under the province's SuperHost program, the City of Vancouver initiated a new permitting system, put into effect in 1997, for taxi drivers at the Justice Institute. Sandhu became the program manager of this program called TaxiHost, mandatory for all taxi drivers, in which drivers had to pass a written multiple-choice exam on topics such as defensive driving, customer service, local geography, and basic English. While the program had a high failure rate initially, it produced favourable results and was extended over Metro Vancouver and formed the basis for a similar system in Calgary.
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