‘We live in a globalized world,’ House most ethnically diverse in Canadian history, but still has long way to go: research

A record 47 visible minority and 10 indigenous MPs were elected in this House.

Pictured top to bottom, left to right: Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, Conservative MP Bob Saroya, Liberal MP Chandra Arya, Liberal MP Darshan Kang, Liberal MP Faycal El-Khoury, Liberal MP Geng Tan, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Liberal MP Jati Sidhu, Liberal Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Liberal MP Majid Jowhari, Democratic Reform Minister Maryam Monsef, NDP MP Jenny Kwan, Liberal MP Ramesh Sangha, Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette, Liberal MP Salma Zahid, Liberal MP Shaun Chen, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, Conservative MP Ziad Aboultaif and Liberal Randeep Sarai. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright and the Parliament of Canada

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BY ABBAS RANA

November 21, 2016

PARLIAMENT HILL—It's the most ethnically diverse House of Commons in Canadian history, but it still has a long way to go. The House is still mostly white, male, and English-speaking, according to a study conducted by Kai Chan, who released his data to The Hill Times, and most MPs are m...

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