Politics aside and given that the election is now over Sportswave wants to thank the four candidates in Delta who ran for the past election and win or lose everyone was a winner for simply stepping up and running putting themselves in full public view.
Sportswave was pleased to live stream the All Candidates Meeting in North Delta that brought the meeting to the community who were unable to attend due to the small number allowed to get inside- due to seating capacity.
Jill was sworn in as Canada’s Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence and having my Father as a WW2 Vet; I fully understand the importance this role plays.
Sportswave and Eastlink TV first met Jill McKnight at South Coast Casuals in Ladner where we arranged to set up an interview when she was taking on the position at the Delta Chamber of Commerce as the Executive Director.
For those not knowing Jill was born and raised in Delta for 28 years where Jill and her family owned South Coast Casuals in Ladner in addition to the fact that she worked with the Ladner Village Market.
She went on to earn a Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurial Business from the University of Victoria and for the past three and a half years she served as the Executive Director of the Delta Chamber of Commerce.
She continues to volunteer with the Ladner Business Association which includes five years as president and given her new role in Ottawa her volunteering might slow down somewhat.
She received the King Charles III Coronation Medal, the Queen’s Jubilee Award and the 2019 Volunteer of the Year Award and is dedicated to see Delta has a strong voice in the decisions that affect its future.
Sportswave is excited to work with Jill and are looking forward to arranging our first interview which is currently in the works and of course depending on her time when she returns from Ottawa.
Taking a step back and retiring is Carla Qualtrough who Sportswave and Eastlink TV have had a healthy working relationship during her time in office and whenever we have reached out to her she has been more than gracious with our request which we truly appreciated and thank her for her time. Enjoy retirement
Interesting facts about the new cabinet:
A smaller cabinet than Trudeau’s, with just 28 ministers, 10 Secretaries of State, equal number of men and women and baring the exception of Haitian-Canadian Marjorie Michel, appointed Minister of Health, there’s no other minister of African descent, not even in a junior minister (Secretary of State) position…
A minister from Edmonton, Edmonton Centre MP, Eleanor Olszewski is appointed Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada.
Here is the full list of cabinet appointees:
Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board
Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety
Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue
Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages
Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services
Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy
Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement
Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Steven MacKinnon, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence
Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health
Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada
Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade
Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries
Rechie Valdez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State
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