Question: Recently Bardish Chagger has been named as the new Leader of the government in which of the following country’s House of Commons?
(a) Australia
(b) Canada
(c) Indonesia
(d) Thailand
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- On 19 August 2016; Indo-Canadian Sikh MP Bardish Chagger has been named as the new Leader of the government in Canada’s House of Commons.
- She is the first woman to hold the post in the country’s history.
- Chagger also the first visible minority Canadian to hold the job of government House leader in the Commons.
- She had replaced Dominic LeBlanc.
- She is one of the four Sikh Canadians inducted into Trudeau’s Cabinet besides Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan,Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi and Innovation Minister Navdeep Singh Bains
- She was also appointed Minister of Small Business and Tourism in November 2015.
Reference:
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2016/08/19/prime-minister-canada-announces-changes-ministry
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/minister/honourable-bardish-chagger
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https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/08/19/trudeau-promotes-waterloo-mp-to-house-leader.html