Navdeep Bains, 38-year-old Indian- origin Canadian Sikh MP who played a key role in prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau's leadership bid in 2013, is likely to get a ministerial berth, a media report has said.
Speculation is rife that Bains, a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) from Mississauga city, may end up getting a ministry as Trudeau has already chosen ministers for his upcoming cabinet, according to The Star newspaper.
Bains, who played a key role in Trudeau's leadership bid in 2013, is presently a distinguished visiting professor at Ryerson University - Ted Rogers School of Management and holds an MBA with a specialization in Finance.
As an MP for Mississauga-Brampton South from 2004 to 2011, Bains also served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister in 2005.
Trudeau, who won the October 19 general elections and ended the nearly 10-year rule of Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, has already selected his new cabinet and made his last telephone calls to the lucky incoming ministers several days ago, the report said.
All of the ministers know their new portfolio and all have been sworn to the utmost secrecy until tomorrow when Trudeau is formally sworn in as prime minister and unveils the full cabinet, it said.
The Liberals won a majority government and 184 seats in the October 19 election.
Trudeau has made his choices based on several key factors which include the size of the cabinet, gender equality, ethnic diversity, regional distribution and a balance of new and veteran MPs, but leaning to young and new versus old and experienced, according to Liberal insiders familiar with the selection process, the report said.
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