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Amarjeet Sohi PC (born March 8, 1964) is a Canadian politician serving as the 36th and current mayor of Edmonton since October 26th, 2021. Sohi previously sat as a Liberal member of Parliament (MP) and served in the federal Cabinet from 2015 to 2018 as the minister of infrastructure and communities, and from 2018 to 2019 as the minister of ...
Amarjeet Sohi was sworn in as the 36th mayor of Edmonton on October 26, 2021.
After Thursday’s budget update from Finance Minister Nate Horner, that’s the hope of Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi, who keeps a running tally of another kind of deficit — the difference ...
Jun 3, 2022 · Amarjeet Sohi, politician, federal cabinet minister, mayor of Edmonton 2021–present (born 8 March 1964 in Banbhaura, Punjab, India). After being falsely accused of terrorism and imprisoned in India for 21 months, Amarjeet Sohi became involved in municipal politics in Edmonton.
Nov 13, 2021 · Struggles with racism and bullying in his first few years in Canada helped a Sikh immigrant from India learn how to fight against systemic injustices from hard-won positions in politics.
Oct 19, 2021 · Edmonton’s new mayor “came to Canada with nothing” as an 18-year-old. Amarjeet Sohi learned English in the city’s libraries, he worked his way from the driver’s seat of a bus, to city council and...
Oct 18, 2021 · Former city councillor and federal Liberal cabinet minister Amarjeet Sohi will become Edmonton's first mayor of South Asian origin. Sohi, who was born in Punjab, India in 1964,...
Mayor Amarjeet Sohi came to Canada when he was just 18 years old and had little to his name. But he was lucky. He wasn’t in just any city, he was in Edmonton. He learned to speak English in schools and public libraries and found friendship and community by playing sports and performing in the arts. He got to discover the city through the ...
Oct 18, 2022 · Mayor Amarjeet Sohi joined CBC's Edmonton AM to discuss his first year in office, reflecting on the challenges council has faced and how it has handled contentious issues around downtown safety...
Oct 19, 2021 · After a six-year absence, Amarjeet Sohi was officially welcomed back to Edmonton City Hall on Tuesday afternoon, after being elected the city’s next mayor on Monday night. “I’m absolutely...
