Fares Al Soud
- Born
- 2000 — Montreal, Quebec
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto Mississauga
- Career
- Worked in the office of former MP and cabinet minister Omar Alghabra. Later joined the Prime Minister's Office and subsequently became a policy advisor to Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, where he later served as director of policy.
- Political Experience
- Elected MP for Mississauga Centre in 2025.
- Notable
- Trilingual, speaking fluent English, French, and Arabic. One of the first four Canadian MPs born in the 21st century.
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Business & Financial Interests
Before seeking political office, Fares Al Soud reportedly worked as a business consultant and entrepreneur. His professional background is said to involve international business development, with a focus on helping Canadian companies expand into markets in the Middle East and North Africa. He also has a background in engineering.
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Mr. Speaker, young Canadians are eager to work, gain experience and build their careers. Whether it is a summer position, an internship or their first step into the workforce, landing that first job can make all the difference. Can the Minister of Jobs and Families update the House on how our government is connecting young Canadians with employers and creating opportunities for them to succeed?
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The Commissioner of Lobbying has proposed gaining independent regulation-making authority. Expert lawyers who appeared before this committee described that proposal as—and I'm quoting from their brief—“seriously inconsistent with foundational principles of Canadian administrative law.” Could you walk us through how the current process for amending regulations under the Lobbying Act works? I have
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To whatever extent you can speak to this, has there been any back-and-forth between your department and the commissioner on this piece? Specifically, was there ever a situation where an issue came up that she felt couldn't be addressed through the existing process, something that might have driven her to seek this authority in the first place?
Do you know of any specific instances where that need might be justified? That's to whatever extent you can speak to it, of course.
You referred to, as you said, the point on cost. That's been an important conversation here over the past few meetings. We've made several references to us as members of Parliament engaging with small businesses across our ridings and not wanting to introduce barriers that would prevent transparent dialogue between us and the people on the ground. Have people reached out to your department to