Iqra Khalid
- Born
- November 20, 1985 — Pakistan
- Education
- Degree in criminology and professional writing, York University, 2007; Juris Doctor degree, Cooley Law School, 2012
- Career
- Worked at an immigration firm; articled clerk for the city of Mississauga
- Political Experience
- Elected to represent Mississauga—Erin Mills in the House of Commons of Canada in 2015; re-elected in 2019 and 2021; Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics (ETHI); member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP); previously served as chair on the Standing Committee of Justice and Human Rights and sat on the Foreign Affairs and International Development Subcommittee on International Human Rights (SDIR); Chair of the Liberal Women's Caucus and the All-Party Women's Caucus
- Notable
- One of two Pakistani-Canadian women elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 election; holds dual-citizenship with Pakistan; named as one of Chatelaine's Women of the Year in 2017
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Iqra Khalid won with 33,448 votes (55.7%)
Total votes cast: 60,039
No. Madame Gaudreau is just reviewing it.
I'm sorry. That was a typo. It's still four meetings.
Yes.
I would encourage the committee chair and the clerk to reach out and schedule something.
How does that work? Ms. Velestuk talked previously about public-private partnerships. I want to know how all levels of government and the industry, research institutions and educational institutions play a role in finding a solution. If a farmer goes to XYZ person and says, “Hey, I'm having this issue”, does the community formally or informally come together? How does it work?
Thank you, Chair. Given that the motion was distributed around three o'clock today, I haven't had a chance to confer with my colleagues. I would ask for a brief suspension so we can have a conversation, if it's okay with you.
Thank you very much. Those are my questions.
I'm just waiting for my staff to send them over. I haven't received them yet, but we'll get there eventually. I want to speak to some of those amendments. The main one is in the first line. We want to change the language to say “no more than four meetings”, and then there is some language cleanup within the text. I just received the amendment via email, and I'll forward it to the clerk right [more]
It's really minor, to be honest.
We're replacing it with “to the role of external contracting”.
Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you to the witnesses. I'll continue with what Ms. Velestuk was talking about: public-private partnerships. Agriculture Canada is still the largest agricultural researcher in our country. My thought process behind this shift in investment is that it's more about being efficient and finding ways to build on research, as opposed to investing in buildings—in [more]
I'm sending it right now. Let me know when you receive it, please.