Karim Bardeesy
- Career
- Journalist, policy advisor, executive director of The Dais (Toronto Metropolitan University public policy think tank)
- Political Experience
- Deputy Principal Secretary to the Premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne; Elected MP for Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park in 2025
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering federal politics, Karim Bardeesy had a career focused on public policy and academia. He was a co-founder and the executive director of the Ryerson Leadership Lab, an organization at Toronto Metropolitan University focused on policy and leadership development. Bardeesy also has extensive experience in provincial government, having served as the Director of Policy for former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and later for Premier Kathleen Wynne. His earlier career included work as a journalist.
Key Relationships & Connections
Karim Bardeesy has well-documented professional ties to senior figures in the Ontario Liberal Party. He served as a key policy advisor and eventually Director of Policy for two former Ontario Premiers, Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. Through his work with the Leadership Lab, he also has connections within academia and public policy circles at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Where Karim falls on key policy spectrums
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I just want to pick up on what Mr. Ste‑Marie said about your composure, Ms. Burke, and your attitude that everything is under control, even though that's not always the case in our caucuses. This year, at this committee, I think we have proceeded, with your help, to have the kind of overall relationship.... We're also led by our fantastic chair, who has helped us have, overall, a very
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Thank you, Chair. I'm sorry I'm not there with you today in person, and I very much appreciate this opportunity. Ms. Patell, I want to start with some questions around the interface between people who have suspicions of seeing fraudulent activity and then the opportunity to have that addressed. Across your products, do you have a customer service standard time of response when there is an
Do you have a customer service standard with respect to when someone can expect to hear back from a person at Google?
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Mr. Speaker, treaty rights are sacrosanct to this government, as are the regimes that we have in place, including the regimes for non-compliance and the environmental damages penalties that we have under the legislation. Incidents such as the recent spill at Cold Lake are taken very seriously. Federal officials are in contact with their provincial counterparts and indigenous leadership to ensure