Chandra Pasma (born c. 1980) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
in the
2022 provincial election. She represents the district of
Ottawa West—Nepean as a member of the
Ontario New Democratic Party.
Background
Before her election as MPP for
Ottawa West—Nepean, Pasma worked as a public policy researcher for the
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Previously, she served as an advisor to the federal
New Democratic Party
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Pasma has also worked for
Citizens for Public Justice
Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) is an ecumenical, non-profit organization that promotes justice in Canadian public policy through research and analysis focused on poverty reduction, ecological justice, and refugee rights.
CPJ defines public jus ...
, and prior to that worked for
Conservative MP
Dave MacKenzie until 2006.
Political career
On July 13, 2022 Pasma was named as the Official Opposition critic for poverty and homelessness reduction by interim
ONDP leader
Peter Tabuns.
She was later made education critic after
Marit Stiles resigned to run for the
2023 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election
The 2023 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election is scheduled to be held on February 4, 2023. The leadership election was called after ONDP leader Andrea Horwath announced her resignation on June 2, 2022, in her concession speech on the ...
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Electoral record
References
Living people
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs
Women MPPs in Ontario
Politicians from Ottawa
Year of birth missing (living people)
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