Navdeep Bains

Navdeep Singh Bains is a Canadian politician and businessman who was the minister of innovation, science and industry from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, Bains was the member of Parliament (MP) for Mississauga—Brampton South from 2004 to 2011, and MP for Mississauga—Malton from 2015 to 2021. He was Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Paul Martin in 2005 and appointed to Cabinet by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2015. After leaving federal politics in 2021, Bains joined CIBC in September 2021 and then Rogers Communications in May 2023.