Meet Canada's new defence minister with a difference

March 11, 2016 13:55

'Harjit Sajjan has an understated way of talking about his days combatting drug gangs as a Vancouver police detective or uncovering the secrets of Taliban networks as a reserve officer during three tours of duty in Afghanistan,' writes John Geddes in the macleans.ca, in what is the most definitive account of Canada's new, and surprise, defence minister.

'While Sajjan's combat-zone and policing exploits seem to be what set him apart from most politicians, his experience with agricultural piecework may have been more definitive. "My generation, other friends I grew up with, a lot of whom are very successful now, we met berry picking,' he says. "We're the only kids that wanted a longer school year and wanted it to rain in the summertime.' Wet weather meant the vans wouldn't be coming that day to collect the pickers,' writes John Geddes, here.

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