Canada’s new Foreign Minister, Anita Anand, brings her Indian heritage, legal brilliance, and fearless leadership to the world stage.
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00:00This book is the Bhagavad Gita. This is Canada's new foreign minister.
00:06I, Indira Anita Anand, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will truly and faithfully
00:16and to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute the powers and trusts reposed in me
00:24as minister of foreign affairs.
00:28Anita Anand's dad is Tamil and her mother Punjabi. Both were Indian doctors who moved
00:32from India in the 1960s to Canada. Anita stepped into politics in 2019 and has held four major
00:38cabinet positions before her latest promotion. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she led Canada's
00:44vaccine procurement, earning national and international acclaim. In 2021, she became
00:48Canada's defence minister, where she didn't just lead Canada's strong support for Ukraine
00:52against Russia, but took bold actions to tackle sexual misconduct within the Canadian Armed Forces.
00:58With degrees from Dalousey, the University of Toronto and Oxford, she taught law at top
01:03universities like Yale before stepping into politics. Before her public life, she was an
01:08expert in financial regulation and corporate governance.
01:11That I will truly and faithfully and to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute the powers
01:19and trusts reposed in me as minister of foreign affairs.