Ratna Omidvar Named an RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant for 2018
This month, Senator Ratna Omidvar was named one of Canada’s Top 25 Immigrants for 2018 by Canadian Immigrant and RBC. Below you will find an excerpt of her profile for the awards along with a video message thanking Canadian Immigrant and sponsor RBC for the award.
Senator Ratna Omidvar has been pretty busy lately, helping shape Canada’s new cannabis laws in the country’s Upper Chamber. It’s just one of the many important issues Omidvar has been influencing in the Senate of Canada since her appointment in April 2016.
Becoming a senator wasn’t a role she was expecting, but when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called her up to ask her to sit as an independent senator for Ontario, she was overjoyed. For someone who has been shaping social issues in the country for the past 30 years — and even named Nation Builder of the Decade for Citizenship in 2010 — it was a fitting next step.
“It is my hope that I can make lasting impacts on the legislation that comes before us in Ottawa,” Indian-born Omidvar says. “I also look forward to spending a good deal of my time advocating for things like community benefit agreements and better regulations for Canada’s charities and non-profits.”