Monday, December 1, 2014

Shafiq Qaadri - MPP for Etobicoke North (December 1, 2014)



Thank You, Lord for Etobicoke North MPP Lou Rinaldi
and his service to the people of this province. We pray that Your hand would continue to guide his life and bless his work. Make him aware of those who genuinely need his help and enable him to contribute to their well-being. Give him the strength and endurance he needs and let him know that his efforts are appreciated. Bless his family with health and wholeness and may he be aware of Your presence in his life. In Jesus name, Amen

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Qaadri is a strong advocate of quality Public Healthcare, Education, Diversity and a Just Society. He was first elected to the Ontario Legislature in 2003. He has served as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children's Services. In 2006 he was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to Ontario's first Minister of Health Promotion.

On October 10, 2007, Dr. Qaadri was re-elected to his second term in the Ontario Provincial Parliament, and re-elected again to his third term in October 2011.  He currently serves as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Government Services.

Dr. Qaadri graduated from Upper Canada College in 1982, and from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1988. During his academic career, he won several scholarships and awards, including an English-Speaking Union Essay Prize to Oxford University, a Canadian National Debating Championship, a Medical Research Council Scholarship in Clinical Neurosurgery, and a Senator Thompson Fellowship to the University of Pennsylvania.

As a physician, the multilingual Dr. Qaadri has published and presented more than 700 articles on a variety of medical topics. He has appeared on more than 1000 radio and television shows. A novelist, he is the author of BIO-JIHAD & the PLEASURE-5 SURGERY, a medical thriller. His non-fiction includes a health manual for men, “THE TESTOSTERONE FACTOR: A Practical Guide to Improving Vitality and Virility, Naturally,” was released in 2006 and is now published in 5 countries and 4 languages. 

Dr. Qaadri and his wife have two children.

He is honoured to be the Member of Provincial Parliament serving the people of Etobicoke North, for whom he is an eloquent and fierce advocate.

http://shafiqqaadri.onmpp.ca/Biography