What is Payfirma?
Payfirma is a payment processor than enables businesses of all sizes and industries to accept all major credit cards, debit cards, gift cards and electronic funds transfer. Merchants can accept payments in their stores, on a website or on their mobile phones, anywhere, anytime!
What products and services does your company provide?
We offer a [...]
Was Nanak Foods a business that you started? How and when did you get involved with the company?
Vineet and I started Nanak Foods together in 1997. After doing research, we found that there was a void in the local market for Indian dairy products. We both took a trip to India to learn the process [...]
1. What does your role as CEO of Surrey Board of Trade entail?
As CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade, it is my role to manage our operational performance, bring in new ideas for the benefit of our members, elevate our profile, and engage our members.
With a dedicated team of board directors, volunteers and full-time [...]
Q&A’s with Rana Sarkar, president and CEO of the Canada-India Business Council & Senior Fellow and Co-Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto
What does your role as President and CEO of the Canada-India Business Council entail?
Well the Canada-India Business Council was formed in 1982 in [...]
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LAVAR SPA COLON HYDROTHERAPY
What should readers know about Lavar hydrotherapy sessions?
Each of Lavar H2O Cleansing Spa’s hydrotherapy sessions are automated using the most advanced colon hydrotherapy equipment in the world. Each hydrotherapy session takes place in your own private, relaxing, aromatherapy-scented room. Clients lie down on a comfortable bed [...]
Tell us about your background and why you entered politics.
I was raised in Vancouver. My parents were very interested in the politics of Canada – their adopted country – and current events were always the subject of discussion at home. I joined the NDP in July 1984, just after the major demonstrations of Operation Solidarity. [...]
Tell us about your background and why you entered politics?
I purchased my first political party membership when I was 14-years-old. I had lots of ideas and thought that was a great way to contribute and make a difference.
My first political job was as a researcher in the B.C. Legislature, and then I [...]
1-What is your background?
I was born in a small village in the Punjab region, my father was a farmer. I played for the Indian National Basketball team. I earned a master’s degree in philosophy. I then moved to Canada to study at the University of Manitoba where I earned a master’s degree in public administration. [...]
1.Tell us about your early years, what were your best memories growing up? How have these early years shaped you in your adult life?
As kids’ my younger brother, Ravinder, and I were always taught to think outside the box, be creative and be independent. We had a lot of freedom in terms of life [...]
1. What are your memories growing up in Canada?
I remember the best parts of growing up in Canada to being able to play where ever (meaning in the parks and playgrounds) you wanted until the sun went down. It was a great childhood.
2. What is your educational background?
I am a graduate of the [...]
