Navdeep Singh BainsBusiness grad Navdeep Singh Bains, Canadian minister of innovation, science and economic development, is one of two federal cabinet members with a tie to the University of Windsor.

New federal cabinet boasts UWindsor ties

Two members of the new federal cabinet sworn in Wednesday have connections to the University of Windsor.

Alumnus Navdeep Singh Bains (MBA 2001), MP for Mississauga-Malton, took on the portfolio of minister of innovation, science and economic development.

The new minister of science, Kirsty Duncan (MP Etobicoke North), is a former member of the UWindsor faculty, having taught meteorology, climatology, and climate change here from 1993 to 2000.

Prime minister Justin Trudeau appointed 30 members to his cabinet.