Ravi Kahlon

About

Ravi Kahlon is the British Columbia Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth in the Eby NDP government. BC NDP MLA for Delta North since 2017. A former Olympic field-hockey player who represented Canada at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics, he served as Minister of Housing from 2022 to 2024, where he led BC's housing-supply legislation including the short-term-rental restrictions and provincial upzoning measures. He also served as BC NDP House Leader. His jobs file covers the BC economic plan, trade diversification amid the Canada-US tariff dispute, and the StrongerBC skills strategy.