The Canadian Parvasi - Issue 27

The International News Weekly INTERVIEW/OPED
January 05, 2018 | Toronto
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Patrick Brown virtually kicks off poll
campaign by visiting Golden Temple
Continued from page 01
This is Brown’s 18th visit to India.
With the 905 region being home
to the largest concentration of the
Punjabi community in Ontario,
Brown’s visit to the Golden Temple
is aimed at wooing the Sikh voters.
It was his eighth visit to the Golden
Temple.
With the elections in Ontario
due in June, Patrick Brown-led
Progressive Conservative Party is
trying to dislodge Kathleen Wynneled
Liberals who have ruled Ontario
for the past 14 years.
As of now, Progressive Conservatives
have an edge in opinion
polls.
But with the introduction of the
minimum wage of $14 from January
1, the Liberal Party may expect
an uptick in its popularity again as
60 percent of people in Ontario support
the raise in minimum wage, as
per a recent survey.
The Parvasi Media Group pays its tributes
to our printer Paolo Morabito of Master Web
who passed away recently. The association of
Parvasi with him goes back to its inception in
2002 when Parvasi (Punjabi) rolled off presses
at Master Web for the first time. Morabito, who
was suffering from cancer, had been in the
printing business for nearlyy four decades. He
had a long association with the ethnic media in
the Greater Toronto Area. RIP.
I took risky decisions,
says Priyanka Chopra
Agencies
MUMBAI: Actress Priyanka Chopra
says she was advised not to be
a part of Bollywood films "Aitraaz"
and "Fashion", but she decided to
take a "risk" as she believes her
career in showbiz has been full of
risky choices. "When I was younger,
I never saw a long-term plan. I am
not from the film community;
my career has always
been full of risky choices
and I took decisions
off the paved path. My
greatest risk was me
not knowing that I was
taking a risk," Priyanka
told Forbes magazine in
an interview.
Priyanka, 35, who
played the negative
role of Sonia Roy in
"Aitraaz" in 2004, says
she got scared when
people asked her to opt
out of the project.
"While shooting for the movie,
people warned me that it was a
wrong career move and that I would
get stuck with vamp-type roles. It
scared me like hell," she recalled.
Something similar happened
when Priyanka was approached for
2008 film "Fashion".
"I was told that girls did womencentric
roles only towards the
end of their careers to win
awards. I was advised to work
with big stars and do Hollywood
tent-pole type movies," Priyanka
said.
"I was afraid that I took a
wrong decision again, but the
fact is that I did not know any
better."
Priyanka received
a National
Film Award
for her role of
Meghna Mathur
in "Fashion".
Govt orders probe into
Jet Airways pilot fight
Agencies
NEW DELHI: Civil Aviation Minister
Ashok Gajapati Raju on Thursday informed
the Lok Sabha that a probe has
been initiated into the incident of an alleged
physical altercation between two
Jet Airways pilots on-board a London-
Mumbai flight which was operated on
January 1, 2018.
Responding to a question raised by
BJP MP Kirit Somaiya during Zero Hour
on Thursday, Raju said that action will be
taken according to regulations and that
"no one will be spared". On its part, Jet
Airways has grounded the two pilots. The
incident involved the male co-pilot slapping
his female commander inside the
cockpit of the aircraft which was ferrying
324 passengers, including two infants
and 14 crew.Subsequently, the incident
has been reported to the aviation regulator
Directorate General of Civil Aviation
(DGCA). "A misunderstanding occurred
between the cockpit crew of Jet Airways
flight 9W 119, London-Mumbai of
January 1, 2018. However, the same was
quickly resolved amicably and the flight
with 324 guests, including 2 infants and 14
crew, continued its journey to Mumbai,
landing safely," a Jet Airways' spokesperson
said on Wednesday.
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