Jas Johal
Jas Johal is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2017 British Columbia general election to represent the electoral district of Richmond-Queensborough in the 41st Parliament of British Columbia. He is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus.
Prior to his election to the legislature, Johal was a longtime television journalist for Global BC.
On June 12, he was named the Minister of Technology, Innovation & Citizens' Services, serving for just over a month until the new NDP government was sworn in following the defeat of the Liberal government in a non-confidence motion. Johal sponsored one private member bill, the Reducing Waste Act , on March 14, 2018, which sought to prohibit the retail sale of single-use beverage pods unless it is fully compostable.
