Food security advocate enters Saanich council race, pledging transparency

Food security advocate enters Saanich council race, pledging transparency

When Harjas Singh Popli arrived in Canada from India in 2020, he never imagined he would one day be running for a seat on Saanich council. Popli landed in Calgary in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic before relocating to Saanich a few months later, after his wife accepted a job at the University of Victoria. As the family settled into life in a new country, they faced a major challenge when every member of the household contracted COVID-19. Con…