The Honourable Anita Anand is a Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician serving as Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry since March 2025. Representing Oakville in the House of Commons since 2019, she has held various cabinet positions, including Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Minister of National Defence, and Minister of Transport. Anand is the first Hindu woman elected to Parliament and appointed to a federal cabinet role in Canada. She holds degrees from Queen’s University, the University of Oxford, Dalhousie University, and the University of Toronto.