Arif Virani, Member of Parliament

Arif Virani is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Parkdale-High Park since 2015. He is also the current Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, having taken on the role in 2023. Born in Kampala, Uganda, Virani came to Canada as a Ugandan Asian refugee in 1972. He pursued a career in law, graduating from McGill University and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Before entering politics, he worked as a constitutional litigator and huma...