Candidate Name: Anita Vandenbeld

Candidate Profile: Anita Vandenbeld has been the Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa West-Nepean since 2015. She has served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence (2019-2021) and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development since 2021. Anita was chair of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights, the Special Committee on Pay Equity, the Parliamentary Women’s Caucus and is founding chair of the all-party Democracy caucus.