Ontario minister's Punjabi video goes viral

 

 

Ontario minister's Punjabi video goes viral. A video of Ontario Citizenship and Multiculturalism Minister Graham McGregor speaking in English and Punjabi as part of the Sikh religion founder's birthday celebrations has gone viral on social media.

McGregor is the MPP representing the riding of Brampton North. 75% of the residents in this riding are from a minority community and 25% are from the Sikh community. He told Global News that as a Brampton MPP, he has spoken in Punjabi many times and that he can speak Punjabi fluently. The video quickly went viral on social media, reaching people outside his riding, outside the province and around the world.

The video, which has garnered more than 441,000 views on Instagram, has also garnered 1.1 million views on Twitter. The minister said he was surprised by the response to the video, adding that there were both positive and negative reactions. McGregor added that negative reactions cannot be stopped.