Editing Navdeep Bains (section)

==Early life and career==
Bains was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] on June 16, 1977,<ref name="Library of Parliament Profile">{{Cite web |title=BAINS, The Hon. Navdeep Singh, P.C., B.A., M.B.A., C.M.A. |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=8908cde5-7474-4d2a-8c50-d05da5ee0712&Language=E&Section=ALL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006193524/http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=8908cde5-7474-4d2a-8c50-d05da5ee0712&Language=E&Section=ALL |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |access-date=November 5, 2015 |publisher=[[Library of Parliament]]}}</ref> to [[Indian people|Indian]] parents, in a [[Jat Sikh]] Famiky of Harminder and Balwinder Bains.<ref name="GM 2006 convention">{{Cite web |last=Taber |first=Jane |date=December 1, 2006 |title=Family blocs offer convention support |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/family-blocs-offer-convention-support/article18178919/ |access-date=November 5, 2015 |website=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> His family background is from [[Mahilpur]], District Hoshiarpur, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. but his Great Grandfather later moved to Village Chak no 12PS, Tehsil Raisinghnagar, district [[Sri Ganganagar district|Sri Ganganagar]] & later family moved to Canada.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Bains graduated from [[Turner Fenton Secondary School]] in Brampton,<ref name="Brampton Guardian Cabinet" /> while it was known as J. A. Turner Secondary School and Turner Fenton Campus.<ref>Yearbooks for 1992, 1993 and 1994.</ref> After completing high school, Bains attended [[York University]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Management Studies]].<ref name="Ryerson profile">{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2013 |title=Navdeep Bains, former MP, joins Ryerson as distinguished visiting professor |url=http://www.ryerson.ca/ryersontoday/data/news/2013/01/navdeep_bains.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019040642/http://www.ryerson.ca/ryersontoday/data/news/2013/01/navdeep_bains.html |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |access-date=November 5, 2015 |publisher=[[Ryerson Today]]}}</ref> He then went on to finish his [[Masters in Business Administration]] from the [[University of Windsor]].<ref name="Ryerson profile" /> He received his [[Certified Management Accountants of Canada|Certified Management Accountant]] designation, subsequently becoming a [[Chartered Professional Accountant]] in 2014.<ref name="Library of Parliament Profile" /> In 2016, he was awarded the prestigious FCPA designation by CPA Ontario for his "outstanding achievements including community leadership".<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Fellows |url=https://www.cpaontario.ca/cpa-members/community/fellows/2016-fellows |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014185141/https://www.cpaontario.ca/cpa-members/community/fellows/2016-fellows |archive-date=October 14, 2017 |access-date=October 14, 2017 |website=cpaontario.ca}}</ref>

Bains worked as a financial processing analyst at [[Nike, Inc.|Nike Canada]] from 2000 to 2001.<ref name="2008 CBC election profile">{{Cite web |date=October 14, 2008 |title=Mississauga&nbsp;— Brampton South |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news2/canadavotes/riding/154/candidate.html |access-date=November 5, 2015 |publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> He also worked for the [[Ford Motor Company]] as a revenue and costing analyst from 2000 until 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Geoffrey |date=November 4, 2015 |title=What happened to Industry Canada? Trudeau elevates scientific research in new cabinet role |work=[[Financial Post]] |url=http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/what-happened-to-industry-canada-trudeau-elevates-scientific-research-in-new-cabinet-role |access-date=November 4, 2015}}</ref>