Editing Navdeep Bains (section)

===In opposition===
In 2006, Bains was re-elected in his riding with just under 54% of the vote.<ref name="CBC 2006 result">{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2006 |title=154 Mississauga-Brampton South |url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2006/riding/154/ |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>

Also in 2006, Bains co-chaired the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario)'s annual general meeting Toronto.<ref name="2006 LPC(O)">{{Cite web |date=February 15, 2007 |title=Navdeep Bains Appointed to Liberal's National Campaign Team |url=http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/1501/1/Navdeep-Bains-Appointed-to-Liberals-National-Campaign-Team/Page1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117161503/http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/1501/1/Navdeep-Bains-Appointed-to-Liberals-National-Campaign-Team/Page1.html |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=The Brampton News}}</ref> Because of his position in the Party and the roles he has been given, Bains was seen as a rising star, and had been selected three years in a row in the Hill Times survey as the best up and comer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hill Times, December 18, 2006 |url=http://www.thehilltimes.ca/members/login.php?fail=2&destination=/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006/december/18/ap_poll2/}}</ref>

During the [[2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|2006 Liberal leadership convention]] to replace Paul Martin, Bains threw his support behind Ontario Education Minister [[Gerard Kennedy]], and after Kennedy dropped out before the third ballot, he joined Kennedy in supporting the eventual winner and new party leader, [[Stéphane Dion]].<ref name="Leadership conventions">{{Cite magazine |last=Geddes |first=John |date=May 2, 2009 |title=Navdeep Bains on the new way Liberals will choose their leaders |url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/navdeep-bains-on-the-new-way-liberals-will-choose-their-leaders/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117161514/https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/navdeep-bains-on-the-new-way-liberals-will-choose-their-leaders/ |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref>

In the [[39th Parliament of Canada|39th Parliament]], Bains held [[Official Opposition (Canada)|Official Opposition]] critic portfolios for [[Minister of Public Works and Government Services (Canada)|Public Works and Government Services]], the [[Treasury Board]] and [[Minister of International Trade|International Trade]], respectively.<ref name="Library of Parliament Profile" /> Bains was also member of the Liberal Caucus Committees for Planning and Priorities, Canada and the World and Economic Prosperity.<ref name="Liberal readiness">{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2009 |title=How ready are the Liberals? |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-ready-are-the-liberals/article4211013/?service=print |access-date=November 6, 2015 |website=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> In January 2007, he was appointed to the National Election Readiness Committee as a Caucus Representative and in March 2007 served as the Youth Liaison to the [[Young Liberals of Canada]].<ref name="Liberal readiness" />

In January 2009, he was selected by [[Michael Ignatieff]] along with [[Steve MacKinnon]] to serve as Co-Chairs of the Special Committee on Party Renewal and tasked with heading a consultation process with the party membership on how to strengthen the party.<ref name="Liberal readiness" /><ref name="Iggy cornoation">{{Cite magazine |last=Geddes |first=John |date=April 13, 2009 |title=Iggy's coronation |url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/iggys-coronation/ |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref> In March 2009, Bains was appointed Chair of Platform Development and oversaw the creation of the party's next electoral platform.<ref name="Liberal readiness" /> As part of his recommendations for party renewal, delegates at the [[2009 Liberal leadership election]] voted to ensure that all future leadership elections would be under a "weighted one member, one vote" system, where each riding has 100 points that are distributed to leadership candidates based on the percentage of votes from party members in that riding.<ref name="Leadership conventions" />
[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh in a group photo with the Members of ParliamentMembers of Legislative Assembly of Canada, in Toronto on June 28, 2010.jpg|thumb|Bains with Indian Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] in Toronto on June 28, 2010]]
During the [[40th Parliament of Canada|40th Parliament]], Bains held Official Opposition critic portfolios for [[Minister of Natural Resources|Natural Resources]] and [[Minister of Small Business and Tourism|Small Business and Tourism]].<ref name="Library of Parliament Profile" />

In January 2011, Bains claimed that the [[Bloc Québécois]] was using "the politics of fear" and argued against their attempt to ban the ceremonial Sikh [[kirpan]] from the parliamentary buildings after an incident in which the [[Quebec National Assembly]] denied entry to a group of four kirpan-wearing Sikhs.<ref name="Kirpan">{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2011 |title=Ban kirpan from Parliament: Bloc |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ban-kirpan-from-parliament-bloc-1.1034183 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=[[CBC News]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Perreaux |first=Les |date=January 19, 2011 |title=Bloc to seek parliamentary ban on the kirpan |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/bloc-to-seek-parliamentary-ban-on-the-kirpan/article562607/ |access-date=November 6, 2015 |website=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref>