Raj Grewal

Rajvinder Grewal (born September 11, 1985) is a former Canadian politician who represented the riding of Brampton East in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2019. Elected as a Liberal in the 2015 Canadian federal election, he resigned from caucus in 2018 after a police investigation into his extensive gambling debts, and did not stand in the 2019 Canadian federal election. In September 2020, he was charged by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for breach of trust and fraud over $5,000.

Before politics The son of an airport cab driver, Grewal attended Wilfrid Laurier University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business, and then completed an MBA at York University's Schulich School of Business and a law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School. Prior to his legal studies he worked as a financial analyst, while after becoming a lawyer he specialized in mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance on Bay Street.

Federal politics Grewal's nomination to represent the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2015 election in Brampton East was attended by some controversy, as initial media reports indicated that a brawl took place at the nominating convention when several hundred members were denied the ability to vote. Police attended the scene in a crowd control capacity. Liberal Party officials subsequently denied that there had been any fighting at the scene.

In early 2018, the Ethics Commissioner launched an investigation into whether Grewal violated the conflict-of-interest code when he invited Yusuf Yenilmez, the head of Zgemi Inc., to multiple events during Justin Trudeau’s trip to India. Grewal had been paid by Zgemi Inc. for legal advice during the previous year.

According to his most recent disclosure to the Ethics Commissioner, Grewal had lines of credit with Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank and Bank of Nova Scotia, as well as the joint mortgage with HSBC Canada. In addition, Mr. Grewal disclosed that he had received employment income from Zgemi Inc. and a law firm called Gahir & Associates during his time in the House. Parliamentary rules do not require members of Parliament (MPs) to reveal the amounts they were paid, and there is no threshold for disclosure. Backbenchers are subject to fewer rules than ministers in terms of disclosure.

Departure from Liberal caucus

Grewal announced on November 22, 2018 that he intended to resign as MP and was leaving federal politics for personal and medical reasons. A statement released the next day by a spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office clarified that Grewal was resigning to seek treatment for problem gambling which had "led him to incur significant personal debts." Grewal reportedly gambled millions of dollars between 2015 and 2018, including at the Casino du Lac-Leamy. In a December 2018 Facebook video, Grewal said that in a three-year period at Lac-Leamy, playing recreational blackjack became a high-stakes gambling problem, which led him to incur high levels of debt that he kept hidden from his family. Grewal claimed that he only borrowed money from loved ones in a legal manner. On January 25, 2019, he announced that he would keep his seat in parliament as an Independent MP until the next federal election in October. Grewal did not stand for re-election in the 2019 federal election.

In February 2024, Grewal sued the RCMP and the Ontario attorney general for $50 million over their alleged mishandling of the case.

In May 2026, ‘‘The Pointer’’ reported that bank accounts belonging to RSG Law Professional Corporation, a Mississauga law firm founded by Grewal, had been frozen under Ontario Superior Court orders connected to proceedings involving alleged fraudulent real-estate transactions and fake cheques. The report stated that Grewal was not named in the court documents reviewed by the newspaper. Lawyers for RSG Law denied wrongdoing, saying the transactions connected to the account freezes did not originate with the firm or its clients, and that Scotiabank had not alleged misconduct by RSG Law.

Later that month, ‘‘The Pointer’’ reported that Grewal had filed a $12-million lawsuit against the publication over its reporting on RSG Law. On May 27, 2026, the publication reported that a $5.5-million civil claim filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice accused RSG Law, lawyer Davinder Singh Khattra, Avtar Singh Grewal—Raj Grewal’s father—and other defendants of fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust and related claims arising from a land transaction in the Brantford area. ‘‘The Pointer’’ reported that the allegations had not been proven in court, that lawyers for some defendants declined to comment because of active litigation, and that Raj Grewal was not named as a defendant or accused of wrongdoing in the claim.

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