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Natalia Kusendova-Bashta
Canadian politician
Natalia Kusendova-Bashta is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She holds Bachelor of Science Degrees in Human and Molecular Biology from the University of Toronto, and in Nursing from Nipissing University. In addition, she speaks five languages: English, Polish, French, Czech and Slovak. She represents the riding of Mississauga Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Before being elected, she worked as a nurse. Kusendova-Bashta is of Slovak and Polish descent.
In March 2020, while the province was under a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Kusendova-Bashta started taking 12-hour shifts in the emergency department at Etobicoke General Hospital.[2]
In September 2020, Kusendova-Bashta's bill to recognize the Franco-Ontarian flag as an emblem of the province of Ontario was passed by the Ontario legislature and into law.[3]