After attending the University of Ottawa,[2] he became a businessman, owning the Lighthouse Restaurant in Constance Bay in West Carleton.
The audit firm found a “clerical” error in his expense filings and a problem with the accounting of his nomination fee refund.
[12] Later in July 2018, in a recorded conversations between Ottawa Police Association president, Matt Skof, and an anonymous source, it was alleged Eli El-Chantiry was the target of an undercover bribery sting.
Eli El-Chantiry, chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board, said Jaswal beat out four other competitors, who were shortlisted for the job as part of a country-wide search.
[16] On February 16, 2022, El-Chantiry became chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board in the midst of historic civil unrest in the city as a result of the Freedom Convoy 2022.