[1] Eventually competing at every level of international competition, Kahlon's career would include playing three times in Hockey World Cup qualifying tournaments, representing Canada at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games,[3] a gold medal performance at the 2007 Pan American Games,[5] and tenth-place finishes at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

[1] He moved to the Metro Vancouver suburb of Delta in 2005 to facilitate his career with the Vancouver-based national field hockey team.

[2][3] After retiring from playing, he began a career in banking, and also served as director of stakeholder relations for the BC NDP caucus.

That riding is considered a swing district, having been won three times each by the BC NDP and British Columbia Liberal Party in the six elections prior to 2017.

The NDP government was sworn in on July 18, 2017, with new Premier John Horgan naming Kahlon as Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism.