A Canadian politician, Bakopanos is currently a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Ahuntsic since 1997, and Saint-Denis from 1993 to 1997. Bakopanos has been an executive, and a policy adviser. Bakopanos is the Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole, and is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.