Canadian PM Justin Trudeau maintains gender balance in cabinet

Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the set of ministers for his cabinet, which maintains gender balance within his administration. On Wednesday, Trudeau sworn in as the prime minister and revealed the names of cabinet ministers, which consisted of 15 women and 15 men.

For the first time Canadian history, people have witnessed an exceptional cabinet selection with an equal number of both men and women in position. The choice of female ministers and male ministers indicate a generational change and exemplifies Canada’s diversity. Most of the ministers are under 50 years old, which constituting a young and energetic cabinet team.

“It’s important to be here before you today to present to Canada a cabinet that looks like Canada,” the 43-year-old PM told reporters on Wednesday after his oath-taking ceremony. When the prime minister was asked why did he take such a decision, he simply said, “Because it’s 2015.”

The 15 women cabinet ministers of Trudeau include Jane Philpott as the health minister, Catherine McKenna as environment and climate change minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould as the new justice minister and attorney general, former journalist Chrystia Freeland as international trade minister and Maryam Monsef appointed to look after the democratic reform issues.

The new prime minister said that he and his cabinet aim at working very hard so his kids and the kids across the nation have a better future. Eighteen ministers of the cabinet are newly minted, along with two aboriginal parliament members as well as three Sikh political leaders.

The list of Trudeau’s cabinet ministers is as follows:

• Justin Trudeau - Prime Minister and intergovernmental affairs and youth minister
• Ralph Goodale - Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
• Lawrence MacAulay - Minister of Agriculture
• Stephane Dion - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• John McCallum - Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
• Carolyn Bennett - Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs
• Scott Brison - President of the Treasury Board
• Dominic LeBlanc - Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
• Navdeep Singh Bains - Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
• William Morneau - Minister of Finance
• Jody Wilson-Raybould - Minister of Justice and Attorney General
• Judy Foote - Minister of Public Services and Procurement
• Chrystia Freeland - Minister of International Trade
• Jane Philpott - Minister of Health
• Jean-Yves Duclos - Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
• Marc Garneau - Minister of Transport
• Marie-Claude Bibeau - Minister of International Development and La Francophonie
• James Carr - Minister of Natural Resources
• Melanie Joly - Minister of Canadian Heritage
• Diane Lebouthillier - Minister of National Revenue
• Kent Hehr - Minister of Veterans Affairs and associate minister of National Defence;
• Catherine McKenna - Minister of Environment and Climate Change
• Harjit Singh Sajjan - Minister of National Defence
• MaryAnn Mihychuk - Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour
• Amarjeet Sohi - Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
• Maryam Monsef - Minister of Democratic Institutions
• Carla Qualtrough - Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities
• Hunter Tootoo - Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
• Kirsty Duncan - Minister of Science
• Patricia A. Hajdu - Minister of Status of Women
• Bardish Chagger - Minister of Small Business and Tourism

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