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New Canadian Prime Minister Appoints Diverse Cabinet With Equal Number of Women and Men
When asked why gender equality was so important to him, the newly elected Justin Trudeau perfunctorily stated, “Because it’s 2015.”
From The Guardian:
Canada’s new prime minister Justin Trudeau has named a young and ethnically diverse cabinet, with a ministerial team that for the first time in the country’s history is equally balanced between men and women.
The ministers – 15 women and 15 men – are mostly aged under 50, in a team marking both a generational change and a commitment to reflecting Canada’s diversity.
“It’s important to be here before you today to present to Canada a cabinet that looks like Canada,” Trudeau, 43, told reporters on Wednesday soon after he was officially sworn-in as the country’s 23rd prime minister – the second-youngest in its history.
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—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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Source: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/the_new_canadian_prime_minister_appointed_a_diverse_cabinet_equal_20151105/
