Prime Minister Trudeau is sworn in today - and his cabinet.
Thirty ministers - 15 men and 15 women.
First gender balanced cabinet in Canadian history.
A reporter asks him why the gender balance.
Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau chose a cabinet with an equal number of men and women, making Canada the second Group of Seven country after France to achieve gender parity among government ministers as he signaled a shift in tone and policy after a decade of Conservative rule.
Mr. Trudeau’s Liberal Party won a majority in Oct. 19 elections, promising change to voters tired of the incumbent Conservatives amid a souring economy. His swearing-in ceremony and cabinet choices on Wednesday aimed to deliver on that pledge. Beyond balancing gender in his cabinet, Mr. Trudeau included a number of minorities, including Harjit Sajjan, a Sikh combat veteran put in charge of defense and Jody Wilson-Raybould, an aboriginal woman and former prosecutor as justice minister.
