Liberal chief Justin Trudeau, 43, takes office with a gender-balanced cabinet

“Because it is 2015”, said Trudeau when a reporter asked why it was important to have an equal number of men and women in his cabinet.

While numerous women appointed to their positions are first-time ministers, they all come with plenty of experience. The choice of Dion, who lost the 2008 election as Liberal leader while pledging a “green shift” to cut emissions, suggests Trudeau views climate and the environment as a major aspect of worldwide relations.

The site noted a few of the incoming female ministers. During the oath taking, he mentioned that his thoughts aren’t mostly on his father – the late Pierre Trudeau who was one of Canada’s most recognized Prime Ministers.

Trudeau’s decision to achieve gender parity among his cabinet was welcomed by gender advocates. But he and his family will not be moving immediately into his childhood home, the official prime minister’s residence overlooking the Ottawa River at 24 Sussex Drive.

And before that, Trudeau was under fire for his 2013 event “Justin Unplugged”, marketed as an event for women in Toronto to engage in “curiosity-inducing ideas” over cocktails with the “future prime minister”.

The 43-year-old Trudeau, a former school teacher and member of Parliament since 2008, became the second youngest prime minister in Canadian history.

Dhaliwal, who held the Canadian cabinet post from 1997 to 2004, said, “It reflects a new Canada which is leading the world in inclusiveness”.

The 43-year-old former bartender led his Liberal party to a landslide victory on October 19, dealing a crushing blow to Stephen Harper’s Conservatives. Also, Trudeau signed the “Instrument of Advice” that designates the new ministry officials, creating a new government.

Canada’s new Liberal government is bringing back the mandatory, long-form census that had been abolished by its predecessor. “Don’t talk down to me”, tweeted former transport minister Lisa Raitt. A self-proclaimed feminist, he kept his promise by appointing a gender-equal cabinet. We have been in Canada for more than a hundred years.

He also pointed to new Minister of global Trade Chrystia Freeland, who will be tasked with implementing the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal signed by the previous government.