Cabinet sworn in; Parliament will resume on December 3

When reporters asked why gender equality was so important to him, he answered, “Because it’s 2015”.

He is the son of late prime minister Pierre Trudeau, who swept to office in 1968 on a wave of support dubbed “Trudeaumania”.

The Guardian reported that there were 15 men and 15 women (who were mostly below the age of 50) in his equally diverse cabinet.

50% of those appointed to Cabinet positions are women.

The new gender division comes on top of existing Cabinet-making criteria for regional, linguistic and ethnic representation, including the practice of selecting at least one minister from each of the country’s 10 provinces.

The new Prime Minister attributed his victory to a unique campaign and platform that listens to the voice of the people.

A Liberal source called the wording legalese and said Trudeau viewed all 30 of his cabinet ministers the same.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was a lieutenant-colonel with the Canadian Armed Forces and a Vancouver police gang crime unit detective.

Trudeau smiled and mouthed “Thank you” as applause erupted in the flag-waving crowd gathered outside Rideau Hall, the governor general’s mansion, to watch on giant screens as he took the oath as Canada’s 23rd prime minister.

Trudeau’s cabinet also includes 2 aboriginal members of parliament and 3 Sikh politicians. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed aboard each new minister of his cabinet, he shared 22 hugs and 32 kisses.

Newly sworn-in Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has already said he wants to end Canada’s air strikes in the region in favour of providing humanitarian help.

Global trade is now under the guidance of former journalist Chrystia Freeland.

A former advocate for the disabled, Kent Hehr, who became a paraplegic in his early 20s following a drive-by shooting incident, is now veterans’ affairs minister. Former Liberal party leader Stéphane Dion got foreign affairs.

The commitment to gender parity appears to have fizzled in assembling cabinet committees, the bodies that help plan the government’s policy direction. “We’re also looking forward to working with the new federal government on climate change”, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said in a statement.