Canada PM Justin Trudeau chooses cabinet with 15 men and 15 women

“The more diverse your organization, your board, or, in this case, cabinet, the more it reflects the realities of the population we are serving, and that can only be a good thing”, she said.

It was a stark contrast to what the National Post’s John Iveson called the funeral cortege aura of the Harper government. “To put a brake on this Italian custom and help restore the old immigration pattern, the Cabinet last week adopted an order-in-council suspending the free immigration of Canadian residents’ non-dependent relatives from Italy-not to mention the rest of Continental Europe (except France), Lebanon, Israel and Latin America”.

Under Harper, Cabinet meetings were held in secret and ministers never spoke after them.

Trudeau said his government “with the provinces and municipalities and countries around the world (will) demonstrate that Canada is doing its part to address climate change impacts”. “He was the best single Canadian intelligence asset in theatre, and his hard work, personal bravery, and dogged determination undoubtedly saved a multitude of Coalition lives”, said Brigadier-General David Fraser in a letter to the Vancouver Police Department, where he served. The boy had relatives in Canada.

Though the swearing-in took place inside Rideau Hall before a small invited audience, Mr Trudeau broke with recent tradition by inviting the public onto the grounds of the residence, where two giant television screens allowed them to watch the proceedings.

The F-35 is the U.S. Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program, aiming to replace a wide range of existing aircraft for the USA and several partner countries. The prospect of a more open, positive and productive government is what Canadians voted for, and now they’ll be watching closely to see whether or not the new prime minister can deliver on his promises.

The list of ministers on the newly revised government website also lists only ministers, not ministers of state.

The new prime minister now has the chance to restore his father’s Liberal legacy, providing a generational change in the party’s leadership. Trudeau – whose father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was one of Canada’s longest serving prime ministers – has also chosen two aboriginal MPs for his first cabinet.

The Star suggests the cabinet will have 10 members from Ontario, six from Quebec, five from Atlantic Canada, three from B.C. and one each from Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan and one representing the three northern territories.

The Cabinet included rookie politician Bill Morneau as finance minister and former Liberal leader Stephane Dion as foreign minister, a mix of experience and fresh faces reflected in the rest of the team of ministers.