Justin Trudeau named five women, including Carla Qualtrough, as junior

Reports say that Trudeau is very pleased to “present to Canada a cabinet that looks like Canada”.

There are those who want to see this Trudeau government fail, mostly for purely partisan reasons.

Trudeau’s incoming chief of staff, Katie Telford, was cheered by Liberal activists as she walked up the drive to Rideau Hall before the swearing-in.

“We have an bad lot of work to do in coming weeks, months and years”, Trudeau said.

Aboriginal throat singing capped off the event, attended by aboriginal and military leaders, former prime ministers and past governors-general, foreign envoys and other guests. And when asked by reporters why half of the cabinet members are women, he replied simply: “Because it is 2015”.

The previous Conservative government had a number of ministers from under-represented communities.

Trudeau and his Cabinet will officially take office at the ceremony Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. (1530 GMT). They arrived shortly after Stephen Harper, the departing prime minister, tendered his resignation.

“In a shock “politician recognizes it’s the 21st century” move, he’s picked 15 men and 15 women – the first gender-balanced ministerial team in the country’s history”, the newspaper reported in an article by Claire Cohen, the deputy women’s editor.

Canada’s newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a self-proclaimed feminist, has kept his promise by appointing a gender-equal cabinet. Maryam Monsef, who fled Afghanistan as a refugee 20 years ago, has been put in charge of the democratic reform portfolio.

According to reports, numerous women that Trudeau hand-picked to serve on his cabinet are first timers in the political arena, their resumes and experience in their positions are notable on their own.

The new Cabinet also includes the appointment of four Sikh Canadians: Harjit Singh Sajjan as Minister of Defence; Amarjeet Sohi as Minister of Infrastructure; Bardish Chagger as Minister of Small Business and Tourism; and Navdeep Singh Bains as Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development.

As New Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau promised that his cabinet members would have “significant independence”. The new government has also pledged to raise income taxes for the richest Canadians and cut taxes for the middle class.