Justin Trudeau sworn in

Justin Trudeau has been sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister, appointing a cabinet that he says looks “like Canada”. After she left government, Fairclough worked as Corporate Secretary of Hamilton Trust and Savings Corporation and with other voluntary organizations.

“The more diverse your organization, your board, or, in this case, cabinet, the more it reflects the realities of the population we are serving”, Monsef said to Huffington Post Canada.

The new prime minister had a ready answer when asked why gender equality among his ministers is important to him.

Chrystia Freeland, a former media executive and author, is the new trade minister.

Trudeau takes a selfie after the swearing-in ceremony.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull upped the number of women in his ministry, but still has a way to go.

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

The former school teacher turned politician was elected to parliament in 2008, and becomes the second youngest prime minister in Canadian history.

At first blush, that seemed to suggest Trudeau had, in fact, opted for a model used previously where a few junior ministers, paid a lower salary and lacking the full powers of a cabinet minister, are nevertheless sworn into the Privy Council to function as assistants to the senior ministers in certain complex, large departments.

Here is our interpretation of what his cabinet choices said.

Newly named Cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc, the leader of the government in the House of Commons, said Parliament will return December 3.

Navdeep Bains, 38-year-old Indian-origin Canadian Sikh MP who played a key role in prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau’s leadership bid in 2013, is likely to get a ministerial berth, Toronto Star reports. Trudeau has said improved environmental performance is critical for the approval of projects such as TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Energy East pipeline, though how he intends to proceed remains unclear.

Trudeau is placing great trust in these talented novices – and no more so than in Bill Morneau, Canada’s new finance minister.

“These are very strong, able, capable women”, Frances Lankin, who served in three cabinet posts for Bob Rae’s Ontario government, told Metro News.