John McCallum will be minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship.
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“It seems as though the balance is tipped towards youth as opposed to grizzled veterans, but to have a few there I think is important and helpful”, said Gerald Baier, a political science professor at the University of British Columbia. It makes me feel proud that we created an opening and today we have four cabinet ministers. The boy had relatives in Canada.
The new Cabinet is also the most diverse Canada has ever seen – and not just because of the 15 women.
The Indo-Canadian community across Canada is not monolithic, Dosanjh said.
The former school teacher turned politician was elected to parliament in 2008, and becomes the second youngest prime minister in Canadian history.
As New Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau promised that his cabinet members would have “significant independence”.
“We have an very bad lot of work to do in the coming weeks, months and years, ” he said.
“But my thoughts today, sorry Dad, aren’t mostly on him, but with my own kids and the kids across Canada”.
NICHOLAS KAMM/Getty Images The Canadian authorities is more likely to unveil a more detailed plan soon, now in that Trudeau & his ministers have been sworn in. Fundamentally against religion and a secularist by nature, Sohi moved to Canada when he was 17, and moved back to India at 24 to study, says a report in the Edmonton Journal.
Former failed Liberal leader Stephane Dion, who lost an election for the party previously, is the new foreign affairs minister while Toronto businessman Bill Morneau is the new finance minister.
Another newcomer, Harjit Sajjan, who won election in October, will head national defense.
Chrystia Freeland will be minister of global trade.
At the other end of the scale, US allies Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have no women in their Cabinets.
When asked about the observance of gender equality in his cabinet, he answered, “Because it’s 2015”.
Canada and the United States are each other’s biggest trading partners and everyday, thousands of trucks and cars pass between the two countries separated by the longest undefended border in the world. The traditionalist leader was additionally irritated by Mr Obama’s hesitance to affirm the Keystone XL pipeline that was meant to transport petroleum from Alberta to Texas.
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Women were given high profile portfolios, including Jody Wilson-Raybould, who is the new minister of justice and attorney general who is an indigenous woman; Jane Philpott, the health minister; and first-time member of parliament Catherine McKenna, who was appointed environment and climate change minister.
