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November 5, 2015

Canadian PM Trudeau: New Cabinet is 50% Women "Because It's 2015" 
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And Canada's new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has announced a new
Cabinet in which half of new members are women. One is a former refugee.
An aboriginal woman will be minister of justice. An astronaut will be
leading the Ministry of Transport. Trudeau answered a reporter's
question about the new Cabinet on Wednesday.

Reporter: "Your Cabinet, you said, looks a lot like Canada. I understand
one of the priorities for you was to have a Cabinet that was
gender-balanced. Why was that so important to you?"

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "Because it's 2015."

 

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