Canada PM Trudeau sworn in, reveals diverse gender-equal cabinet

Nov 09, 2015 Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was recently sworn into office as Canada’s 23rd prime minister, after which he promised a more optimistic government following a decade of Conservative rule.

Thousands of Canadians showed up at the Rideau Hall, where the swearing-in ceremony took place..

Speaking after the ceremony, Trudeau said:

“I know that Canadians expected us to come together and put forward a team that is going to be able to deliver on the change on the ambitious plan for this country that the Liberal Party ran on, and that’s exactly what we are going to deliver,”

Prime minster Trudeau then kicked off his government with some controversy by naming an equal number of men and women to his Cabinet.