Hi everyone,
The new Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau, seems to be really good! His cabinet includes equal number of male and female ministers, includes minorities, ex-refugees...and so on. He seems to walk his talk and also seems to have lot of energy. I like the guy.
The fact that he looks like a movie star is a bonus I suppose!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34749700****************
He campaigned on change. And within two days of being sworn in as Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau altered the course of the country.
"Over the course of the campaign, we promised you a government that will bring real change - in both the things we do and the way we do them," he wrote in an open letter to Canadians.
With a team of new ministers, Mr Trudeau acted swiftly.
After his swearing-in on 4 November, Mr Trudeau introduced his new cabinet which include 15 women and 15 men.
When a member of the press asked why he felt it was important to include so many women, he said, "Because it's 2015."
He described the full cabinet as "looking like Canada", including First Nations, minorities and a former refugee. The minister of transport is former astronaut Marc Garneau.
Other ministers include a physician, a UN peacekeeper, a paralympian, a geoscientist and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Forces.
Mr Trudeau pledged to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2015 (more than double the number presented by the former government).
To emphasise that commitment, during his first week in office, the prime minister changed the name of the citizenship and immigration department to "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada".
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Canada's stars seem to be on the ascendant.
Cheers.
Sriram
