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Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau announced his new Cabinet Tuesday and has promoted women in top roles in another gender-balanced Cabinet. Women are now in charge of the ministries of finance, foreign affairs, and defense. In a Cabinet of 38 people, including Trudeau, 19 are women. Familiar faces like Chrystia Freeland as Finance Minister and deputy prime minister and Melanie Joly as foreign affairs minister remain integral parts of Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet. Former Procurement Minister Anita Anand also becomes minister of national defense. Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has made it a priority to have a gender-equal Cabinet since his first term as prime minister in 2015 and had promised to name another gender-equal cabinet following the country’s latest election Read more in the link in our bio.

October 28, 2021