Trudeau’s ‘Because it’s 2015’ retort draws international attention
The New York Times, Newsweek, Slate, the NBC Nightly News website and various other U.S. news organizations reported on Trudeau’s swearing-in on Wednesday, including his retort to a reporter when asked why having a cabinet with an equal number of men and women was important to him.
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Video: 'Because it's 2015': Justin Trudeau defends gender-balanced cabinet
Britain’s Telegraph also carried a story on Trudeau’s cabinet.
“In a shock ‘politician recognizes it’s the 21st century’ move, he’s picked 15 men and 15 women — the first gender-balanced ministerial team in the country’s history,” the newspaper reported in an article by Claire Cohen, the deputy women’s editor.
Even some celebrities waxed poetic.
“Why a gender balanced/50:50 government? ‘Because it’s 2015!’ Coolest thing I’ve seen in a while. Love U Canada,” actress Emma Watson, of Harry Potter fame, wrote on Twitter.
When Trudeau won a majority government on Oct. 19, much of the ensuing international coverage focused on his physical appearance.
This week, it’s the prime minister’s pithy defence of his gender-equal cabinet that’s prompted the international media to sit up and take notice.
The feminist U.S. website Jezebel’s piece on Trudeau’s cabinet was headlined: The Sexiest Thing About Justin Trudeau Is His Cabinet’s Gender Parity.
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CANADA'S NEW DEFENCE MINISTER- CANADIAN HERO OF AFGHANISTAN
New Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan proved mettle in Afghanistan
Murray Brewster
But he stuck it out – and now the retired reserve lieutenant-colonel, a veteran of three combat tours of Afghanistan, finds himself running the place.
Sajjan was sworn in Wednesday as Canada’s new minister of defence, leapfrogging retired lieutenant-general and star Liberal candidate Andrew Leslie – Justin Trudeau’s foreign affairs and defence adviser before last month’s federal election.
In addition, Sajjan will sit on some of the new government’s most powerful cabinet committees, including public safety and intelligence, which dovetails not only with his war-time experience, but the 11 years spent battling gangs as a Vancouver cop.
But if there ever was a proving ground for the complexities and murky choices of Ottawa, it was Kandahar province in 2006, when Sajjan was tasked as the intelligence liaison with notorious governor Asadullah Khalid and Ahmed Wali Karzai, the controversial head of the provincial council.
Khalid, who later became the head of Afghan intelligence, had a reputation for ruthlessness and was accused of assassinations, torture, and drug dealing. Karzai, the half-brother of the former president who was later murdered by a bodyguard, was accused of having a hand in the drug trade.
“Nobody should underestimate Harjit,” said retired brigadier-general Dave Fraser, who gave Sajjan the job of dealing with the volatile Afghan power brokers at a time when the Taliban were on the offensive and Canadian casualties were on the rise.
“Some people in Ottawa are going to want to pick on him because he’s new, but let me tell you, he is tough and smart, and determined.”
Sajjan’s determination to serve in the face of the blatant racism faced when he first joined speaks volumes about his character, Fraser added.
The Afghans had an affinity for Sajjan, a Sikh, because they believed he understood their struggle to be respected in the West, said Fraser, recalling how they hit it off over tea at the governor’s palace.
In his official biography, the Liberals focus on Sajjan’s medals and his time as the first Sikh regimental commander in the Canadian Army. Fraser prefers to describe him as a “true warrior,” someone who thrives in the face of adversity.
“I’m a fan and I admit it,” said Fraser, who was in charge of NATO’s southern Afghan command during the difficult, bloody early months of the Kandahar campaign.
“I picked him because of his experience in dealing with gangs because the Taliban were nothing more than bunch thugs and gangs.”
His only advice for his former subordinate is not to make the same mistake as Gordon O’Connor – Stephen Harper’s first defence minister – who tried to run the military as well as the Department of National Defence.
“He has an immensely capable chief in (Gen.) Jon Vance. He should concentrate on policy” and straightening out the tangled mess that is the defence procurement file, Fraser said.
Some of the new government’s hottest files will land on his desk, including the Liberal pledge to end the bombing campaign against militants in Iraq and Syria and possibly the promised transition to a beefed-up training mission.
Either Trudeau or Sajjan should have a serious conversation with the Americans about the over all direction of the war before committing additional troops to training, said retired colonel George Petrolekas of the Conference of Defence Associations Institute.
One of the thorny questions Sajjan will grapple with is whether Canada sticks with training Kurdish peshmerga fighters, or wades into the murky Shia-Sunni sectarian divide within the Iraqi military.
The other immediate consideration will be fulfilling the Liberal pledge to replace the country’s CF-18 fighter fleet with something other than the F-35, which the air force has been lobbying for since 2006
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Meet Harjit Singh Sajjan, Canada's new defence minister
Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, November 5, 2015 6:56AM EST
Last Updated Thursday, November 5, 2015 10:22AM EST
Published Thursday, November 5, 2015 6:56AM EST
Last Updated Thursday, November 5, 2015 10:22AM EST
OTTAWA -- When Harjit Singh Sajjan went to join the Canadian military 26 years ago, he was rejected by the first unit where he applied.
But he stuck it out -- and now the retired reserve lieutenant-colonel, a veteran of three combat tours in Afghanistan, finds himself running the place.
Sajjan was sworn in Wednesday as Canada's new minister of defence, leapfrogging retired lieutenant-general and star Liberal candidate Andrew Leslie -- Justin Trudeau's foreign affairs and defence adviser before last month's federal election.
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Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan reacts after being sworn in during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, Wednesday Nov.4, 2015 in Ottawa. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)
In addition, Sajjan will sit on some of the new government's most powerful cabinet committees, including public safety and intelligence, which dovetails not only with his wartime experience, but also the 11 years he spent battling gangs as a Vancouver cop.
But if there ever was a proving ground for the complexities and murky choices of Ottawa, it was Kandahar province in 2006, when Sajjan was tasked as the intelligence liaison with notorious governor Asadullah Khalid and Ahmed Wali Karzai, the controversial head of the provincial council.
Khalid, who later became the head of Afghan intelligence, had a reputation for ruthlessness and was accused of assassinations, torture and drug-dealing. Karzai, the half-brother of the former president who was later murdered by a bodyguard, was accused of having a hand in the drug trade.
"Nobody should under-estimate Harjit," said retired major-general Dave Fraser, who gave Sajjan the job of dealing with the volatile Afghan power brokers at a time when the Taliban were on the offensive and Canadian casualties were on the rise.
"Some people in Ottawa are going to want to pick on him because he's new, but let me tell you, he is tough and smart, and determined."
Sajjan's determination to serve in the face of the blatant racism he faced when he first joined speaks volumes about his character, Fraser added.
The Afghans had an affinity for Sajjan, a Sikh, because they believed he understood their struggle to be respected in the West, said Fraser, recalling how the pair hit it off over tea at the governor's palace.
In his official biography, the Liberals focus on Sajjan's medals and his time as the first Sikh regimental commander in the Canadian Army. Fraser prefers to describe him as a "true warrior," someone who thrives in the face of adversity.
"I'm a fan and I admit it," said Fraser, who was in charge of NATO's southern Afghan command during the difficult, bloody early months of the Kandahar campaign.
"I picked him because of his experience in dealing with gangs because the Taliban were nothing more than a bunch of thugs and gangs."
His only advice for his former subordinate is not to make the same mistake as Gordon O'Connor -- Stephen Harper's first defence minister -- who tried to run the military as well as the Department of National Defence.
"He has an immensely capable chief in (Gen.) Jon Vance. He should concentrate on policy," and straightening out the tangled mess that is the defence procurement file, Fraser said.
Some of the new government's hottest files will land on his desk, including the Liberal pledge to end the bombing campaign against militants in Iraq and Syria and possibly the promised transition to a beefed-up training mission.
Either Trudeau or Sajjan should have a serious conversation with the Americans about the overall direction of the war before committing additional troops to training, said retired colonel George Petrolekas of the Conference of Defence Associations Institute.
One of the thorny questions Sajjan will grapple with is whether Canada sticks with training Kurdish peshmerga fighters, or wades into the murky Shia-Sunni sectarian divide within the Iraqi military.
The other immediate consideration will be fulfilling the Liberal pledge to replace the country's CF-18 fighter fleet with something other than the F-35, which the air force has been lobbying for since 2006.
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A CABINET THAT LOOKS LIKE CANADA
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU NAMES HIS INNER CIRCLE
30-member team mirrors country’s diversity; includes rookies, veterans
JOAN BRYDEN THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau kicked off a new Liberal era Wednesday with a 30-member cabinet that features predominantly fresh faces, an equal number of men and women and probably the most diverse lineup of ministers in Canadian history.
The newly minted prime minister emerged Wednesday from the formal swearing-in boasting that he’s put together a cabinet “that looks like Canada."
Fully 18 of the newly minted ministers are rookies who won election for the first time last month, including the all-important finance minister, multimillionaire Toronto businessman Bill Morneau.
The cabinet includes two aboriginal ministers, two disabled ministers, one openly gay minister, a refugee from Afghanistan and four Sikhs — one of whom was once wrongly accused of terrorism, tortured and detained without trial for almost two years in India.
“The diversity that is reflected around the cabinet table and in the House of Commons is incredibly empowering," said Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s first indigenous justice minister.“(It) brings new voices to the table for substantive discussions and debate and dialogue and different perspectives from backgrounds but ultimately working together to move forward in terms of solutions."
Wilson-Raybould will be one of the most powerful of Trudeau’s ministers, responsible for a raft of priority issues, including the promised legalization of marijuana, a new law governingmedically assisted dying, new prostitution legislation and the promised rewrite of controversial anti-terrorism legislation.
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau kicked off a new Liberal era Wednesday with a 30-member cabinet that features predominantly fresh faces, an equal number of men and women and probably the most diverse lineup of ministers in Canadian history.
The newly minted prime minister emerged Wednesday from the formal swearing-in boasting that he’s put together a cabinet “that looks like Canada."
Fully 18 of the newly minted ministers are rookies who won election for the first time last month, including the all-important finance minister, multimillionaire Toronto businessman Bill Morneau.
The cabinet includes two aboriginal ministers, two disabled ministers, one openly gay minister, a refugee from Afghanistan and four Sikhs — one of whom was once wrongly accused of terrorism, tortured and detained without trial for almost two years in India.
“The diversity that is reflected around the cabinet table and in the House of Commons is incredibly empowering," said Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s first indigenous justice minister.“(It) brings new voices to the table for substantive discussions and debate and dialogue and different perspectives from backgrounds but ultimately working together to move forward in terms of solutions."
Wilson-Raybould will be one of the most powerful of Trudeau’s ministers, responsible for a raft of priority issues, including the promised legalization of marijuana, a new law governingmedically assisted dying, new prostitution legislation and the promised rewrite of controversial anti-terrorism legislation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves to onlookers as he arrives on Parliament Hill with his newly sworn-in cabinet ministers on Wednesday. JUSTIN TANG ■ CP
FEDERAL CABINET
'Sunny ways' earn public's trust
From the moment Trudeau and his team arrived by bus at Rideau Hall and walked together up the long, tree-lined driveway to the Governor General’s mansion, the swearing-in was designed to convey openness, optimism and
inclusion - a stark contrast to nearly a decade of what the Liberals call Stephen Harper's politics of division and one-man, secretive rule.
Some 3,500 onlookers responded to the open invitation to the public to attend the event.
They lined the route, cheering and applauding as the team of ministers passed by.
After the ceremony, Trudeau waded into the crowds, complete with his beleaguered security detail, to accept a non-stop offering of hugs and handshakes, sign autographs and pose for selfies.
Even the weather seemed to co-operate, the brilliant, warm autumn day underscoring Trudeau's vaunted ‟sunny ways” approach to politics.
‟We're a government that wants to earn Canadians' trust by demonstrating that we trust Canadians,” Trudeau said.
‟Openness and transparency” will be a hallmark of his government, he insisted, with the media allowed to hold government to account, MPs empowered to be powerful voices for their communities and public policy based on evidence, not partisanship.
The cabinet met for several hours later Wednesday, reinstating the tradition of ministers taking questions as they left the meeting. Most had little to say since they hadn't yet been briefed on their new responsibilities.
However, government House leader Dominic LeBlanc did reveal the first decision taken by the new cabinet: to reconvene the House of Commons on Dec. 3 to elect a new Speaker, to be followed the next day by a speech from the throne.
Parliament would likely sit for at least another week, allowing the government to introduce its promised tax cut for the middle class and a higher tax for the wealthiest, LeBlanc said.
He added that Trudeau wants to see those tax measures in place before the new year.
That adds to an already crowded agenda for the remainder of the year, with Trudeau scheduled to attend a whirlwind series of four international sum mits over the next month.
Highlighting his campaign promise to deliver ‟real change,” Trudeau weighted his cabinet with newbies, giving them some of the most crucial and influential portfolios, some of which he has reconfigured or renamed.
In addition to Wilson-Raybould, the rookies include family doctor Jane Philpott to the Health portfolio; economist Jean-Yves Duclos to Families, Children and Social Development; international lawyer Catherine McKenna to Environment and Climate Change; highly decorated combat veteran Harjit Singh Sajjan to Defence; Montreal lawyer Melanie Joly to Canadian Heritage; former Edmonton city councillor Amarjeet Sohi to Infrastructure and Communities; and former Manitoba NDP cabinet minister MaryAnn Mihychuk to Employment, Workforce Development and Labour.
Former journalist Chrystia Freeland, who won a byelection in Toronto two years ago, will head up International Trade, while Navdeep Bains, who is back as an MP after being defeated in 2011, becomes minister of Innovation, Science and Economic development.
The rookies will be backstopped by seven veterans with previous federal or provincial cabinet experience, including: McCallum; Ralph Goodale in Public Safety; Stephane Dion in Foreign Affairs; Carolyn Bennett in Indigenous and Northern Affairs; Judy Foote in Public Services and Procurement; Lawrence MacAulay in Agriculture; and Scott Brison in Treasury Board.
Longtime MPs Marc Garneau and Kirsty Duncan take on Transport and Science, respectively.
Trudeau himself, who has promised to usher in a new era of collaboration with the provinces, takes responsibility for intergovernmental affairs and youth.
Trudeau's Liberals won a strong majority of 184 seats, with representation in every province and territory.
His cabinet reflects that, with 11 ministers from Ontario, six from Quebec, three from British Columbia and two each from Alberta and Manitoba. Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island all have a single representative in cabinet, as does Nunavut.
Geography - along with Trudeau's determination to have a smaller cabinet than Harper's 39-member ministry and to ensure half his ministers are women - resulted in some surprising absences, including former general Andrew Leslie, popular former Toronto city councillor Adam Vaughan, former Toronto police chief Bill Blair, former provincial minister and one-time leadership rival Joyce Murray and Trudeau leadership organizer Mark Holland.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau are greeted by thousands of onlookers as they arrive at Rideau Hall on Wednesday. CP
Margaret Trudeau, mother of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, holds hands with her grandson Xavier and his mother Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau during the new Liberal government's swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday. SEAN KILPATRICK • CP
'Sunny ways' earn public's trust
From the moment Trudeau and his team arrived by bus at Rideau Hall and walked together up the long, tree-lined driveway to the Governor General’s mansion, the swearing-in was designed to convey openness, optimism and
inclusion - a stark contrast to nearly a decade of what the Liberals call Stephen Harper's politics of division and one-man, secretive rule.
Some 3,500 onlookers responded to the open invitation to the public to attend the event.
They lined the route, cheering and applauding as the team of ministers passed by.
After the ceremony, Trudeau waded into the crowds, complete with his beleaguered security detail, to accept a non-stop offering of hugs and handshakes, sign autographs and pose for selfies.
Even the weather seemed to co-operate, the brilliant, warm autumn day underscoring Trudeau's vaunted ‟sunny ways” approach to politics.
‟We're a government that wants to earn Canadians' trust by demonstrating that we trust Canadians,” Trudeau said.
‟Openness and transparency” will be a hallmark of his government, he insisted, with the media allowed to hold government to account, MPs empowered to be powerful voices for their communities and public policy based on evidence, not partisanship.
The cabinet met for several hours later Wednesday, reinstating the tradition of ministers taking questions as they left the meeting. Most had little to say since they hadn't yet been briefed on their new responsibilities.
However, government House leader Dominic LeBlanc did reveal the first decision taken by the new cabinet: to reconvene the House of Commons on Dec. 3 to elect a new Speaker, to be followed the next day by a speech from the throne.
Parliament would likely sit for at least another week, allowing the government to introduce its promised tax cut for the middle class and a higher tax for the wealthiest, LeBlanc said.
He added that Trudeau wants to see those tax measures in place before the new year.
That adds to an already crowded agenda for the remainder of the year, with Trudeau scheduled to attend a whirlwind series of four international sum mits over the next month.
Highlighting his campaign promise to deliver ‟real change,” Trudeau weighted his cabinet with newbies, giving them some of the most crucial and influential portfolios, some of which he has reconfigured or renamed.
In addition to Wilson-Raybould, the rookies include family doctor Jane Philpott to the Health portfolio; economist Jean-Yves Duclos to Families, Children and Social Development; international lawyer Catherine McKenna to Environment and Climate Change; highly decorated combat veteran Harjit Singh Sajjan to Defence; Montreal lawyer Melanie Joly to Canadian Heritage; former Edmonton city councillor Amarjeet Sohi to Infrastructure and Communities; and former Manitoba NDP cabinet minister MaryAnn Mihychuk to Employment, Workforce Development and Labour.
Former journalist Chrystia Freeland, who won a byelection in Toronto two years ago, will head up International Trade, while Navdeep Bains, who is back as an MP after being defeated in 2011, becomes minister of Innovation, Science and Economic development.
The rookies will be backstopped by seven veterans with previous federal or provincial cabinet experience, including: McCallum; Ralph Goodale in Public Safety; Stephane Dion in Foreign Affairs; Carolyn Bennett in Indigenous and Northern Affairs; Judy Foote in Public Services and Procurement; Lawrence MacAulay in Agriculture; and Scott Brison in Treasury Board.
Longtime MPs Marc Garneau and Kirsty Duncan take on Transport and Science, respectively.
Trudeau himself, who has promised to usher in a new era of collaboration with the provinces, takes responsibility for intergovernmental affairs and youth.
Trudeau's Liberals won a strong majority of 184 seats, with representation in every province and territory.
His cabinet reflects that, with 11 ministers from Ontario, six from Quebec, three from British Columbia and two each from Alberta and Manitoba. Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island all have a single representative in cabinet, as does Nunavut.
Geography - along with Trudeau's determination to have a smaller cabinet than Harper's 39-member ministry and to ensure half his ministers are women - resulted in some surprising absences, including former general Andrew Leslie, popular former Toronto city councillor Adam Vaughan, former Toronto police chief Bill Blair, former provincial minister and one-time leadership rival Joyce Murray and Trudeau leadership organizer Mark Holland.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau are greeted by thousands of onlookers as they arrive at Rideau Hall on Wednesday. CP
Margaret Trudeau, mother of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, holds hands with her grandson Xavier and his mother Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau during the new Liberal government's swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday. SEAN KILPATRICK • CP
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In Canada, we certainly live among the poorer of our brothers and sisters and happily so.... and sharing what we have is just who we are... and we learned it well from our forefathers and mothers...... and this Christmas your biggest gift is going to b a card with a MONEY ORDER TO NOVA SCOTIA'S CANADIAN RED CROSS.... to the Syrian Refugees by the legitimate sources..... and no they won't know your name.... and u won't know theirs.... but God will and someday when u get older and wiser.... u will fall upon a simple Christmas Card with your Christmas Gift helping some little ones in hard places of this world with simple food, clothing a safe place... and maybe even a book in their language....
You come and visit your nana and u love it here.... with so much nothing but shares, dares and little things that make/made the world just a little better..... and honey.... u will receive a little stocking of goodies.... but the best goodies... will be your sharing with boys and girls so far away.... hugs and love... your nana...
As u know I don't own a lot but love u much..... u are way too little to know about the horrific crimes men; especially rich men do to others in the name of progress and luxury lifestyles whilst billions starve.
In Canada, we certainly live among the poorer of our brothers and sisters and happily so.... and sharing what we have is just who we are... and we learned it well from our forefathers and mothers...... and this Christmas your biggest gift is going to b a card with a MONEY ORDER TO NOVA SCOTIA'S CANADIAN RED CROSS.... to the Syrian Refugees by the legitimate sources..... and no they won't know your name.... and u won't know theirs.... but God will and someday when u get older and wiser.... u will fall upon a simple Christmas Card with your Christmas Gift helping some little ones in hard places of this world with simple food, clothing a safe place... and maybe even a book in their language....
You come and visit your nana and u love it here.... with so much nothing but shares, dares and little things that make/made the world just a little better..... and honey.... u will receive a little stocking of goodies.... but the best goodies... will be your sharing with boys and girls so far away.... hugs and love... your nana...
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TEAM TRUDEAU
OTTAWA - The 31 members of the new Liberal cabinet were sworn in Wednesday at Rideau Hall. The list:
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, also minister of intergovernmental affairs and youth
Ralph Goodale , Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Lawrence MacAulay , Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Stephane Dion , Minister of Foreign Affairs
John McCallum , Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Scott Brison , President of the Treasury Board
Dominic LeBlanc , Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Navdeep Singh Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
William Morneau , Minister of Finance
Jody Wilson-Raybould , Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Judy Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement Judy Foote
Chrystia Freeland , Minister of International Trade
Jane Philpott, Minister of Health
Jean-Yves Duclos , Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jean-Yves Duclos
Marc Garneau , Minister of Transport
Marie-Claude Bibeau , Minister of International Development and La Francophonie
James Carr , Minister of Natural Resources
Melanie Joly , Minister of Canadian Heritage
Diane Lebouthillier , Minister of National Revenue
Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs, also associate minister of National Defence
Catherine McKenna , Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Singh Sajjan , Minister of National Defence Harjit
MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour
Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
Maryam Monsef, Minister of Democratic Institutions
Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities
Hunter Tootoo, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science
Patricia A. Hajdu , Minister of Status of Women
Bardish Chagger , Minister of Small Business and Tourism
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulates Chrystia Freeland as she is sworn in as minister of international trade.
Kings-Hants MP Scott Brison named president of the Treasury Board
Longtime Kings-Hants MP Scott Brison will be Nova Scotia’s voice in the federal cabinet, serving as president of the Treasury Board under Canada’s 23rd prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
Brison was one of 30 cabinet ministers sworn in Wednesday morning alongside Trudeau at Rideau Hall, where thousands lined the grounds to get a glimpse of the new prime minister and experience the historic moment.
Other cabinet ministers from the Atlantic provinces are: Judy Foote (Bonavista-Burin-Trinity), public services and procurement; Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan), agriculture and agri-food; and Dominic LeBlanc (Beausejour), government House leader.
“We’re all excited to have the opportunity to serve within this new government,” Brison told reporters after the new cabinet’s first meeting late Wednesday afternoon.
Brison was first elected in Kings-Hants as a Progressive Conservative in 1997 but crossed the floor to join the Liberal party in 2003. He has won all seven of the elections in which he has run.
He served as minister of public works and government services in the Paul Martin government from 2004 to 2006 and was also parliamentary secretary to the prime minister.
Most recently, he served in the Liberal shadow cabinet as finance critic, leading to speculation he might be named Trudeau’s finance minister — a portfolio that went to Bill Morneau, a newly elected businessman from Toronto Centre.
Brison’s role as president is to chair the Treasury Board, a cabinet committee of the Privy Council. He will be responsible for providing various government departments with the resources they need to turn cabinet policy decisions into practice. He takes over the portfolio from Conservative MP Tony Clement, who held the position in the Harper government for the past 4<onehalf> years.
Brison said it will be part of his new role to facilitate restoring a culture of respect in Canada’s public service after it was “gratuitously attacked” by the former Harper government at every opportunity.
“I, for one, this evening will have a further meeting with my deputy, and will be at work tomorrow morning in our department and meeting with our public servants,” he said.
Missing from Wednesday’s cabinet announcement were four minister of state positions responsible for Canada’s regional economic development organizations, including the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, whose minister had been New Brunswick MP Rob Moore. Those agencies will be absorbed into the innovation, science and economic development portfolio that was given to Mississauga-Malton MP Navdeep Singh Bains.
During a media scrum, LeBlanc said the agencies have always had and will continue to have an important role to play in the country’s economic development.
“I would point out to you that the new minister of industry also is called the minister of economic development and innovation, from my perspective two very important things for ACOA to focus on, so I’m glad the new minister has those responsibilities directly in the title of his name,” he said.
Nunavut’s Hunter Tootoo will be the minister responsible for both fisheries and oceans and the coast guard, replacing former Prince Edward Island MP Gail Shea.
Despite speculation that retired Canadian Forces lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie was a shoo-in, it was Harjit Singh Sajjan (Vancouver South) who was appointed national defence minister. Sajjan’s portfolio will handle the billions of dollars in shipbuilding contracts awarded to Halifax and Vancouver shipyards under the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.
Following Wednesday’s swearing-in ceremony, Trudeau took a number of questions from media on topics that included international relations, student debt and cabinet diversity.
After shaking hands and posing for selfies with some of the 3,500 onlookers at Rideau Hall, Trudeau participated in an online question-and-answer session with students at five schools across Canada, including the Membertou elementary school in Sydney.
TEAM TRUDEAU
OTTAWA - The 31 members of the new Liberal cabinet were sworn in Wednesday at Rideau Hall. The list:
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, also minister of intergovernmental affairs and youth
Ralph Goodale , Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Lawrence MacAulay , Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Stephane Dion , Minister of Foreign Affairs
John McCallum , Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Scott Brison , President of the Treasury Board
Dominic LeBlanc , Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Navdeep Singh Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
William Morneau , Minister of Finance
Jody Wilson-Raybould , Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Judy Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement Judy Foote
Chrystia Freeland , Minister of International Trade
Jane Philpott, Minister of Health
Jean-Yves Duclos , Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jean-Yves Duclos
Marc Garneau , Minister of Transport
Marie-Claude Bibeau , Minister of International Development and La Francophonie
James Carr , Minister of Natural Resources
Melanie Joly , Minister of Canadian Heritage
Diane Lebouthillier , Minister of National Revenue
Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs, also associate minister of National Defence
Catherine McKenna , Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Singh Sajjan , Minister of National Defence Harjit
MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour
Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
Maryam Monsef, Minister of Democratic Institutions
Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities
Hunter Tootoo, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science
Patricia A. Hajdu , Minister of Status of Women
Bardish Chagger , Minister of Small Business and Tourism
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Welcome to cabinet: 'Because it's 2015'
Half of Trudeau's cabinet filled by women, but committees still top-heavy with menJENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA -‟Visitors in the Commons' gallery couldn't help seeing one woman among so many men," the late cabinet minister Judy LaMarsh lamented in 1969.
‟But they made no effort to disguise the fact that they regarded me as a curiosity and stared whenever I could be seen." More than 50 years after Progressive Conservative Ellen Fairclough and Liberal Judy LaMarsh became the first and second female cabinet ministers, women are no longer just sprinkled on the front benches.
Fifteen women from different walks of life took positions Wednesday in the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history, assigned portfolios that will include priority policy files for the new government. The cabinet has 31 members, including Trudeau.
‟Because it's 2015," Trudeau said, when asked about why parity was important to him. A cheer went up in the crowd gathered outside of Rideau Hall.
Jody Wilson-Raybould, a lawyer and former regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, was sworn in as attorney general and justice minister, becoming the first aboriginal person to hold the post.
She follows in the footsteps of Tory Kim Campbell and Liberal Anne McLellan. Wilson-Raybould will have to tackle the legalization of marijuana, how to approach physician-assisted death, and the retooling of anti-terror legislationintroduced by the Conservatives.
Ottawa lawyer and NGO director Catherine McKenna takes on the environment and climate change portfolio, just as world leaders prepare to meet in Paris for international climate change talks.
McKenna's win over popular NDP MP Paul Dewar in downtown Ottawa was one of the most stunning local victories of the 2015 election.
Former journalist and media manager Chrystia Freeland is the trade minister, the first woman in the job since Pat Carney held the post in Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative government in the 1980s. She will have the finalization of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on her plate.
Other women in cabinet include longtime MP Carolyn Bennett as minister of indigenous and northern affairs and former Manitoba politician and geoscientist MaryAnn Mihychuk as employment, workforce development and labour minister.
‟This means that there's opportunity for all Canadians, to be able to fulfil their potential, whatever that is," said Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Hedy Fry.
‟That's a strong message that I think he gave with his cabinet." Trudeau's commitment to gender parity appears to have fizzled in assembling cabinet committees, the bodies that help plan the government's policy direction. The new ‟agenda and results" committee, chaired by Trudeau himself, features only four women out of 11 ministers. The Treasury Board committee has only three out of 11.
After former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper's 2013 cabinet shuffle, women held 12 of 39 posts, or just under onethird.
The overall swearing-in ceremony highlighted the roles of several other key women, including Clerk of the Privy Council Janice Charette, a Harper appointee.
Trudeau's incoming chief of staff, Katie Telford, was cheered by Liberal activists as she walked up the drive to Rideau Hall before the swearing-in. She is only the second woman in to hold that job.
Former governors general Michaelle Jean and Adrienne Clarkson were given prominent seats at the event.
Two young Inuit girls won over the gathering inside Rideau Hall's main ballroom with a throatsinging performance that ended in joyful giggles.
LaMarsh, who held three cabinet posts in the government of Lester Pearson, said that other qualified women at the time weren't even considered for cabinet because she had taken the spot.
‟It simply never occurred to Pearson that there could be more than one woman in the cabinet," she once wrote in a newspaper article.
Half of Trudeau's cabinet filled by women, but committees still top-heavy with menJENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA -‟Visitors in the Commons' gallery couldn't help seeing one woman among so many men," the late cabinet minister Judy LaMarsh lamented in 1969.
‟But they made no effort to disguise the fact that they regarded me as a curiosity and stared whenever I could be seen." More than 50 years after Progressive Conservative Ellen Fairclough and Liberal Judy LaMarsh became the first and second female cabinet ministers, women are no longer just sprinkled on the front benches.
Fifteen women from different walks of life took positions Wednesday in the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history, assigned portfolios that will include priority policy files for the new government. The cabinet has 31 members, including Trudeau.
‟Because it's 2015," Trudeau said, when asked about why parity was important to him. A cheer went up in the crowd gathered outside of Rideau Hall.
Jody Wilson-Raybould, a lawyer and former regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, was sworn in as attorney general and justice minister, becoming the first aboriginal person to hold the post.
She follows in the footsteps of Tory Kim Campbell and Liberal Anne McLellan. Wilson-Raybould will have to tackle the legalization of marijuana, how to approach physician-assisted death, and the retooling of anti-terror legislationintroduced by the Conservatives.
Ottawa lawyer and NGO director Catherine McKenna takes on the environment and climate change portfolio, just as world leaders prepare to meet in Paris for international climate change talks.
McKenna's win over popular NDP MP Paul Dewar in downtown Ottawa was one of the most stunning local victories of the 2015 election.
Former journalist and media manager Chrystia Freeland is the trade minister, the first woman in the job since Pat Carney held the post in Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative government in the 1980s. She will have the finalization of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on her plate.
Other women in cabinet include longtime MP Carolyn Bennett as minister of indigenous and northern affairs and former Manitoba politician and geoscientist MaryAnn Mihychuk as employment, workforce development and labour minister.
‟This means that there's opportunity for all Canadians, to be able to fulfil their potential, whatever that is," said Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Hedy Fry.
‟That's a strong message that I think he gave with his cabinet." Trudeau's commitment to gender parity appears to have fizzled in assembling cabinet committees, the bodies that help plan the government's policy direction. The new ‟agenda and results" committee, chaired by Trudeau himself, features only four women out of 11 ministers. The Treasury Board committee has only three out of 11.
After former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper's 2013 cabinet shuffle, women held 12 of 39 posts, or just under onethird.
The overall swearing-in ceremony highlighted the roles of several other key women, including Clerk of the Privy Council Janice Charette, a Harper appointee.
Trudeau's incoming chief of staff, Katie Telford, was cheered by Liberal activists as she walked up the drive to Rideau Hall before the swearing-in. She is only the second woman in to hold that job.
Former governors general Michaelle Jean and Adrienne Clarkson were given prominent seats at the event.
Two young Inuit girls won over the gathering inside Rideau Hall's main ballroom with a throatsinging performance that ended in joyful giggles.
LaMarsh, who held three cabinet posts in the government of Lester Pearson, said that other qualified women at the time weren't even considered for cabinet because she had taken the spot.
‟It simply never occurred to Pearson that there could be more than one woman in the cabinet," she once wrote in a newspaper article.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulates Chrystia Freeland as she is sworn in as minister of international trade.
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Trevor Noah’s ‘Daily Show’: Fewer Nielsens, More Millennials
It’s been a month since Trevor Noah made his debut as the new host of The Daily Show, and according to The Wrap, he’s proving to be a worthy successor, numbers-wise, to former host Jon Stewart. While the Nielsen ratings for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah are down 37% in total viewers from Stewart’s final quarter of the show, Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless revealed that over 40% of Daily Show content is now viewed through digital platforms — a 10% leap from Stewart’s final days on the show — and he’s attracting more millennial viewers overall:While Noah has been no Stewart as far as Nielsen is concerned, there are bright spots even per those possibly antiquated measurements.Noah’s show is building most of its momentum with younger viewers who get their TV fix through pretty much any avenue but the traditional route, including Facebook, YouTube, and even Snapchat views. It also boasts a strong Twitter presence — Noah is currently in third place behind The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and @midnight in Twitter mentions. Ganeless also revealed how Jon Stewart feels about his replacement: “He’s like a proud papa,” she said. “We made the absolute right choice. The show needed to evolve.”
Noah’s first four weeks delivered double-digit growth (up 20 percent) among adults 18-24 versus the final quarter of Stewart’s run. Filtering that further to just men of that age range, The Daily Show is up 32 percent. Those numbers are particularly impressive considering the diminishing TV viewing habits of the youngest adult demo.
While any advertiser or TV programmer would take the demo with the 25 extra years of range and purchasing power, Comedy Central swears by its millenials-first target as a way to break through all that other late-night noise.
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It’s difficult to overstate just how important Trevor Noah’s Monday night debut is for Viacom Inc. and for the fake-newscast genre pioneered by Viacom’s Comedy Central. At this time last year, Comedy Central ruled that genre: The hourlong block of Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” and Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Report” dominated the millennial demographic that has proven so elusive for TV programmers over the last few years. And both shows continued to make waves the morning after they aired, with sharable video segments spreading across YouTube and every corner of the social web.
Everyone, it seemed, loved to talk about Stewart or Colbert’s latest viral screeds.
Fast forward one year and the late-night landscape is so different it’s barely recognizable. Stewart is retired. Colbert left Comedy Central for CBS, and his replacement, Larry Wilmore, is struggling to attract an audience -- let alone viral-video fan base. If Comedy Central has any hope of getting back into the conversation, it’s going to need a savior. And Trevor Noah, an untested, relatively unknown standup comic from South Africa, looks like the network’s best chance. (No pressure, Trevor.)
To underscore the extent to which Viacom is hoping to spread the word about Noah, the company said Friday that it would simulcast “The Daily Show” premiere across all major Viacom Media Networks, including MTV, VH1, Spike, BET, Nick at Nite and TV Land, in addition to Comedy Central.
It’s a strategy the company tried last month with the Video Music Awards, one of MTV’s most-watched telecasts, but the results were mixed. While the popular event set a record for Twitter chatter, traditional TV viewership still dropped to 9.8 million people from 10.3 million the year before. This despite the fact that it was simulcast on 10 Viacom networks.
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To our troops - then, now and always.... thank u... from our First Nations and First Immigrants.... u gave us this beautiful Canada..... u protected it and us.... and today in 2015 we know humanity matters- 2 offical languages, over 200 cultures, Women equal men by law, Education is mandatory, gay laws have been in place since 1969 and disabilities are abilities in disguise.... thank u.
Everyone, it seemed, loved to talk about Stewart or Colbert’s latest viral screeds.
Fast forward one year and the late-night landscape is so different it’s barely recognizable. Stewart is retired. Colbert left Comedy Central for CBS, and his replacement, Larry Wilmore, is struggling to attract an audience -- let alone viral-video fan base. If Comedy Central has any hope of getting back into the conversation, it’s going to need a savior. And Trevor Noah, an untested, relatively unknown standup comic from South Africa, looks like the network’s best chance. (No pressure, Trevor.)
To underscore the extent to which Viacom is hoping to spread the word about Noah, the company said Friday that it would simulcast “The Daily Show” premiere across all major Viacom Media Networks, including MTV, VH1, Spike, BET, Nick at Nite and TV Land, in addition to Comedy Central.
It’s a strategy the company tried last month with the Video Music Awards, one of MTV’s most-watched telecasts, but the results were mixed. While the popular event set a record for Twitter chatter, traditional TV viewership still dropped to 9.8 million people from 10.3 million the year before. This despite the fact that it was simulcast on 10 Viacom networks.
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Canada Military News: After 150 years International Red Cross and UN must dump Geneva Convention that butchers wipe their arses on/ FUNDING WAR OR CLIMATE CHANGE- what's it going to be- humanity and our planet matter- stop funding war and destroying our Military who's souls are being stolen by Int. Red Cross and UN catering to the monsters over the innocents-posts and links November 1, 2015
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CANADA MILITARY NEWS: My Christmas gift to grandbaby- help Syrian Refugees/Lets help like boatpeople- f**k politicians and UN/news and links- let's git r done Canada and by the by.... let's use some of the enormous $$$Climate Change booty UN is hoarding...people matter 2/OCT. miracle- Canada's Vietnamese Community steps up for Syrian Refugees
Ave Maria
To our troops - then, now and always.... thank u... from our First Nations and First Immigrants.... u gave us this beautiful Canada..... u protected it and us.... and today in 2015 we know humanity matters- 2 offical languages, over 200 cultures, Women equal men by law, Education is mandatory, gay laws have been in place since 1969 and disabilities are abilities in disguise.... thank u.
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