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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attending a meeting of the G7 in Italy, 2024.
Justin Trudeau fulfilled his 2015 campaign promise to create a gender-balanced cabinet by appointing 15 women to his 30-member cabinet. When questioned by a reporter regarding his rationale for this approach, Trudeau famously responded, "Because it’s 2015."1