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"Duh."
The PM will meet with the UN secretary general this week.
Because it's 2016?
The idea has proven popular among most Canadians.
Lawrence MacAulay, Canada's 69-year-old Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food echoed the tired stereotype sexist attitude by saying, "I intend to listen to the man that does the work -- the farmer." Just as we have an expectation for true gender equality, "because it's 2015," it is fundamentally important that Canada's Minister of Agriculture have a broadly contemporary perspective.
Meet Canada's new female cabinet ministers.
With a smaller cabinet, it's inevitable some talented MPs won't make the cut.
On Nov. 4, Canada could have a gender-balanced cabinet.