Ottawa, Nov 5 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has inducted a record four members from the Indian community in his diverse Cabinet.
This for the first time in the country’s history is equally balanced between women and men.
Three Indian-origin men and one woman are part of the new cabinet that has 15 women and 15 men ministers.
The team marks both a generational change and reflect Canada’s diversity.
A record 19 Indian-Canadians were elected to parliament in elections last month.
Herb Dhaliwal was the first Indian-Canadian minister in the country’s history when Jean Chretien appointed him revenue minister in 1997.
Harjit Sajjan who was elected as a MP for Vancouver South, has been named Canada’s new Defence Minister.
Bardish Chagger, whose parents immigrated to Waterloo in Canada from India in the 1970s, is the new Minister of Small Business and Tourism.
51-year-old Amarjeet Sohi, who was born in India and immigrated to Edmonton in 1981, is the new Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
