Justin Trudeau, in full Justin Pierre James Trudeau, (born December 25, 1971, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), Canadian politician, prime minister of Canada (2015– ), leader of the Liberal Party (2013– ), and son of four-term prime minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau. Among Trudeau’s campaign promises was a pledge to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet, which he followed up on, bringing 15 women into his 30-member cabinet. When asked by a reporter why he had taken this approach, Trudeau made headlines around the world with his matter-of-fact but trenchant response: “Because it’s 2015.” Another of Trudeau’s campaign promises, a pledge to decriminalize recreational marijuana, moved a step closer to fruition when Minister of Health Jane Philpott announced in April 2016 that in spring 2017 the government would be introducing legislation to legalize and regulate marijuana.

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