Canada has a new look, gender-equal cabinet "because it's 2015".

Looking good, Canada.

Canada’s new prime minister Justin Trudeau has named his new cabinet, which is the first in the country’s history to have equal numbers of men and women — it’s also smaller, younger and more ethnically diverse.

“It’s an incredible pleasure for me to be before you here today to present to Canada a cabinet that looks like Canada,” he said told reporters soon after being sworn in.

Asked why he felt it was necessary to have gender parity in the top echelon of government, Mr Trudeau said simply: “Because it is 2015.”

The majority of the Liberal cabinet are under 50 and it includes a mix of immigrants, tw0 aboriginal members, three Sikhs and  a quadriplegic.

To be honest, something about having such a youthful, representative government feels a little odd to me, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.

Perhaps it’s because our own cabinet looks like this:

However that’s a vast improvement on the last – which is a good thing.

At 43, Trudeau is the second youngest prime minister in the country’s history and a proud feminist.

He has promised that his government will be more transparent and consultative than the previous one and has already announced plans for a more equitable taxation system.

The incoming female ministers include former journalist Chrystia Freeland, who will be in charge of international trade and Maryam Monsef, who fled Afghanistan as a refugee 20 years ago, overseeing democratic reform.

The former party leader Stéphane Dion has been given the foreign affairs portfolio.

So far, so great.