Five ministers technically appointed as ministers of state still don’t have their roles recognized in the law used to dictate cabinet salaries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named a cabinet with gender parity in November 2015: 15 women, 15 men. But five female ministers were appointed as ministers of state—traditionally junior ministers who assist full cabinet members—“to be styled as” full ministers. At the time, the government said those five—Francophonie Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Status of Women Minister Patricia Hajdu, Sport
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