a-little-bit-of-ultra-violence:

let me break it down for you member by member, there are 30 members in total, not including the Prime Minister. I’ll give you name, position, religion, plus anything else interesting, k? warning for long post.

• Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Atheist
• Stephane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Roman Catholic
• Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, religion not stated, member of the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations 
• Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, Mennonite
• Judy Foote, Minister of Public Services, United Church
• Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism, Sikh, her post is a new creation
• Jean-Yves Dulocs, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Atheist
• Kirsty Duncann, Minister of Science, Atheist
• Patty Hadju, Minister of the Status of Women, religion not stated
• Mary Ann Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour, religion not stated
•  Maryam Monsef, Minister of Democratic Institutions, Muslim
• Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, Atheist, paralympian, visually impaired
• Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, religion not stated
• Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Sikh
• Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board, United Church, openly gay, married, with two children through a surrogate
• Dominic LeBlanc, Leader of the House, Catholic, Accadian
• Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defense, Sikh
• Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture, religion not stated
• Mary Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development, religion not stated
• Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Atheist
• Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, Atheist, first Canadian in space
• Hunter Tootoo, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, religion not stated, Inuit
• Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety, Lutheran
• Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, religion not stated
• Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, religion not stated
• Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Review, religion not stated
• Melanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, religion not stated
• Jim Carr, Minister of Natural Resources, Jewish
• John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Catholic
• Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs, religion not stated, quadriplegic

So of these 30 members, 1 lgbt person, 2 are first nations, 2 are physically disabled, 15 are women, and 8 (possibly 9) are people of colour.  There are a spectrum of religions as well as people who don’t practice religions.

I, for one, am pleased

@allthecanadianpolitics I thought you may like to reblog this!