In 1983, when indigenous rights leader Bill Wilson told Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau that his children would like to be prime minister one day, there was laughter.

“I have two children in Vancouver Island, both of whom for some misguided reason say they want to be a lawyer, both of whom want to be the prime minister,” Wilson told Trudeau, eliciting laughter.

“Both of whom, Mr. Prime Minister, are women,” he said. The laughter grew.

In old footage captured by CBC Archives, the camera pans to catch Trudeau’s reaction.

“Tell them I’ll stick around until they’re ready,” said Trudeau.

Three decades later, the laughter has settled into something more like awe. After all, as Trudeau’s son said Wednesday, it’s 2015, and now one of Wilson’s daughters is the justice minister and attorney general of Canada.

The high-profile B.C. First Nations leader and former Crown Prosecutor Jody Wilson-Raybould’s appointment to Justin Trudeau’s cabinet has been described, so far, as “historic” and “fantastic.”

In an interview with APTN, Donald Worme, a founding member of the Indigenous Bar Association said, “there is no question about it, this is a historic appointment.”

Worm told APTN that he gave a high-five to Phil Fontaine, the former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, over the appointment.

Former B.C. attorney general Wally Oppal also praised the appointment.

“I think it’s fantastic that they’ve appointed somebody who’s got some court experience and is familiar with the criminal justice system,” Oppal told CBC.