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Dear Canadian and Alberta politics: welcome to the 21st century.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced a federal cabinet that for the first time ever was constructed with gender equality in mind — 16 men (including the prime minister) and 15 women.

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In Alberta, our 13 member provincial cabinet is even more female friendly, having seven women (including Premier Rachel Notley) and six men.

Critics have already attacked Trudeau for demonstrating a form of anti-male sexism by ensuring half his cabinet is female, even though women make up only a quarter of the Liberal caucus.

Yes, but I suppose you could argue Canadian politics has a history of good old-fashioned male-friendly sexism where women were grossly under-represented in the halls of power. Maybe a little tilting the other way isn’t a bad idea until we get a better balance in politics.

And Alberta is, in many ways, leading the way. Or, at least the NDP is.