Justin Trudeau: Prime Minister of Canada

Boss Files with Poppy Harlow

CNN

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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*EXCLUSIVE* Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls himself a "feminist," explains why he mandated a gender-balanced cabinet when he took office, and admits diversity is "fundamental to governing well." He describes how he negotiates with President Trump, and issues a staunch defense of the free press. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In this episode of Boss Files,
0:02.0	Are you a feminist?
0:03.0	Yes, absolutely.
0:04.0	I'm a feminist because a feminist is someone who believes men and women should be equal
0:09.0	and who believes that there's a lot more work to do to get there.
0:12.0	An exclusive interview with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,
0:16.0	his push for gender equality and his effort to close the pay gap. Why he mandated his cabinet
0:22.7	behalf women. Also, Trump, trade, and trust. How Trudeau negotiates with President Trump.
0:30.1	One of the things that served me very, very well through the 13 months of negotiations
0:34.6	over the new NAFTA was that I don't negotiate in public. And we have
0:38.7	strong conversations in private and we get to the right outcome for everyone. Plus, his defense
0:43.7	of the free press, he calls journalism fundamental to any democracy around the world. Here's our
0:50.0	exclusive interview with Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Mr. Prime Minister, I appreciate you joining me today.
0:56.0	It's a pleasure to be here, puppy.
0:57.7	So, diversity, when I started asking for this interview two years ago, it was because I was at
1:04.4	a dinner and heard you speaking about diversity and heard you speaking about a cabinet that was
1:09.1	equal men and women.
1:11.6	Today it is gender balance, 17 women, 17 men.
1:14.6	It was clearly intentional.
1:16.6	Why did you do it?
1:18.6	Well, first of all, before you can get to a cabinet that is gender balanced,
1:22.6	it took a number of years of work recruiting great women,
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