Justin Trudeau, scion of a fabled Liberal Party leader, was sworn in Wednesday as Canada's 23rd prime minister and the first from Generation X. Trudeau punctuated an election campaign promise to take a more open and team-centric approach to governing than that of his predecessor, Conservative Stephen Harper, by traveling to his swearing-in ceremony with his new cabinet ministers in minibuses rather than traditional limousines. He then walked with them as a group — as his father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, did with his crew more than 47 years ago — to the entrance of Rideau Hall, the official residence of Gov. Gen. David...
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