Canada's new cabinet: equal number women, a ‘badass’ colonel - and an astronaut

Reactions have been largely positive to Justin Trudeau's cabinet, the first in Canada's history to have equal numbers of men and women

If Canada's new prime minister wants his government to reach for the stars, he has probably called on the right man for at least one cabinet job: appointing the first Canadian in space as his transport minister.

Marc Garneau, a 66-year-old former astronaut and Canadian Space Agency president, was sworn in on Wednesday as the country's new Liberal government officially took power.