The Canadian president mocked for wearing Chewbacca socks at an international conference

Well, when he was asked why he gender-balanced his cabinet (which is bad all on it's own) he answered "because it's 2015", and he won't shut up about how "diversity is our strength".
He backed off on electoral reform (although, to be fair I didn't really care that much about it, it's just annoying that he broke part of his mandate), and I really don't like the Trudeau-mania vibe his base has.
That's all I have off the top of my head at 2:30 in the morning.

Just curious, why is a gender-balanced cabinet bad, if the women are competent and accomplished?

Because gender isn't a relevant factor in being good at any of the positions, so it shouldn't be taken into account when you're choosing who will fill the positions.
The best possible person for the position is the person who should be chosen for that position. If your prioritizing having a certain number of men and women over that, that's bad.

(I've been watching from the sidelines, so sorry if I seem intrusive)
I can get what he's trying to do, gender equality and all that, but I do agree with you in the sense that he should hire/not hire someone based on the genders of the people he already has.

Except that the Ministers have experience in the field of the positions they were placed in. Ex. Health - has experience in the health field, etc.