As Trudeau expected to shuffle cabinet, 2 more ministers not running again – National | 24CA News
Two extra Liberal cupboard ministers have introduced they aren’t going to be searching for re-election, as sources inform Global News a federal cupboard shuffle is anticipated on Wednesday.
Both Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek made bulletins on Twitter Tuesday morning.
“After almost 11 years as a member of Parliament, two and a half years as a minister and six elections, I’ve made the difficult decision to not run in the next election,” Alghabra stated in a video tackle.
“As a result of this decision, I am also stepping aside as my role as minister because the prime minister deserves a cabinet that is committed to running in the next federal campaign.”
Alghabra provides that he’ll end off his time period as MP for Mississauga Centre.
He turned the transportation minister in January 2021, his first and solely position in cupboard.
In that point, Alghabra was confronted with a number of high-profile challenges — most notably main delay points at airports final summer time and over the vacation season and most lately, a strike on the Port of Vancouver inflicting important disruptions in Canada’s provide chain.
It’s estimated the 13-day work stoppage value the economic system $500 million every day and created a transport backlog that may take months to clear.
Fellow Ontario MP and political veteran Jaczek tweeted the upcoming finish of her time in federal politics the identical morning.
“After 50 years of public service as a family doctor, Regional Medical Of Health and Commissioner of Health Services, Member of Provincial Parliament, and now Member of Parliament for Markham-Stouffville, I have decided that I will not seek re-election after my current term,” Jaczek tweeted.
In the thread, Jaczek goes on to thank her constituents for his or her assist and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for naming her to 2 cupboard portfolios.
Prior to changing into procurement minister within the final cupboard shuffle in August 2022, Jaczek served because the minister liable for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, first appointed in October 2021.
Jaczek entered federal politics within the 2019 election, defeating the previous Liberal Jane Philpott, who had been faraway from caucus and was operating as an impartial following the SNC-Lavalin scandal.
On Monday, Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett introduced she would additionally not search re-election on the finish of her present time period.
Bennett has been in cupboard for the reason that starting of the Trudeau authorities, first being named Crown-Indigenous relations minister. She held that position till 2021, when she moved to her present portfolio.
She additionally served as a member of former prime minister Paul Martin’s cupboard as minister of state for public well being from 2003 to 2006.
The anticipated shuffle comes as the federal government is going through severe stress on the price of residing, particularly housing costs, together with intense scrutiny over the medium-security jail switch of serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo and its dealing with of overseas interference.
— with a file from Global’s Mackenzie Gray.
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