Liberal member of Parliament and former cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan has announced that she is taking an immediate medical leave due to a “physical health challenge.”
Duncan posted a statement on Twitter that says she will remain the MP for Etobicoke North and looks forward to returning to work.
Duncan has served in the House of Commons since 2008, winning five consecutive elections in the Greater Toronto Area riding.
She was science minister for the first three years of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mandate, followed by stints as the minister of sport and persons with disabilities, the minister of science and sport and the deputy House leader….