Liberal MP and former federal cabinet minister Marc Garneau will be resigning his seat in the House of Commons after spending 15 years in politics.
Garneau represents the Montreal constituency of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount and was first elected to the House in 2008.
He served as the federal transport minister for about five years prior to briefly serving as the foreign affairs minister in 2021.
Garneau has not yet given a reason for his resignation but told reporters in Ottawa on March 8 that he will be making a speech about it in the House later in the day.
He also said he wanted to withhold details about his resignation from the press prior to speaking about it with his caucus colleagues “out of respect.”…