Transport Minister Anita Anand won’t make bid for Liberal leadership or re-election – National

Transport Minister Anita Anand is not going to be coming into her title within the race to switch outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as chief of the Liberal Celebration of Canada.

“At present, I’m saying that I cannot be coming into the race to turn out to be the subsequent Chief of the Liberal Celebration of Canada and won’t be in search of re-election as Member of Parliament for Oakville,” Anand mentioned in a press release posted to social media.

“I’ll proceed to honourably execute my roles as public workplace holder till the subsequent election.”

Anand, who was a lawyer and served as a professor on the College of Toronto previous to being elected in 2019, says she will likely be returning to academia.

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“Now that the Prime Minister has made his choice to maneuver to his subsequent chapter, I’ve decided the time is correct for me to do the identical.”

Shortly after the 2019 election, Anand was named Minister of Public Companies and Procurement and continued to serve in that position by means of the start of the pandemic.

Two years later, she would turn out to be the second lady, and first since Kim Campbell, to function Canada’s defence minister.

A yr later, she can be moved to president of Treasury Board earlier than touchdown in her present position final September.

On Thursday, the Liberal occasion mentioned a brand new chief can be introduced March 9, giving potential candidates simply two weeks to resolve whether or not to hunt the position.

Anand joins Dominic LeBlanc on the checklist of high-profile Liberals who is not going to be coming into the management race.

Former Montreal MP Frank Baylis and Nepean, Ont., MP Chandra Arya have formally confirmed they plan to run whereas former B.C. premier Christy Clark and former Financial institution of Canada governor Mark Carney are amongst these contemplating a bid.

There are another large names which have but to tip their hand both approach, together with former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, Business Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Home Chief Karina Gould.

— with recordsdata from the Canadian Press 

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