Trudeau cabinet member Pablo Rodriguez resigns to run for Quebec Liberal Party leadership

Pablo Rodriguez has resigned from his position as transport minister in the federal cabinet and will be seeking leadership of the Quebec Liberals, he told reporters on Thursday. “I have informed the prime minister of my resignation as Canada’s transport minister and Quebec lieutenant, effective immediately,” he told reporters. “I have also decided to sit as an Independent MP until the launch of the leadership campaign next January. This is in order to avoid costly byelections a few weeks or months before January.” Treasury Board President Anita Anand will take on the transport file, and was sworn into the position in a small ceremony Thursday afternoon. Global’s Felicia Parrillo has that story. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10764047/pablo-rodriguez-quits-trudeau-cabinet-seek-quebec-liberal-leadership/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #trudeau