Former Liberal cabinet minister Marco Mendicino not running for re-election
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Mendicino, who served as immigration minister and then public safety minister in Justin Trudeau's cabinet, is the latest Liberal to say he will not run in the next election.
Marco Mendicino, a former high-ranking cabinet minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, is the latest Liberal to say he will not run in the next federal election.
In a statement posted on social media on Thursday evening, Mendicino expressed gratitude for the strong support of his constituents in the Toronto riding of Eglinton—Lawrence and said he will stay on as the member of Parliament until the next election.
“However, as much as I love the job, this is the right decision, at the right time, for me and my family,” the statement said.
The former federal prosecutor was first elected in 2015, when Trudeau led the Liberals to a majority government, and was re-elected in 2019 and 2021.
Mendicino was made immigration minister in 2019 before moving to public safety in 2021.
As public safety minister, he introduced firearms legislation in May 2022 that sought to turn the freeze on handgun sales into law, combat homemade guns and ban what the government called “assault-style” weapons. The bill — and especially the proposed definition of assault-style weapons — proved controversial.
The legislation faced tough opposition in the House of Commons and the Senate before eventually becoming law in December 2023.
Mendicino was also in charge of the public safety file when the government invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in early 2022.
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