Quebec’s higher education and seniors ministers won’t seek re-election amid calls for resignation
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A pair of Quebec ministers will not seek re-election in the fall amid growing calls for their resignations from opposition parties.
A pair of Quebec ministers will not seek re-election in the fall amid growing calls for their resignations from opposition parties.
A spokesperson for Seniors Minister Marguerite Blais confirmed to Global News that she will not run again after media outlets reported earlier in the day that she would bow out.
Higher Education Minister Danielle McCann confirmed on social media Friday that she will leave politics.
“I would have liked to announce it to the citizens of my riding first, but I will not run again,” McCann said. “I will be a grandmother in the spring. It’s wonderful news and has pushed me to dedicate myself to my family.”
The Coalition Avenir Québec MNA added that she will speak to her riding’s residents in the near future.
The announcement from McCann, who has been a key figure in the party, comes as she has been under fire this week amid new revelations about dozens of pandemic-related deaths at a Montreal long-term care home while she was health minister — a role she was demoted from a few months later.
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Among the information brought to light this week, Radio-Canada reported on an email tabled into evidence at the inquiry into deaths during the pandemic in Quebec long-term care homes.
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