Liberal MP Marco Mendicino, former minister of Public Safety, appears as a witness at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.
Liberal MP Marco Mendicino will not seek re-election, saying it’s “the right time, for me and my family” to step aside. The former cabinet minister made the announcement in a letter posted to social media on Thursday.CBC NewsMarco Mendicino, a former minister of Public Safety, appears as a witness at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.
"It is no secret that I have disagreed with the current direction of the federal government on our foreign policy vis-a-vis our deteriorated relations with the State of Israel, our inadequate handling of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and our enfeebled role in the Middle East," wrote Mendicino. "As a matter of principle, I have been consistently outspoken in my condemnation of the unjust targeting of the Jewish community, which is facing a tidal wave of antisemitism."
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