Anita Anand Taking on Transport Portfolio After Pablo Rodriguez Leaves Cabinet

Treasury Board President Anita Anand will take on the additional role of transport minister this afternoon, after Pablo Rodriguez resigned from cabinet to run for the Quebec Liberal leadership. A government source who was not authorized to speak publicly says Anand will be sworn in at a small ceremony at Rideau Hall. Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will become the government’s new Quebec lieutenant, but he is not expected to be at the ceremony because that is not an official role in cabinet. Rodriguez announced this morning that he’s leaving cabinet and the federal Liberal caucus and will sit as an Independent member of Parliament until January....