Former minister Marco Mendicino not running in next election

Liberal MP Marco Mendicino, former Minister of Public Safety, appears as a witness at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on October 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

By The Canadian Press

Posted January 2, 2025 2:27 pm.

Last Updated January 2, 2025 3:45 pm.

OTTAWA — Toronto MP Marco Mendicino, a former high-ranking cabinet minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, says he will not run in the next federal election.

Mendicino says in a statement posted on social media that he has disagreed with the direction of the federal government, particularly when it comes to Canada’s foreign policy on the Israel-Hamas war.

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