Posted May 29, 2015, 3:32 PM
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Peter MacKay, justice minister, to leave federal politics
Well, this throws a little shake-up in the mix....
CBC News
Author: Janyce McGregor
May 29, 2015
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The justice minister, a Nova Scotia MP, has an event scheduled with Prime Minister Stephen Harper at 4 p.m. ET this afternoon, at the Museum of Industry in Stellarton, N.S. CBC News will cover it live.
He will not resign his seat immediately, but will continue to serve in Harper's cabinet, sources tell the CBC's Chris Hall. In doing so, he saves the prime minister from having to shuffle his cabinet yet again to fill a gap from another departing minister.
MacKay's departure will leave a hole in the Conservative re-election game plan.
Viewed as the unofficial leader of the more centrist, former Progressive Conservative wing of Harper's caucus, his pedigree as the son of a Brian Mulroney confidante and stature as Harper's senior player in Atlantic Canada gave him influence few others have had with the prime minister.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pete...tics-1.3092480
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