(Canada) Scott Brison resigning from Trudeau's cabinet and won’t seek re-election in October.
Brison is not sure whether he’ll remain a Liberal MP until the Oct. 21 vote but he will be resigning shortly from his role as president of the Treasury Board
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He denied that his decision to quit politics is in any way related to the current controversy surrounding his role in the suspension of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, the military’s second-in-command who has been charged with leaking cabinet secrets. Defence lawyers are expected to make Brison a star witness when the case goes to trial in August — just weeks before this year’s election campaign officially starts.
“If that issue had never occurred, I would be making the same decision that I’m making now,” he said, refusing to further discuss issues that are now before the court.
Brison has been accused of pressuring the newly minted Trudeau government in 2015 to suspend a $700-million plan to build a new supply ship, a move that the RCMP alleges prompted Norman to leak secrets to Quebec’s Davie Shipbuilding so it could pressure the Liberals into restarting the project.
But he’s told the House of Commons that he simply did his job as Treasury Board president, the minder of the public purse, to ensure taxpayers were getting good value for the ship contract.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/nscott-brison-resigns