UPDATE: And I will now feel very, very silly for not checking to see if one of my colleagues had beaten me to the punch.
I don’t think anyone saw this one coming – earlier today, the Conservatives announced that Human Resources and Development Minister Monte Solberg won’t be running in the next election:
Conservative Party announces three Cabinet Ministers will not seek re-election
UPDATE: And I will now feel very, very silly for not checking to see if one of my colleagues had beaten me to the punch.
I don’t think anyone saw this one coming – earlier today, the Conservatives announced that Human Resources and Development Minister Monte Solberg won’t be running in the next election:
Conservative Party announces three Cabinet Ministers will not seek re-election
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September 4, 2008
Conservative Party announces three Cabinet Ministers will not seek re-election
OTTAWA – Today, the Conservative Party of Canada announced that three current cabinet ministers will not be seeking re-election in the next Federal election. The Ministers are David Emerson – Minister of Foreign Affairs (Vancouver-Kingsway, British Columbia), Loyola Hearn – Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (St. John’s South-Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador) and Monte Solberg – Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development (Medicine Hat, Alberta).