Longtime Nova Scotia MP Scott Brison says he won't run for re-election this year and is stepping down from cabinet, triggering a shuffle early next week. Brison, who sits at the cabinet table as president of the Treasury Board of Canada, made the announcement online Thursday morning. Brison spent 22 years in politics and made history as the first openly gay federal cabinet minister. He and his partner, Maxime St. Pierre, married in 2007, making Brison the first MP to wed his same-sex partner. Brison told CP he's announcing his decision now to give his riding enough time to organize a nomination race.

Source: CBC News January 10, 2019 15:30 UTC