OTTAWA — Scott Brison is quitting a political career he loves to spend more time with a cherished family that politics made possible. “I’ve informed the prime minister that I’m not running again but I’ve also told him that I want to relinquish my cabinet responsibilities in a timely manner and support transition to a new minister,” Brison said in an interview. I would like to share an important family decision: I’ve informed the Prime Minister of my decision to not seek re-election in 2019. “I believe now, more than ever before, that government matters, that members of Parliament matter and that politics matters. “I think Max and Rose and Claire, to me they’re miracles.”Brison made history as Canada’s first openly gay federal cabinet minister and again as the first federal politician to wed his same-sex partner.

Source: National Post January 10, 2019 15:18 UTC