A major Quebec cabinet minister is stepping down.
Pierre Fitzgibbon, Quebec’s economy and energy minister, resigned Tuesday.
The news was first broken by La Presse and verified independently by multiple media outlets, including The Canadian Press.
This resignation comes as Coalition Avenir Québec members are meeting in caucus in Rimouski this week to prepare for the parliamentary session.
Fitzgibbon has been a notable figure in François Legault’s CAQ cabinet since 2018.
He was first elected as the MNA for Terrebonne in 2018, and re-elected in 2022.
–With files from La Presse Canadienne