Ottawa MP John Baird, the longest-serving foreign affairs minister Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has ever known, officially resigned from cabinet Tuesday morning and will step down as MP for Ottawa West-Nepean in the coming weeks.
A grinning Baird told the House of Commons,“Let me start by saying how overwhelmingly optimistic I am about the future of this country.
“I have seen the stature of this country grow in the eyes of the world … The world has seen the best that Canada has to offer.”
Baird said he told Prime Minister Stephen Harper Monday that he was quitting as minister and would …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
