Canada’s Environment Minister Jim Prentice Resigns
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – It’s a week of resignations for Canadian politicians. One day after British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell quit his post, Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced he had also resigned.
The 54-year old Prentice said he just ended his political career and would shift to the private sector.
In early 2011 Prentice will be the vice chair and senior executive vice president of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, one of the largest banks in Canada.
The minister would also quit his job as an MP representing Calgary Center North by the end of this year, Prentice told the House of Commons.
To temporarily replace Prentice in the Environment Ministry will be Government House Leader John Baird, who once held the same post.
Prentice said he is leaving public service for his family. He explained that when he joined politics in 2001, he gave himself eight to 10 years to serve. Prentice is on his ninth year of public service. Among the posts he had held were Indian Affairs minister and Industry minister.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper thanked Prentice for his work and wished him well in his new career. Prentice is a lawyer, is married and has three children.
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