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One of the key personalities in the Conservative Party, Peter MacKay, has announced his decision to quit federal politics. During a press conference alongside PM Harper in Nova Scotia, Mr. MacKay announced his retirement on Friday.
In his remarks, the Prime Minister alleged that Mr. MacKay’s departure brings “more than just a little bit of sorrow.” He called the 49-year-old MP a “historic figure” for the unite-the-right merger deal in 2003 that launched Conservative Party as a competitive force. He stated that “it changed, without a shadow of a doubt, the course of Canadian politics,” recalling that Mr. MacKay’s decision to join the Progressive Conservatives with Mr. Harper’s Canadian Alliance. Harper added that “it took a sense of destiny, a spirit of humility and a willingness to compromise.”
Explaining the reasons behind his decisions, MacKay alleged that he made the decision due to his young family. He and his wife, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, are expecting a second child this fall. MacKay alleged that “I love what I do, and I love the opportunities it afforded me to help others, but simply put, I love my family more.” According to a person close the matter, the Prime Minister’s Office has known of Mr. MacKay’s plans to quit for about three weeks. It was revealed that “he would like to have Peter stay. … It’s never been a Brian Mulroney-Joe Clark sort of situation,” referring to the enmity in the 1980s between the two Progressive Conservative prime ministers.
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