Marc Garneau announces retirement in farewell speech to Parliament: “Now it’s time for me to go

Former Liberal cabinet minister Marc Garneau thanked his family and fellow MPs as he announced his retirement in the House of Commons on Wednesday.

Garneau issued a challenge to MPs of all stripes, calling on his former colleagues to “put away the anger and false indignation” and to “make Canadians proud of this House and the people in it.”

“Now it’s time for me to go,” he said in his final speech.

Garneau said afterward that his family had asked him to retire while he is “still healthy” and that he had promised to step away from politics after tabling the government’s report on medical assistance in dying.

“I’ve climbed all my mountains,” he told reporters, as he reflected on his career both in and out of politics.

Garneau served as Canada’s minister of foreign affairs from January to October 2021. Before that, he was also the minister of transport for five years in the Trudeau government. He is the current MP for the Montreal-area riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount.

Garneau was also one of the first six Canadian astronauts and became the first Canadian to fly to space in 1984.

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