Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez, who is expected to announce his resignation from cabinet on Thursday, is planning to sit as an Independent, Radio-Canada is reporting.

The Quebec Liberals have been without a leader since Dominique Anglade resigned following her defeat in the 2022 provincial election.

Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez is expected to announce his resignation from the Liberal cabinet on Thursday to enter the Quebec Liberal leadership race — another blow to the struggling governing party reeling this week from a loss in a Montreal by-election.

Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez is expected to resign from cabinet in order to seek the leadership of the Liberal Party of Quebec, CBC News and Radio-Canada sources say.He is expected to make a statement about his cabinet resignation on Thursday in Gatineau,

A new transport minister will be sworn in at Rideau Hall on Thursday afternoon after Pablo Rodriguez resigned from cabinet and quit the Liberal caucus to turn his attention to Quebec provincial politics.

Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez will announce on Thursday he will seek the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party. The news, first reported by La Presse, was confirmed to the Presse Canadienne by a federal Liberal source not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped Treasury Board President Anita Anand to take on additional duties as Canada's minister of transport on Thursday.

Pablo Rodriguez has resigned as Canada's transport minister and the government's Quebec lieutenant so he can run for leadership of the provincial Liberal party.