Treasury Board President Anita Anand got promoted to dual roles in the Prime Minister’s cabinet on Thursday, as Justin Trudeau adjusted to the loss of yet another senior minister with at most one year before the next scheduled federal election.

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

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.

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.

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,

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.

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

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 shuffled his cabinet after Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez resigned to sit as an Independent, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced his party will back the government in the Conservative-led non-confidence vote next week.

Treasury Board President Anita Anand is set to take on the additional role of transport minister on Thursday after Pablo Rodriguez resigned from the federal cabinet to run for the Quebec Liberal leadership.