Liberal MP Sean Fraser changes mind, will seek re-election: sources

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Liberal MP and erstwhile furniture curate Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to discontinue from authorities and volition denote contiguous helium volition question reelection successful his Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, CBC News has learned.

Former furniture curate announced successful December helium would not tally again

David Cochrane · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 25, 2025 9:03 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Liberal MP and erstwhile furniture curate Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to discontinue from authorities and volition denote contiguous helium volition question re-election successful his Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, CBC News has learned.

Multiple sources accidental Fraser made the determination Monday aft a telephone telephone from Liberal Leader Mark Carney asking him to reconsider.

Fraser announced successful December helium wouldn't tally again due to the fact that of the strain the occupation placed connected his household life. But sources accidental Carney reassured Fraser they would find a mode to equilibrium his workload with his household life.

Fraser and Carney are expected to look unneurotic astatine an lawsuit aboriginal contiguous successful Nova Scotia wherever the quality volition beryllium officially announced.

Fraser stepped down from the national furniture successful December erstwhile helium announced helium wouldn't tally again. He was the national lodging curate until then, and migration curate earlier that.

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David Cochrane is big of Power & Politics, Canada's premier regular governmental show, airing 5 to 7 p.m. ET weekdays connected CBC News Network. David joined the parliamentary bureau arsenic a elder newsman successful 2016. Since then, helium has reported from 11 countries crossed 4 continents. David played a starring relation successful CBC's 2019 and 2021 national predetermination coverage. Before Ottawa, David spent astir 2 decades covering authorities successful his beloved Newfoundland and Labrador, wherever helium hosted the RTDNA grant winning governmental amusement On Point with David Cochrane.