Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Baird to Resign on Tuesday

© REUTERS / Chris Wattie/Files Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in this November 24, 2014 file photo.
Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in this November 24, 2014 file photo. - Sputnik International
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According to media reports, John Baird will resign on Tuesday after serving as Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister since 2011. He is expected to move to the private sector or join the International Peace Institute (IPI).

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will resign from his post on Tuesday, CBC News reported.

Baird, 45, is planning to make a statement regarding his resignation at Canada's House of Commons at 10:00 a.m. local time (15:00 GMT), according to the news outlet.

Baird is expected to move to the private sector, CBC said, citing undisclosed sources.

According to other media reports, Baird was considering joining the team of former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who was appointed in 2014 as co-chairman of the United Nations Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM), launched by International Peace Institute (IPI), an international think tank aimed at promoting global peace and security.

While acting as a foreign minister, Baird was overseeing Canada's response to the war in Libya, the crisis in Ukraine and the case of imprisoned Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, arrested in Egypt in 2013 for allegedly conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood movement, now declared a terrorist organization.

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It is reported that Baird is likely to be replaced by Ed Fast, currently serving as Canada's international trade minister.

Prior to assuming the post of foreign minister, Baird served as transport, infrastructure and communities minister from 2008-2010, environment minister from 2007 to 2008 and from 2010 to 2011, and Treasury Board president from 2006 to 2007.

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