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Minister Duclos steps aside due to illness

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Feb, 2021 10:31 PM

Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos is stepping aside due to illness.

Duclos says in a statement that he felt persistent chest pain over the past several days.

Déclaration au sujet de mon état de santé | Statement about my health https://t.co/q8IQkiUmFC
— Jean-Yves Duclos (@jyduclos) February 23, 2021

He went to hospital on Sunday and was told he had a pulmonary embolism.

He says he is home again and feeling well, but his doctor recommended he rest for a few days.

Joyce Murray, the minister of digital government, will assume his duties for now.

Duclos has been the Liberal MP for a Quebec City riding since 2015, and was the minister for social development in the Trudeau government's first mandate.

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