Former Justice Minister Lametti to Leave Politics, Join Law Firm

Then-Justice Minister David Lametti speaks during a federal, provincial, and territorial ministers press conference on bail reform in Ottawa on March 10, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

Liberal MP and former Justice Minister David Lametti has announced he will leave politics at the end of January.

“I am proud of what I have been able to accomplish as part of a progressive government,” the MP from the Montreal riding of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun wrote in his Jan. 25 resignation letter.