OTTAWA—Longtime Sen. Colin Kenny is calling it quits months before his scheduled retirement later this year. Kenny officially notified the Governor General on Wednesday morning that he will leave the Senate at the end of the week, ahead of his mandatory retirement date in December. In a short letter to Rideau Hall, Kenny cites his health and his decades in the upper chamber as his reasons to leave at the end of business on Friday. “I have been experiencing continued ill health and feel the time has come to retire,” the resignation letter says. The ensuring 34 years saw Kenny focus on military and security issues, becoming an outspoken critic of cuts to defence spending.

Source: thestar January 31, 2018 20:15 UTC