Toronto MP Michael Levitt is resigning his seat as a Liberal backbencher to take a job with a prominent Jewish human rights organization. As first reported in iPolitics, Levitt will become the president and CEO of the Canadian Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies after representing the riding of York Centre since 2015. Levitt, who is Jewish, is currently chair of the foreign affairs and international development committee. He co-sponsored legislation in 2018 that designated May as Canadian Jewish Heritage Month. His resignation will trigger a byelection that will be the first to take place since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Source: CBC News August 04, 2020 21:57 UTC