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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is losing two more cabinet ministers, who announced Friday that they’re not going to run in the federal election that is scheduled for this fall.

International Development Minister Christian Paradis and Heritage Minister Shelly Glover picked the holiday weekend to make low key announcements that they won’t seek re-election.

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Paradis said in a statement on his website that the decision was personal.

“After almost a decade of my being on the public stage, it’s time for me to pass on the torch and move on serenely to write a new chapter in our lives,” he said.

Glover cited family reasons as the main factor behind her decision to not run again. In a statement She said she’ll be returning to her career as a police officer.

“I took a break from policing to become a legislator and am proud to have been part of a government that passed over thirty crime and justice bills,” she said.