Editing Marc Garneau (section)

=== Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 43rd Parliament===
Garneau continued to serve as Minister of Transport after the elections to the 43rd Parliament held in October 2019. He was at Transport for the first two years of the [[Covid-19 pandemic]], and thus he was responsible to enforce the ''[[Quarantine Act, 2005|Quarantine Act]]'' as lieutenant to the Minister of Health [[Patty Hajdu]]; during this time he made many decisions that would affect the lives of travellers in co-ordination with Hadju.<ref name="pmcjtm20">{{cite news |title=Prime Minister announces new actions under Canada's COVID-19 response |url=https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2020/03/16/prime-minister-announces-new-actions-under-canadas-covid-19-response |publisher=Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau |date=16 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="ciscan">{{cite news |title=Pre-departure COVID-19 testing and negative results to be required for all air travellers coming to Canada |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/pre-departure-covid-19-testing-and-negative-results-to-be-required-for-all-air-travellers-coming-to-canada-822561520.html |publisher=Cision Canada |date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="cbcjpt">{{cite news |last1=Tasker |first1=John Paul |title=New federal rule on COVID-19 tests for air passengers in effect |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/air-travellers-negative-covid-19-test-1.5863509 |publisher=CBC |date=6 January 2021}}</ref>

Garneau then served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 12, 2021 until October 26, 2021.<ref name=oc/> On January 12, 2021, following the resignation of [[Navdeep Bains]] as [[Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry|minister of innovation, science and industry]], Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] shuffled the Cabinet, with Garneau becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs and [[Omar Alghabra]] taking his place at Transport.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|date=January 11, 2021|title=Trudeau to shuffle ministers as Navdeep Bains leaves cabinet|work=[[CBC News]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cabinet-shuffle-small-1.5869541|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> Garneau was described as one of the most qualified and capable members of Cabinet.<ref name="nationalpost.com">{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/peter-f-trent-trudeau-shows-he-holds-little-regard-for-competency-by-turfing-cabinets-brightest-light-marc-garneau|title=Peter F. Trent: Trudeau shows he holds little regard for competency by turfing cabinet's brightest light, Marc Garneau|newspaper=National Post|date=October 27, 2021}}</ref><ref name="montrealgazette.com">{{cite web |last1=Trent |first1=Peter F. |title=Opinion: Marc Garneau, the 'anti-politician,' deserves better |url=https://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/article178630.html |publisher=Montreal Gazette |access-date=26 March 2025 |date=27 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="theglobeandmail.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-garneaus-departure-means-trudeau-will-have-five-foreign-affairs/|title = Garneau's departure means Trudeau will have had five foreign affairs ministers in six years. That's a travesty|newspaper = The Globe and Mail|date = October 25, 2021|last1 = Ibbitson|first1 = John}}</ref>