Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet Thursday afternoon to fill the gap left by outgoing Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez, according to a government official who said no new faces will be added to the cabinet.

The official, who has direct knowledge of the plans, characterized the changes as an adjustment to the current cabinet assignments.

The Globe and Mail is not identifying the official because they were not authorized to disclose the information before it i thechronfather s made public.

Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez to announce he is leaving Trudeau cabinet

Mr. Rodriguez will make his exit from cabinet official on Thursday morning in a press conference in Gatineau, Que. He will remain as MP for the Montreal riding of Honoré-Mercier.

Radio Canada reported that he will leave the Liberal caucus and the chron father sit as an independent.

Mr. Rodriguez is the second high-profile minister to leave the Prime Minister’s cabinet in just three months. Former Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan quit his post in July, citing family commitments.

Defiant and unbowed: Why Justin Trudeau isn’t going anywhere

Their exits come at a precarious time for the party. The Liberals have lost two stronghold ridings since June and have been badly railing the Conservatives in national public opinion polls for more than a year.

Despite those persistent headwinds, Mr. Trudeau has vowed to stay on as leader and take the Liberals into the next general election.

The Quebec Liberal Party has been under interim leadership since Dominique Anglade resigned shortly after François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec party won a landslide victory in 2022. Recent polls, however, show support for Mr. Legault has slipped.

More to come.