Conservative MP Luc Berthold announced on Sunday that he has prostate cancer, but still plans to run in the next federal election despite requiring an operation.

The longtime member of Parliament for Quebec’s Megantic-L’Erable federal riding shared the news on social media, saying he received the diagnosis in 2024.

“My prostate is sick and it has cancer. In the next few weeks, I’ll have to get rid of it to prevent the disease from spreading elsewhere in my bones and organs,” he wrote on Facebook.