OTTAWA — Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault is stepping down from cabinet after revelations from the National Post that he had made shifting statements over his ties to Indigenous heritage over the course of his political career.

A note sent by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office on Wednesday specified that Trudeau and Boissonnault both came to an agreement that the minister will be stepping away from his ministerial duties effectively immediately to “focus on clearing the allegations made against him.”