Pettigrew quitting politics: report:

Prime Minister Paul Martin could lose one of his top cabinet ministers just weeks before a federal election campaign, according to a report. Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew is leaving politics to lead the Organization of American States, Montreal's Le Devoir newspaper reported on Tuesday... The prime minister has lobbied Pettigrew not to take the job, saying people might think the foreign affairs minister is leaving because he is unhappy with the federal Liberals, according to other reports.

Not at all. It's because he hasn't got a hope of winning his riding.