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Steven Guilbeault resigns from Mark Carney's cabinet
Guilbeault opposed the pipeline deal and rollback of key climate policies including carbon pricing and fossil fuel subsidy elimination, resigning but remaining a Liberal MP.
- On Nov. 27, 2025, Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault resigned from Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet after Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding on a proposed West Coast pipeline with Alberta.
- Guilbeault said he quit over the pipeline deal and policy rollbacks, writing that several elements of the climate action plan, including the consumer carbon price, electric vehicle sales mandate, oil and gas emissions cap, and framework to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, have been dismantled.
- A longtime environmental activist, Steven Guilbeault built his profile in Quebec and federal politics, co-founding Équiterre in 1993 and winning Laurier—Sainte‑Marie in 2019 before serving six years in cabinet.
- Liberal MPs downplayed caucus discontent earlier this week, a Liberal source confirmed Steven Guilbeault's departure, and Ali Ehsassi, Liberal MP, praised Guilbeault while saying `I know that this prime minister takes the environment very seriously, as does the responsible minister`.
- Political-first: Conservatives and Alberta politicians had long targeted Steven Guilbeault, Culture Minister, as a radical, and he avoided TV cameras and reporters for days as the Pathways Alliance carbon capture project deal advanced.
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Leaning Left14Leaning Right2Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Left
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- 67% of the sources lean Left
67% Left
L 67%
C 24%
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