Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet after Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.

A Liberal source with knowledge of the decision confirmed the departure for The Canadian Press. • Read more: • Moe positive on Alberta pipeline deal and federal cooperation • Pipeline agreement includes new target of 75 per cent cut in methane emissions • Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban

The avowed environmentalist and longtime climate activist has been a key fixture in the Liberal government for the past six years.

Guilbeault has avoided TV cameras and questions from reporters for several days as news emerged of progress on an agreement between the federal gover

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