OTTAWA — Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault is stepping down from cabinet, but staying on as a Liberal MP, after his government signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta to build a new oil pipeline towards the West Coast.

Guilbeault, who currently holds the portfolio of Canadian Identity and Culture, is a long-time climate activist. Earlier on Thursday, a source close to him said he would be taking the time to study the deal with Alberta in detail and decide which decision would be best for him.

The source, speaking on a not-for-attribution basis because they were not authorized to discuss these matters publicly, said Guilbeault was struggling with the feeling he could be more useful to the climate cause and to Canada by sitting around the cabinet table than by stepp

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