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

Earlier on Thursday, a source close to Guilbeault said he would be reflecting on his political future. Article content Article content

He announced his decision in a statement on social media shortly before 5 p.m.

“This afternoon, it is with great sadness that I submitted my resignation to the Prime Minister as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec,” he wrote.

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