OTTAWA - Quebec Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet on Thursday, after spending all six years he has been a member of Parliament around that table.

The final decision was made in the last few days but it was a choice that was months in the making.

The Canadian Press spoke to a source with knowledge of the week's events, who spoke on background about the days leading up to the decision.

Here's a timeline of how it unfolded.

Before Monday, Nov. 23:

Guilbeault came into politics after a decades-long career as an environmentalist and activist, including as the founder of Quebec's Equiterre organization. He left that organization in 2018, and a few months later won the nomination to run for the Liberals in a Montreal riding, under then-prime minister Justin Trudeau. He won t

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