OTTAWA – Members of the federal Liberal caucus maintained Friday that their party remains united in the wake of Steven Guilbeault’s resignation from cabinet — but NDP MPs say they see signs that B.C. Liberal MPs are under political pressure.

Guilbeault quit cabinet on Thursday to protest Ottawa’s new pipeline pact with Alberta, which leaves open the possibility of overturning the coastal tanker ban.

B.C. NDP MP Jenny Kwan said the prospect of lifting the coastal tanker ban for oil exports has “grave implications” for coastal communities in her province. She said she senses unease among B.C. Liberal MPs and noted that she saw few of them in the House of Commons on Thursday.

While the Liberals might maintain that they’re unified, Kwan said, they said the same thing just before Guilbeault

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