OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney retooled his federal cabinet Monday with an eye on trying to shore up his Quebec flank after losing a key minister who resigned in protest over Carney’s controversial Alberta energy deal.

To replace Steven Guilbeault — the environmental activist once recruited as a star Liberal candidate in Quebec — Carney split Guilbeault’s various ministerial roles and responsibilities into three, and gave two of the bigger jobs to two other Quebecers.

But he did not undertake a bigger shuffle that many political observers believe is still in the works to deal with those the prime minister views as underperformers.

Guilbeault quit cabinet Thursday because he could not defend Carney’s agreement to roll back so many of the environmental regulations and climate chang

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