The federal government is stoking Quebec separatism by walking back its climate commitments — including in its recent deal with Alberta — Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault says.

"There is a feeling right now that by abandoning our climate goals we are fuelling the separatist movement," Guilbeault said in an interview airing Sunday on CBC's Rosemary Barton Live .

Guilbeault stepped down last week as minister of official languages, Canadian identity and culture — as well as Prime Minister Mark Carney's Quebec lieutenant — after Ottawa signed an agreement with Alberta that jointly agrees on a path forward for a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast.

As part of the agreement, Ottawa will suspend the proposed federal oil and gas emissions cap and remove Alberta'

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