Americas

Carney Loses Quebec Minister Guilbeault After Energy Deal

Steven Guilbeault

Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg

Prime Minister Mark Carney lost a cabinet minister over his oil pipeline agreement with Alberta, marking the first major fracture in his Liberal Party caucus over the government’s energy policies.

Steven Guilbeault, a former environmental activist with Greenpeace, resigned his position as culture minister but will remain in Parliament.