Guilbeault’s departure from cabinet is unfortunate, but unavoidable collateral damage

Unlike Steven Guilbeault, Mark Carney doesn't have the luxury of enforcing a green energy litmus test on the Alberta premier. He has a truculent president to face down, an economy to save and a country to unite. In this context, Guilbeault's departure is unfortunate, but unavoidable collateral damage.

Then-environment minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on Dec. 16, 2024, being scrummed after then-finance minister Chrystia Freeland announced her resignation from Justin Trudeau's cabinet.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN POLK

December 15, 2025

This came to mind as political Ottawa continued to reverberate about the resignation from cabinet of now-former Canadian identity and culture minister Steven Guilbeault following the memorandum of understa...

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