So far in his still-young tenure as prime minister, Mark Carney has managed to win over five opposition MPs to sit in the governing Liberal caucus.
But on Wednesday, Carney is expected to lose his first caucus member.
Montreal MP Steven Guilbeault told Global News he will address the Liberal caucus Wednesday morning about his future. And while Guilbeault would not confirm exactly what he will say, some of his friends and close associates say they expect him to announce he will quit politics altogether and resign as the member of Parliament for Laurier–Sainte Marie.
Carney, asked about Guilbeault’s future on his way into the House of Commons Tuesday, declined to comment.
Guilbeault’s political future had been much in doubt ever since he quit Carney’s cabinet over the deal with Alberta that could see a new oil pipeline built to the West Coast.
Not only that, Guilbeault watched in frustration as, one after the other, Carney dismantled Trudeau-era climate and energy policies which Guilbeault had either designed or had helped implement as one of Trudeau’s environment ministers.
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Guilbeault, a former Greenpeace campaigner before being recruited to run in the 2015 election, had been reviled by many in Western Canada for his association with those policies but he was — and remains — extremely popular in Quebec and with climate activists around the country.
“He stands by his principles. That’s why he’s popular in Quebec,” said Bloc Quèbecois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean) whose father Gilles represented Guilbeault’s downtown Montreal riding for 21 years. “I hope he gets a bright future.”
Guilbeault’s departure could be a problem for Carney because it represents Carney’s first serious political blemish after a string of successes like those floor-crossers.
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Several Liberal MPs have said privately there is concern in Carney’s caucus that if the Liberal Party under Carney no longer has room to accommodate a climate activist like Guilbeault, they could be politically vulnerable in parts of the country — such as B.C.’s Lower Mainland and in Montreal — where being soft on climate can be a political liability.
“I think that we have a caucus that cares deeply about the environment, fighting climate change, and also about how we’re going to build our country in this moment,” said Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin, who will defend the Carney government’s new approach to climate change and energy policy.
“We have a range of opinions. We always have within our caucus. And that’s actually what makes us stronger, because people bring all their different ideas. So that’s how we work together.”
– With a file from Mackenzie Gray
Such a stupid, stupid man. Like so many climate change zealots, he couldn’t articulate expected results of his policies, couldn’t comprehend the need for balance in his approaches, and didn’t care about the very real and harmful results of his policies on Canada.
The bad thing about his resignation is that it took 10 years too long in coming.
Good riddance.
What a climate kook he is.
I want more climate policies, but there’s got to be a ballance with Donny destabilizing the world. Carney is the guy. We see it. Only rightnuts with their cult-like ideology will say otherwise.
FINALLY!!!
Carney is the the person Canada needed at this time, things will change again in the future, I don;t think leaving the fight is the right thing to do at this time, Guilbeault should stick with it and keep fighting for his beliefs !
CARNEY DID NOT WIN OVER ANYONE! He found the weakest, shallowest MPs and bought them. Anyone can see that. This is not a ‘majority’ given freely in a democratic vote! This is a majority taken under guile and deceit! Carney is a crook. Global is a anti-Canadian propaganda machine that censors the truth!
If an MP as crooked and dirty as Gibbering Guilbeault quits on you, YOU are the problem.
It is shocking that apparently Kebecers think Geebo is a good MP
And we will be paying this piece of garbage the rest of his POS life.
What will Geebo do now? I guess he can scale the CN Tower again.
good bye you fing loser
Boo Hoo
To bad, so sad, bye bye.
Yippee Kai Yay! BUH Bye !
Like the other Trudeau cabinet members that all resigned in disgrace, he’s decided he’s benefited enough from the grift that he doesn’t need to participate anymore. After all, the liberal/ndp corruption has gotten so bad now, that they are finally starting to face unavoidable consequences.
Good riddance.
How is UNDRIP working for BC? Both Horgan and Eby supported it.
@ mike…so you resort to stealing my username?!… lol …bravo!
You guys are r#tarded. Well take our lumber! And keep our ports…d#psh#ts!
Geebo is a total loser. A relic of the Trudeau regime
Finally. Got back to Green Peace.
@Bc Resident. Should AB cut off your fuel shipments? BC has no cards to play.
Beat it Steve G..You are an ideology saturated clown.
Just to be clear,no pronouns but yes, the Hershey Highway is open for travel.
No pronouns…just abbreviations…like S.F A.!
How come all you tough guys don’t try a pipeline through Quebec then?
@BC resident likes Geebo. BC resident probably has pronouns and takes it up the Hershey highway. No credibility.
Good riddance !!! He is a climate zealot. We do not need that in politics.
The worst politician ever! He couldn’t work at any energy company. And he can’t even get along with Carney which just shows his inability to flex with the changing environment. He should have quit a long time ago!
You guys are FULL ON R#TARDED !!!!
Alberta…. you guys are cocky…lol…wait till you see the repercussions of this! You guys won’t be laughing then!
Honestly I always thought that Geebo looked like a Communist. His bowl cut is a classic look for them.
biggest loser ever
Is reprobate Geebo going to go back to Scaling the CN Tower and working for Greenpeace? What is total disgrace he is.
About time don’t the door hit you in the butt on the way out SG.oo
1 down, plenty more idiots to go.
I expect Steven Guil-ty will go back to being a criminal. It’s what he does best.
Best news I have read all day
Speaking as an albertan from Edmonton, guilbeault cannot leave fast enough. He has done major economic damage to this province and is one of the reasons we are considering seperation. though i think i give him too much credit, and it will go to his head.
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May 26, 2026 at 7:34 pm
phuck off SEan.
Truth got ya hey? Hahahahaha!
YAAAAYYY! Now, can we have him arrested for what he foisted on Canada! The big lie that it is that has f*cked this country? But no, he will walk away with zero consequences and a big f*t pension for screwing the country over with a lot of hooey!
This guy is out of touch with reality. He’s the epitome of quixotic: idealistic to an impractical degree. He needs to go.
Goodbye and don’t forget to close the door behind you! This eco-activist did more damage to Canada’s economy than anything else in recent history. Another anomaly of Trudeau’s ‘reign’ and not a good one!!
I’d really like to see him take up scaling buildings with out oil-based synthetic climbing ropes.
What could possibly go wrong?
Every liberal should be unalived.
Respect to anyone that quits the cesspool of politics while they still have a soul.
phuck off SEan.
He was totally lost in the real economic world. We will be years fixing his mess. Sad that he and the Laurentian Wokes are stuck in the last century when comes to energy for the world. Another Al Gore that could not see solutions that were right in front of him.
Carney has zero trade agreements, used taxpayers money to bribe MPs to cross the floor and gain a majority non voted government. Totally again this liberal government shows more communist dictatorship traits then any other western government.
Your vote doesn’t count in Canada and the media supports communist because they steal taxpayers money and pay the media. Treasonous government and media same thing happened in Germany.
Good riddance , to bad rubbish!
Good, keep the door open for the rest of those Trudeau era MPs.
Geebo is Public Enemy #1 in Alberta so he better not show up in the province without security.
He’s going to quit with a big ole pension plan after years of service as a much needed climate activist for Canada
Apparently Quebecers like Geebo. Hard to imagine but shows a true lack of understanding and intelligence.
He should be charged with the crimes he committed.
Carney has not dismantled anything. He still has carbon tax. He is still giving money to the Liberal pet EV crowd. He is still blocking Alberta’s oil and gas pipelines.
He stands for his principles. And should be held accountable.
Too bad, so sad. Don’t let the door hit you in the A$$ on the way out
Activists of any stripe make poor decisions and even worse MPs. Now we can go back to scaling the CN Tower.
That would be great news. I can’t stand him.
Now do right wingers think that a political party owns a seat because the candidate ran under the banner of the party? Not at all. It sounds like he is going to leave federal politics entirely, but it would be perfectly acceptable for him to sit as an independent or cross the floor to another party. That’s how a parliamentary system works. Leaders of all of the major parties have concentrated too much power in the leader’s office. But that’s not how this system was intended to work. I really like Mark Carney, but I agree with the former minister of the environment.