Carney's energy deal went down very differently, depending on who you ask. Here's how the day played out

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May calls on Steven Guilbeault to join Green Party

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is calling on Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault to join her party after learning he's leaving his post in cabinet. Guilbeault quit cabinet over the memorandum of understanding with Alberta signed earlier in the day. Guilbeault, a longtime environmentalist, was the country’s minister of environment and climate change for four years under Justin Trudeau.

in the meantime, william green company Leader elizabeth ii May is making her set up to Guilbeault to join her party.

May said Guilbeault leaving cabinet “dashes the last hope that Mark Carney is going to have a good climate record ever.”

“So Steven Guilbeault has given up on Mark Carney. Don’t give up on democracy, don’t give up on climate action. Join us, now’s the time.”

Hodgson is flying to B.C. Tonight to meet with his counterpart, B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix, and the premier about today’s deal.

“We’re going to see what we can do,” Hodgson said.

Asked about concerns over the lack of Indigenous consultation and rollback of environmental regulations, Hodgson said the agreement doesn’t mean a pipeline is going to be built imminently, but lays out a path for how officials will work together to advance projects

“We need to take a deep breath. There is no pipeline yet,” Hodson said.

“There is no proposed route yet. The consultations that would need to happen have not yet occurred.”

"Steven is a good friend, someone I respect deeply. He's been a very good cabinet minister and has done amazing, good things for Canada," he said.

"I think we can all respect Minister Guilbeault as somebody who's dedicated his life for the betterment of Canada. He believes in this country. He's been a great colleague and a friend and I look forward to continuing to work with him."

Guilbeault's resignation adds even more lustre to a good news day for Smith.

The environmentalist-turned minister was long a thorn in the oil-producing province's side, and a routine subject of scorn — a walking symbol, to them, of the Liberal government's distaste for more western energy production and pipelines.

Even after he moved out of the environment portfolio and into heritage, Smith and United Conservatives continued to verbally spar with him over the merits of pipelines.

Guilbeault remained a public voice on climate and energy issues, even while on a largely unrelated job — and Smith remained aware that he'd still carry influence over her province's economic interests as long as he had a place at the prime minister's cabinet table.

Guilbeault says he believes the proposal to exempt Alberta from clean electricity regulations in exchange for stricter industrial carbon pricing rules and the Pathways project is “a serious mistake.”

“We cannot hope to decarbonize our economy without decarbonizing the electricity sector,” he wrote.

Guilbeault says that an analysis submitted to the House of Commons shows that without these regulations, the electricity sector would “return to an upward emissions trajectory.”

“This regulation also saves lives by reducing air pollution, generates over $3 billion in health-care savings and ultimately reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 182 million tonnes,” he wrote.

Guilbeault’s statement outlines his various concerns with the agreement, including the lack of consultation with Indigenous groups or with the B.C. Government.

He says a pipeline to the West Coast would have “major environmental impacts,” including contributing to a significant increase in climate pollution and moving Canada further away from its greenhouse gas reduction targets.

He also raises concerns that lifting the tanker ban on B.C.’s North Coast could increase the risk of accidents in the region and hinder the creation of a marine conservation area in the Great Bear Sea.

In a statement posted to X, Guilbeault said that while he understands Carney’s “efforts to ensure our country remains united and that all regions feel they have a voice,” he believes environmental issues “must remain front and centre.”

“That is why I strongly opposed the memorandum of understanding between the federal government and the government of Alberta,” his statement said.

This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. <br><br>You can find my full statement below. <a href="https://t.co/6s7HhdXaLO">pic.twitter.com/6s7HhdXaLO</a>

Eby said an example of what really “pissed [him] off” was when Saskatchewan potash giant Nutrien decided to build a potash export terminal in the state of Washington instead of B.C.

He said Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe could have been working with the western province to keep the export facility in Canada, instead of having “secret talks” with Carney and Smith on the pipeline.

“That’s the one that makes me really unhappy,” Eby said.

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