Climate Politics

Is This The End of Canada's Climate Ambitions?

Canadian politician Steven Guilbeault tells Akshat Rathi why he resigned from Mark Carney’s cabinet over environmental rollbacks.

Steven Guilbeault.

Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg

When Canada elected Mark Carney as prime minister, there was hope that the country would pursue stronger climate policies. That hope was crushed after Carney signed a deal with the oil-producing province of Alberta that will roll back or dilute green regulations.

As a result, Steven Guilbeault, Carney’s culture minister has resigned from cabinet. He was the environment minister under Justin Trudeau and responsible for many of the policies at risk.