Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault has quit cabinet over the federal government signing Thursday’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta, which jointly agrees on a path forward for a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast.

“I chose to enter politics to champion the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment,” Guilbeault wrote in a lengthy statement on social media.

The Quebec MP had been serving as official languages minister, the minister of Canadian identity and culture — and Prime Minister Mark Carney's Quebec lieutenant.

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Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed the agreement earlier Thursday that lays out how Ottawa will facilitate the construction of a pipeline that will carry a million barrels

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