Liberals nervously await effects of Steven Guilbeault’s resignation on party’s Quebec fortunes

The Globe and Mail: The question now is how much damage Mr. Guilbeault’s decision to quit does to the Liberals in Quebec. He was widely seen in the province as the environmental conscience of the Carney government. His repudiation of the MOU should be bad news for Mr. Carney, no?

That is far from certain. Mr. Guilbeault may be a Quebec media darling, but his departure is at best a neutral development in many regions of the province that depend on resource development. As environment minister, Mr. Guilbeault’s opposition to proposals for a liquified natural gas terminal in the Saguenay region and threat to ban logging to protect woodland caribou herds were deeply unpopular in many areas of Quebec…