A timeline of a cabinet resignation: Inside Guilbeault’s decision to resign

By Mia Rabson Quebec Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet on Thursday, after spending all six years he has been a member of Parliament around that table. The final decision was made in the last few days but it was a choice that was months in the making. The Canadian Press spoke to a source with knowledge of the week’s events, who spoke on background about the days leading up to the decision. Here’s a timeline of how it unfolded. Before Monday, Nov. 23: Guilbeault came into politics after a decades-long career as an environmentalist and activist, including as the founder of Quebec’s Equiterre organization. He left that organization in 2018, and a few months later won the nomination to run for the Liberals in a Montreal riding, under…

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