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Quite. The storm is brewing

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for Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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Three Liberal MPs will
soon be departing.

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Jonathan Wilkinson
will be leaving to

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become ambassador of
the European Union.

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Nate Erskine-smith will be

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resigning his seat
this summer after

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losing a nomination contest to

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run for the Ontario Liberals.

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And climate hardliner Stephen
Gilbert will be resigning

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later this summer
in protest over

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Carney's rollback
of carbon taxes,

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EV mandates and the MoU

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with Alberta Premier
Danielle Smith.

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In a statement posted
to X, Guilbeault said,

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it's time for me to
pursue my fight for

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environmental protection
and the fight

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against climate change
in a different way.

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Maybe Gilbert will dust off

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the old orange jumpsuit and go

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back to scaling buildings so

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taxpayers can rescue him again.

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When the three depart,

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the Liberals will temporarily
drop to 171 seats.

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Technically a minority, though

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the opposition parties
will still have fewer.

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But for now, these
ridings are all currently

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projected as safe for the
Liberals in by elections,

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which will likely be
held in the fall.

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But there's trouble
in liberal Paradise.

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14 Liberal MPs signed a
private protest letter

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warning that the Alberta deal

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destroys the government's
environmental credibility.

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We don't know exactly
who they are.

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There could be overlap with
the three MPs leaving,

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but that still means
that there are

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at least 11 unhappy climate
campers in the caucus.

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So the Liberals could
potentially be blocked

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by their own members in a vote
on energy infrastructure.

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Meanwhile, a referendum
is brewing in

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Alberta and this week not
properly reading the room.

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Kearney warned Alberta
separatists who think

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referendum will provide the
province more leverage,

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that they are being
unhelpful and

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are risking a very
dangerous bluff.

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Heavy pressure is now
mounting on Kearney to

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deliver real pipelines
and energy progress,

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because what prime Minister
wants a province to

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vote for separation
on their watch.

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Will this storm tear
the Liberals apart?

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What do you think?
Comment below.