Western Standard - May 27, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Guilbeault is leaving the Liberals over pipeline MOU ｜ 27 May 2026

Topics
Gilbeau resigns from Liberals over pipeline MOU
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Steven Guilbeault Mark Carney Justin Trudeau YouTube Music Dave Naylor Abbotsford
Mitch Sylvestre frustrated by Smith's independence referendum question Kamloops residential school debate erupts at B.C. legislature

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2 minutes

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Word count

252

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18


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Former Environment Minister Stephen Gilbeau has made it official Wednesday morning, announcing he is leaving the Liberal caucus over differences with Prime Minister Mark Carney and his pipeline deal with Alberta. Kamloops Skeptics are holding a rally today in front of the B.C. legislature to mark the 5th anniversary of the unmarked graves announcement. The Bank of Canada says a wave of immigration has led to a youth employment crisis in the country. The RCMP has dismantled two fentanyl and MDMA superlabs in Chilliwack and Abbotsford. And documents from the CTF show PM Mark Carney is spending way more money than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on luxury in-flight meals.

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.140 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:14.460 Former Environment Minister Stephen Gilbeau has made it official Wednesday morning,
00:00:19.220 announcing he is leaving the Liberal caucus over differences with Prime Minister Mark Carney
00:00:24.080 and his pipeline MOU with Alberta. Gilbeau will sit as an independent
00:00:29.040 and resigned the seat in the summer.
00:00:33.120 Kamloops skeptics are holding a rally today
00:00:35.460 in front of the B.C. legislature
00:00:37.020 to mark the fifth anniversary of the unmarked graves announcement.
00:00:42.940 The Bank of Canada says a wave of immigration
00:00:45.600 has led to a youth employment crisis in the country.
00:00:50.720 The RCMP have dismantled two fentanyl and MDMA superlabs
00:00:55.360 in Chilliwack and Abbotsford.
00:00:59.740 And documents from the CTF show Prime Minister Mark Carney is spending way more money than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on luxury in-flight meals.
00:01:10.260 And that's it for now. Join us next time for more Western Standard news updates.
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