The Honourable Steven Guilbeault

Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages

Represents the riding of Laurier—Sainte-Marie

The Honourable Steven Guilbeault was first elected as Member of Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie in 2019. He has previously served as Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, as well as Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Minister Guilbeault is a lifelong advocate in the fight against the climate crisis, including his role as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, which he held from 2021 to 2025. His commitment to environmental issues started at the age of five, when he climbed a tree to protect it from real estate developers who were about to cut down the woods behind his home in La Tuque. Twenty-five years later, he scaled the CN Tower in Toronto to call for Canada to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

In 1993, Minister Guilbeault co-founded Équiterre, the largest environmental organization in Quebec, and served as Senior Director from 2008 to 2018. He also worked as Director and Campaign Manager for Greenpeace and was Strategic Advisor for more than 10 years at Cycle Capital Management, a Canadian fund dedicated to the development of clean technologies. Minister Guilbeault also worked for Deloitte & Touche as well as Copticom, a consulting firm specializing in the green and social economy as well as transportation.

Minister Guilbeault has been an activist and a strategic advisor for dozens of governments and businesses in Canada and abroad. He is also an avid cyclist and sportsman and has been riding his bike 12 months a year for the last 30 years.

Minister Guilbeault is a father of four and stepfather of two.