It’s already big news that Canada now has a Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna.
But it might be even more newsworthy that McKenna is promising that Canada will be a constructive player at the upcoming UN climate talks in Paris next month.
After years of international scrutiny for playing an obstructive role in international climate negotiations and a former environment minister who performed awkward linguistic gymnastics to avoid using the words “climate change,” McKenna’s enthusiasm signals a new era for Canada’s role on the global climate stage.
Speaking outside Parliament Wednesday after her first day in office, (Read more…)