Environment Minister McKenna blasts provincial Tories for scrapping carbon tax
'You have to mitigate climate change and you have to be ambitious about that,' she says
Posted: May 26, 2019
Last Updated: May 26, 2019
As Alberta Premier Jason Kenney pushes forward with a plan to scrap the province's carbon tax, federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says he shouldn't ignore climate science — especially in the face of wildfires raging across the western province.
"Alberta needs to be part of the climate plan as much as any other province, especially as we transition to a cleaner future," McKenna told Cross Country Checkup guest host Reshmi Nair in an interview Sunday night.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5150685
'You have to mitigate climate change and you have to be ambitious about that,' she says
Posted: May 26, 2019
Last Updated: May 26, 2019
As Alberta Premier Jason Kenney pushes forward with a plan to scrap the province's carbon tax, federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says he shouldn't ignore climate science — especially in the face of wildfires raging across the western province.
"Alberta needs to be part of the climate plan as much as any other province, especially as we transition to a cleaner future," McKenna told Cross Country Checkup guest host Reshmi Nair in an interview Sunday night.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5150685