Catherine McKenna

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Catherine McKenna

Brian Mulroney knew something important that today's conservative politicians are ignoring

In 1987, U.S. president Ronald Reagan and prime minister Brian Mulroney stood side by side to announce the Montreal Protocol, one of the world’s most successful treaties, which would cut the use of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons. Four years later, Mulroney would stand next to Reagan’s successor, president George H.W. Bush, to announce the Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement, which would dramatically...

Catherine McKenna

Women leading on climate at COP28… and all the time

If you look at the widely circulated photo of leaders from the climate conference COP28 celebrating the UAE Consensus in Dubai, you would be forgiven for thinking that the negotiating process and its outcomes were almost entirely the result of the work of a small, elite group of men. And you would be totally wrong.

Catherine McKenna

Carbon pricing is a conservative policy that works

Catherine McKenna

Time for oil and gas sector to get real on net-zero emissions

This summer scorched the Earth, breaking heat records globally and setting off wildfires that choked North American cities with smoke. Article content And Suncor chief executive officer Rich Kruger? He chose this moment to announce that his company will double down on oil sands production and sideline its renewables strategy.