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  • Feds partner with Alberta government to fund eight infrastructure projects
    Prasad Panda, Minister of Infrastructure for Alberta, was joined on Monday via teleconference by Catherine McKenna, federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi to announce the joint funding of eight new infrastructure projects, including the Downtown Flood Barrier in Calgary.
    Money
    Oct 26, 2020
  • Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna calls for an end to hateful rhetoric on social media
    MP Catherine McKenna put the blame on social media as she spoke to media after a video surfaced online appearing to show a person harassing a staffer at her Ottawa Centre constituency office.
    Canada
    Aug 10, 2020
  • Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna leaving politics to focus on climate change
    Canada’s Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna has announced that she will not be seeking re-election, as she aims to focus on family, as well as taking action on climate change in the future. David Akin looks at what the prominent Liberal MP’s decision means for Ottawa.
    Global National
    Jun 28, 2021
  • NDP critical of Liberal climate strategy ahead of U.S. state visit
    Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna defended the Liberal government’s climate strategy on Monday, saying that all Canada’s provinces are committed to implementing greenhouse gas reduction targets agreed upon at the Paris Summit last year.
    Environment
    Mar 7, 2016
  • Environmental Minister follows Trudeau to Switzerland to sell low-carbon economic plan
    Federal Environmental Minister Catherine McKenna will join Prime Minister Trudeau at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday with the goal of selling Canada’s plan to invest in a low-carbon economy and green energy.
    Top Story
    Jan 19, 2016
  • Tories hammer Liberals over proposed national carbon tax plan
    Alberta MP Jason Kenney hammered Environment Minister Catherine McKenna over a national carbon tax strategy during Question Period on Monday, but she hit back, challenging Kenney’s understanding of economics, and questioning if he believed in climate change.
    Canada
    Sep 19, 2016
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  • Canada responds to Trump pullout of Paris accord
    Environment Minister Catherine McKenna confirmed Canada is moving ahead with climate change commitments laid out under the Paris accord despite the U.S. pulling out of the global agreement.
    Environment
    Jun 2, 2017
  • Canada ‘disappointed’ by U.S. decision to withdraw from Paris accords
    Environment Minister Catherine McKenna told reporters Thursday that Canada was “disappointed” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change accords.
    Canada
    Jun 1, 2017
  • Radio Host “Dances on the Grave” of Roy Halladay
    Bob Reid of Touch Downs and Fumbles weighs in on Catherine McKenna’s reaction to Rebel Media, as well as a radio host who fumbled hard after commentary on the death of former baseball player, Roy Halladay.
    The Morning Show
    Nov 10, 2017
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  • ‘A mistake was made’: McKenna apologizes for tweet praising Syria
    Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Wednesday she takes “full responsibility” for a tweet Tuesday which praised Syria for joining the Paris Climate Accord.
    Nov 8, 2017
  • Environment Minister apologizes for tweet praising Syria
    Liberal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna took full responsibility on Wednesday for a tweet issued on her ministerial account which praised Syria for joining the Paris Climate Accord.
    The Morning Show
    Nov 9, 2017
  • Federal government announces major new review process for energy projects
    Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced Thursday that energy projects will have to be assessed and either approved or denied within two years under a new national assessment bill.
    Canada
    Feb 8, 2018
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  • McKenna says government having ‘discussions’ to end BC/Alberta feud
    Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna told the House of Commons that “officials that are in British Columbia right now having discussions” to end the province’s trade war with Alberta.
    Canada
    Feb 8, 2018
  • No decision yet on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project
    Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna tells Mercedes Stephenson her government is working hard to get a decision on the pipeline project but would not commit to when that decision will be announced.
    The West Block
    Jun 16, 2019
  • U.K. gifts ship wrecks HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to Canada
    Minister of Environment Catherine McKenna announces United Kingdom gifting the ship wrecks HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to Canada which were part of the Franklin expedition.
    Canada
    Apr 26, 2018
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  • Liberals say Conservatives are politicizing loss of jobs at GM
    During Question Period Thursday, Minister of Environment Catherine McKenna criticized Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre for politicizing the loss of jobs at GM.
    Canada
    Nov 29, 2018
  • Postal workers occupy Catherine McKenna’s office in Ottawa
    Postal workers occupied the office of federal environment minister Catherine McKenna on Friday to protest against the Liberal government’s threat to introduce back-to-work legislation.
    Nov 23, 2018
  • Canadian government to invest in energy efficiency retrofits to schools nation-wide
    A portion of the revenue collected as a result of carbon pollution pricing will go toward updating schools across Canada with energy efficient retrofits, announced Environment Minister Catherine McKenna on June 25 in Ottawa.
    Environment
    Jun 25, 2019
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  • All revenue from the price on carbon must be returned to respective province: McKenna
    During a press conference in Ottawa on June 25 where she unveiled where a portion of revenue collected as a result of carbon pollution pricing will go, Canadian Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said that by law, 100 per cent of revenue must be generated back into its respective province.
    Canada
    Jun 25, 2019
  • Important to recognize ‘good and bad’ of history: McKenna
    Catherine McKenna, the minister responsible for Parks Canada, said Wednesday she has tasked the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada with addressing concerns around historic figures like John A. Macdonald, while adding that you “can’t erase history.”
    Aug 15, 2018
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