Heavy lifting starts for Trudeau, McKenna on climate change

Justin Trudeau will need to use his powers of persuasion in knitting together a national consensus on a climate change plan.
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is a quick study who has worked on international consensus building as a lawyer for the United Nations in East Timor, writes Sheila Copps.
OTTAWA—As the first year ends, the heavy lifting starts. The Liberal government approval last week of the Pacific NorthWest Liquefied Natural Gas project was the first in a series of decisions that will be welcomed by some and despised by others. It also puts additional pressure on Prime Ministe...

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