No wetsuits allowed: McKenna celebrates 50th with a splash as she looks to post-Hill life

Still infrastructure minister, Catherine McKenna will shed her last layer of political office when a new cabinet is sworn in on Oct. 26.

Outgoing Liberal minister Catherine McKenna, pictured at New Brunswick's Minas Basin, where she took a dip as part of a swim challenge to celebrate her 50^th birthday and raise money for the non-profit Swim Drink Fish.Photograph courtesy of Twitter

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

October 18, 2021

What better way for an avid swimmer to mark a milestone birthday during a pandemic than swimming the five Great Lakes, and the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans—all without a wetsuit? So figured outgoing Liberal minister Catherine McKenna, who recently completed a swimming challenge to celebra...

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