The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change | December 6, 2018

The Empire Club of Canada Presents:

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change In Conversation With Tom Clark

Catherine McKenna was elected as the first female member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre on October 19th 2015, and appointed Minister of Environment and Climate Change shortly thereafter. She helped negotiate the Paris Agreement and secured Canada’s first plan with provinces, territories and Indigenous peoples to address climate change and grow a clean economy.

Before entering politics, Catherine practiced competition and international trade law with leading firms in Canada and Indonesia and was senior negotiator with the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission on the Timor Sea Treaty.

She co-founded Level Justice, a charity that levels the playing field and increases access to justice for marginalized communities worldwide. She served as Executive Director of the Banff Forum, a public policy organization for young leaders, and taught at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

Catherine is a graduate of the University of Toronto, the London School of Economics, and McGill Law School; and is called to the Bars of Ontario and New York State. Catherine and her husband live in Ottawa with their three children and their dog Skoki. During her free time, she can be found in the water – swimming, canoeing or kayaking.

Tom Clark is Chairman of Global Public Affairs. He joined Global after almost 45 years at the most senior levels of Canadian journalism.

Tom left Global News on January 1, 2017, after serving as the network’s chief political correspondent and host of The West Block. He has interviewed every Canadian Prime Minister since Lester B. Pearson and has covered every federal election campaign since 1974. He has reported in eight active war zones and from over 33 countries.

Tom was CTV’s China Bureau Chief and was also its Chief Washington Correspondent for five years. He has a deep understanding of Canada’s position in an increasingly complicated international dynamic.

Tom is the recipient of Radio Television Digital News Association lifetime achievement award and has been named one of the most influential journalists in Ottawa.

Moderator: Tom Clark, Chairman, Global Public Affairs

Speaker: The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change

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