Jobs take a backseat to Mckenna’s ideology and Carbon Tax master plan

The Post Millennial caught up briefly with McKenna after she exited the House following question period.

TPM: Do you have any comment about the United We Roll protest today?

McKenna: Look, in Canada we have the right to peaceful protest and it’s good for everyone to have the chance to make their views known.

TPM: But their views are that they don’t like your policies. They say your policies are hurting their industry.

McKenna: When it comes to taking action to protect the environment and grow the economy, that was what we ran on as a government. We certainly want to get our resources to market but you know that it has to be done in a sustainable way in the 21st century for that to happen. We are putting a price on pollution, Alberta has a price on pollution and it’s one of the fastest growing economies in the country….

TPM: A price on pollution, will kill jobs. More than 100,000 jobs in Alberta are already gone. Are you putting the environment before jobs?

McKenna: In fact, a price on pollution has been shown to be effective and the provinces that had a price on pollution were the fastest growing in the country. We need to take action on…

TPM: Fastest growing in what, job losses?

McKenna: We need to take action on climate change. It is actually the cost that we are paying right now, all Canadians are paying through extreme weather – floods, droughts. It’s in the billions of dollars and it’s expected to get higher and it’s a debt we’re passing on to the next generation.

TPM: So you don’t care about the job losses?

McKenna staffer: I’m sorry, we have to get going to our next appointment.