McKenna ‘deeply disappointed’ in U.S. decision to pull out of Paris
OTTAWA — President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate-change agreement is disappointing, but the world is marching inexorably towards a greener future with or without the United States, says Canada’s environment minister.
Catherine McKenna was responding to news that the U.S. is pulling out of the landmark 190-country agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, although the president says the U.S. is willing to try to negotiate its re-entry, under better terms.
She called Trump’s Rose Garden announcement “deeply disappointing,” but suggested the president is costing the U.S. a golden opportunity to profit from the inevitable growth of clean-tech initiatives around the globe.
“The clean-growth economy is where the world is going and Canada is going to be part of it,” McKenna said on Parliament Hill following Thursday’s White House news conference.