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WHEN CATHERINE MCKENNA needs
to find her focus, the former competitive
swimmer goes back to the water.
Growing up, two-a-day swim practices
taught her the gratification of putting in
long hours.
"Swimming — it's not that different from
law. It taught me to focus on a goal. It taught
me discipline," she says. "I learned that
sometimes you will lose, and that makes
you stronger. Probably the most important
lesson is that you have got to work as part of
a team if you are going to be able to deliver
on big things."
As the second-longest serving Minister of
Environment and Climate Change, McKenna
is now governing the world's largest coast-
line. A job roaming the nation's natural land-
scape means being underwater has become
A PRODUCT
OF HER
ENVIRONMENT
The political tides are always shifting — but
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Catherine McKenna has her own flow
Catherine McKenna at the University of St. Michael's in Toronto. | Photo credit: Alex Tétreault
