Back to the Environment portfolio with John Baird
John Baird says it's a little like the movie Back to the Future -- without Michael J. Fox or the Delorean.
Baird is now the environment minister for the second time.
He stepped in to replace Jim Prentice, who resigned from cabinet earlier this month.
Baird first took questions from the Bloc's long time environment critic, Bernard Bigras.
He then answered a range of questions from the media: from the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, and climate change, to wastewater, and toxic sludge from the oilsands.
He was then asked if he was happy to be back in the portfolio.
"I am very excited," he said with a grin.
Baird is now the environment minister for the second time.
He stepped in to replace Jim Prentice, who resigned from cabinet earlier this month.
Baird first took questions from the Bloc's long time environment critic, Bernard Bigras.
He then answered a range of questions from the media: from the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, and climate change, to wastewater, and toxic sludge from the oilsands.
He was then asked if he was happy to be back in the portfolio.
"I am very excited," he said with a grin.
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