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Catherine McKenna is getting a little testy. And you can certainly see why.

The incoming national carbon tax that she’s been promoting alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is really taking a beating. So much so that the majority of Canadians might be asking for its repeal come the next election.

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McKenna, the environment and climate change minister, appeared on the Sunday talk show CTV Question Period to discuss issues pertinent to her file with host Evan Solomon.

An increasing number of mainstream political leaders are speaking defiantly against carbon taxes and are poised to bring millions of Canadian voters along with them for the ride.

This trend doesn’t sit well with McKenna. “I have no time for folks who are like, you know, ‘We shouldn’t take action,’” she told Solomon, adding, “I don’t have time for politicians that play cynical games about climate action.”

She was pressed on the fact that when you’re in government it’s your job to have time for those who disagree with you, to which she responded: “I have time for Canadians who disagree with me, and I have conversations with them all the time… But I don’t have time for politicians that pretend climate change isn’t real.”