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Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson

  • Member of Parliament
  • Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
  • Liberal
  • North Vancouver
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 62%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $134,232.65

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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Nov/6/23 2:21:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have explained to the Leader of the Opposition through many different question periods over the past number of days, home heating oil is two to four times as expensive as natural gas. It accelerated by 75% in 2022. We have put in place a plan that will enable people to get off heating oil and have free heat pumps. It will save them up to $2,500 a year. It will make things more affordable, and at the same time it will allow us to fight climate change. That is true for the 270,000 households that use heating oil here in Ontario.
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Context: House Hansard - 243 - Oct/31/23
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Oct/31/23 3:08:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would encourage my hon. colleague to do a little more reading. Home heating oil is two to three times as expensive as natural gas. It is imperative that we enable people to implement heat pumps, to be more affordable, to ensure that they can actually save the $2,500 a year and do so in a manner that is consistent with fighting climate change. We also have programs to encourage the displacement of natural gas-fired furnaces through the greener homes program, through the greener homes loan program and to see the implementation of heat pumps. Certainly folks in Saskatchewan, where I grew up, are very much able to access those programs.
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Context: House Hansard - 116 - Oct/24/22
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Oct/24/22 2:31:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we certainly recognize that affordability is a very important issue for Canadians. It is why 80% of Canadian households get more back in a rebate on the price on pollution than they actually pay. It is also why we are investing $250 million to help make home heating more affordable for families across the country, by helping them move to more affordable and greener home heating sources. We can fight climate change and address affordability.
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