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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: 61%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $134,232.65

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Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson
  • Sep/19/23 10:51:32 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-49 
Madam Speaker, as the member knows, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick still rely significantly on coal, and there is a need to move away from coal. The Government of Nova Scotia has its own requirement to be off coal by 2030. One of the ways in which we can enable that is through the development of more renewables, and offshore wind offers the opportunity for large scale renewables to feed the grid.
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources, Lib.)
  • Dec/13/22 3:08:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in 2004, the Liberal government in Ontario moved to shut down coal-fired power, and the federal Conservative Party claimed that was its climate plan. In 2008, the global economy crashed, bringing emissions down with it for a time, and the Conservatives called that a climate plan. This year, the value of Bitcoin failed significantly, and this was an economic— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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