Natural resources minister defends carbon tax as provinces pile on
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says provincial premiers who are calling on the government to scrap a planned increase on the carbon tax have their facts wrong.
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Ottawa pledging $50M for Bruce Power nuclear plant expansion
The federal government is spending $50 million on preliminary work for an expansion of the Bruce Power nuclear plant — Ottawa's first major investment in expanding a large nuclear plant in decades.
Canada secures surrender of all oil and gas permits in Pacific offshore
Canada has secured the surrender of the last remaining permits for oil and gas development off its Pacific Coast, the federal natural resources minister said on Wednesday, after Chevron Canada CVX.N voluntarily relinquished 23 permits this month.
The loud fights and quiet conversations driving the quest for a clean power grid in Canada
Jonathan Wilkinson, the federal minister of natural resources and energy, has said that developing the clean electricity grid of the future — the cleaner and bigger grid we need to support a a net-zero economy — is a «nation-building project akin to the building of the railway.»
Manitoba premier wants to work with Ottawa on revisiting carbon pricing
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he wants work with Ottawa on re-examining how carbon pricing is applied in the province but did not share specific details on what that may look like.
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