Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and the Honourable John Streicker, Yukon Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, announced they are more than tripling the funding for a program to help Yukon homeowners switch to energy-efficient heat pump systems, which will help households save money, ensure year-round comfort and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in powering the economy going forward, and momentum is underway around the world to secure strong, reliable suppliers. Clean hydrogen has the potential as an efficient fuel source to revolutionize key sectors, including heavy industry, energy production and transportation. With the demand for clean hydrogen projected to increase — projections indicate at least a tenfold increase in demand over the next three decades — Canada is uniquely positioned to meet this need. Atlantic Canada in particular is already seeing significant movement to seize the economic opportunity this presents for the region and is expected to create thousands of jobs.
This week, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, attended CERAWeek 2025 to advocate for Canadian energy interests, including an end to unjustified tariffs and tariff threats from the U.S. Tariffs make life more expensive for people on both sides of the border by driving up the cost of electricity, gasoline, home construction, fertilizer — and therefore food — as well as harming manufacturing industries.
HAMILTON — Lisa Hepfner, Member of Parliament for Hamilton Mountain, will make a local funding announcement regarding affordable and green housing on behalf of the federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Media availability will follow.
Today, Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, along with Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty, announced a joint investment of more than $53 million for a project that will plant 12 million trees on Tłı̨chǫ traditional territory.
Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson and the Honourable Trevor Boudreau announced that they have jointly directed the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator to prohibit the issuance of submerged land licences for the offshore wind energy at Georges Bank, thereby creating a moratorium on offshore wind projects in the Canadian portion of Georges Bank.
Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, concluded his participation at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada 2025 Convention in Toronto, Ontario. The Convention was an opportunity for the Government of Canada to showcase the progress made in the critical minerals sector since launching the Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy in 2022.
On March 5, 2025, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced several investments that demonstrate Canada’s commitment to clean energy, innovation and energy security as it continues to move toward a low-carbon economy.
Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced that the Government of Canada has entered into a preliminary agreement with AtkinsRéalis to support the development and modernization of a new, large-scale, natural uranium–fuelled Canadian deuterium uranium (CANDU) nuclear reactor (e.g. MONARK).
