| Natural Resources Canada | backgrounders
On December 3, 2024, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, along with Member of Parliament George Chahal, announced over $2.6 million in funding for seven projects in the Prairies under Natural Resources Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Program (CCAP).
| Natural Resources Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, along with Member of Parliament George Chahal, announced over $2.6 million in funding for seven projects in the Prairies under Natural Resources Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Program (CCAP). These projects aim to help small, rural and Indigenous communities in the Prairies and across Canada adapt to a changing climate by developing training, tools and resources. They will also advance collaboration and meaningful engagement with First Nations partners and support them with the planning and implementation of actions that will help them adapt to a changing climate.
| Natural Resources Canada | news releases
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson launched an open call for proposals for grant funding to support Indigenous and coastal communities in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador in their pursuit of opportunities related to offshore wind development. Grants will provide up to $10,000 in funding per recipient per year until March 31, 2027.
| Natural Resources Canada | statements
Today, marking an important step in ensuring the ongoing safe and secure management of these nuclear by-products in Canada, the NWMO announced the selection of the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation-Ignace area as the site for Canada’s deep geological repository (DGR) for high-level nuclear by-products. This follows over a decade of engagement between the NWMO and potential host communities and votes by Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) and the Township of Ignace, Ontario in favour of pursuing next steps to host the DGR.
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On November 28, 2024, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced $12.5 million for six projects to accelerate the development of clean technologies that can significantly mitigate emissions from industrial activities in British Columbia.
| Natural Resources Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced $5 million in funding for Squamish-based Carbon Engineering ULC under the Energy Innovation Program to support the development of new, alternative energy solutions for powering direct air capture (DAC) systems, which pull carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. The project also aims to explore further electrification of the DAC process, which can address CO2 emissions from anywhere by decoupling the source of the emissions from the point of capture, providing an important tool to support a low-carbon future.
| Natural Resources Canada | news releases
That is why today, Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories, announced over $2 million in funding through the Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities (CERRC) program to support ADK Holdings Ltd.’s Geothermal Energy Development project.
| Natural Resources Canada | media advisories
Michael V. McLeod, Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, will make a geothermal energy project funding announcement at the 2024 Yellowknife Geoscience Forum.
| Natural Resources Canada | media advisories
NORTH VANCOUVER – The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, will tour a local business to announce measures that will put more money in your pocket, so you can buy the things you need and save for the things you want.
| Natural Resources Canada | news releases
Today in North Vancouver, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, visited local restaurant Akbar Joojeh 16th to highlight the government’s plan to put more money in Canadians’ pockets.
