Wife of Minister Instrumental in ‘Just Transition’ Policies Invests in Oil and Gas Stocks

Published on January 9, 2024

The wife of Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson continues to own oil and gas stocks. This is while Mr. Wilkinson is one of the key ministers on the Liberal government’s file on transitioning away from the oil and gas sector to renewable resources as part of the government’s climate change policies. Tara Wilkinson last year was listed as owning shares in Enbridge Incorporate and Shell PLC, according to conflict of interest filings obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.  Mr. Wilkinson, along with Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, introduced Canada’s draft framework to cap pollution from the oil and gas sector to reduce emissions last month. The plan is a bid to reduce emissions in the sector by at least one-third as of 2030....

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