Regional concerns must inform ‘just transition’ legislation, say experts, as Wilkinson acknowledges energy worker anxiety

According to a recent poll released by Abacus Data and Clean Energy Canada, three-in-four people believe Canada 'must have an ambitious strategy to be strong competitors in a global economy that is striving to reduce carbon emissions.'

Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured in the Sir John A. Macdonald building on Oct. 26, 2021, recently said that the global economy is 'changing rapidly' and that Canada is a country that has an abundance of both resources and talent that can create 'significant value during and beyond this energy transition.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

February 16, 2022

As the federal government embarks on a whole-of-government approach to climate action, with all eyes on the introduction of long-awaited "just transition" legislation to help particularly vulnerable workers adapt and retrain for the green energy economy, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson...

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