Jonathan Wilkinson

“Canada has one of the most emissions-intensive economies in the world,” and achieving net zero by 2050 will “require a major transformation of Canada’s energy system, including a deep decarbonization of energy production and use,” wrote a senior bureaucrat in a memo to the deputy minister.

Plastic may now be considered toxic under Canada’s environmental law, but the hard work of reducing single-use plastics and improving recycling still lies ahead.

The Sustainable Finance Action Council, launched May 12, will draw upon “financial sector leaders” for help in transforming Canadian markets so that they properly measure, price and disclose the risks faced by businesses from the climate crisis.

The federal government’s decision this week to review the environmental impact of Ontario’s Highway 413 will slow down the project by several months at least. But long term, the controversial project’s future is unclear.

Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson decided to intervene on Ontario's Highway 413 Monday, a decision that throws the project's fate into question. But Wilkinson declined to step in on the Progressive Conservatives' other contentious highway proposal, the Bradford Bypass.

Canada's environment minister has proposed changes to the bill that would make the federal government more accountable as it strives to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. 

We need a new environmental protection law for a new century, and there have been many substantive recommendations from Canadians, environmental groups, industry and parliamentarians, writes Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Now is the time to get the job done.

Public health research has shown that climate change is amplifying the health disparities that poorer people already face as a result of social conditions, like substandard housing or jobs with poor working conditions.

Saskatchewan, one of the biggest foes of a federal carbon tax, plans to charge one of its own after a legal defeat in its drawn-out battle against Ottawa.

Federal Liberals swiftly adopted a new attack strategy on Monday, March 22, 2021, to paint the Official Opposition as climate-change deniers, after a weekend convention that saw the Conservative party grassroots reject a motion to declare climate change is real.

The federal government needs to step in and consider the potential overall effects of Alberta's intent to expand its coal-mining industry, says a petition tabled Monday in the House of Commons.

The government has said that this listing is a “necessary regulatory step” before it can enact new rules changing how plastic products are designed, manufactured and thrown out, in order to cut down on the plastic pollution that clogs rivers and oceans.

The federal government will spend more than $40 million of carbon tax revenue to make Ontario schools more energy efficient, the environment minister announced on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

The historical link between the civil rights and environmental justice movements is widely acknowledged, yet these struggles have become increasingly isolated over time, writes Sabaa Khan, the David Suzuki Foundation’s director-general for Quebec and Atlantic Canada.

Two of southern Alberta's largest First Nations have asked the federal government to step into an environmental review of a coal mine proposed for the Rocky Mountains.