Environment & Natural Resources

1. World Water Day marked with funding announcement for research and protection of our most precious natural resource: fresh water

   We are taking advantage of World Water Day to support our ambitious climate change actions that keep our air and our fresh water clean. Already, the Government of Canada has announced the creation of the Canadian Water Agency to protect this natural resource, which provides us with clean drinking water, transportation, energy, and economic opportunities, as well as recreation. Parliamentary Secretary Terry Duguid is also attending the United Nations Water 2023 Conference in New York this week as Canada's representative to discuss the mid-term review of the goals of the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development, 2018–2028.

2. Parliamentary Secretary Duguid to lead Canadian delegation to the United Nations 2023 Water Conference

   Media representatives are advised that Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will lead the Canadian delegation to the United Nations 2023 Water Conference.

3. Minister Wilkinson Celebrates International Day of Forests With Over 400,000 More Trees to Be Planted Across Canada

   The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced more than $2.2 million in funding to ALUS to plant more than 400,000 trees on marginal farmland in 13 communities across Canada. The contribution is through the 2 Billion Trees program, which supports program recipients in planting two billion trees for a better tomorrow.

4. Minister Guilbeault reiterates Canada’s commitment to achieve net-zero targets

   Minister Guilbeault reiterates Canada’s commitment to achieve net-zero targets

5. Ministers provide a status update on federal action to address ongoing situation at Kearl Oil Sands Mine

   Ministers provide a status update on federal action to address ongoing situation at Kearl Oil Sands Mine

6. Speech for the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, at Americana 2023

   Speech for the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, at Americana 2023

7. Government of Canada confirms support for Quebec’s transition to net zero at Americana 2023

   Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, outlined the Government of Canada’s support for a net-zero emissions economy in Quebec while speaking at Americana 2023, one of the largest environmental events in North America.

8. Ministers Guilbeault and Hajdu will hold a media availability to speak to the ongoing situation at Imperial Oil’s Kearl Oil Sands Processing Plant and Mine

   Ministers Guilbeault and Hajdu will hold a media availability to speak to the ongoing situation at Imperial Oil’s Kearl Oil Sands Processing Plant and Mine

9. Minister Guilbeault to deliver remarks at Americana 2023

   Minister Guilbeault to deliver remarks at Americana 2023

10. Canada supports caribou conservation in Nunavut

    Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the Government of Canada will invest $6.6 million over four years to support the Government of Nunavut’s multi-year research and monitoring activities of the 13 barren-ground, Dolphin Union, and Peary Caribou herds in the territory.

11. Statement by Minister Guilbeault on ongoing spill situation at Imperial Oil’s Kearl Oil Sands Processing Plant and Mine

    The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, met yesterday evening with the Honourable Sonya Savage, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas for Alberta, regarding the ongoing spill situation at the Kearl Oil Sands Mine.

12. Update: Minister Guilbeault to announce funding support for the protection and conservation of caribou in Nunavut

    Update: Minister Guilbeault to announce funding support for the protection and conservation of caribou in Nunavut

13. Minister Wilkinson to Deliver Remarks and Make Funding Announcement at the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce  

    The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, will deliver remarks and make a funding announcement at the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce.

14. Minister Guilbeault’s statement following the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate

    Minister Guilbeault’s statement following the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate

15. Partners working together to improve conservation and connect more Canadians with nature

    Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the Government of Canada will invest $2.32 million for three projects that will contribute to Canada’s rich network of protected and conserved areas.

16. Minister Wilkinson Positions Canada as Supplier of Choice for Critical Minerals and Clean Technologies at PDAC

    There is no global clean energy future without accelerated activity along the critical minerals value chain. Critical minerals are not just the building blocks of clean technology like solar panels and electric vehicle batteries — they are a key ingredient for creating middle-class jobs and growing a strong, globally competitive Canadian economy.

17. Projects Funded Under the Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration (CMRDD) Program

    Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is committed to supporting the development of value chains for Canadian critical minerals. Investments in this area are a recognition that critical minerals are essential inputs for renewable energy and clean technology applications.

18. Minister Wilkinson Announces Over $344 Million for Canadian Critical Minerals Development  

    Critical minerals are more than the building blocks of clean technology like solar panels and electric vehicle batteries — they are also a key ingredient for creating good, middle-class jobs and growing a strong, globally competitive Canadian economy. Accelerating activity in the critical minerals space is essential to meeting global clean energy needs and to building a prosperous economy that will thrive in our net-zero future.

19. Minister Wilkinson Provides Update at PDAC on Federal Initiatives to Improve Regulatory Processes for Major Projects

    Canada’s abundant natural resources and its ability to develop them — sustainably and inclusively — is a significant comparative advantage in the global transition to a net-zero economy. We have a generational opportunity to create prosperity and high-quality jobs for Canadians and foster economic reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples — from coast to coast to coast.

20. Canada and the United Kingdom Sign Critical Minerals Supply Chain Dialogue to Strengthen Collaboration  

    The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, and Nusrat Ghani, United Kingdom Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, announced a Canada–United Kingdom (U.K.) collaboration through a Critical Minerals Supply Chain Dialogue.

21. Minister Guilbeault’s statement on World Wildlife Day

    Minister Guilbeault’s statement on World Wildlife Day

22. Minister Wilkinson to Attend and Make Announcements at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Conference 2023

    The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, and Julie Dabrusin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, will attend PDAC 2023 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

23. Kaska Nation Creates Sustainable Jobs and Advances Climate Action Through Tree-Planting

    That’s why, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced a contribution of $300,000 to the Daylu Dena Council of the Kaska Nation for their Capacity Building Strategy project. The contribution comes from the 2 Billion Trees program, aimed to motivate and support new tree planting projects.

24. Government of Canada and FCM Support Innovative Wastewater Projects in Prince Rupert  

    The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, and FCM President Taneen Rudyk today announced an investment of $487,000 to the City of Prince Rupert for an innovative wastewater management system.

25. New Funding for Sustainable Affordable Housing Units in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Communities

    Darren Fisher, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, and Geoff Stewart, Second Vice-President of FCM, on behalf Taneen Rudyk, President of FCM, announce a series of

26. Canada continues investing to protect nature and freshwater in Ontario

    Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, announced over $11.7 million to support the Ontario Land Trust Alliance to conserve wetlands, grasslands and forests that are currently under threat. Spanning much of the province, the projects will protect from conversion up to 6000 hectares.

27. Governments of Canada and Manitoba reach a conservation agreement on Boreal Caribou

    The Government of Canada is committed to protecting and conserving nature and halting Canada’s biodiversity loss. The Boreal Caribou, famously depicted on Canada’s 25-cent coin, is an iconic species that plays a significant role in the culture and history of Indigenous peoples. However, Boreal Caribou are threatened, and their populations are in decline. Federal and provincial governments, Indigenous peoples, and other stakeholders must work together to ensure the species’ recovery and protection.

28. Speech for the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, at GLOBExCHANGE 2023

    Speech for the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, at GLOBExCHANGE 2023

29. Minister Wilkinson and MP Lapointe to Make an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Announcement

    The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, and Viviane Lapointe, Member of Parliament for Sudbury, will make an announcement to support electric vehicle infrastructure in Canada.

30. Minister Wilkinson Announces $35 Million in Support for Clean Air and Good Jobs Through New Whitesand First Nation Energy Facility

    The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced a $35-million investment to Whitesand First Nation owned Sagatay Co-Generation Limited Partnership to deploy a combined heat and power facility using locally sourced wood waste to produce energy for the communities. Once constructed, the facility will reduce the use of diesel fuel for heat and electricity in Whitesand First Nation, and the communities of Armstrong and Collins, Ontario.

31. Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador invest in climate action projects in support of the city of St. John’s Corporate Climate Plan

    Today, Joanne Thompson, Member of Parliament, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced an investment of up to $1.7 million to support the Corporate Climate Plan of the city of St. John’s.

32. MP Fisher to Make a Sustainable Affordable Housing Announcement 

    Darren Fisher, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth–Cole Harbour, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources; Geoff Stewart, Deputy-Mayor of Colchester, Second Vice-President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Chair of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Big City Mayors’ Caucus; and Jim Graham, former Executive Director of the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia, will make a sustainable affordable housing announcement in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

33. Government of Canada invests in reversing biodiversity loss through conservation breeding program for caribou in Jasper National Park

    First-in-Canada caribou breeding program in Jasper National Park has the potential to restore caribou populations and support Canada’s biodiversity goals.

34. Government of Canada invests in reversing biodiversity loss through conservation breeding program for caribou in Jasper National Park

    Government of Canada invests in reversing biodiversity loss through conservation breeding program for caribou in Jasper National Park.

35. Minister Guilbeault to announce funding support for nature-based solutions and freshwater protection in Ontario

    Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will make a funding announcement for nature-based solutions and freshwater protection projects in Ontario.

36. Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change to attend GLOBExCHANGE

    Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will attend GLOBExCHANGE on Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

37. Minister Wilkinson to Deliver Remarks and Make Announcement at the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce  

    The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, will deliver remarks and make an announcement at the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce.

38. Electric Vehicle–Related Investments

    The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced a total investment of $18,531,882 for 26 projects to install up to 2,416 electric vehicle (EV) chargers, more than 1,880 of which will be installed across the Greater Vancouver Area.

39. Federal offset protocol: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Refrigeration Systems

    Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System provides an incentive to undertake projects in Canada that reduce greenhouse gases—either by preventing them from being emitted, or by removing them from the atmosphere—that go beyond legal requirements and business-as-usual practices, and that are not subject to carbon pollution pricing.

40. Canada putting a freeze on greenhouse gas emissions from refrigeration systems with launch of new Offset Credit System Protocol

    Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced a second project type eligible to generate offset credits under Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System.

41. Minister Wilkinson to Make an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Announcement for Greater Vancouver

    The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, will make an announcement to support electric vehicle charging infrastructures. A media availability will follow.

42. The Government of Canada to hold a technical briefing relating to Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System

    Media representatives are advised that senior officials from the Government of Canada will hold a bilingual technical briefing on new a Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System for refrigeration systems.

43. Canada Launches New Small Modular Reactor Funding Program

    At the Canadian Nuclear Association’s annual conference, Julie Dabrusin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, launched the Enabling Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) Program. This program will promote the safe, commercial development of SMRs to contribute to our low-carbon economy and help fight climate change.

44. Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Grant (Prince Edward Island)

    The Program helps low-to-median-income Canadian households that are currently heating their homes with oil to transition to electric cold-climate heat pumps. By switching, homeowners can receive up to $10,000 in federal support toward the purchase and installation of a new cold-climate heat pump, save thousands of dollars annually on heating bills and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

45. Canada Announces Oil to Heat Pump Program Co-Delivery with P.E.I. to Lower Heating Costs  

    Member of Parliament Heath MacDonald, on behalf of the Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that registration has opened for the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability (OHPA) Program in P.E.I. Eligible homeowners can receive up to $5,000 in federal support from this program in addition to up to $5,000 from the Canada Greener Homes Grant and further support from the Province of P.E.I. Registration for Prince Edward Island is through the provincial Free Heat Pump Program.

46. Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Grant (Nova Scotia) 

    Sean Fraser, Member of Parliament for Central Nova and Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, on behalf of the Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that registration has opened for the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability (OHPA) Program in Nova Scotia. Eligible homeowners can receive up to $5,000 in federal support from this program in addition to up to $5,000 from the Canada Greener Homes Grant (CGHG), and further support from the Province of Nova Scotia. Registration for Nova Scotia is through the provincial program delivered by EfficiencyOne.

47. Minister Fraser Announces Oil to Heat Pump Co-Delivery Program with Nova Scotia to Lower Heating Costs

    Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Sean Fraser, on behalf of the Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that registration has opened for the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability OHPA Program in Nova Scotia. Eligible homeowners can receive up to $5,000 in federal support from this program in addition to up to $5,000 from the Canada Greener Homes Grant (CGHG) and further support from the Province of Nova Scotia. Registration for Nova Scotia is through the provincial program delivered by EfficiencyOne.

48. MP Fraser to Make Announcement About Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Grant

    Sean Fraser, Member of Parliament for Central Nova, will make an announcement on behalf of Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources Canada, regarding the delivery of the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability (OHPA) grant at EfficiencyOne in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He will be joined by the Honourable Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables, Nova Scotia.

49. MP MacDonald to Make Announcement About Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Grant

    Heath MacDonald, Member of Parliament for Malpeque, will make an announcement on behalf of Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources Canada, for the start of pre-registration for the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability (OHPA) grant at Royalty Crossing in Charlottetown, P.E.I. The OHPA is part of the Canada Greener Homes Initiative, which strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while lowering the cost of utilities for Canadians across the country.

50. Minister Anand Announces Federal Funding for Electric Vehicle Chargers in Oakville and Kitchener

    Minister Anand Announces Federal Funding for Electric Vehicle Chargers in Oakville and Kitchener: