A Breakfast with the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson: Building a prosperous net-zero economy

Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson

Join the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade to hear from the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources.

Minster Wilkinson will address the Board of Trade on strategies for sustainable natural resource development in British Columbia and across every region of Canada, as we transition to a net-zero economy. He will be making a policy announcement to this end.

A Q&A will follow, providing Board of Trade members and our region's business community with a chance to engage directly with the Minister on this topic.

About the speaker:

The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson was first elected as the Member of Parliament for North Vancouver in 2015. He has previously served as Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Raised in Saskatchewan, Minister Wilkinson spent more than 20 years in the private sector, holding leadership positions with a number of companies dedicated to the development of green technologies.

Minister Wilkinson’s work as CEO of both QuestAir Technologies and the former BioteQ Environmental Technologies (now BQE Water), in addition to his role as Senior Vice-President of Business Development with Nexterra, provided him with extensive experience in the energy and environmental technology sectors. He also previously worked at Bain & Company, a leading global management consultancy.

A Rhodes scholar, Minister Wilkinson made use of his educational background in public policy when he worked as a constitutional negotiator and a federal-provincial relations specialist for former Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow. He has served on several industry and charitable boards, including United Way of the Lower Mainland and the BC Technology Industry Association. He also served as a board member and treasurer of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation.

Minister Wilkinson has deep roots in North Vancouver, where he is raising his family alongside his wife, Tara.

Wednesday, June 01, 2022

8:30 AM

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Location:

UBC Robson Square

Theatre (C300) - Classroom Level

800 Robson St, Vancouver, BC

Schedule:Registration & Breakfast: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. PT
Program: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. PT

In-Person Attendance

UBC Robson Square has a mandatory mask policy for all common areas.
Masks must be worn when indoors unless eating or drinking.

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