#jonathan wilkinson

I don't care what economists say about Jonathan Wilkinson. When you vote against Climate Change policies as often as Jonathan, and your party buys pipelines, you're not a Climate Champion.

Dogwood Newsletter Dec. 7, 2019

North Vancouver Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson, formerly the minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, was sworn into his new role in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 18. He takes over the portfolio from Catherine McKenna and is tasked with pushing through a controversial pipeline project in B.C.

Wilkinson intends to carry through on the Liberal's plan to transition to clean energy technology and said the Trans Mountain pipeline project will help.

According to 'Dogwood',  Alberta premier Jason Kenney demanded Justin Trudeau replace Catherine McKenna as environment minister, claiming she was “anti-pipeline”.  They says he's to work promoting Kenney’s #1 priority: a massive expansion of the Alberta oil sands – and the pipelines and oil tankers it will require.

Kai Nagata, Communications Director at Dowood writes, "Wilkinson may be a Liberal, but when it comes to the Trans Mountain oil tanker project he’s on the same team as Jason Kenney.

"Wilkinson has final say over Teck’s gargantuan new oil sands mine proposal. The Frontier project would be twice the size of Vancouver, pumping out 260,000 more barrels of bitumen a day. But it can only be built if Trans Mountain is there to carry away the oil.

That’s why Wilkinson is on a media tour, greenwashing the pipeline as part of 'Canada’s climate plan'".

Public Input On Canada’s Climate Change Policy

Public Input On Canada’s Climate Change Policy

Originally Published on My Sea To Sky

The Federal Government is hosting roundtables to get public input on Canada’s Climate Change Policy.

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McKenna’s Lack Of Due Diligence On Woodfibre LNG

The ECOreport reposts a public letter about Environmental Minister Catherine McKenna’s Lack Of Due Diligence On Woodfibre LNG

Originally Published on My Sea To Sky

TO: The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change

RE: An open letter to Minister Catherine McKenna regarding lack of due diligence on approval of 
the Woodfibre LNG project

I cannot adequately express my…

Visited the wonderful art shop 'Colours May Vary' for the first time today and came across the work of Jonathan Wilkinson. He describes his inspiration as a celebration of 'the buildings and scenes that define where we live'. I can definitely identify with this as I have a great love for elements of the natural or built landscape that become part of the area's identity and the community's sense of self. I really like that these elements are almost iconic and sculptural, and finding an artist that currently dedicates his work to it helps to reinforce this idea.

Jonathan was born in Leeds, grew up in Nottingham and now lives in Sheffield, where he went to uni and studied Painting and Printmaking. He went on to work in graphic design. His website describes how he was inspired to create work and launch his own online store for his work by the destruction of the Tinsley Towers and the the brutalist surroundings of Sheffield’s urban landscape.

His images are hyperreal and are described as sitting somewhere 'between illustration and photography'. I would describe them as digital architectural imaginings with soul. 

Wilkinson counts the painters George Shaw, Edward Hopper and Patrick Caulfield as influences, as well as the anonymous photography of British tourism postcards and classic illustrated posters.