Feds Respond to Smith’s Remarks That ‘Just Transition’ Legislation Will Cut 2.7 Million Jobs: Report

Feds Respond to Smith’s Remarks That ‘Just Transition’ Legislation Will Cut 2.7 Million Jobs: Report
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 20, 2022. The Canadian Press/Patrick Doyle
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The federal Department of Natural Resources says the government’s proposed “just transition” legislation won’t eliminate jobs—as critics has said seemed to be implied by an internal briefing document—but will instead create more jobs, according to a media report.

“The federal government’s approach to sustainable jobs is about creating jobs, not eliminating them,” department press secretary Keean Nembhard told CBC News on Jan. 17.