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Varcoe: Guilbeault out, Wilkinson stays as energy boss in Carney cabinet, as wary oilpatch watches

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Jonathan Wilkinson is the new energy and natural resources minister.

He replaces Steven Guilbeault , who was seen as an opponent of growing Canada ’s oil and gas sector.

Industry leaders remain wary of a change in how the federal government views energy and the environment.

It remains to be seen if the Liberal government under Carney will make a dramatic U-turn.

Wilkinson said the government’s aim is to continue to be an energy superpower in conventional and emerging areas.

As for pipelines, he stressed the need to look at the business case and national energy security considerations.

The oil and gas industry will be relieved to see Guilbeault moved to a new portfolio.

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