Carney taps Trudeau-era cabinet minister Jonathan Wilkinson as EU ambassador | Page 906 | Unpublished
Hello!

Unpublished Newswire

Source Feed: National Post
Author: Rahim Mohamed
Publication Date: April 30, 2026 - 09:37

Stay informed

Unpublished Opinions

Segregated Bike Lanes

Carney taps Trudeau-era cabinet minister Jonathan Wilkinson as EU ambassador

April 30, 2026

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson says he’s accepted an offer from Prime Minister Mark Carney to serve as Canada’s Ambassador to the European Union.

“The European Union is one of Canada’s most important partners in trade, climate, security and the defence of democracy,” said Wilkinson in a statement posted to social media on Thursday morning.

“In Brussels, I will work to ensure that this partnership delivers real benefits to Canadians,” said Wilkinson.

Wilkinson said he’d be leaving his Vancouver area federal seat “in the coming months.”

First elected to the House of Commons in 2015, Wilkinson previously served as minister of fisheries and oceans, environment minister and minister of natural resources under former prime minister Justin Trudeau.

He’s the third Trudeau-era cabinet minister to be appointed to a diplomatic post by Carney, following the appointment of former attorney general David Lametti as Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations and that of former defence minister Bill Blair as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Wilkinson will succeed career diplomat Ailish Campbell, who concluded her mandate as Canada’s Ambassador to the EU in September 2025.

National Postrmohamed@postmedia.com

Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here.

Comments

Be the first to comment

Unpublished Newswire

 
May 1, 2026 - 07:30 | Nicole Ireland | The Globe and Mail
VANCOUVER — The church of Goldie Boutilier is a broad one. At her concert March 26 at Vancouver’s Hollywood Theatre — the perfect venue for a chanteuse whose various pop-star personas are often inspired by old movies — the enthusiastic crowd responds to her proclamations about healing from past traumas like they’re at a rock ’n’ roll revival. “Healed people heal people,” the singer-songwriter from Cape Breton proclaims from the stage as rapt Gen Xers turning 60 and Gen Z fans alike respond with their own brands of “Amen.” Some fellow Cape Bretoners are in the crowd and are equally...
May 1, 2026 - 07:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
A Toronto foundation has helped return a Renoir artwork allegedly looted by the Nazis to the Musée d’Orsay, after a 90-year journey as dramatic as the painting itself. Le Jugement de Pâris, a 1908 sanguine sketch of a classic cultural myth, was loaned to the Parisian museum by Canadian non-profit EJB Steinberg Arts Foundation, which bought the artwork in 2023. “From what I understand, this painting has a complicated history, but one that is all too common for many great European works of art,” said foundation director Elen Steinberg in an email. It is part of a new exhibition...
May 1, 2026 - 07:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
more