[10] He left the bureaucracy July 1, 1983, with the congratulations of Honorable Garde Gardom: " Mr. Matkin has performed long and in a most dedicated fashion, under two different administrations, always in the interests of the general public of our province.

"[1] Matkin's associate, Paul C. Weiler, a former BC Labour Relations Board head, had written a McGill Law Journal paper that recommended a Non Obstante Clause be inserted[11] in the Canadian constitution.

[5] In 1996, Matkin was chosen to head a commission to oversee the reduction in size of the British Columbia fishing fleet.

[14] Matkin was a committee of one who investigated and in 2004 "denounced" the Vancouver Stock Exchange "as a breeding ground for swindles and laid the blame at the feet of the B.C.

This came in response to concerns raised at the society that he had become involved with a junior company with two alleged stock offenders.

"[17] The then-president of the Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia branch, expressed regret that an enquiry did not occur due to Matkin's resignation.

"[18] The BC Law Society dismissed a complaint of impropriety filed December 31, 2004, by a lawyer.

In later life, Matkin has turned to producing self-published opinion pieces on climatology via Academia.edu, articulating his position of climate change denial, his belief in the Global warming conspiracy theory,[21] and criticizing political and economic reforms aimed at avoiding or mitigating anthropogenic climate change, which he attributes to the political left.