This is a page from the 2023 Manitoba general election.
Climate Change & the Environment platforms
Here's what the candidates in Brandon West, and their parties, are promising.Active transportation
We don't have any PC policies on Active transportation.
Green
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Permit cyclists to treat stop signs as yields and red lights as stop signs, unless otherwise marked
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Permit cyclists of all ages and with all sizes of tire to ride on sidewalks, provided they do so safely and yield to pedestrians
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Give Cyclists priority right-of-way over motorists on all highways
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Require the installation of stop signs and traffic calming measures in back lanes to prevent collisions with cyclists and pedestrians
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Enact a province-wide urban default residential speed limit of no more than 30km/h
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Prohibit motorists from turning across a pedestrian or cyclist crosswalk at a red light (effectively banning right turns on red)
We don't have any NDP policies on Active transportation.
Climate adaptation
We don't have any PC policies on Climate adaptation.
Green
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Recognize the climate crisis for the Emergency that it truly is
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Develop a provincial Climate Emergency Response Agency that would bring together environmental, health, engineering and other professionals with Indigenous leadership, government personnel and members of the lay public to oversee the coordinated planning and action on Climate Emergency mitigation and adaptation
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Call for a provincial Citizens Assembly on the Climate Emergency with an emphasis on incorporating Indigenous wisdom on climate and the natural environment
We don't have any NDP policies on Climate adaptation.
Electric vehicles
We don't have any PC policies on Electric vehicles.
NDP
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Create a "clean energy hub" to invest in building charging stations and networks
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Provide $4,000 rebates for new and $2,500 and used EVs and plug-in hybrids
Energy generation
We don't have any PC policies on Energy generation.
Green
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Accelerate approvals for wind turbine installation on already degraded sites such as garbage dumps when such sites are suitable for wind turbine development
We don't have any NDP policies on Energy generation.
Environmental organisations
We don't have any PC policies on Environmental organisations.
NDP
Forests
We don't have any PC policies on Forests.
NDP
Green construction and retrofits
Land
We don't have any PC policies on Land.
NDP
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Reverse the current government's changes to Crown Land leases
Public transit
PC
Green
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Work with all cities in Manitoba to improve public transit service including increasing frequency, operating hours, and coverage
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Work with all cities in Manitoba with public transit systems to provide fare-free transit service, supported by increased provincial funding for fare-free public transit systems
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Develop and implement a province-wide system of electrified intercity bus and rail service
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Work toward a target where all busses, new and replacement, are zero emissions, battery electric or electric trolley busses
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Investigate a system of airship transportation for goods and services to remote and northern communities
NDP
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Switch transit bus fleets to electric
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Work with local companies, including New Flyer, to create jobs in electrified transit
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
We don't have any PC policies on Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Green
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Eliminate fossil fuel subsidies in Manitoba
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Remove the exemption for fuel under the Fuel Tax Act, and apply PST to all fuels
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Ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking)
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Cancel all new oil exploration projects
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Phase out existing oil and gas operations, so that they continue on a declining basis, to terminate at the end of 2035
We don't have any NDP policies on Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Waste
We don't have any PC policies on Waste.
Green
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Develop and implement province-wide municipal organics (compost) diversion programs from both the residential and the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sectors
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Develop and implement a deposit return system for recyclable single-use packaging and
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Introduce new tax incentives for enterprises that repair, reuse, and repurpose items that would otherwise have gone to landfill
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Accelerate regulations to phase out non-essential, single-use plastics, and expand the list of items to be phased out
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Increase fines for illegal dumping
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Mandate sorting of waste, compostable material and recyclables for all government departments and agencies, industry and corporations across the province, with meaningful fines in place to address non-compliance
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Require that all plastic packaging sold in Manitoba contain at least 50% recycled content by 2030
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Adjust provincial procurement practices and support municipalities that adopt equivalent or better reuse standards
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Introduce targets for reusable, returnable product packaging systems
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Prioritize and accelerate the upgrade of the Winnipeg North End Sewage Treatment Plant
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Accelerate approvals for wind turbine installation on already degraded sites such as garbage dumps when such sites are suitable for wind turbine development
We don't have any NDP policies on Waste.
Water
We don't have any PC policies on Water.
Green
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Prioritize and accelerate the upgrade of the Winnipeg North End Sewage Treatment Plant
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Incentivize the purchase and installation of composting toilets
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Mandate that all building permits for residential, commercial, institutional and industrial buildings include a water reclamation system so that only minimal amounts of treated water are used for toilet flushing
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Ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking)
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Ban Silica Sand mines
NDP
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Work with municipalities to improve surface-water protections
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Finish upgrading the North End Water Pollution Control Centre