Environment
Together, we can protect our environment.
A Manitoba NDP Government Will:
- Work with Indigenous communities to conserve at least 30% of Manitoba’s lands and waters by 2030.
- Work towards Net Zero commitments
- Create an Affordable Home Energy Program to cover the costs for 5,000 homes to convert to geothermal energy
- Move our transit buses off diesel by building more electric transit buses
- Provide rebates for new and used EVs and plug-in hybrids
- Build more EV charging stations
- Bring Lake Winnipeg back to health and protect it for future generations
- Stop fighting with other levels of government and get the North End Water Pollution Control Centre done
- Restore funding to environmental organizations cut by the PCs in 2020 and work with them to fight climate change
- End the PC Government’s practice of deforestation and plant more trees to improve Manitoba's green spaces and protect Manitobans from extreme heat.
- Stop the PCs’ privatization of parks and protect them while keeping them public and affordable.
- Work with municipalities to improve surface-water protections and ensure there is adequate funding for waste-water management so communities can grow
- Work with municipalities and the federal government to launch a rail-relocation study to prevent environmental damage and keep Manitobans safe.
- Build a clean energy hub to make sure Manitoba is at the forefront of the clean energy economy and to integrate our hydrogen-focused advantage with Manitoba's investments in hydroelectricity and our strong manufacturing industry, especially transit.
- Work with local companies like New Flyer to create new jobs in electric transit and grow our economy.