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Climate Change & the Environment

Water platforms

Here's what the 2023 Manitoba election parties are promising.
We don't have any PC policies on Water.

NDP

  • Conserve at least 30% of lands and waters by 2030

    "Work with Indigenous communities to conserve at least 30% of Manitoba’s lands and waters by 2030." — mbndp.ca, retrieved 2023-09-19

  • Work with municipalities to improve surface-water protections
  • Finish upgrading the North End Water Pollution Control Centre
  • Provide adequate funding for waste-water management

    "Work with municipalities to improve surface-water protections and ensure there is adequate funding for waste-water management so communities can grow" — mbndp.ca, retrieved 2023-09-19

Liberal

  • Increase funding for the Water Services Board by $20M
  • Restore Lake Winnipeg by 2033
  • Create "Floating Wetlands" around combined sewer outlets in Winnipeg's rivers

    "Create “Floating Wetlands” in Winnipeg’s Rivers around each combined sewer outlet to immediately help capture the excess pollution and nutrients naturally and at low cost." — Dougald Lamont & the Manitoba Liberals — Real Choice, Real Change

  • Fund soil and water remediation projects
  • Invest in restoring and protecting freshwater fish species and habitats

    "A Manitoba Liberal Government will also invest in the restoration and protection of freshwater fish species and habitats to ensure that fishers in Manitoba can continue to harvest fish sustainably while we protect our waterways from invasive species." — Dougald Lamont & the Manitoba Liberals — Real Choice, Real Change

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