- Pledges to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the province by 1/3 within the next 15 years. (1)
- Supports efforts to establish a national carbon pricing regime. (2)
- Signed Manitoba onto a shared cap-and-trade carbon market with Ontario, Quebec, and several U.S. states in 2015. (2)
- Pledges to increase geothermal and solar energy subsidies by an unspecified amount. (3)
- Pledges to reduce interest rates on PowerSmart loans (a provincial low interest loan to make energy efficient upgrades to private homes) from 3.9% to 2.9% for individuals. (1, 3, 4)
- Pledges to lower loan rates for small and commercial businesses interested in improving their buildings’ energy efficiency from 5.9% to 2.9%. (3)
- Promises to create a program to retrofit Manitoba Housing properties and homes owned by low-income Manitobans to boost energy efficient and reduce utility bills for residents. (3)
- Supports the current national review process for the Energy East pipeline and has taken no strong positions for or against it. (5)
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- Pledges to work with the federal government and create a national carbon-pricing regime. (6)
- Promise to implement stricter building codes to put government operations and infrastructure onto a path of carbon neutrality. (6)
- Pledges to develop a land-use and conservation plan to sequester carbon and foster greater adaptation to climate change. (6)
- Pledges to increase energy efficiency programs in the province and to create an arms-length agency to improve Manitoba Hydro’s energy-efficiency programs. (6, 7)
- Supports the current national review process for the Energy East pipeline and will wait until the end of the environmental review process before taking any firm position. (8)
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- Has not taken any firm positions in regards to carbon pricing. (8)
- Pledges to introduce a rebate for people who buy fuel efficient cars to encourage a transition to lower fuel usage; the rebate would range from $2000 to $5000. (9)
- Pledges to pass an anti-idling law for areas near schools, parks and hospitals in order to reduce GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions and reduce pollution in important communal areas. (10)
- Has made no firm comments in regards to the Energy East pipeline.
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- Pledges to introduce a carbon tax that would add $50 dollar/tonne of carbon (between 11 and 13 cents per liter of gasoline), and use the funds generated to eliminate payroll taxes, build up green infrastructure, and improve energy efficiency within the province. This would replace the current cap-and-trade system introduced by the NDP. (11, 12, 13)
- Promises to work towards making the province “carbon free.” (11, 13)
- Promises funds for electric vehicle charging stations in public places across the province, and would provide grants to cover the cost of installing electric vehicle charging stations in homes and offices. (11)
- Pledges to provide grants to expand geothermal, wind, and solar thermal heating and energy generation in the province. (11, 13)
- Pledges to construct methane-capturing technologies at garbage dumps, commercial composters, waterless sanitation systems, and local recycling industries in order to reduce GHG emissions at these sites. (11)
- Pledges to provide grants to finance energy audits for commercial buildings in First Nations communities, and will expand energy retrofit programs for residential, commercial and institutional buildings. (11)
- Is committed to reducing agricultural emissions by subsidizing manure digesters on livestock operations. (11)
- Pledges to make public transit free to increase its usages and reduce GHG emissions. (11)
- Opposes the Energy East pipeline, and is the only party to clearly take this position. (8. 13)
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