Manitoba Politicians Making Environmental Campaign Promises During Earth Day
Posted on: Sunday, 22 April 2007, 19:09 CDT
WINNIPEG (CP) - Premier Gary Doer used an election campaign stop Sunday to promise that Manitoba will become the first province to legislate the emission-reduction targets laid out in the Kyoto accord.
"Taking action on this issue is important for the planet," Doer said during a campaign stop at a Winnipeg home that uses geothermal energy.
"We have followed through with a range of actions that have put Manitoba on the forefront when it comes to dealing with the challenges of climate change."
The premier also says Manitoba will establish a carbon credit registry, which he described as the first of its kind in Canada. An agreement to begin designing the registry was signed Friday with officials from the Canadian Climate Exchange and the Canadian Standards Association.
The NDP premier says the legislation would ensure that Manitoba meetings its Kyoto targets by 2012.
Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard also adopted an environmental theme during Earth Day, promising to reduce harmful water pollution flowing into Lake Winnipeg.
Gerrard says a Liberal government would fast-track a phosphorus treatment facility for Winnipeg's "obsolete sewage treatment system," which he described as "a major contributor to Lake Winnipeg's decline."
The Liberals say they would ban phosphorus in dishwasher detergents sold in the province, phase in a ban on spreading manure on frozen farm fields, and change the provincial building code to make low-flow faucets and toilets mandatory in newly constructed homes.
Conservative Leader Hugh McFadyen promised Sunday that a Tory victory in the May 22 election would result in a new covered soccer facility in south Winnipeg.
McFadyen says the Conservatives would commit $3 million to fund the new facility, which would have four soccer fields under one roof.
Source: Canadian Press
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