This is a page from the 2023 Alberta general election.
Climate Change & the Environment

Land platforms

Here's what the 2023 Alberta election parties are promising.

UCP
  • Develop a Crown Lands recreation and conservation policy together with stakeholders

    "Bringing stakeholders together to develop an integrated and streamlined Crown Lands recreation and conservation policy that expands Albertans’ ability to enjoy our province’s beauty, in a responsible way that protects our natural spaces for generations to come." — unitedconservative.ca, retrieved 2023-05-22

NDP
  • Ban coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and surrounding areas
  • Invest $5M to support Indigenous environmental monitoring, Guardian programmes, and co-managed parks

    "With an initial investment of $5 million, we will support Indigenous environmental monitoring, Guardian programs, and Indigenous co-managed parks to enhance land, water, and biodiversity conservation and stewardship, and will also uphold Indigenous Rights under Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution by removing harmful regulations on hunting, harvesting, fishing, and gathering." — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-27

  • Increase matching funds for the Alberta Land Trust Grant Program by $25M over three years
  • Invest $40M more in parks and public lands infrastructure

    "The Alberta NDP will create more trails, campsites, playgrounds, warm-up shelters and amenities like fish-cleaning stations through an additional $40 million investment in parks and public lands infrastructure. This will bring the total investment to $250 million over three years." — albertandp.ca, retrieved 2023-05-27

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