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Climate Change & the Environment platforms

Here's what the candidates in Hautes-Terres-Nepisiguit, and their parties, are promising.

Air quality

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We don't have any PC policies on Air quality.

Liberal

  • Require all new schools, hospitals, long-term care homes, and other public buildings have modern air filtration, heating, & cooling systems

    "Our government will require that all new schools, hospitals, long-term care homes, and other public buildings have modern air filtration, heating, and cooling systems, following ASHRAE 241. For existing infrastructure, we will add suitable air filtration and cooling units." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12

Climate adaptation

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Liberal

  • Review and update the emergency preparedness plan to deal with increasingly frequent extreme climate change-related weather events

    "Review and update our emergency preparedness plan for dealing with the increasing number of extreme climate change-related weather events." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Implement a coastal erosion plan

    "Implement a coastal erosion plan to protect communities." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Close cell coverage and high-speed internet gaps

Conservation

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Liberal

  • Increase conservation of lands and waters from 10% to 15%
  • Work with communities, First Nations, and experts to create a plan for 30% conservation

Green construction and retrofits

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Liberal

  • Increase support for home energy retrofits
  • Provide a free heat pump programme
  • Introduce a provincial programme for solar retrofits

Pollution

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Liberal

  • Update the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to guarantee everyone the right to clean air and water
  • Investigate alternatives to pesticide and herbicide use
  • Reevaluate the safety of glyphosate with new and comprehensive data specific to New Brunswick
  • Increase restrictions on pesticide and herbicide use, including examining banning aerial spraying

    "Implement the recommendations of the Legislative Assembly’s all-party Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship to increase restrictions on pesticide and herbicide use, including examining the banning of aerial spraying." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12

Power generation

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Liberal

  • Develop an energy plan to provide affordable, reliable, clean energy

    "Deliver an energy plan that provides affordable, reliable, clean energy for New Brunswickers and New Brunswick businesses." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

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We don't have any PC policies on Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Liberal

  • Ensure all government buildings are net-zero by 2035
  • Ensure all government vehicles, including school buses, are electrified by 2035

Walkable, bikable communities

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We don't have any PC policies on Walkable, bikable communities.

Liberal

  • Increase active transportation infrastructure, including walking and cycling trails

    "Work with communities to increase active transportation infrastructure, including walking and cycling trails, to build healthier communities." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12