This is a page from the 2024 New Brunswick general election.
Climate Change & the Environment platforms
Here's what the candidates in Saint John West-Lancaster, and their parties, are promising.Carbon pricing
Climate adaptation
We don't have any PC policies on Climate adaptation.
Green
Libertarian
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Grow a garden, get some chickens, love your pets, don't throw trash on the ground.
Liberal
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Close cell coverage and high-speed internet gaps
Conservation
We don't have any PC policies on Conservation.
Green
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End the forest spraying of herbicides, like glyphosate
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End large-scale clearcutting on Crown Land
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Restore private woodlots as the primary source of wood supply to mills
Liberal
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Increase conservation of lands and waters from 10% to 15%
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Work with communities, First Nations, and experts to create a plan for 30% conservation
Electric vehicles
We don't have any PC policies on Electric vehicles.
We don't have any Green policies on Electric vehicles.
Libertarian
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Grow a garden, get some chickens, love your pets, don't throw trash on the ground.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Electric vehicles.
Green construction and retrofits
We don't have any PC policies on Green construction and retrofits.
Green
Libertarian
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Grow a garden, get some chickens, love your pets, don't throw trash on the ground.
Liberal
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Increase support for home energy retrofits
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Provide a free heat pump programme
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Introduce a provincial programme for solar retrofits
Inter-city transportation
We don't have any PC policies on Inter-city transportation.
Green
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Expand bus service between and within regions
We don't have any Liberal policies on Inter-city transportation.
Oil and gas industry
We don't have any PC policies on Oil and gas industry.
Green
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Ban the exploration and extraction of more fossil fuels, such as shale gas
We don't have any Liberal policies on Oil and gas industry.
Pollution
We don't have any PC policies on Pollution.
Green
Libertarian
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Grow a garden, get some chickens, love your pets, don't throw trash on the ground.
Liberal
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Update the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to guarantee everyone the right to clean air and water
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Investigate alternatives to pesticide and herbicide use
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Reevaluate the safety of glyphosate with new and comprehensive data specific to New Brunswick
Power generation
We don't have any PC policies on Power generation.
Green
Libertarian
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Notice the private power plant is undercutting the price of NBPower? Notice Tobique privately-held hydro dam provides cheapest power in NB?
Liberal
Public transit
We don't have any PC policies on Public transit.
Green
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Expand bus service between and within regions
Libertarian
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Large employers, Business Improvement Areas & local Chambers of Commerce should get together to offer free transit to the public...not govt.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Public transit.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
We don't have any PC policies on Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Green
Libertarian
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Grow a garden, get some chickens, love your pets, don't throw trash on the ground.
Liberal
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Ensure all government buildings are net-zero by 2035
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Ensure all government vehicles, including school buses, are electrified by 2035
Walkable, bikable communities
We don't have any PC policies on Walkable, bikable communities.
Green
Libertarian
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Remove non-voluntary amalgamation, regulations and government fees and taxes, and soon you'll see communities build what suits them best.