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Climate Change & the Environment platforms

Here's what the candidates in District 27: Tignish - Palmer Road, and their parties, are promising.

Active transportation

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PC

  • Double investment in active transportation paths
We don't have any NDP policies on Active transportation.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Active transportation.

Climate adaptation

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PC

  • Expand the Free Heat Pump programme to include homes with up to $100K income
  • Provide a $5M fund to retrofit warming centres to support communities during extreme weather events

    "Launch a $5 million fund for retrofitting warming centres with appropriate equipment and supplies to support communities during weather events" — [With You. For You., 2023-03-24]( — With You. For You., 2023-03-24)

  • Install bi-directional EV chargers in critical infrastructure and warming centres, so EVs can be used to provide power during outages

    "Install bi-directional EV chargers at critical infrastructure locations and warming centres so that electric school buses can be used as generators during power outages" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

  • Work with the federal government on on-Island power generation and storage

    "• Build electrical grid resilience, in partnership with the federal government, through on-

    Island generation and storage

    • Establish a generation power network to ensure essential services and critical

    infrastructure can continue during significant disruption periods

    • Create a pilot for an on-Island Electrical Generation Project" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

NDP

  • Study converting Maritime Electric and the power grid to public ownership

    "Studying the possibility of converting Maritime Electric and the power grid to public ownership, with the intent of moving towards a 100% Island-sourced renewable energy grid." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

  • Invest in burying power lines
  • Dedicate funding and update the Municipal Government Act to allow municipalities to invest in climate infrastructure

    "Empowering municipalities to tackle their climate infrastructure needs with dedicated funding and changes to the Municipal Government Act." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

  • Supporting smaller agricultural operations' climate resilience with equipment and tax incentives

Liberal

  • Launch an expert committee to look into Maritime Electric's delays in getting Islanders reconnected to power, and into putting Maritime Electric's assets under public ownership

    "1. Launch an expert committee into the delays of MECL to get Islanders back on-line in a timely fashion as well as issues associated with the current and future capacity of our grid;

    2. Ensure that an expert committee also explores the potential opportunities and challenges of MECL assets going under public ownership to ensure better, more cost-effective service to Islanders" — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

  • Do advance planning and preparedness for storms

    "Undertaking advance planning and preparedness so that PEI is never caught in the kind of state we were in post Fiona" — [Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22]( — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22)

  • Develop an ongoing working relationship between the Armed Forces and provincial and municipal emergency response personnel, with a codified action plan and yearly training exercises, to prepare for future climate-related disasters

    "Developing an ongoing working relationship between the Armed Forces and Provincial and Municipal Emergency Response Personnel and other stakeholders that takes for the form of a codified action plan and yearly training exercises in the event of a climate-related disaster such as Fiona happening again" — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

  • Dedicate at least 30% of the province's total capital budget to climate mitigation and adaptation

    "Ensuring that the provincial capital budget allocates a minimum of 30% of its total funding to mitigation and adaptation activities to upgrade our infrastructure to both reduce our impact on the climate as well as to prepare for adverse events" — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

Energy generation

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PC

  • Work with the federal government on on-Island power generation and storage

    "• Build electrical grid resilience, in partnership with the federal government, through on-

    Island generation and storage

    • Establish a generation power network to ensure essential services and critical

    infrastructure can continue during significant disruption periods

    • Create a pilot for an on-Island Electrical Generation Project" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

NDP

  • Move towards a 100% Island-sourced renewable energy grid

    "Studying the possibility of converting Maritime Electric and the power grid to public ownership, with the intent of moving towards a 100% Island-sourced renewable energy grid." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

Liberal

  • Provide low-interest financing for building community-owned wind farms

    "Encourage the development of community-owned wind farms with the goal of achieving wind generation for 50% of Islanders’ electricity needs through low-interest financing." — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

  • Consider cooperating with other provinces on power generation

    "Explore regional cooperation to access cleaner sources of energy, including direct negotiation with Newfoundland and Labrador for hydroelectric power" — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

Forests

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PC

  • Increase nursery tree production by 30%
  • Implement all recommendations from the Emergency Forestry Task Force
We don't have any NDP policies on Forests.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Forests.

Green construction and retrofits

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PC

  • Use more solar energy at schools

NDP

  • Start an energy retrofit programme, targeting 3% of buildings per year
  • Require buildings to reach net-zero by 2032, with mandatory energy efficiency disclosure
  • Expand dedicated community college training streams for energy efficiency and renewable workforces
  • Dedicate funding and update the Municipal Government Act to allow municipalities to invest in climate infrastructure

    "Empowering municipalities to tackle their climate infrastructure needs with dedicated funding and changes to the Municipal Government Act." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

"Launch an energy retrofit program, targeting 3% of PEI’s buildings per year to save money, cut emissions and create new jobs. This will include a step code for buildings to reach net-zero by 2032 and mandatory building and home energy efficiency disclosure." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

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Green tech

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PC

  • Create a $50M programme to invest in green technology in PEI

    "Launch a $50 Million dollar Cleantech Energy Program to kick-start the clean tech sector on Prince Edward Island and support the Clean Tech Academy in Georgetown" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-17

  • Support the Clean Tech Academy in Georgetown

NDP

  • Immediately create a Green Jobs Task Force

    "Immediately establish a Green Jobs Task Force to guide the transformation of PEI’s economy into a sustainable one, while creating thousands of green jobs. This task force will include representatives from community, labour, business and environmental organizations, Mi’kmaq and Black communities, municipalities, agriculture and fisheries, universities and colleges." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

  • Support innovation in renewable energy generation and storage

    "Support innovation in renewable energy generation and storage – creating jobs in wind, solar and other sources of natural power." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

Liberal

Land

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  • Create a 25-year coastal management plan

    "Work with the School of Climate Change and Adaptation to create a 25-year coastal management plan" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

  • Increase setback requirements in sensitive areas, including shorelines

    "Increase setback requirements in sensitive areas, including shorelines" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

NDP

  • Ensure meaningful public participation when assessing environmental impacts
  • Amend the Lands Protection Act

    "Work to amend the Lands Protection Act, to protect our natural environment against further questionable commercial encroachment." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

  • Renew legislating protecting species at risk, and update the current list of species

    "Renew legislation to protect species at risk, ensuring that the current list of species is complete" — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

Liberal

  • Establish a permanent, independent land use commission, reporting to the Legislature, with Indigenous and geographic representation

    "1. Establishing a permanent and independent land use commission that reports to the Legislature;

    2. Ensuring the commission would be expert-based with indigenous and geographic representation;

    3. Ensuring the commission has the staffing and resource capabilities to undertake analysis, consultations, and other activities deemed essential to its mandate" — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

  • Revise the Lands Protection Act to legislate the existence of the new commission

    "Revising the Lands Protection Act and other statutes to define and enshrine the role of the commission" — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

  • Mandate the commission to make ongoing assessments of current policy to protect land, and recommend new policy approaches

    "Mandate the commission to undertake ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of the current policy and regulatory framework to achieves land protection objectives and, where required, recommend new policy and regulatory approaches." — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

Public transit

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PC

  • Invest in an Island-wide transit system
  • Keep fares at $2/trip, and monthly passes at $10-$20

    "Lead the country in low-cost public transit by subsidizing the transit system to $2 per ride or $10 - $20 for a monthly pass" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

  • Add more routes

"Continue to make investments in the Island-wide transit system, keeping fares at $2 per trip and adding more routes, to make it more affordable to get to and from work." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-17

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NDP

  • Develop a regional and urban public transit network
  • Offer free public transit for people with incomes under $40K
  • Create a province-wide, publicly-owned transit system, run on renewable energy

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

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

Waste

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PC

  • Create a provincial food waste reduction strategy
We don't have any NDP policies on Waste.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Waste.

Water

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PC

  • Fund an expansion of the Watershed Alliance Network

    "Increase funding to expand our Watershed Alliance Network to ensure in-shore fisheries are protected, waterways are kept clean, and trees are planted" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

  • Increase setback requirements in sensitive areas, including shorelines

    "Increase setback requirements in sensitive areas, including shorelines" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

NDP

  • Update the Water Act to address agricultural impacts
  • Provide secure funding and technical support for community-based watershed groups
  • Establish a moratorium on offshore drilling
  • Ban high-capacity wells
We don't have any Liberal policies on Water.