November Meeting & Letter re: Made-in-Manitoba Plan

On November 22nd, members of South Eastman Transition met to discuss the Made-in-Manitoba Plan released by the Pallister government in early November. Some of us have taken this seriously and have studied the Plan considerably. Our letter of response to the Minister of Sustainable Development is copied below.

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Manitoba's Carbon Plan: Presentation & Discussion Wed Nov 22

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The province's new "Made-in-Manitoba" Plan to address climate change will affect every aspect of your life and the lives of your children. Learn more about the Plan and what it will mean to the economy, agriculture, and the environment. Panelists Eric Rempel, Gary Martens & Chris Randall will provide presentations on these and other aspects of the plan, and will answer your questions about its implications in their own fields of expertise.  Don't miss this important event!

Date: Wednesday November 22 7:00 pm

Location: Fireside Room, Pat Porter Centre (Enter by the main door)

The Made-in-Manitoba Plan and Land Management

The recently released Manitoba Green Plan is dominated by plans for a carbon tax and arguments that the Made-in-Manitoba scheme is better than the Federal system. Nevertheless tucked away in the latter half of the document is a section focused on what our government thinks needs to be done to manage surface waters in southern Manitoba.

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Agriculture and the “Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan”

In October the Manitoba Conservative Government released its “Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan”. This an important document and we commented on it last week. The Plan is accessible on-line and our government is inviting our respond. It is important that we respond. This week, Kleefeld resident, Gary Martens, retired agricultural professor at the U of M critiques the Plan from the perspective of agriculture.

The Plan exempts agriculture from the Carbon Tax. By exempting agricultural emissions, which account for 40% of Manitoba’s greenhouse gases (GHG)(2015), we are making it more difficult on everyone else in Manitoba to meet our reduction targets. More than that, we are denying innovative farmers the incentive to apply best management practises and contribute to reductions in GHG that are achievable and necessary

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The Made-in-Manitoba Plan

The Manitoba Government is to be commended for producing a plan that outlines how we in Manitoba intend to address the biggest challenges of our time – greenhouse gas production, climate change and the depletion of strategic earthen resources, most critically fossil fuels. It suitably follows the Beyond Kyoto Plan of 2008 and the TomorrowNow Plan of 2012, both produced by the previous NDP Government. Unfortunately both of the NDP plans have not achieved their goal.. This has been pointed out in the recent Auditor General's report.

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