NDP promises $500K for research to protect Lake Winnipeg
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Greg Selinger says a re-elected NDP government will boost scientific research funding to protect Lake Winnipeg.
At a news conference at the Fort Whyte Alive Tuesday, Selinger committed $500,000 for lake studies by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, an independent, non-profit organization that tries to provide practical solutions to tension between environmental challenges, social priorities and economic development.
The money will support IISD work at the Experimental Lakes Area in eastern Ontario as well as through the Lake Winnipeg Foundation and the Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium.
Selinger said the announcement was part of a “comprehensive plan” to improve Lake Winnipeg that also includes upgrades to Winnipeg sewage treatment plants, wetlands restoration and efforts to minimize surface run-off.
The half-million dollars, he said, would come out of a larger pot of money set aside for initiatives to control climate change. There would be no strings attached to the funding, the NDP leader added.
The Progressive Conservatives quickly took to social media to mock NDP efforts to save the lake. “On Selinger’s watch, Lake Winnipeg became the ‘most threatened’ lake in the world!” the Tories tweeted.
An environmental activist was more kind about the research announcement.
“Certainly knowledge is power and the more we know about Lake Winnipeg, and what is needed to restore it, the better,” said Ron Thiessen, executive director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society in Manitoba.
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