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Manitoba Green party Wolseley candidate David Nickarz said Wednesday a Green government would reject all projects associated with construction of the proposed Energy East pipeline.

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Manitoba Green party Wolseley candidate David Nickarz said Wednesday a Green government would reject all projects associated with construction of the proposed Energy East pipeline.

Nickarz said Manitoba Hydro would help Manitobans more by investing in energy retrofitting and development of solar production, “rather than quietly preparing to sell hydroelectric power to the Energy East pipeline.”

Nickarz said Manitoba Hydro should be doing much more to assist landlords in his constituency to retrofit their buildings by adding solar power so tenants could have lower energy bills and thus more money to spend on food and clothing.

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A Green government would reject all projects associated with construction of the proposed Energy East pipeline.
KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES A Green government would reject all projects associated with construction of the proposed Energy East pipeline.

“Part of our plan to reduce poverty in Manitoba,” Nickarz said in a news release, “is to help low-income families to spend less on energy. In contrast, the Manitoba government seems focused on wasting Manitoba Hydro resources to expand the export of Alberta (oilsands) production.”

Nickarz said the Energy East pipeline will pose a serious threat to the water supplies of several Manitoba communities, including Winnipeg’s.

One Wolseley voter said a Green party organizer from British Columbia has been helping Nickarz’s door-to-door campaign this week.

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