Private member’s bill would create provincial parks licence plates

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A Progressive Conservative MLA has introduced a private member’s bill to create specialty provincial parks licence plates.

Riding Mountain MLA Greg Nesbitt, the Tory critic for the environment, said Bill 211 would allow motorists to show their love for the parks while helping to revitalize natural spaces.

“Manitobans care deeply about their provincial parks, and this bill provides a positive way to show support,” he said in a news release Monday.

If the bill is passed in the legislative assembly and given royal assent, Nesbitt said the PCs would work to ensure the proceeds from sales of the new licence plates go into the provincial parks endowment funds, which were created by the PC government in 2021.

Specialty plates currently available to drivers benefit various sports teams, charities and other organizations.