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Premier's green 'vision' considered out of focus

Re: $35 M to fund 'clean' gasoline (April 20)
(Letter to the Editor, Winnipeg Free Press)

According to your article, gasohol is part of Premier Gary Doer's vision for a greener Manitoba. Tinkering with gasoline additives scarcely qualifies Mr. Doer and the NDP government as green visionaries. Mr. Doer's "vision" also includes a coal-fired electricity plant, clear-cutting in provincial parks, gigantic hog farms and hydroelectric dam construction.

Our premier's "vision" for a greener Manitoba even includes a new highway up the east side of Lake Winnipeg that will irreversibly alter the last pristine boreal forest in North America. For a visionary, our premier does not have the sharpest eyesight.

LYLE FORD, Green Party of Manitoba

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The Green Party of Manitoba was officially established in 1998. The aim of the Green Party is to educate the public and government about the fallacy in believing that the "environment" is a separate issue from the other issues that Manitobans are concerned about. A truly sustainable society requires a fundamental acknowledgement of all the social, economic and ecological factors that are involved when implementing government policy and evaluating its outcomes. Green Party of Manitoba policies can be found Here.