Current Issues:

PRECAUTION VS. POLLUTION: A SOMBER ANNIVERSARY

Today marks an anniversary that the Manitoba Government has little reason to celebrate. On January 8th of 2009, the government allowed Louisiana Pacific Canada Ltd. (LP) to shut down equipment which controlled industrial pollutants at its big wood products plant in the Swan Valley.

The Leader of the Green Party of Manitoba (GPM), James Beddome, labels the government’s decision to let LP take those controls offline as “hasty, unwise and without public input.”

Public outcry led to a March 26, 2009 request by the Minister of Conservation to the Clean Environment Commisson (CEC), a provincial advisory body, to conduct an investigation into whether the “temporary” shutdown should be made permanent.

About the Green Party of Manitoba:

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.