Manitoba announces $2M for climate action initiatives at Earth Day rally

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 22, 2025 6:29 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Hundreds of people sang songs and held homemade signs calling for biology enactment astatine an Earth Day rally extracurricular the Manitoba Legislature building in Winnipeg connected Tuesday.

The assemblage included young radical and school-age children, galore of whom were driven to the rally connected schoolhouse buses.

The children held signs with slogans similar "Pollution is ne'er the solution" and "We emotion the Earth," lasting alongside members of Seniors for Climate, whose banner work "Later is excessively late" successful bold, bluish lettering.

Inside the building's rotunda, Environment and Climate Change Minister Mike Moyes said it's hopeful to spot a "spectrum close crossed the ages" lining the legislature steps connected Tuesday.

The taxable for this year's Earth Day celebrations is "Our Power, Our Planet."

"Each and each 1 of us, each community, has the powerfulness — existent powerfulness — to support our planet," said Moyes, earlier announcing the authorities volition walk much than $2 cardinal to money situation initiatives.

The bulk of that backing — $1.86 cardinal oregon astir 90 per cent —  volition spell to the Climate Action Fund to enactment locally-led situation projects crossed the province. 

Of that amount, astir $675,000 volition spell to 5 energy-efficiency projects aimed astatine cutting greenhouse state emissions from vigor usage successful homes, businesses and transportation.

Moyes said $500,000 volition beryllium spent connected expanding electrical conveyance infrastructure crossed the province, which includes installing 51 caller chargers successful Brandon, Morden, and successful agrarian and distant communities.

The state is putting $430,000 toward 3 clime resiliency projects successful the Pembina Valley and Assiniboine West watershed districts, Sagkeeng Anicinabe Nation, and Grand Rapids.

Moyes said $255,000 volition spell to 17 community-based clime projects crossed Manitoba, including successful Steinbach, Altona and Dauphin.

The past chunk of funding, astir $200,000, is going to the University of Winnipeg's Prairie Climate Centre, which offers accessible clime subject information and probe to users crossed the state done the Climate Atlas of Canada.

"Together, we are gathering a Manitoba that is cleaner, stronger and much prepared for the challenges of tomorrow," Moyes said.  

"Let's support utilizing our powerfulness to support our planet."