Canadians are calling for ambitious climate action that keeps the air clean while building a strong and clean economy for the future. Every day, initiatives such as the Government of Canada's Low Carbon Economy Fund support partners across the country as they cut pollution, build strong, resilient communities, and create good jobs.
Today, Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and joined by the Honourable Caroline Wawzonek, Minister of Finance, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, and Minister responsible for the Status of Women for the Northwest Territories, announced an investment of up to $1.37 million from the Low Carbon Economy Fund to support six new projects under the Northwest Territories' Greenhouse Gas Grant Program.
The Northwest Territories' Greenhouse Gas Grant Program is designed to support projects and initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions for Indigenous governments, Indigenous organizations, community governments, municipalities, government departments and agencies, businesses, and non-profit organizations. The six initiatives announced today include electrification, solar and wind, as well as biomass heating.
The Low Carbon Economy Fund supports initiatives throughout the Northwest Territories that range from upgrading the energy efficiency and reducing the emissions in the Northwest Territories' fleet of marine vessels, to energy efficiency and heating-fuel substitution in territorially owned public housing, to forest regeneration and growth maximization.
These projects are good examples of the climate leadership that the Government of Canada is supporting to reach its targets, as set out in the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan.
