The provincial government recently announced Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP) funding for three local governments in the Cariboo for their commitment to support healthier and more sustainable communities.
Based on their carbon tax payments, 100 Mile House received $4,230, while the Cariboo Regional District got $13,722, and Williams Lake picked up $26,262.
The CARIP is a conditional grant program that provides funding to Climate Action Charter signatories. Communities, which have signed the charter and report publicly on their progress toward meeting their climate-action goals, receive a grant equivalent to 100 per cent of the carbon tax they pay directly.
As signatories of the Climate Action Charter, the grants support the local governments' efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and work toward their charter goals.
"Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, and the Cariboo Regional District are dedicated to lowering their greenhouse gas emissions, and these grants help them work towards that goal,” says Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett.
“I’m glad to see our government helping them by providing them with this funding.”