The federal and Manitoba governments are investing up to $32 million in projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs across the province — including initiatives to retrofit industrial and commercial vehicles.

Announced Oct. 17 by federal environment minister Julie Dabrusin and Manitoba environment minister Mike Moyes, the funding includes up to $23 million for the newly launched Manitoba Climate and Economy Solutions Program, supported by Canada’s Low Carbon Economy Fund and an additional $4.5 million from the province.

The program is open to organizations, businesses, and communities, targeting a wide range of sectors such as industrial or commercial vehicle retrofits, stationary equipment retrofits for fuel switching from fossil fuels, energy efficiency upgrades, and renewable energy and fuel production.

“We are working with Manitoba to build a clean, low-carbon economy. The projects announced today will move us closer to our collective national goals of strengthening community resilience, ensuring energy is affordable for all Canadians, and reducing emissions,” said minister Dabrusin in a news release.

Canada and Manitoba have already invested more than $4.3 million through previous initiatives under the Low Carbon Economy Fund, supporting 18 projects that are replacing fossil fuels with cleaner energy alternatives. These include agricultural operations, municipal facilities, and academic institutions.

“By upgrading our buildings and fleet with technologies like heat pumps and electric vehicles, we’re lowering our carbon footprint affordably and effectively. With support from the province, we can do more and move faster toward net-zero municipal operations by 2030,” said Larry Johannson, mayor of the city of Selkirk, in a news release.