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Interlake the Riding that starts at Winnipeg Gas Northern Edge and stops just Short of grand rapids was hit by severe Overland flooding late in the summer. Thatus been top of mind for Many Farmers As they decide whether to re elect tory my James Bezan or try another party. Also on the list of big issues is Lake Winnipeg the jewel thatus being choked by Blue Green algae. Pretty much All the candidates agree More needs to be spent on sewage treatment research and improved farming practices to help clean up the pollution that threatens the Lake. Theress More than one source of the problem said Green party candidate Glenda Whiteman who lives in the Riding now but is Best known for her past Battles against Mosquito fogging in Winnipeg. We cant blame just one City like Winnipeg or just Farmers. We need an integrated approach. Algae blooms on the Lake that choke fish and stink up beaches a vent improved in the last several years despite the Start of Many provincial initiatives to curb nutrients such As phosphorus and nitrogen that flow in from and farms and partly treated sewage. Liberal candidate Kevin Walsh said besides More investment american states along the red River need to be convinced to clean up their act As Well. Besides the Lake this year the big Issue at the Doorstep was the late summer Overland flooding that affected As Many As 2,000 Farmers most of them cattle producers. They re now facing feed shortages though Aid from the provincial and Federal governments is in the works. The candidates say the race has been very civil unlike some tighter campaigns in Winnipeg. And Bezan said its been More Low key than 2006, when he was facing off against one of the provinces Best known elder statesmen former premiered Schreyer who emerged from retirement to run for the nip. Though the Riding a snot always been tory Bezan took it easily winning by a solid 5,300 votes. Under the tories Lake Simcoe a much smaller Lake used by Toronto cottagers in vote Rich Ontario got $ 30 million nearly double what Lake Winnipeg got from a National water strategy announced in the 2006 budget. That prompted some grumbling. And Manitoba ass Money a snot started to flow yet even though the provinces share was settled and increased to $ 18 million in 2007. The Cash is for everything from monitoring to research and Small scale clean up projects. Just before the election Campaign began Bezan and environment Canada announced that they extended the deadline for project applications to the end of september. Bezan said hers hoping that Money leverages More Matching dollars from the Manitoba government. And he wants to see an expedited process to Dole out the $ 718 million in Federal provincial infrastructure funding Over the next five years so that sewage treatment projects to fix plants lagoons and septic Fields can be fast tracked. Asked whether his part yes record on the Lake has been a Tough sell considering other parties tend to make going Green one of their marquee issues Bezan said no party owns the environment. We actually delivered when no one actually has Bezan said. The liberals had 13 years to put Money into Lake Winnipeg and they failed to deliver. Maryagnes. Welch free press. My. Ca the candidates conservative James Bezan incumbent Farmer Liberal Kevin Walsh personal care worker nip Patricia Cordner labour activist accountant Green Glenda Whiteman educator environmental activist Christian heritage party Jane Macdiarmid educator former school trustee 2006 results conservative James Bezan 21,661, 49% nip de Schreyer 16,358, 37% Liberal Bruce Benson 4,436, 10% Green Thomas Goodman 1,283, 2.9% Independent Duncan Geisler 277, 0.6% Christian heritage party Anthony Barendregt 204, 0.5% undertake on Lake Winnipeg what the parties Are promising tories an $ 18 million fund already exists to help pay for research and monitoring. Liberal $ 120 million Over the next decade on research sewage treatment and other projects to clean up Lake Winnipeg which gets a specific mention in the platform. Nip investments in waste water treatment facilities and legislation to create National standards for effluent. A Blue Green algae proliferation prevention act to compensate Farmers for expanding Buffer zones along Waterways in which they Are prohibited from using harmful nutrients and promote Best practices for septic Fields and farms. No specific mention of Lake Winnipeg. Green theress no specific mention of Lake Winnipeg in the platform but the greens would create a $ 500 million water and waste fund to pay for better sewage treatment. Candidate Glenda Whiteman says the party would also support wetland conservation organic farming with fewer fertilizers and restrictions on intensive livestock operations. Maryagnes. Welch free press. My. Ca candidates spar Over Lake Winnipeg flooding Selkirk Interlake i the kind algae by Selkirk Battleground the daily voter Riding Selkirk Interlake voting nip they re still not in the hands of big business Ron Chopek by Mary Agnes Welch a _ 07_ oct 10 08. Ind a7 1 0/ 9/ 08 10 32 21 pm ;