The province is providing $171,013 to North Vancouver in recognition of its "commitment to support healthier, more sustainable communities," according to a B.C. government press release.
Funding is being provided through the Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program, and will be shared by the city and district of North Vancouver. The grant is intended to support the community's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and work toward its Climate Action Charter goals.
The provincial incentive program is a conditional grant program that provides funding to communities that signed the Climate Action Charter. Signatories that report publicly on their progress toward meeting their climate action goals are eligible to receive a grant equivalent to 100 per cent of the carbon tax they pay directly. A total of $6.8 million province-wide will be paid out in the 2013/14 fiscal year.
