Manitoba Liberals say they’ll pay half the cost of landfill search if elected

The Manitoba Liberal Party says it will pay half the cost to search a landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of two slain First Nations women if it forms the next provincial government.

In a statement, the party called the search a moral principle and said it can be done safely.

2:21 Hundreds attend round dance calling for search for landfill

Premier Heather Stefanson has said the Progressive Conservative government would not support a search of the privately owned Prairie Green Landfill because it could expose searchers to toxic material.

A study suggests a search would cost as much as $184 million and take up to three years.

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The provincial election is scheduled for Oct. 3.

0:38 Stefanson repeats PC position not to support landfill search