Winnipeg Free Press Federal, provincial funds to bolster heating efficiency programs MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Manitoba Conservation and Climate Minister Sarah Guillemard, right, speaks after a remotely-attending Jim Carr, special representative for the Prairies, and member of Parliament, Winnipeg South Centre, announced that the Canadian government will be putting forward approximately $32.3 million from the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund to support natural gas reduction programs offered by Efficiency Manitoba. Efficiency Manitoba received a sizable budget boost Friday as the provincial and federal governments announced they were each committing $32.3 million towards heating efficiency programs deployed through the Crown corporation. Efficiency Manitoba received a sizable budget boost Friday as the provincial and federal governments announced they were each committing $32.3 million towards heating efficiency programs deployed through the Crown corporation.