The National Post reports in Saturday, June 22, edition that a clue that the Conservative climate change plan is a work, essentially, of mischief is to be found on the inside title page. The Post's Andrew Coyne writes that it says, "Please consider the environment before printing this document."
Mr. Coyne believes the Tories had a laugh with that one, and a gas with the title too, A Real Plan to Protect Our Environment. A plan it may be, but the impression it leaves is of how unreal it is.
The Tory climate plan bills itself as Canada's "best chance to meet its Paris targets" for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, it contains no estimates of how much its measures would, in fact, reduce our emissions. While the plan's signature proposal would require heavy industry to meet certain "emissions standards" or invest "a set
amount" in green technology for every tonne they exceed their standard, it nowhere spells out what either the standards or the amounts are. The Tory's government-mandated investment is not really different from a Liberal carbon tax.
Mr. Coyne says at least we know what the Liberal plan is, but you cannot say the same for the Conservative plan.
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