The Conservatives’ climate action plan announced last week drew predictable criticism from activists for not having clear targets, and from the purists in the conservative support base for putting a cost on emissions.
The plan makes it clear that the Tories want nothing to do with a carbon tax, which is central to the Liberal government’s climate action plan—a point that has been a bone of contention between Conservative-led provinces and the federal government—and instead requires high emitters to invest in green technology.
