A recent analysis of the Conservative plan, prepared by an economist and an environmental engineer for Clean Prosperity, an organization that supports “market-based” responses to climate change, concluded that Scheer’s approach would end up being more costly and less effective than current government policies.

“The plan would result in Canada missing the Paris target of 513 Mt in 2030 by 109 Mt, an increase of 30 Mt, or 38 per cent, from the current 2030 projection from Environment and Climate Change Canada,” the analysis says.

A Real Plan to Protect our Environment talks about taking “new approaches” to reducing global emissions, such as making Canadian oil and gas the cleanest in the world and using it to replace “dirtier products” in the international market, as well as exporting more Canadian aluminum to displace metals that have a “higher emissions profile.”

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