Its a weak plan. It does promise results, but far behind those of the rest of the world. Under the Tory plan, Canada would still be 30% short of its Kyoto commitments by the year 2020.
The Tory strategy focuses on reducing GHG emissions and improving air quality. But their plan fails to explain precisely what these regulations will be. The plan uses the concept developed by houston based think tanks, which were financed by Exxon a few years back, called "intensity reduction"
Unfortunately, intensity-based targets will do no such thing. Greenhouse gas "intensity" refers to the amount of greenhouse gases produced per unit of economic activity (GDP, for example). Since the atmosphere does not respond to intensity, but rather to actual greenhouse emissions, such targets will do little, if anything to fix the problem.
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