OTTAWA—The Liberals are filling in the blanks of their plan to fight climate change as they try to draw a stark contrast with the Conservative party, which continues to attack their environmental record in ways that experts consider misleading. Experts have pushed back on those assertions about existing climate policies. The party’s analysis on the carbon price, for instance, ignores the tax rebates that, by law, must be sent to households in jurisdictions where it was imposed. The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has concluded these payouts will exceed the cost of the carbon price for 80 per cent of recipients. The Conservatives also use a PBO study to claim Liberal policies will increase the cost of gas by 31 cents.

Source: thestar September 26, 2019 21:17 UTC