Changes

The [http://www.conservative.ca/media/20060113-Platform.pdf full election platform], only released on January 13, 2006 [http://www.conservative.ca/EN/2590/], ten days before the election, contains an attack on Liberal Kyoto policies, saying: "[The Liberals] sign ambitious international treaties and send money to foreign governments for hot air credit but can’t seem to get anything done to help people here at home." The platform also contains the following vague and ambiguous promise: "A Conservative government will ... address the issue of greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), with a made-in-Canada plan, emphasising new technologies, developed in concert with the provinces and in coordination with other major industrial countries." However the platform does not directly mention climate change or global warming, and does not acknowledge the clear scientific consensus on both the degree of human attribution and the urgency of action on the issue of climate change. No targets for greenhouse gas reduction, even long term, are mentioned. The Conservatives' [http://www.bobmillsmp.com/admn/editor/assets/our%20green%20brochure.pdf Green Brochure], released during the campaign, calls for development of "scientific monitoring of climate change", which would appear to question the scientific consensus at the time.