On not wanting to know

CBC reports that in addition to cutting actual emissions-reduction programs, the Cons are also pulling funding for feasibility studies on future projects:

A Saskatchewan feasibility study on building a $1-billion "near-zero-emission" coal-fired electricity plant is on hold for now.

Ottawa is reviewing both the proposed study on the coal plant and a second proposal — a feasibility study on a "polygeneration" plant that would use gasified coal to power industry.

It's bad enough that the Cons have hacked away at programs which were going to make some progress in reducing emissions. But at a stage when the Cons are supposed to be developing their own solution, it's all the more inexcusable that they're shutting down research as to which projects will represent the best investment in the long run.