"Of course... I will unveil a plan," remarked Conservative leader Andrew Scheer in April 2018 when asked about the whereabouts of an alternative Conservative climate plan that will meet the Paris agreement targets. We're still waiting. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has turned the tables on Scheer many times in the past. She uses Question Period to ask the Opposition leader questions, such as, "Where are the Conservatives hiding their climate plan?... Where is the climate plan?"

The Canadian Press Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 1, 2018.

Scheer proposed a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. Critics say Canadians would be immediately be caught in the crossfire and would not be a believable peace-broker. The Conservative leader, who owns guns personally, suggested gun crime could be better fixed by an ombudsman and more political oversight, rather than the government's efforts to track and better collect data by gun retailers. Regardless of which plan is more toothless to addressing gangs and guns — this defining issue is one that really should be defined by unity, rather than division. Scheer suggests supporting free speech by controversial voices on post-secondary campuses by threatening to cut funding of those who do not welcome certain voices. What says support peaceful protest by more radical voices on the left and right like less money to support students during class time? "The results show that at almost all income levels and for almost all family types, families and households would receive more money back in carbon dividends than they would pay out in carbon taxes or indirect costs." – Dave Sawyer, EnviroEconomics & Canadians for Clean Prosperity During the Conservative Leadership race in 2017, Scheer outlined a platform that has gone all but dormant. In fact, it was removed from his website right before becoming leader. Scheer can tell you what he would not do, including opposing the Quebec ban on religious symbols. I understand that the Conservative approach is to entrust power to lower levels of government, but he is presently defined by a singular approach: inaction. Past leaders have changed tone and posture when they moved from opposing to proposing. Arguably, Justin Trudeau got on a lot of Canadians' radar as an opposition leader when he moved to supporting legalization and regulation of recreational cannabis — a policy coming to fruition this week.