OTTAWA — The office of Canada’s independent Parliamentary Budget Officer took the unusual step of putting out a factual update on Thursday, after critics, including Liberal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, questioned the findings of a PBO analysis linking the proposed federal emissions cap to deep job losses.

The note, addressing “misstatements in the media,” stresses that the PBO analysis didn’t, as some have alleged, grossly underestimate emissions reductions that could be achieved by scaling-up carbon capture and storage (CCS).