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Sovereignty, Foreign Relations, & the United States

Foreign policy platforms

Here's what the 2025 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal
  • Issue a new full foreign policy, with more Canadian diplomats and officials abroad

    "Restore Canada’s diplomatic presence abroad through a new, full foreign policy. The last time Canada issued a full foreign policy was in 2005 – the world is immensely different today than it was then. The intention is to deploy more Canadian diplomats and officials abroad, to expand our trade, and to restore Canadian leadership. We will also issue a complementary national security review." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Work closely with Nordic partners to promote arctic security, Canadian sovereignty, and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples

    "Build alliances to protect our sovereignty including work to build a security and economic partnership with our Nordic partners to promote Arctic security, Canadian sovereignty, and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. This will build on our close relationships, and we will continue to leverage our close relationships with the Commonwealth and La Francophonie to present a united front against threats to sovereignty around the globe." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

Conservative
  • Recognise Edmundo González as the winner of Venezuela's 2024 election, and Venezuela's rightful President

    "Recognize the legitimate winner of Venezuela’s election. A Conservative government will recognize Edmundo González as the winner of the 2024 election in Venezuela and as Venezuela’s rightful President." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Bloc
  • Prioritiser les relations avec la Francophonie, particulièrement sur le continent africain
  • Proposer que le Canada contribue davantage pour compenser les coupes de Donald Trump dans l’OMS, l’UNESCO et autres organisations mondiales, et militer aux autres pays pour qu’ils fassent de même
  • Consolider ses relations avec les autres nations sans État et non souveraines

    Le Bloc Québécois consolidera ses relations avec les autres nations sans État et non souveraines, avec qui il réitérera que le droit à l’autodétermination des peuples constitue un fondement inaliénable du droit international.

  • S’opposer à tout accord impliquant un mécanisme de règlement des différends entre investisseurs et États permettant aux grandes entreprises de poursuivre abusivement les pays, notamment en matière de lois environnementales

NDP
  • Pursue a strong and principled foreign policy based on solidarity, human rights, and multilateralism
  • Apply sanctions consistently to all major human rights violators
  • Prevent military goods and technology from being exported to countries that abuse human rights

    "And we will immediately impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel, and close loopholes that allow military and goods and technology to be exported to countries that abuse human rights." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

  • Support international justice institutions like the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice

Green
  • Ensure decisions affecting national sovereignty and international partnerships reflect the shared governance framework established through the Council of Canadian Governments
  • Ban autonomous weapons systems and lead a global pact to outlaw them
  • Sign and ratify the Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and press for global disarmament
  • Terminate the Safe Third Country Agreement with the US, ensuring asylum seekers are not forced to remain in a country violating international refugee protections
  • Re-engage in the UN system, increasing Canada's funding for peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts, and explore opportunities to host expanded UN programmes and institutions in Canada

    "Re-engage in the UN system, increasing Canada’s funding for peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts. Explore opportunities to host expanded UN programs and institutions in Canada to strengthen global geographic equity in multilateral governance." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

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  • End arms exports to regimes that commit human rights abuses

    "End Canadian arms exports to regimes that commit human rights abuses, ensuring Canadian-made weapons are not used in conflicts that violate international law." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Form a common diplomatic and economic alliance with democracies to counter US economic pressure

    "Form a common diplomatic and economic alliance (“economic NATO”) with democracies including EU, UK, Japan, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Brazil, and ASEAN nations to counter US economic pressure." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Expand Canada's role in global peace efforts, focusing on climate security, nuclear disarmament, and conflict prevention
  • Sustain diplomatic initiatives with a PR campaign involving prominent Canadian personalities

    "Sustain diplomatic initiatives with a PR campaign involving prominent Canadian personalities to emphasize Canada’s historical alliances and independence." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Commit to global climate diplomacy that centres equity, international justice, and the leadership of the Global South

    "Commit to global climate diplomacy that centres equity, international justice, and the leadership of the Global South. Prioritize contributions to international climate finance and support reforms to global trade and financial institutions that advance sustainability and human rights." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Ban the importation of Saudi oil into Canada
  • Ban weapons exports to dictatorships and rights-violating regimes
  • Work with the Global Greens network to create a new security alliance for democracies

    "Work with the Global Greens network to foster the creation of a new security alliance for democracies, encompassing Europe, South America, and the Asia Pacific." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

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