Sovereignty, Foreign Relations, & the United States

Defending Canada's north platforms

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

Liberal
  • Invest in equipment for the Reserves and Canadian Rangers

    "Invest in our Reserves and Canadian Rangers to give them the equipment they need to continue protecting our sovereignty and conduct domestic disaster responses that directly helps Canadians." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Work closely with Arctic and Northern Indigenous leadership as partners, and ensure their priorities are reflected with targeted investments in dual-use military/civilian infrastructure

    "Work closely with Arctic and Northern Indigenous leadership as partners, in defence and security investments that respect their rights, incorporate traditional knowledge, and ensure community priorities are reflected, especially on targeted investments in dual-use infrastructure such as airstrips and other critical infrastructure." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Build a network of deepwater ports for protecting the Northwest Passage

    "Strengthen the presence of Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic to protect the sovereignty of our land, air, and sea, including through a network of deepwater ports that will allow us to protect the Northwest Passage year-round." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Work with Australia to develop advanced Over-the-Horizon Radar, and use in the arctic

    "Move forward to detect and deter early warning radar coverage of threats to the Arctic by working with partners in Australia to develop advanced Over-the-Horizon Radar. This will also help deepen our defence and trade ties with Australia." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Sign a new Canada-Europe Arctic security cooperation agreement

    "Forge a new Canada-Europe Arctic security cooperation agreement that deepens ties in the North in recognition of the rapidly shifting security landscape." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Make investments in Canadian satellites
  • Commission new submarines and heavy icebreakers

    "Expand the capabilities of the Navy with new submarines and additional heavy icebreakers to defend the North." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

Conservative
  • Double the size of the 1st Patrol Group of the Canadian Rangers, to 4,000 Rangers
  • Acquire two additional polar icebreakers, and deliver two icebreakers currently being built by 2029

    "Acquire two additional polar icebreakers for the Royal Canadian Navy. Poilievre also committed to delivering the two polar icebreakers the Seaspan and Davie shipyards are now building for the Coast Guard by 2029, while the Liberals refuse to provide a timeline." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Build a new arctic naval abase in Churchill, Manitoba

    "Build a new Arctic naval base in Churchill, Manitoba. This will serve as a base of operations for Canada’s new polar icebreakers and will allow the Port of Churchill to sustain a continuous commercial shipping season." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Build a permanent Arctic military base in Iqaluit within two years

    "Build at least one permanent Arctic military base within two years: CFB Iqaluit, Canada’s first permanent Arctic military base since the Cold War." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Establish a new Canadian Army reserve unit at Whitehorse and restore Operation NANOOK, an annual arctic military exercise, to its full strength

    "Establish a new Canadian Army reserve unit at Whitehorse and restore Operation NANOOK to its full strength, as it was under the previous Conservative government." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Upgrade the Forward Operating Location in Inuvik to full base status to hose fighter jets and Husky tankers

    "Upgrade the Forward Operating Location in Inuvik to full base status (CFB Inuvik) to host fighter jets and Husky tankers." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Bloc
  • Appuyer un renforcement de la souveraineté territoriale dans l’Arctique

    Le Bloc Québécois appuiera un renforcement de la

    souveraineté territoriale dans l’Arctique en continuant

    de s’appuyer sur l’expertise du Chantier Davie en

    matière de brise-glaces polaires et un généreux

    rattrapage dans l’offre de contrats à ce fleuron.

NDP
  • Make new investments in arctic sovereignty and facilities that benefit Northerners

    "That will also include new investments in arctic sovereignty and in facilities which benefit Northerns (sic) and their communities." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

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