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
  • Proposer d’investir en aide internationale à hauteur de 0,7 % du revenu national brut

    Le Bloc Québécois proposera d’investir en aide internationale à hauteur de 0,7 % du revenu national brut, avec un meilleur suivi des investissements, en priorisant l’éducation, la santé, l’adaptation aux changements climatiques et la réduction de la pauvreté.

  • 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.

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
We don't have any Green policies on Foreign policy.

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