Climate Change & the Environment platforms

Here's what the candidates in South Shore—St. Margarets, and their parties, are promising.

Clean energy

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We don't have any Green policies on Clean energy.

Liberal

  • Keep the current suite of investment tax credits for clean energy in place, and finalise tax credits under development

    "incentivizing Projects of National Interest by keeping the federal government’s current suite of investment tax credits for clean energy, finalizing the tax credits under development, and reinforcing the Canada Growth Fund, including by supporting carbon contracts for difference;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

    "Move forward on Canada’s six major investment tax credits (ITCs) that support clean energy and technology — the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage ITC, Clean Technology ITC, Clean Electricity ITC, Clean Hydrogen ITC, Clean Technology Manufacturing ITC, and Electric Vehicle Supply Chain ITC." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

We don't have any Conservative policies on Clean energy.

Climate adaptation

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Green

  • Start a National Civil Defence Corps to build resilience and preparedness for emergencies

    "Establish a National Civil Defence Corps — a civilian-led national service dedicated to building Canada’s resilience and preparedness for emergencies. This initiative will provide meaningful employment for workers impacted by economic transitions, equipping them with vital skills in disaster response, emergency management, infrastructure protection, and climate resilience." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Liberal

  • Provide funding for low- and middle-income households, including renters, to adopt heat pumps and energy efficiency upgrades

    "Funding home retrofits and lowering utility bills while making it easier for low- and middle-income households, including renters, to adopt heat pumps and energy efficiency upgrades including insulation upgrades, heat pump installation, and window replacements;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

  • Provide funding to help households protect against floods, wildfires, and other extreme weather events with home repairs and improvements

    "Lowering household risks to floods and wildfires, directly helping Canadian families to protect against floods, wildfires, and other extreme weather events. This will help with funding oriented towards adaptation measures such as repairing or replacing your roof, installing a sump pump, or sealing cracks in your foundations;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

  • Have big polluters pay for household improvements, using a reformed carbon credit market

    "A Mark Carney government will use a reformed carbon credit market to finance these climate conscious choices, meaning that big polluters, not taxpayers, will pay." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

  • Provide a $500M top-up for the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund to help strengthen community infrastructure against disasters
  • Invest in Parks Canada's disaster response capabilities, including expanding wildfire response teams, clearing debris and using controlled burns, creating evacuation plans, and updating building codes

    "Improving Parks Canada’s disaster response capabilities, having learned lessons from what happened in Jasper, Alberta, last year, and the devastation experienced by the local economy and the surrounding nature and wildlife. We will invest to ensure our national parks have a well-resourced response force including expanding and equipping Parks Canada’s wildfire response teams with additional training and modern firefighting equipment to meet emerging wildfire threats. We will increase investment in FireSmart programs, including strategic debris clearing and controlled burns; ensure comprehensive evacuation planning for all communities within national parks, developed in collaboration with local and Indigenous partners; update building codes and infrastructure standards for all new constructions in national parks, ensuring climate-resilient design that accounts for future wildfire and climate risks." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

  • Create a Youth Climate Corps pilot to provide paid skills training for young people to respond to climate emergencies, support recovery, and build community resilience

    "Establish a Youth Climate Corps pilot which will provide paid skills training for young Canadians to quickly respond to climate emergencies, support recovery, and strengthen resilience in communities across the country. This is our moment to act boldly, prepare for the emergencies we know are coming, and empower the next generation to lead the fight for our future." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

  • Ensure federally-supported housing is not built in areas that are at high risk for floods and wildfires

    "Build federal homes in ways that reduce the risk of costly damages. To protect homeowners and renters from costly flood and wildfire risks, federally supported housing will not be built in areas that are at high risk for floods and wildfires. Housing will be built in safer locations, reducing homeowners’ exposure to costly risks and protecting their health and wellbeing." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Stand up a high-risk flood insurance programme by April 2026

    "Stand up Canada’s high-risk flood insurance program by April 2026 to support homeowners to reduce their exposure to future climate risk. We will expedite work with provinces, territories, and industry to finalize this low-cost program." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

We don't have any Conservative policies on Climate adaptation.

Conservation

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Liberal

  • Create at least 10 new national parks and marine conservation areas, and 15 new urban parks
  • Implement the Global Biodiversity Framework and conserve 30% of Canada's lands and waters by 2030

    "implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework and conserving 30% of Canada’s lands and waters by 2030 including with the creation of at least 10 new national parks and marine conservation areas and 15 new urban parks" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Create a new Arctic Indigenous Guardians programme, with 50 new guardians on the ground by 2027

    "Conserve nature in partnership with Indigenous Peoples by expanding the Indigenous Guardians Program to include 50 new Arctic Indigenous Guardians This will support Indigenous leadership in environmental monitoring and land management ensuring invaluable traditional knowledge is incorporated into nature protection [more]." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

  • Create a $250M fund for Indigenous-led conservation and protection projects

    "Establish a new Indigenous Climate Readiness and Adaptation Fund and support Indigenous-led conservation initiatives to safeguard forests, waterways, oceans and wildlife and to bolster disaster response activities. This ensures invaluable traditional knowledge is incorporated into how we protect nature and advances reconciliation." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

  • Create a federal programme to match money individuals, businesses, and philanthropists give to nature restoration and conservation, up to $250M

    "launching a Canadian Nature Protection Fund, where the federal government will match every dollar (up to $250M) that individuals, businesses, and philanthropists contribute to eligible nature restoration and conservation initiatives." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

    "Launch the Canadian Nature Protection Fund to restore old-growth forests, safeguard carbon-rich peatlands, and revive our coastal waters. Every dollar Canadians, businesses, and philanthropists contribute will be matched by the federal government, up to $250 million. Together, we’ll supercharge conservation efforts, support Indigenous leadership, and protect our natural legacy for generations to come." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

  • Map ecologically sensitive areas

    "Map Canada’s ecologically sensitive areas. We will map Canada’s carbon and biodiversity-rich ecological landscapes – including ocean coastlines, peatlands, and permafrost areas – to enable a more holistic ecosystem approach to conservation, carbon accounting, and project development." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

  • Proactively rehabilitate and mitigate environmental and species at risk impacts in areas where significant infrastructure development is expected in the next five years

    "Proactively rehabilitate and mitigate environmental and species at risk impacts in areas where we expect there to be significant infrastructure development over the next five years. We will do this in cooperation with project proponents, provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners that could impact endangered and at-risk species across the country. This includes habitats and environments near ports, railroads, airports, highways, critical mineral sites, energy infrastructure, and more. This will ensure prevention, mitigation, or offset measures are in place before projects even break ground." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

Conservative

  • Enforce the law against elver poaching in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

    “Canada First Conservatives believe the government should enforce the law and hold those responsible accountable. Only through such measures can order be restored and the scientific and conservation efforts necessary for a sustainable fishery and a thriving environment be upheld. After the lost Liberal decade, Nova Scotians have reached their limit.” — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Create a $130M/year fund to support hunting, fishing, and conservation efforts

    "Create an Outdoor Heritage Fund to support hunting, fishing, and conservation efforts." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Cancel the federal decree on protecting caribou

    "Caribou decree: A Conservative government is committed to cancelling the federal decree on caribou, which threatens the economy of several Quebec regions. It is up to the Quebec government, not the federal government, to find a balance between protecting the caribou and logging." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Electric vehicles

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Liberal

  • Support building thousands of new electric vehicle charging stations by 2027
  • Look into reintroducing a purchase incentive worth up to $5,000

Conservative

  • Exclude electric vehicles made in China from federal rebates

    "End federal rebates for made-in-China EVs to protect Canadian auto workers and our national security." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Cancel the planned requirement that 20% of passenger vehicles must be zero-emissions by 2026

Electricity

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Liberal

  • Work with provinces and territories to build out an East-West electricity grid

    "working with provinces and territories to build out an East-West electricity grid, in a historic nation-building project, to secure Canadians’ access to affordable, reliable, clean, Canadian electricity;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Invest in conventional and clean energy to reduce reliance on the United States

    "investing in Canada’s conventional and clean energy potential, so we can reduce our reliance on the United States and build trading relationships with reliable partners." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Build out Canada’s east-west electricity grid, a nation-building transmission project developed with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners, and stakeholders. This commitment will unleash clean growth across the country, connecting more homes and businesses to the power of clean electricity and attracting new investments in resource projects. And we will open new markets for large electricity producers in Canada, such as Hydro-Québec and Manitoba Hydro, and enhance connectivity to low-emissions electricity needed for industry and the broader economy to reach net-zero emissions. This effort will strengthen our energy security and build Canada into one economy." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Electricity.

Freshwater

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Liberal

  • Invest $100M in a strategic water security technology fund
  • Integrate water security into trade and diplomatic priorities
  • Invest an additional $10M to fight aquatic invasive species
  • Increase enforcement efforts
We don't have any Conservative policies on Freshwater.

Green building retrofits

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Green

  • Revisit trade restrictions with China to balance economic and environmental goals, and protection of Canadian EV manufacturing jobs, while reducing tariffs on Chinese solar panels

    "Revisit trade restrictions with China to strategically balance economic and environmental goals, maintaining tariffs on imported Chinese electric vehicles to protect Canadian manufacturing and jobs in our rapidly growing domestic EV sector, while reducing tariffs on Chinese solar panels to accelerate the adoption of affordable renewable energy and create jobs in solar installation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Liberal

  • Provide funding for low- and middle-income households, including renters, to adopt heat pumps and energy efficiency upgrades

    "Funding home retrofits and lowering utility bills while making it easier for low- and middle-income households, including renters, to adopt heat pumps and energy efficiency upgrades including insulation upgrades, heat pump installation, and window replacements;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

  • Adopt the top tiers for energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reductions in government buildings

    "Ensure new federal buildings will be top performers in energy efficiency by adopting the top tiers for energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reductions. This will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, lower long-term energy costs, and stimulate demand for clean energy technologies and green construction jobs." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

We don't have any Conservative policies on Green building retrofits.

Green jobs

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Green

  • Ensure clean economy subsidies serve workers and communities by requiring strong labour, environmental, and transparency conditions on all public funding

    "Ensure clean economy subsidies serve workers and communities — not just corporate profits by requiring strong labour, environmental, and transparency conditions on all public funding." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Enact a Just Transition Act to ensure affected workers and communities lead their own transition plans with legally-protected rights to income support, retraining, and career placement
  • Create a Just Transition Benefit to provide wage insurance, income protection, early retirement options, and relocation assistance for workers in declining industries
  • Set up locally-driven Just Transition Centres to connect displaced workers to new employment, training, and economic development opportunities
  • Set up a National Skills Tracking & Transition Database to ensure every fossil fuel worker has a direct job-matching pathway to well-paid, long-term work
  • Start a National Civil Defence Corps to build resilience and preparedness for emergencies

    "Establish a National Civil Defence Corps — a civilian-led national service dedicated to building Canada’s resilience and preparedness for emergencies. This initiative will provide meaningful employment for workers impacted by economic transitions, equipping them with vital skills in disaster response, emergency management, infrastructure protection, and climate resilience." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Launch a national program to provide free training, paid apprenticeships, and wage support in green jobs, prioritising workers affected by automation and the transition away from fossil fuels

    "Launch a National Green Jobs Training and Apprenticeship Program to provide free training, paid apprenticeships, and wage support, prioritizing workers affected by the transition away from fossil fuels and automation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Support the Youth Climate Corps to create tens of thousands of youth jobs in green infrastructure, conservation, and public service
  • Invest in green value-added industries such as battery production and critical minerals refining, green steel and zero-emission aluminium processing, and mass timber and engineered wood production

Liberal

  • Create a Youth Climate Corps pilot to provide paid skills training for young people to respond to climate emergencies, support recovery, and build community resilience

    "Establish a Youth Climate Corps pilot which will provide paid skills training for young Canadians to quickly respond to climate emergencies, support recovery, and strengthen resilience in communities across the country. This is our moment to act boldly, prepare for the emergencies we know are coming, and empower the next generation to lead the fight for our future." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

We don't have any Conservative policies on Green jobs.

Greenhouse gas emissions

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Green

  • Align national trade policy with climate goals and implement carbon-intensity tariffs on imported goods

Liberal

  • Finalise and implement a set of voluntary sustainable investment guidelines for every priority sector by fall 2026

    "Finalize and implement the voluntary made-in-Canada sustainable investment guidelines for every priority sector by fall 2026." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Issue transition bonds by 2027 to finance projects that help industrial and agricultural sectors get cleaner and more competitive

    "Issue Canada’s first-ever transition bonds by 2027, to finance projects that help industrial and agricultural sectors get cleaner and more competitive. The federal government will issue at least $10 billion per year through new bonds." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Phase out the use of fossil fuels in government-owned buildings by 2030

    "Lead by example, and reduce energy bills, in government-owned buildings by phasing out fossil fuel use by 2030." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Maintain and improve the Output-Based Pricing System for large industrial emitters

    "Make sure big emitters pay while protecting the competitiveness of Canadian industry. We will improve the Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS) for large industrial emitters and actively work with provincial and territorial governments to ensure carbon markets continue to function well, reduce barriers to harmonizing and linking these markets across the country, and ensure they establish a long-term signal to lock in investments. This will make sure that, as Canadian industry reduces emissions, we are still competitive, make sure companies are able to withstand America’s trade war, and that Canada is positioned to take advantage of new opportunities in the global marketplace." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Work with provinces and territories on ways for large emitters to support consumer adoption of green technologies and retrofits

    "Enable opportunities for big polluters to support consumers in lowering their carbon footprint. We will work with provinces and territories to seek ways for large emitters to support consumer adoption of green technologies and retrofits, such as heat pumps and electric vehicles, which also help lower household energy bills." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Develop a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to price the carbon emissions of manufacturing foreign goods then importing them into Canada

    "Promote fair competition with our trading partners by developing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Companies that take their climate responsibilities seriously should be treated fairly. So we will work with reliable partners to ensure fairness for Canadian industries and better economically integrate Canada with allies in the fight against climate change. This approach would focus on ensuring the competitiveness of Canada’s most energy-intensive, trade-exposed sectors, and protect Canadians who work in industries such as steel and aluminum." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Provide funding for low- and middle-income households, including renters, to adopt heat pumps and energy efficiency upgrades

    "Funding home retrofits and lowering utility bills while making it easier for low- and middle-income households, including renters, to adopt heat pumps and energy efficiency upgrades including insulation upgrades, heat pump installation, and window replacements;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

Conservative

  • Remove the price on industrial greenhouse gas emissions

    "Poilievre will axe the entire Liberal carbon tax law, including the federal law that requires the provinces to impose an industrial carbon tax." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Support a plan to double Newfoundland and Labrador's oil and gas production
  • Repeal the cap on industrial greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas
  • Repeal the Clean Fuel Regulations

    "Scrap the Liberal fuel regulations to lower fuel costs and boost our economy." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Cancel the planned requirement that 20% of passenger vehicles must be zero-emissions by 2026
  • Reform Investment Tax Credits to reward clean manufacturing and production
  • Count emissions reduced by other countries using resources and technologies Canada exported to them towards Canadian emissions reductions goals

    "Use Article 6 of the Paris Agreement to dramatically reduce global emissions and fight climate change by exporting cleaner Canadian resources and technologies." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Marine conservation

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Liberal

  • Invest $15M to modernise the location, retrieval, and responsible disposal of ghost gear

    "investing an additional $15M to modernize the location, retrieval, and responsible disposal of the ghost gear threatening marine mammals and birds;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Create an open data model to increase transparency of quota decisions

    "establishing an open data model to increase the transparency of quota decisions." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Ratify the High Seas Treaty as soon as possible
  • Support growth of marine resource sectors, and advocate for international protections

    "supporting growth of our marine resource sectors, while advocating for strong, evidence-based, international protections" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

Conservative

  • Restore the seal harvest

    "Today, Clifford Small, Conservative candidate for Central Newfoundland, announced that Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Government will restore the seal harvest to protect harvesters’ jobs, and take back control of the seal and sea lion population that is destroying our fish stocks." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Approve oil exports from Arctic ports
  • Modify Marine Protected Areas to allow more fish harvesting

    "Adapting Marine Protected Areas to ensure science, not ideology, determines where harvesters can land their catch." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Mining and minerals

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Green

  • Incentivise value-added resource use through tax incentives, innovation grants, and industrial partnerships

    "Increase productivity by incentivizing value-added resource use through tax incentives, innovation grants, and industrial partnerships that maximize efficiency in processing and manufacturing." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Ban the export of unprocessed resources, so that resources are refined, processed, and value-added here before export

    "Ban the export of unprocessed resources. Ensure Canadian oil, minerals, timber, and seafood are refined, processed, and value-added before export, creating Canadian jobs and reducing U.S. leverage over our economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Invest in green value-added industries such as battery production and critical minerals refining, green steel and zero-emission aluminium processing, and mass timber and engineered wood production

Liberal

  • Create a First-and-Last Mile Fund to connect critical mineral projects to supply chains and directly support mineral and clean energy projects

    "connecting critical mineral projects to supply chains via a new First and Last Mile Fund (FLMF), creating a more integrated and accessible Canadian economy;

    directly supporting clean energy and critical minerals projects via the FLMF, reducing our reliance on other countries and protecting Canadian jobs;"

    liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

    "Kickstart the clean energy supply chain by investing in critical minerals, attracting investment in critical minerals to get them from “rock to road” faster, supporting early-stage mining companies, and supporting thousands of jobs across the supply chain. To get the vital components needed to build Canada strong, we will:

    1. Connect critical mineral projects to supply chains through a new First and Last Mile Fund (FLMF). This will make more projects viable and create a more integrated and accessible Canadian economy.
    2. Directly support clean energy and critical mineral projects through the FLMF, reducing our reliance on other countries and protecting Canadian jobs. This will include supporting on-site development, processing, and refining capacity.
    3. Accelerate exploration and extraction, including investing in prospecting activities and recovering valuable minerals from end-of-life products like mining waste and batteries, contributing to a circular economy."

    liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Sign agreements with all willing provinces, territories, and Indigenous governing bodies to ensure projects go through only one review

    "Sign Cooperation and Substitution Agreements with all willing provinces, territories, and Indigenous Governing Bodies within six months, ensuring that projects only go through one review that uphold environmental standards and Indigenous Consultation. This will include upholding Canada’s world class environmental protections and Indigenous People’s constitutional rights." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

    "Move forward with One Project, One Review. Within six months, we will sign Cooperation and Substitution Agreements with all willing Premiers, as well as Indigenous Governing Bodies, allowing the federal government to recognize provincial, territorial, and Indigenous-led assessments. It will reinforce the rigours of Canada’s system that protects the environment, guarantees Indigenous consultation and involvement, and builds community buy-in. This is a bonus for investors because it provides long-term certainty, which compared to growing uncertainty in the U.S., provides a distinct Canadian advantage." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Create a Major Federal Project Office as a single application portal for big projects, issuing decisions on projects within two years

    "Establish a Major Federal Project Office to advance a One Project, One Review approach which will provide efficiency and certainty for investors. This office will have a strong new mandate to:

    » act as a “One Window” application portal for project proponents to reduce duplication and paperwork when seeking decisions and permits for major projects;

    » issue decisions on major projects within two years instead of five - including additional approvals outside of the Impact Assessment Act - while fully upholding environmental integrity and Indigenous rights;

    » shift the project review focus “why” to “how”;"

    liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

    "Require the new Major Federal Project Office to render final decisions on projects on a maximum two-year timeline, much faster than the former government’s five-year timeline. This will include where other federal decisions are required, including under the Fisheries Act, the Species at Risk Act, and other federal legislation." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Jointly identify projects of national interest with provinces, territories, and Indigenous peoples, and fast-track them

    "Protect our economic sovereignty by unlocking projects that grow our economy. We will work with provinces and territories and Indigenous Peoples to establish a list of nation-building projects that span provincial and territorial boundaries and deliver major economic and strategic benefits to Canadians. Long project approval timelines in Canada create significant investment uncertainty, hindering the rapid response needed to address today’s global economic shifts. We will prioritize funding and assessment resources for these projects on an expedited basis." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Increase funding to $40M/year for Indigenous capacity to engage on projects early and consistently through the Impact Assessment Agency

    "Increase capacity for Indigenous communities to engage on projects early and consistently. This will include:

    » increasing funding, to $40 million per year, for Indigenous capacity to engage on projects early and consistently through the Impact Assessment Agency." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Provide additional investments and expand existing tax credits for critical mineral exploration and extraction

    "attracting, expanding and de-risking investment in critical mineral exploration and extraction with additional investments in and expansion of existing tax credits." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

    "Attract, expand, and derisk investments in critical minerals exploration and extraction through the expansion of existing tax credits. We will do this by:

    1. Broadening the Critical Mineral Exploration Tax Credit by expanding qualifying minerals to include critical minerals necessary for defence, semiconductors, energy, and other clean technologies.
    2. Expanding eligible activities under Canadian exploration expenses to include the costs of technical studies, such as engineering, economic and feasibility studies for critical minerals projects.
    3. Modifying the Clean Technology Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit to include critical mineral mine development expenses for brownfield sites while expanding the list of priority critical minerals. This will accelerate how we get critical minerals from “rock to road” and will create good jobs."

    liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Provide funding for projects of national and economic significance, and use the Canada Growth Fund for critical minerals projects

    "Invest in ourselves by providing funding for projects of national and economic significance and leveraging the Canada Growth Fund to accelerate private investment in Canadian critical minerals projects. This will deliver strong value for taxpayers and make Canada an even more attractive market for investments." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Work with project owners, provinces, territories, & Indigenous partners to do proactive remediation and rehabilitation work at project sites

    "Work with project proponents, provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners to do proactive remediation and rehabilitation work at project sites so projects move faster" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Work with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners on a corridor for transport, energy, critical minerals, and digital connectivity

    "Develop a trade and energy corridor, along with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners, for transport, energy, critical minerals, and digital connectivity, including through the Trade Diversification Corridor Fund;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Invest in prospecting for mineral exploration and extraction from recycling

    "accelerating exploration, as well as extraction from recycling, by investing in prospecting activities;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

Conservative

  • Create a single office to handle all regulatory approvals across all levels of government
  • Implement one application and one environmental review per project

    "One application. End duplication – There will be one application and one environmental review per project, ensuring efficiency without sacrificing environmental standards. Instead of multiple overlapping studies that stall projects, governments will work together to deliver a single, effective review." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Approve ten specific priority projects

    "Some of the priority projects a Poilievre government will work with proponents and First Nations to approve:

    1. LNG Canada Phase II Expansion Project (BC): Aims to double LNG output but faces power supply challenges and output limitations related to the emissions cap.
    2. Suncor Base Mine Extension (Alberta): Expansion of an existing mine anticipated to produce 225,000 barrels per day of bitumen froth. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2020.
    3. Rook 1 Uranium Mine (Saskatchewan): A development-stage uranium project expected to be a major source of low-cost uranium. Approval process started in 2019 with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
    4. Springpole Lake Gold (Ontario): A proposed gold and silver mine with an on-site metal mill. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2018.
    5. Upper Beaver Gold Mine (Ontario): A proposed underground and gold and copper mine. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2021.
    6. Northern Road Link (Ontario): A proposed all-season, multi-use road in northern Ontario. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2023.
    7. Crawford Nickel Project (Ontario): A proposed nickel-cobalt mine with an on-site metal mill. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2022.
    8. Troilus Gold and Copper Mine (Quebec): A proposed gold and copper mine. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2022.
    9. Sorel-Tracy Port Terminal (Quebec): A proposed new port terminal in the industrial-port area of Sorel-Tracy. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2022.
    10. Cape Ray Gold and Silver Mine (Newfoundland): A proposed gold and silver mine with a milling complex. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2017."

    conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Create pre-approved zones for businesses to build mines, power stations, LNG terminals, pipelines, or other major projects

    "Today Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre revealed his plan to create ‘Canada Shovel Ready Zones.’ These zones will be areas already permitted for construction, meaning the permits will not just take less time, but will already be completed when a company decides to build a mine, LNG terminal or pipeline, bringing home thousands of jobs for Canadian workers and taking back control of our economy from the Americans.

    Poilievre described how his Canada First Conservative Government will get the Canada Shovel Ready Zones done:

    1. Identify a location that makes sense for a power station, LNG plant, pipeline, or another major project.
    2. Make sure it is safe for Canadians and the environment.
    3. Work with other levels of government to lock down zoning and permits in advance of construction.
    4. Offer pre-permitting before even getting an application so that permits could be published online with a checklist that businesses would have to complete in order to protect nature and people.

    This means businesses could buy the land, move in, hire people and build, knowing they already have the permits."

    conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Build the road to Ontario's Ring of Fire and approve federal permits to mine chromite, cobalt, nickel, copper, and platinum

    "Build the road to Ontario’s Ring of Fire and approve federal permits to harvest chromite, cobalt, nickel, copper, and platinum boosting our economy by billions of dollars, allowing us to become less dependent on the Americans, while our allies overseas would no longer have to rely on hostile regimes for these metals, turning dollars for dictators into paycheques for our people." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Oil and gas

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Green

  • Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects

    "Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects. No public funds should support continued fossil fuel expansion." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Ban the export of unprocessed resources, so that resources are refined, processed, and value-added here before export

    "Ban the export of unprocessed resources. Ensure Canadian oil, minerals, timber, and seafood are refined, processed, and value-added before export, creating Canadian jobs and reducing U.S. leverage over our economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Liberal

  • Jointly identify projects of national interest with provinces, territories, and Indigenous peoples, and fast-track them

    "Protect our economic sovereignty by unlocking projects that grow our economy. We will work with provinces and territories and Indigenous Peoples to establish a list of nation-building projects that span provincial and territorial boundaries and deliver major economic and strategic benefits to Canadians. Long project approval timelines in Canada create significant investment uncertainty, hindering the rapid response needed to address today’s global economic shifts. We will prioritize funding and assessment resources for these projects on an expedited basis." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Sign agreements with all willing provinces, territories, and Indigenous governing bodies to ensure projects go through only one review

    "Sign Cooperation and Substitution Agreements with all willing provinces, territories, and Indigenous Governing Bodies within six months, ensuring that projects only go through one review that uphold environmental standards and Indigenous Consultation. This will include upholding Canada’s world class environmental protections and Indigenous People’s constitutional rights." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

    "Move forward with One Project, One Review. Within six months, we will sign Cooperation and Substitution Agreements with all willing Premiers, as well as Indigenous Governing Bodies, allowing the federal government to recognize provincial, territorial, and Indigenous-led assessments. It will reinforce the rigours of Canada’s system that protects the environment, guarantees Indigenous consultation and involvement, and builds community buy-in. This is a bonus for investors because it provides long-term certainty, which compared to growing uncertainty in the U.S., provides a distinct Canadian advantage." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Increase funding to $40M/year for Indigenous capacity to engage on projects early and consistently through the Impact Assessment Agency

    "Increase capacity for Indigenous communities to engage on projects early and consistently. This will include:

    » increasing funding, to $40 million per year, for Indigenous capacity to engage on projects early and consistently through the Impact Assessment Agency." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Work with project owners, provinces, territories, & Indigenous partners to do proactive remediation and rehabilitation work at project sites

    "Work with project proponents, provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners to do proactive remediation and rehabilitation work at project sites so projects move faster" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Work with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners on a corridor for transport, energy, critical minerals, and digital connectivity

    "Develop a trade and energy corridor, along with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners, for transport, energy, critical minerals, and digital connectivity, including through the Trade Diversification Corridor Fund;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Create a Major Federal Project Office as a single application portal for big projects, issuing decisions on projects within two years

    "Establish a Major Federal Project Office to advance a One Project, One Review approach which will provide efficiency and certainty for investors. This office will have a strong new mandate to:

    » act as a “One Window” application portal for project proponents to reduce duplication and paperwork when seeking decisions and permits for major projects;

    » issue decisions on major projects within two years instead of five - including additional approvals outside of the Impact Assessment Act - while fully upholding environmental integrity and Indigenous rights;

    » shift the project review focus “why” to “how”;"

    liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

    "Require the new Major Federal Project Office to render final decisions on projects on a maximum two-year timeline, much faster than the former government’s five-year timeline. This will include where other federal decisions are required, including under the Fisheries Act, the Species at Risk Act, and other federal legislation." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

Conservative

  • Create a pre-approved transport corridor within Canada for transmission lines, railways, and pipelines

    "Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today he will create a ‘Canada First’ National Energy Corridor to fast-track approvals for transmission lines, railways, pipelines, and other critical infrastructure across Canada in a pre-approved transport corridor entirely within Canada, transporting our resources within Canada and to the world while bypassing the United States. It will bring billions of dollars of new investment into Canada’s economy, create powerful paycheques for Canadian workers, and restore our economic independence." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

    "In the corridor, all levels of government will provide legally binding commitments to approve projects. This means investors will no longer face the endless regulatory limbo that has made Canadians poorer. First Nations will be involved from the outset, ensuring that economic benefits flow directly to them and that their approval is secured before any money is spent." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Repeal the Impact Assessment Act
  • Repeal the ban on tankers carrying more than 12,500 metric tons of crude oil or persistent oil products from using ports in north-west BC
  • Aim to reduce approval times for resource projects to six months and set a maximum time of one year

    "One-year maximum wait times for approvals with a target of six months. There will be a target goal of decisions on applications in six months, with an upper time limit of one year, giving businesses certainty, cutting delays, and getting shovels in the ground faster." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Repeal the cap on industrial greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas
  • Support a plan to double Newfoundland and Labrador's oil and gas production
  • Approve the LNG Newfoundland and Labrador project
  • Create pre-approved zones for businesses to build mines, power stations, LNG terminals, pipelines, or other major projects

    "Today Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre revealed his plan to create ‘Canada Shovel Ready Zones.’ These zones will be areas already permitted for construction, meaning the permits will not just take less time, but will already be completed when a company decides to build a mine, LNG terminal or pipeline, bringing home thousands of jobs for Canadian workers and taking back control of our economy from the Americans.

    Poilievre described how his Canada First Conservative Government will get the Canada Shovel Ready Zones done:

    1. Identify a location that makes sense for a power station, LNG plant, pipeline, or another major project.
    2. Make sure it is safe for Canadians and the environment.
    3. Work with other levels of government to lock down zoning and permits in advance of construction.
    4. Offer pre-permitting before even getting an application so that permits could be published online with a checklist that businesses would have to complete in order to protect nature and people.

    This means businesses could buy the land, move in, hire people and build, knowing they already have the permits."

    conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

  • Approve oil exports from Arctic ports
  • Remove the price on industrial greenhouse gas emissions

    "Poilievre will axe the entire Liberal carbon tax law, including the federal law that requires the provinces to impose an industrial carbon tax." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Pollution

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Green

  • Support a global tax on pollution from aviation and shipping

    "Support a global tax on pollution from aviation and shipping, ensuring major international polluters pay their fair share. Work with global partners, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to develop a fair and effective system." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

We don't have any Liberal policies on Pollution.

Conservative

  • End the ban on single-use plastics

    "Scrap the Liberal plastics ban, including the ban on straws, grocery bags, food containers, cutlery, and other single-use plastics, letting consumers and businesses choose what works for them." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • End the dumping of raw sewage into Canada's waterways

Public transit

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We don't have any Green policies on Public transit.

Liberal

  • Invest an additional $250M in the Rural Transit Solutions Fund to lower costs and support developing, expanding, and operating local, regional, and cross-Canada transit

    "Make rural and small communities more affordable and accessible through investing an additional $250 million in the Rural Transit Solutions Fund. By working with provinces and territories, we will lower costs and further support the development, expansion, and operation of local, regional, and cross-Canada transit and bus solutions that help Canadians get to work, school, medical appointments, and visit loved ones." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

Conservative

  • Not fund the Québec City tramway

    "Quebec City tramway: A Conservative government will not fund the construction of the Quebec City tramway, a costly and unpopular project." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23