"Overhauling defence procurement to better meet our needs and the urgency of the moment by:

1. establishing the Defence Procurement Agency, modernizing defence procurement rules and amending legislation and regulations as required, to centralize expertise from across government and streamline the way we buy equipment for the military."

— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"buying Canadian whenever possible and prioritizing Canadian raw materials such as steel, aluminum, and critical minerals." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Establishing the Bureau of Research, Engineering and Advanced Leadership in Science to ensure the Canadian Armed Forces and Communications Security Establishment have the made-in-Canada innovative solutions they need in areas such as AI, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and other advanced research and technology;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Helping Canadian defence businesses grow at home and diversify their markets abroad, including by expanding the CanExport program to grow their sales internationally, and pivoting it to focus on diversifying from the United States and fully taking advantage of our existing trade deals;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Boosting Canada’s domestic defence industries and production as we build security with our partners. That includes advancing Canada’s involvement in the ReArm Europe Plan in support of transatlantic security, and prioritizing investment here in Canada — with every dollar spent wisely and effectively." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

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

"Buy Canadian-made airborne early warning and control aircraft, supporting our domestic aerospace industry and accelerating the procurement process." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Support the Canadian Army with significant new investments, such as new self-propelled artillery systems and ground-based air defence capabilities so that the CAF have the capacity to operate in today’s context." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"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

"We will modernize our procurement legislation to ensure our Forces can buy the equipment that they need, when they need it—which is now. We can also swiftly surpass our existing defence spending targets and bolster our capabilities by investing in dual purpose infrastructure—whether housing, cybersecurity, or satellite technology—that delivers immediate benefits for both our Forces and the public." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Streamline procurement by re-establishing the cabinet committee on military procurement and creating a new PCO-secretariat to ensure that military procurement issues are central in the machinery of government. We will also work with Canada’s defence industry to increase capacity, and make a single minister responsible to ensure accountability." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Immediately launch an open competition to purchase a fleet of Airborne Warning and Control Systems to increase radar surveillance and command capabilities in Arctic skies." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"We will cancel Canada’s F-35 contract to ensure our needs are met by a proposal that supports Canadian assembly jobs as well as using our knowledge and capacity to maintain them." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"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, 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

"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

"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

"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

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

"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 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 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 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 (CFB Inuvik) to host fighter jets and Husky tankers." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"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

"Close Canada Elections Act loopholes to stop third parties from hiding funding sources that can allow for foreign financing of third parties engaging in regulated electoral activities." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Direct CSIS to implement threat reduction measures, including communicating with Jewish communities about antisemitic threats, along with Chinese, Sikh and other Canadian communities targeted by foreign threats." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Finally, we are committed to seeing a foreign agent registry put in place to help protect people and our democratic institutions." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"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

"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

"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

"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

The United Party of Canada will withdraw from all United Nations and post-nationalist initiatives that infringe on Canada’s sovereignty. These include:

(UN) (WEF) (WHO Paris Climate Accord

These organizations impose policies that undermine Canadian sovereignty and independence, weaken our economy, and erode our national values. Canada’s laws must be made in Canada by Canadians.

The United Party of Canada will undertake a constitutional review and reform that will provide a peaceful and lawful pathway to establish sovereign provinces, reforging Canada as a constitutional republic.

This will place the people at the centre of a new nation, enshrining the inalienable rights that built this nation under the supremacy of God and the rule of law.

This will decentralize federal power and move it to the provinces and the people.

This will re-establish our nation as a nation that has peace and strength, whose wealth benefits the people of Canada and returns us to our legacy as a credible international partner for trade and security agreements.

Implementation Plan:

1. Immediate Termination of Agreements that Harm Canadian Interests

• Begin the legal and diplomatic process of exiting the UN, WHO, and WEF, ensuring that Canada is no longer subject to their mandates.

• Remove Canada’s signature from international agreements that infringe on sovereignty, such as the UN Migration Compact, which allows foreign entities to dictate our immigration policies.

• End participation in the WHO’s Pandemic Treaty, which could allow foreign authorities to dictate health mandates in Canada.

• Ban any government funding or taxpayer dollars from being allocated to these organizations.

• Exit global climate accords (such as the Paris Accord) that restrict Canada’s ability to develop its own natural resources.

• End any trade agreements that force Canada to comply with foreign environmental, Taxation, or regulatory standards that put Canadian businesses at a disadvantage.

• Repeal policies derived from WEF recommendations, such as digital ID programs or central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), which threaten personal privacy and financial freedom.

2. Reinforce Canadian Sovereignty in Law & Governance

• Legally establish that no foreign entity can override Canadian laws.

• Require all government employees, elected and appointed officials, and public servants to declare their loyalty to Canada and Canadians over foreign obligations.

• Investigate and prosecute any foreign government or foreign organization that interferes on Canadian soil with the Canadian government, elected and appointed officials, or elections.

3. Strengthen National Identity & Independence

• Mandate that all foreign aid spending be reassessed to ensure it directly benefits Canada’s strategic interests rather than fulfilling international agendas.

• Launch a “Canadian First” initiative, prioritizing Canadian-made products and industries over foreign imports.

• Review and eliminate any foreign-backed lobbying efforts that seek to impose policies detrimental to Canadian interests.

Undertake a constitutional review to return Canada to the way it was intended to be: a sovereign people with strong provinces establishing a strong nation.

"Expand FinDev’s lending capacity to support the private sector in low-income and emerging economies by investing in infrastructure that reduces emissions, addresses global famine and food insecurity, and closes economic development gaps." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Protect Canada’s proud tradition of supporting the poorest and most vulnerable in times of crisis by maintaining our international humanitarian assistance budget at no less than $800 million per year." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Assert Canada’s leadership in supporting women and girls by protecting funding for sexual and reproductive health care and rights, education, and combatting child marriage. At a time when women’s rights are under threat and reproductive rights are being rolled back at a shocking rate, we will ensure that our foreign assistance is gender responsive and helps the poorest and most vulnerable." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Defunding foreign aid to dictators, terrorists and global bureaucracies." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"We would join the increasing number of countries that recognize the State of Palestine. This is a concrete step towards peace and justice for Palestinians and Israelis, consistent with Canada’s traditional support for a two-state solution." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"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

"Give better support to our CAF members, through investments in housing, health care, and child care. This means rapidly increasing the stock of high-quality housing on bases across the country and ensuring access to primary child care and health care – including mental health supports – for serving members and their families." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Modernize our recruitment process, including by streamlining security clearances and applying online, so that more applicants can get trained, faster. Every year, thousands of Canadians try to join the CAF, but encounter frustrating barriers and a slow process, leading to a recruitment rate of less than 10%. To solve our personnel crisis, we need to make it easier for high-quality candidates to enter service more quickly." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"We will expand the reach and abilities of the Canadian Coast Guard and integrate them into our NATO defence capabilities. Our Coast Guard carries out important work, but we need to update their mission to face changing realities to protect our sovereignty and counter criminal activity, like the trafficking of illicit drugs. That’s why we will give the Canadian Coast Guard a new mandate—and the right equipment—to conduct maritime surveillance operations to secure our coasts." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"We will end the chronic lapsing of defence spending, through the creation of a defence capital account that ensures that even when the timing of an investment changes, every dollar assigned to Canada’s defence will remain for that purpose." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Creating a first-in-class drone capability that will build and deploy aquatic and airborne uncrewed vehicles to defend our arctic, our undersea infrastructure, our borders, and our allies. This new capability will be matched with an industrial strategy that builds and perfects these technologies so that Canadian companies benefit from Canadian procurements." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Address the external recommendations to combat military sexual misconduct. Sexual misconduct has absolutely no place in the Canadian Armed Forces. Like all Canadians, members of the Canadian Armed Forces must have a safe workplace." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"We will meet Canada’s commitment of increasing defence spending to two per cent of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product by no later than 2032, with an emphasis on making investments that support Canadians, communities, those who are serving in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and Veterans." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

We will rebuild Canada’s military, protect our borders, and defend the Arctic against foreign threats.

Policy Description:

Canada’s national security has been dangerously neglected. Decades of underfunding have left our armed forces underequipped and, understaffed and unable to defend our country effectively. The current government has prioritized foreign-led military initiatives over protecting Canadian sovereignty, leaving our borders exposed and our Arctic vulnerable to growing Russian and Chinese military expansion.

We will rebuild the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) with a massive investment in personnel, equipment, and infrastructure, ensuring that Canada has a military capable of protecting our borders and asserting sovereignty over our territory. We will fortify our northern defences, deploy a specialized Border Protection Task Force to stop illegal immigration, illegal drugs, illegal guns and drug components, and human trafficking, and ensure that Canada’s military serves Canadian interests.

Implementation Plan:

1. Massive Military Investment – Rebuild the Canadian Armed Forces

• Increase military spending to meet NATO’s 2% GDP target and ensure the CAF has the resources necessary to defend Canada. Currently, Canada spends approximately 1.3% of GDP on defence—one of the lowest levels in NATO. We will meet and exceed the 2% commitment to ensure a capable military.

• Modernize outdated equipment, including tanks, fighter jets, naval ships, and Arctic patrol vehicles.

• Our CF-18 fighter jets, in service since the 1980s, are long overdue for replacement. We will accelerate the acquisition of next-generation fighter aircraft to protect Canadian airspace.

• Expand recruitment and training programs to increase military personnel levels, ensuring the CAF is fully staffed and combat-ready. The CAF has faced severe recruitment shortages, with the army 10,000 troops below its target. We will launch a national recruitment campaign and increase incentives for service members.

2. Defend the Arctic – Assert Canada’s Sovereignty

• Establish permanent, full-time military bases in the Arctic to counter Russian and Chinese

territorial expansion. Russia has more than 50 Arctic military bases, while Canada has virtually no permanent presence. We will establish well-equipped military installations in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon.

• Expand the Canadian Coast Guard’s Arctic capabilities, ensuring year-round patrols and surveillance.

• Currently, Canada lacks icebreakers capable of operating year-round. We will invest in a modern Arctic fleet to protect our waters.

• Enhance Arctic early warning and missile defence systems, working with NORAD to detect and respond to threats.

3. Border Protection Task Force – Secure Canada’s Borders

• Deploy a specialized Border Protection Task Force to prevent illegal crossings and human trafficking. Roxham Road, a notorious illegal border crossing in Quebec, saw tens of thousands of illegal entries before being shut down. We will ensure all such crossings remain permanently closed.

• Increase funding and staffing for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to ensure strict enforcement of immigration laws.

• Implement advanced surveillance technology at all border crossings, including drones, motion sensors, and biometric verification. We will inspect containers in Canadian ports more stringently.

4. Reject Globalist Military Directives – Serve Canadian Interests First

• Withdraw Canada from UN-led military interventions that do not directly serve our national security. Canadian troops have been sent on UN peacekeeping missions that do nothing to protect Canada. We will prioritize deployments that serve Canadian interests.

• End foreign-funded influence in Canada’s military decision-making.

• Strengthen military ties with allies while maintaining full sovereignty over Canada’s defence policy.

"Responsible federalism: A Conservative government is committed to responsible federalism that respects the Quebec nation and its autonomy. Under a Conservative government, federalism will be guided by the principles of responsibility and cooperation, making Quebec and the provinces true partners, not subordinates of the federal government. With responsible federalism, the federal government will be smaller, Quebec will be more autonomous, and Quebecers will be freer and more prosperous." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Deploy a made-in-Canada procurement strategy that prioritizes, whenever possible, Canadian suppliers and supply chains, and limiting bidders from foreign suppliers to bidding only on what we have agreed to in Canada’s Free Trade Agreements. We will prioritize Canadian contractors in our defence procurement, including the Canadian aerospace industry. Crown Corporations with major capital acquisitions, like VIA Rail, will also be encouraged to meet this standard." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Buy Canadian clean by prioritizing Government of Canada purchases to be low carbon emission and when applicable, sustainability certified products and materials. This includes building materials, vehicle fleets, and other goods and services. We will support clean growth in Canada, create jobs, and support Canadian business." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Make it easy for Canadians to Buy Canadian. Working with retailers, agricultural producers, manufacturers, food and beverage companies, and by maximizing Canada’s supply chain we will increase transparency and increase stringency in origin of product labelling so that it is simple, clear, and easy to identify what is a truly Canadian product. To help make this happen, we will provide support to help manufacturers adapt and for the Competition Bureau to enforce these new requirements." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Create a $2 billion Strategic Response Fund to boost our auto sector’s competitiveness, protect manufacturing jobs, support workers to upskill their expertise in the industry, and build a fortified Canadian supply chain – from raw materials to finished vehicles." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Safeguard our economy and our values and protect Canada from attempts to buy up our businesses, our core public health care, intellectual property, critical minerals and other resources by strengthening the Investment Canada Act. We will make more transactions reviewable, as well as modernizing standards to capture manipulative transaction models – including by reviewing the potential impacts to Canada’s data sovereignty. We will also make clear that any transactions involving core infrastructure in our public health system, such as long-term care facilities and family health practices, will be subject to stringent review and protection under the Act." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"The Keep Canadians Working Fund is a targeted, temporary liquidity program designed to help businesses affected by sudden tariffs keep workers on the job. It will provide up to $3 billion in short-term credit lines and low-interest loans to ensure companies can maintain operations and keep employees working in industries affected by Trump tariffs.

The Fund is modelled on the Business Credit Availability Program (BCAP) that the Harper government created during the 2008 recession to successfully protect affected businesses and jobs. The program will be administered through three existing federal entities: the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Export Development Canada (EDC) and Farm Credit Canada (FCC)."

— conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"To counter this unjustified attack, Poilievre will temporarily remove the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on purchases of all new Canadian-manufactured vehicles. The GST will be removed as long as Trump’s tariffs remain in place." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Implement a Buy Canada procurement policy so that federally funded infrastructure and defence projects prioritize Canadian companies employing Canadian workers and using Canadian materials." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"We would ensure that every dollar collected from Canada’s counter tariffs go directly to support workers and communities hit hardest – with no loopholes and no delays." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Revenue generated by tariffs will be directed to the EI Fund to avoid adding undue strain to employers and workers with higher premiums." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will ensure that Indigenous leadership are at the table and part of any decision-making when it comes to Canada’s trade negotiations with Donald Trump’s administration." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"And we would continue to support Ukraine and Ukrainians in their fight against Putin’s horrific invasion and genocide. This includes putting in place stronger sanctions to hold Putin’s oligarch friends accountable for their complicity in this war." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Improve health services and support for women Veterans’ health by launching a health research study on the experience of women Veterans to ensure proper data is collected so that its service delivery can capture the increase of women Veterans transitioning to civilian life and ultimately improve their health outcomes." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Modernize and streamline the benefits system, to deliver faster decisions, shorter wait times, and less paperwork so that Veterans and their families get the support they need sooner and more easily." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Make it easier for Veterans to get jobs by working with provinces and territories to streamline the recognition of military trade credentials in the civilian world, so that qualified Veterans do not needlessly retrain once they leave the military." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"We will also work to make it easier to maintain a security clearance when necessary after retirement so Veterans can continue contributing to the protection of Canadian sovereignty." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Expand recognition of service by reviewing the designation of certain military missions, including in the Persian Gulf, so that Veterans’ sacrifices in conflict zones are properly recognized. This would be done in consultation with Veterans groups, CAF, and Veterans Affairs Canada to ensure we develop clear recognition for their service." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Expand culturally relevant services for Indigenous Veterans in consultation with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples. Indigenous Peoples put up their hands to join Canada’s military at particularly high rates." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Preserve the National Field of Honour through work with the Last Post Fund to assume ownership of the National Field of Honour in Montreal, so that it remains an appropriate and respectful final resting place for Veterans." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Help veterans manage injuries and disabilities, with streamlined support and easier access to benefits." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Honour our veterans with ceremonies, recognition, made-in-Canada documentaries to tell the story of Canadians’ contributions to winning the World Wars, and new national monuments for those who served in Afghanistan and the Second World War." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23