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Climate Change & the Environment

Pollution platforms

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

Bloc
  • Pousser le gouvernement à interdire dès maintenant toutes les utilisations non essentielles des PFAS dans les produits de consommation et les usages industriels
  • Convaincre le Canada de signer un traité mondial contraignant sur le plastique

    Le Bloc Québécois convaincra le Canada de signer un traité mondial contraignant sur le plastique, en plus d’exiger la fin de l’exportation de déchets plastiques et la réduction rapide, jusqu’à l’abolition, des plastiques à usage unique.

  • Combattre contre le projet de dépotoir nucléaire de Chalk River

NDP
  • Pass an Environmental Bill of Rights and set up an Office of Environmental Justice to address disproportionate impacts of pollution and loss of biodiversity on Indigenous, Black, and racialised communities

    "We will pass an Environmental Bill of Rights and establish an Office of Environmental Justice to address the disproportionate impacts of pollution and loss of biodiversity on Indigenous, Black and racialized communities, as well as youth and future generations." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

  • Ban the sale of products containing unnecessary plastic microparticles by 2030
  • Reduce PFAs and other "forever chemicals" in plastic products by 90% in 2035

    "We will protect the health and safety of Canadians by banning the sale of all products containing unnecessary plastic microparticles by 2030 and reduce toxic chemicals such as PFAs and other “forever chemicals” in plastic products by 90% in 2035." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

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

  • Implement stronger environmental accountability measures

    "Implement stronger environmental accountability measures to prevent corporate abuse of Canada’s natural resources." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Require that federally procured goods prioritise repairability, durability, and recycled content

    "Require that federally procured goods prioritize circular economy principles, including repairability, durability, and recycled content, reducing waste and supporting sustainable industries." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Introduce a Polluter Pays Act to ensure corporations responsible for environmental damage pay the full cost of cleanup and climate adaptation

    "Introduce a Polluter Pays Act, ensuring that corporations responsible for environmental damage bear the full cost of cleanup and climate adaptation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Remove corporate tax deductions for unsold consumer goods, ending financial incentives for wasteful inventory disposal
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  • Require large retailers and manufacturers to donate, recycle, or repurpose excess inventory

    "» Require large retailers and manufacturers to donate, recycle, or repurpose excess inventory instead of destroying it.

    » Establish federal waste diversion targets and provide funding for logistics support to help businesses donate surplus products to food banks, shelters, and community programs."

    — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Require manufacturers of household appliances and electronics to display durability, repairability, and recyclability ratings on all products

    "Introduce a national sustainability index for household appliances and electronics, requiring manufacturers to display durability, repairability, and recyclability ratings on all products." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Sign onto the Global Plastics Treaty, and implement a National Plastics Pollution Strategy to eliminate single-use plastics, expand reusable alternatives, and strengthen recycling infrastructure

    "Sign on to the Global Plastics Treaty and implement a National Plastics Pollution Strategy, ensuring that Canada eliminates non-essential single- use plastics, expands reusable alternatives, and strengthens recycling infrastructure."

  • Make producers responsible for plastic waste

    "Mandate producer responsibility for plastic waste, requiring corporations to finance plastic collection, reuse systems, and post- consumer recycling efforts." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Expand Canada's microbead ban to include household and industrial cleaning products

    "Expand Canada’s microbead ban to include household and industrial cleaning products, preventing microplastic pollution in waterways and ecosystems." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Mandate microfibre filters in all new washing machines sold by 2026

    "Mandate microfibre filters in all new washing machines sold in Canada by 2026, ensuring manufacturers adopt proven filtration technology to prevent microplastic pollution." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Expand programmes that require corporations to finance collection, recycling, and disposal of packaging, electronics, and hazardous waste

    "Expand Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs, requiring corporations to finance collection, recycling, and disposal of packaging, electronics, and hazardous waste." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Make producers responsible for toxic electronic waste

    "Mandate producer responsibility for toxic electronic waste (TEW), ensuring that corporations finance collection, safe disposal, and recycling." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Start a fund to support large-scale recycling programmes and environmental remediation of toxic e-waste sites, financed through manufacturer waste fees

    "Establish a National E-Waste Recycling and Cleanup Fund, financed through manufacturer waste fees to support large-scale recycling programs and environmental remediation of toxic e-waste sites." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Require closed-loop recycling systems for electronic waste

    "Ban polluting e-waste smelters and require closed-loop recycling systems for electronic waste, preventing the release of toxic heavy metals into air and water." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Ban the export of Canada's solid waste by 2030

    "Ban the export of Canada’s solid waste by 2030, ensuring that hazardous and plastic waste is processed domestically under strict environmental standards." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Establish a permanent high-level Office of Environmental Justice to implement the national strategy on environmental racism and justice

    "Establish a permanent high-level Office of Environmental Justice within Environment Canada, implementing Canada’s national strategy on environmental racism and justice." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Set targets to reduce pesticide use and support a transition to organic farming
  • Strengthen the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to limit toxic chemicals
  • Ban neonicotinoid pesticides and support farmers in adopting alternatives
  • Ban the most harmful pesticides and industrial chemicals linked to cancer and neurodevelopmental disorders

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