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Scientific research platforms

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

Liberal
  • Create a $25M/year fund to attract leading researchers to Canadian institutions when the US cuts their project funding

    "Attract leading researchers to Canadian institutions by creating the Canadian Sovereignty and Resilience Research Fund. If the U.S. cuts a researcher’s project funding, we will work with the Canadian research ecosystem if projects can directly help Canadians or be commercialized here. Where the U.S. is squeezing out researchers, we will look to welcome research here in Canada. Eligible researchers could include professors and graduate students. More researchers at home will help us solve Canadian problems, and export more Canadian solutions to the global marketplace." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Create a capstone organisation to ensure federal granting agencies are funding mission-driven research

    "Finalize Canada’s modernization of science and research, through the creation of a capstone organization that will ensure the federal granting agencies are driving mission-driven research that brings Canadian expertise to big global challenges and effectively commercializes homegrown ideas." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

We don't have any Conservative policies on Scientific research.

Bloc
  • Travailler à établir une équité dans le financement de la science pour les francophones
  • Proposer de soutenir financièrement les institutions de promotion de la science dans les régions du Québec

    Le Bloc Québécois proposera de soutenir financièrement les institutions de promotion de la science dans les régions du Québec, notamment autour du remarquable réseau de centres de recherche des régions du Québec et du réseau des Universités du Québec.

  • Proposer des réinvestissements prévisibles et récurrents dans la recherche scientifique universitaire
We don't have any NDP policies on Scientific research.

Green
  • Increase R&D funding to 2.7% of GDP

    "Increase R&D funding to 2.7% of GDP to bring Canada in line with the OECD average." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Increase funding for research councils, ensuring a minimum 60% success rate in grant competitions

    "Increase funding for research councils (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR), ensuring a minimum 60% success rate in grant competitions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Restore and expand Climate Change and Atmospheric Research funding and provide annual funding for the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Lab
  • Ensure full implementation of Scientific Integrity Policies across government departments to protect research independence
  • Mandate environmental, social, and governance considerations in federal research grants to ensure ethical and sustainable research funding

    "Mandate ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) considerations in federal research grants to ensure ethical and sustainable research funding." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Allocate at least 10% of all research council funding to support underrepresented groups in science and technology
  • Introduce a programme of direct, non-reviewed research funding to all Canadian universities based on graduate student size, with the condition that all results are made fully public
  • Mandate open access for publicly-funded research

    "Mandate open access for publicly funded research, following Europe’s “Plan S” model to make science freely available." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Create a public portal for government science and decision-making evidence to enhance transparency and public trust

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