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Climate Change & the Environment

Conservation platforms

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

Liberal

  • Create at least 10 new national parks and marine conservation areas, and 15 new urban parks
  • 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 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

  • 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 federal programme to match money that 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • 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

  • 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

Bloc

  • Défendre le principe de souveraineté environnementale du Québec

    Le Bloc Québécois défendra le principe de souveraineté environnementale du Québec, en vertu duquel les lois du Québec et les règlements d’aménagement de notre territoire priment sur les lois fédérales

  • Combattre contre le projet de dépotoir nucléaire de Chalk River
  • Renouveler le financement des activités des gardiens autochtones
  • Exiger que le fédéral triple sa part du financement de l’accord Canada-Québec sur la nature

    Le Bloc exigera que le fédéral triple sa part du financement de l’accord Canada-Québec sur la nature, soit passer de 100 M$ à 300 M$.

NDP

  • Pass a biodiversity accountability law with measurable targets to protect at least 30% of high-carbon, high-biodiversity lands, freshwater, and oceans by 2030

    "We will put in place an ambitious nature plan to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in Canada. This includes passing a biodiversity accountability law informed by an expert panel with measurable targets for protecting at least 30% of high-carbon, high-biodiversity lands, freshwater and oceans by 2030." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Green

  • Ensure 30% of lands and waters are protected by 2030, and 50% by 2050

    "Commit to annual funding for biodiversity conservation, ensuring that 30% of Canada’s land and waters are protected by 2030 and expanding to 50% by 2050 through protected areas, habitat restoration, and conservation agreements with provinces and Indigenous nations.

    » Prioritize Indigenous-led conservation efforts, ecological connectivity, and protection of carbon-rich ecosystems like peatlands, wetlands, and boreal forests."

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

  • Legislate the right of Canadians to a healthy environment
  • Commit annual funding for Indigenous-led conservation efforts, with long-term support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas and Land Guardian programmes

    "Commit to annual funding for Indigenous-led conservation efforts, ensuring long-term support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and Land Guardian programs" — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Expand Indigenous co-management of national parks and conservation lands

    "Expand Indigenous co-management of national parks and conservation lands, integrating traditional ecological knowledge into Canada’s biodiversity strategy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Restore the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to its pre-2012 standards, and require cumulative impact assessments in all federal project approvals

    "Restore the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) to its pre-2012 standards, ensuring robust, science-based environmental reviews for industrial and resource extraction projects. Require cumulative impact assessments to account for climate, biodiversity, and Indigenous land use considerations in all federal project approvals." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Provide funding to create wildlife corridors, protect key migration routes, and link national parks, conservation lands, and Indigenous-managed territories

    "Allocate funding to establish wildlife corridors, protect key migration routes and link national parks, conservation lands, and Indigenous- managed territories. Ban industrial development in key wildlife corridors, ensuring habitat continuity for species at risk and migratory wildlife." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Invest in a National Waterway and Carbon Sink Restoration Program

    "Invest in a National Waterway and Carbon Sink Restoration Program, restoring rivers, wetlands, and buffer zones to improve water quality, mitigate floods, and sequester carbon." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Commit to funding endangered species recovery plans

    "Commit to funding endangered species recovery plans, ensuring strict federal oversight and enforcement of habitat protection measures. Prioritize woodland caribou, freshwater fish and migratory birds, collaborating with provinces and Indigenous nations to restore critical habitats." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

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