2021 Election » Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network

Our Platform

It’s time to make Canadian militarism an election issue. Click on each of the four sections below to learn more about our demands.

Cancel Canada’s planned purchase of 88 new fighter jets. #NoNewFighterJets
Scrap plans to purchase Canada’s first unmanned armed drones
Reverse the 73% increase in military spending promised in Canada’s 2017 defence policy Strong, Secure, Engaged and redirect funds towards true security needs including housing, education, healthcare, clean water and climate resilience.

Stop arming Saudi Arabia and the UAE and thereby fueling the war in Yemen. #CanadaStopArmingSaudi
Suspend all arms sales to Israel until illegal occupations and violence against Palestinians ends
Suspend all military exports and police training initiatives with Colombia
Join 97 countries around the world in signing the United Nations Nuclear Ban Treaty
Update Canadian arms exports regulations, bring Canada into compliance with the Arms Trade Treaty
Cancel the drone contract with Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems

Immediately cease all programs providing military-grade equipment and training to police
Expedite the clean up of all former Canadian military bases, concretize plans to return land to Indigenous communities
End all domestic military surveillance
Put a moratorium on all military propaganda initiatives until an independent and impartial investigation is carried out into their legality
Fully implement the 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Calls to Justice in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry report, and ensure that the laws of Canada are consistent with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Commit to reparations for Canada’s role in the war in Afghanistan, with immediate support for civilians in Afghanistan and immediate and continuing welcome for Afghan refugees.
Full and permanent immigration status for all migrants and refugees in Canada. #StatusForAll
End aggressive “New Cold War” posturing with China and Russia
Release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, detained under an illegal extradition request from President Trump
Withdraw troops immediately from Ukraine, Latvia, and Iraq
End generalized economic sanctions including in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, and North Korea
Begin a formal inquiry into the possibility of withdrawing from NATO and NORAD

This platform is also available as a printable pdf and as a series of 5 graphics: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.