establish the Canadian Centre for Peace, Order, and Good Government, which will lend expertise and help to people seeking to build peace, advance justice, promote human rights and democracy, and deliver good governance;
provide international institutions like the International Criminal Court, the World Trade Organization, and others, with additional resources to better enforce international law;
build on the Magnitsky sanctions regime we have put in place, by developing a framework to transfer seized assets from those who commit grave human rights abuses to their victims, with appropriate judicial oversight.
From Forward, retrieved 2019-10-01.
Re-establish the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) that was dismantled by the Harper government, with a mandate to provide overseas development assistance where it is most needed. Eliminate the requirement that aid be tied to Canadian business interests overseas, or strategic geopolitics.
Increase Canada’s overseas development assistance budget to reach former Prime Minister Pearson’s goal of 0.7 per cent of GDP, which Canada has never achieved but which many in the donor group of our allies have already surpassed.
Ramp up our national contribution to the Green Climate Fund and Global Environmental Facility to $4 billion per year by 2030.
Review federal government policy to align with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and develop a mechanism to track progress in meeting these targets both at home and abroad.
From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.
A New Democrat government is committed to boosting Canada’s international development assistance, with the goal of contributing 0.7 percent of our Gross National Income to international aid. Canada must do our fair share to help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, including alleviating poverty, ensuring decent work, protecting the rights of Indigenous communities, and supporting global peace and justice. To improve global health, Canada should contribute more to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria to end these epidemics and support heath care systems in developing countries.
From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.
continuing to increase Canada’s international development assistance every year towards 2030, reflecting our commitment to realizing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals;
improving the way that we manage and deliver international development assistance, to ensure greater effectiveness, transparency, and accountability;
spending no less than 10 per cent of our international development assistance budget on education; and
leading an international campaign to ensure that all children living in refugee or displacement camps can get the good education they need and deserve.
From Forward, retrieved 2019-10-01.