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International Relations platforms

Here's what the candidates in South Okanagan—West Kootenay, and their parties, are promising.

Autonomous weapons

We don't have any NDP policies on Autonomous weapons.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Autonomous weapons.
We don't have any PPC policies on Autonomous weapons.

Canadian-manufactured weapons

We don't have any Liberal policies on Canadian-manufactured weapons.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Canadian-manufactured weapons.
We don't have any PPC policies on Canadian-manufactured weapons.

Climate crisis leadership

We don't have any Liberal policies on Climate crisis leadership.

Green

Lead an international effort to bring international shipping and aviation into the Paris framework. Introduce an international tax for aviation and shipping fuels earmarked for the Global Climate Fund.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Climate crisis leadership.
We don't have any PPC policies on Climate crisis leadership.

Human rights abroad

NDP

Step up efforts to promote gender equality abroad, with an agenda to promote rights, security, and access to education for women and girls, including ensuring women have a seat at the peace table.

Liberal

  • Establish a Canadian Centre for Peace, Order, and Good Government.
  • Provide additional resources for institutions like the ICC and WTO.
  • Develop a framework to transfer seized assets from those who commit human rights abuses to their victims.

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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.

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We don't have any Green policies on Human rights abroad.
We don't have any PPC policies on Human rights abroad.

International assistance

NDP

  • Boost Canada's international development assistance, to contribute 0.7 percent of our Gross National Income to international aid.
  • Help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
  • Contribute more to The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

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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.

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Liberal

  • Increase Canada's international development assistance every year.
  • Ensure greater effectiveness, transparency, and accountability in management and delivery of international development assistance.
  • Spend no less than 10% of our international development assistance on education.

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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.

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Green

  • Reestablish the Canadian International Development Agency to provide overseas development assistance, untied to Canadian business interests or strategic geopolitics.
  • Increase overseas development assistance to 0.7% of GDP.

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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.

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We don't have any PPC policies on International assistance.

Israel & Palestine

We don't have any Liberal policies on Israel & Palestine.
We don't have any Green policies on Israel & Palestine.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Israel & Palestine.
We don't have any PPC policies on Israel & Palestine.

Nuclear weapons

We don't have any NDP policies on Nuclear weapons.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Nuclear weapons.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Nuclear weapons.
We don't have any PPC policies on Nuclear weapons.