Party Platforms: Climate action plans from Canadian political parties

Update, April 23rd, 12:45 p.m.: This story was updated to include details of the Conservative Party’s environmental platform, released April 21st.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — With the 2025 Canadian federal election less than four weeks away, political parties are releasing their political platforms.

These platforms cover topics such as housing, energy, healthcare, climate action and economics. 

The deadline for candidate applications to Elections Canada passed on April 7th, and five candidates were confirmed and announced for the Prince George, Peace River and Northern Rockies riding: David Watson of the People’s Party of Canada; Mary Forbes of the Green Party of Canada; Cory Longley of the New Democratic Party; Peter Njenga of the Liberal Party and incumbent MP Bob Zimmer of the Conservative Party of Canada. 

Ahead of the April 15th all-candidate forum in Fort St. John, Energeticcity.ca will be exploring the policies of each party running a candidate in the Prince George, Peace River and Northern Rockies riding. 

Liberal Party of Canada

In an April 7th press release, the party placed a focus on protecting the environment from “climate change and unsustainable development practices” by focusing on carbon sequestration and environmental conservation. 

The party promises to create 10 new national parks and marine conservation areas, as well as 15 new urban parks across the country. 

Focusing on water, the party has said it would protect freshwater by investing $100 million into a strategic water security technology fund and invest $15 million to modernize the management of ghost gear.

Ghost gear is discarded or lost fishing equipment which poses significant risks to marine wildlife. 

The party also outlined a plan to implement “nature-based climate solutions” to manage the effects of climate change, as well as stop illegal wildlife trade across borders “with modern digital solutions.” 

Conservative Party of Canada

In its Canada First – For a Change plan, the Conservative Party promises to “unleash Canadian energy and resources” by repealing legislation restricting new major energy infrastructure projects and introducing a “one and done” approval process for resource projects. 

This process is designed to take only six months to one year through a “rapid resource project office” dedicated to streamlining all regulatory approvals into a single application and environmental review.

The plan also specified the construction of a road to a mineral development region in northern Ontario called Ontario’s Ring of Fire. According to the Conservative Party, this would open the way for harvesting more chromite, cobalt, nickel, copper and platinum. 

The Conservative’s plan also focuses on protecting the environment by stopping raw sewage being dumped into Canadian waterways and reforming investment tax credits to “reward” clean Canadian manufacturing and production. 

The party also promises to “bring home” jobs and export cleaner resources, such as Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG), to support the lowering of global emissions.

New Democratic Party (NDP)

According to a March 31st press release, the NDP released a climate action plan intended to protect Canadians from trade wars and rising costs of living. 

“Lower bills. Good jobs. Cleaner air and water. That’s what Canadians deserve—and that’s what we’ll deliver,” party leader Jagmeet Singh said. 

The NDP’s plan would support Canadian-made heat pumps and construction materials to bolster local manufacturing industries and create “thousands of good union jobs” in construction and retrofitting. 

The plan also promises the elimination of public subsidies and tax breaks for oil and gas companies to fund the retrofitting program.  

Green Party of Canada

The Green Party’s climate action plan focuses on natural disasters such as fires and floods, extreme weather events and a “major pollution problem’ alongside fossil fuel projects. 

The party stated it will invest in clean power projects and increase the related job markets, support the creation of a national electrical power grid and increase research and innovation in clean energy technology and climate adaptation.

The Green Party also said it will create a nation wide retrofit program for buildings and homes to “save energy and cut costs.”

“Clean technology should not create new environmental problems,” the party stated.

The party promises strict rules to protect the environment, the consent of Indigenous communities about mining activities on First Nations’ land and requirements for AI data centers to run on clean energy. 

The party also announced it would stop “all new fossil fuel projects,” and guide the country to a complete switch to clean energy, which it says will create “thousands of good jobs and lower energy bills for families.” 

People’s Party of Canada (PPC)

The People’s Party of Canada (PPC) states climate change is “alarmism based on flawed models that have consistently failed at correctly predicting the future.”

“None of the cataclysmic predictions that have been made about the climate since the 1970s have come true,” the party states. 

In the party’s global warming and environment platform, the PPC proposes to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, abolish all climate change programs across the country, and prioritize “practical solutions to make Canada’s air, water and soil cleaner.”

This would also include bringing clean drinking water to First Nations communities. 

This article is one in a series Energeticcity.ca will be publishing featuring the platforms of each of the major political parties involved in the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Previous articles in this series include articles on energy and healthcare.