A lot of people don’t understand how tariffs work. The US tariffs are costing AMERICANS money, not Canadians. It DOES affect Canadian businesses that sell to the US since they will be more inclined to buy US goods, BUT that will encourage Canadian businesses to stay local as well. If we put a tariff on US goods, WE pay that tariff, not the US.
Due to the relative size of our economies, we CANNOT win a trade war with the US. We need their goods more than they need ours and a trade war will make future negotiations more difficult.
The original reason given for US tariffs was the passage through Canada of fentanyl and potential terrorists. This is valid criticism, we need to improve our port and border security—not only to remove tariffs—but also to protect Canada. The Prime Minister offered to spend a feeble $1.3 billion on the border. That’s less than we spend EVERY WEEK in interest on the national debt. These tariffs would be less concerning if Canada were not $1.2 trillion in debt. We pay $54 billion every year in interest.
The CHP would improve our border security, strictly enforce drug laws, encourage manufacturing in Canada, remove barriers to inter-provincial trade, and introduce MANDATORY balanced budgets. Then we would negotiate in good faith with the US from a stronger economic position.
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Canada must be able to defend its borders and government
leaders must be willing—if circumstances require—to use armed
force to do so.
• The men and women serving in the Canadian Armed Forces must
be supplied with the latest equipment and must have adequate
training to be ready when called upon.
• Our veterans deserve our gratitude and our duty of care,
especially those who have been injured in the line of duty. We
also have a duty of care to families who have lost loved ones in
service to our country.
Canada’s national defence must be given high priority. A nation must be
able defend it borders.
Our armed forces deserve the best and latest technology, training and
support.
Veterans deserve to be respected and properly looked after. They
served our country and put their lives on the line. We need to recognize
their sacrifice.
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• Israel occupies a unique place in history and in current world
affairs.
• Israel stands alone as a democratic nation, surrounded by hostile
nations.
• The CHP supports the right of Israel to exist and defend herself
against acts of aggression.
Israel, aside from its unique historical significance as the birthplace of
Christ and the channel through which God has given the Law, the Holy
Scriptures and the first model of righteous governance—is also a
unique nation as she stands alone in the Middle East, surrounded by
hostile nations and a symbol of God’s sovereignty in the earth.
Israel also stands as a bulwark against the advance of radical
totalitarian regimes both in the Middle East and around the world and
holds a unique place, not only in world history past but in the unfolding
fulfilment of prophecies in our day.
Israel is far from perfect either in law or practice but Canada must
stand as a staunch ally of Israel, as the lone democracy in the Middle
East.
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Canada can once again be a world leader; let’s lead in good things
—clean water, nutritious food, clean energy and in godly
principles of justice and freedom.
• CHP would END our current “foreign aid” programs that put
pressure on developing countries to participate in abortions,
LGBT agendas and deficit spending.
• Canada should work to promote peace in the world and not
support financially or militarily corrupt governments.
• Canada needs to rein in spending. We should defend our own
borders before spending money in other countries.
Canada occupies a respected place on the world stage and ought to be
a world leader in areas of freedom and justice. Our troops have made a
difference in peacetime and in war.
In recent years, Canada’s foreign policies have foundered and our
government has been sending mixed signals. Since the outbreak of
terrorism at home and abroad, Canada has retreated from its
leadership role and settled for pandering to politically-correct
soundbites having to do with the gender agenda, hypothetical climate
change dogma and unrealistic assumptions about the motives and
intentions of other countries.
Canada must regain its role as a leader, must abandon its destructive
promotion of abortion and gender confusion, must speak clearly on
human rights and freedom of speech and freedom of religion and must
act with clarity and force when its interests are threatened. However,
we should be careful about getting involved in conflicts that are not in
our best interests and where the issues are not crystal clear.
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"Defend our values of peace and stability by continuing to support Ukraine and Ukrainians including: working to bring home Ukrainian children stolen by Russia; building on Canadian leadership to seize Russian sovereign assets and using them to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction; and, if needed, build on our peacekeeping heritage and step up to guarantee Ukraine’s security." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21
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