Introduction

At the Libertarian Party of Canada, we champion liberty, individual rights, and limited government to foster a prosperous, free society. We are Canada’s strongest voice for freedom, protecting your rights while promoting personal responsibility and economic growth.

We value individual rights as the foundation of a free democracy. We empower Canadians to live as they choose, free from excessive government interference, trusting people to make the best decisions for themselves and their families. By shrinking government, cutting red tape, and promoting free markets, we aim to unleash Canada’s economic potential and spark innovation.

We fiercely protect property rights, privacy, and civil liberties like speech and association, while opposing unfair laws. Our vision is a freer, thriving Canada built on liberty and restrained government.

Join us to uphold these values, defend individual sovereignty, and shape a future where freedom flourishes for all.

The Libertarian Party of Canada advocates for clear accountability and limited scope for the federal government, ensuring it focuses on essential roles while empowering provinces, communities, families, and individuals to shape their own lives.

Response to Pandemics

The Libertarian Party of Canada opposes lockdowns and pledges not to implement them federally. Evidence from numerous academic papers suggests that their cost far exceeds their benefits. We reject vaccine mandates and government interference in private businesses. While upholding property rights, we would allow companies to set their own policies—such as requiring vaccinations, offering choice, or using rapid tests. We also oppose vaccine passports, favoring free-market solutions over government-imposed rules.

Moreover, we would immediately fire Teresa Tam, declassify the PHAC records regarding vaccine injuries and adverse events, cease the overreach which continues to this day (such as the cellphone GPS surveillance), end the ArriveCAN and related propaganda advancing digital ID and make segregation by vaccine status illegal.

Accountability

The Libertarian Party of Canada believes politicians should face consequences for harmful policies. Current laws shield them from prosecution, creating a risk-free gamble where they gain from promises and votes but face no personal downside if policies fail. We will eliminate these protections to ensure accountability.

Economy

The Libertarian Party of Canada champions a free-market economy where entrepreneurs and workers thrive by meeting consumer demands, fostering jobs and higher wages. We oppose corporate welfare that sustains well-connected failing businesses, benefiting politicians rather than people. Human flourishing requires freedom in trade, entrepreneurship, and labour without coercion. Rejecting Keynesian economics, we align with Mises, Hayek, and Rothbard, viewing government intervention—through interest rate manipulation, money supply inflation, corporate bailouts, or lobbyist-driven regulation—as the root of destructive boom-bust cycles. The government’s role is solely to safeguard individual rights to peaceful economic activity.

Regulatory Burdens

The Libertarian Party of Canada recognizes that excessive regulations, crafted by lobbyists for elites, harm the economy and raise living costs—cell phone bills, groceries, rents, and mortgages—for ordinary Canadians. We will:

• Abolish the CRTC’s authority to boost telecom competition;
• End supply management to cut grocery costs and taxpayer burdens;
• Repeal federal mortgage regulations.

Taxation

The Libertarian Party of Canada views compulsory taxation—such as income, corporate, carbon, and capital gains taxes—as theft, taking justly earned money by force. We aim to eliminate these, replacing them with a voluntary head tax, direct payments for services, and crowdfunding. Keeping earnings in Canadians’ pockets will boost saving, investment, production, and consumption, energizing the economy. During the transition, a 5% GST will fund military, police, and courts, acting as a semi-voluntary tax tied to consumer choice.

Debt and Liabilities

Canadian taxpayers face a $2.3 trillion direct debt from federal and provincial governments, plus $3 trillion in unfunded liabilities, totaling $5.3 trillion—or $265,000 per taxpayer—incurred without consent. This massive burden risks collapse if Canada is hit by recession, dollar weakening, stagnation, or declining birth rates, threatening those reliant on these programs. The Libertarian Party of Canada will reduce the $1.25 trillion federal debt by selling Crown Corporations like the CBC.

Unfunded Liabilities

The bulk of the federal government’s unfunded liabilities—stemming from CPP and OAS—should not force taxpayers into contributions or bailouts. The Libertarian Party of Canada believes individuals, not the government, should plan for retirement and healthcare. We will phase out these programs in an orderly shift to a competitive, market-based safety net, decentralizing risk for a sustainable future.

Budget

The Government of Canada is the largest employer in Canada with over 357,000 employees. Most of these individuals are doing things that a free market could potentially provide services for more effectively and efficiently. The current budget is approximately $538 billion per year. If we limit government to its proper role of protecting the individual and paying for police, national defense, and federal courts, we could cut the budget to approximately $60 billion per year- roughly the amount collected through GST.

Central Banking

Central banking is essentially legal counterfeiting that enriches a few at the expense of the many, increases wealth inequality, erodes buying power, constitutes a tax on the unborn, incentivizes consumption over production, leads to a harmful business cycle of booms and busts, creates market distortions, and creates inefficient resource allocation. The Libertarian Party of Canada seeks to end the central bank's monopoly on money supply and monetary policy and move back to a system of free banking.

Constitutional Reform

Canada’s constitution fails to safeguard our inalienable rights. Freedom of expression remains under threat, with comedians facing fines from Human Rights Commissions and laws like Bill C-16 raising concerns over compelled speech. The right to bear arms is weakly protected, with Canadian citizens being prosecuted for defending their property. Property rights are undermined by expropriation for government projects and excessive taxation. Equalization payments redistribute wealth to provinces with faltering policies, while interprovincial trade barriers and pipeline restrictions stifle free markets.

The Libertarian Party of Canada seeks a constitutional overhaul to explicitly protect free speech, property rights, the right to bear arms, bodily autonomy, due process, and free trade. We would eliminate the equalization mandate and impose a strict cap on government size—limiting its scope to essential functions and its workforce to a lean and efficient core—to ensure individual liberty and economic freedom.

Indigenous Affairs

Respecting Constitutional and Treaty Rights

First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples have a constitutional and treaty-based right to autonomy as a third level of government, with jurisdiction over natural resources, healthcare, education, and local affairs. The federal government must honor these rights, end paternalistic policies, and recognize Indigenous veto power over decisions affecting their territories. First Nations should wield provincial-like authority, with their citizenships and passports respected, and opt-out options from the Indian Act expanded via the First Nations Land Management Regime.

Empowering Indigenous Communities

Indigenous voices must shape reforms to ‘Indian’ legislation through nationwide consultations. New, culturally inclusive treaties, should affirm sovereignty, including rights to provide welfare, youth services, and restorative justice. Financial independence will stem from local control over economies, taxation, and resource decisions.

Returning Land

The federal government’s delays in settling land claims must end. Unused Crown lands and culturally significant sites should be returned to Indigenous claimants swiftly, incorporating adjacent reserve lands under treaty protection.

Privacy & Surveillance

Ending Warrantless Surveillance

Government spying on Canadians without warrants—under vague anti-terrorism pretexts—must stop. The Libertarian Party of Canada would ban all government surveillance without open-court warrants, ending mass metadata collection and placing agencies under strict civilian oversight. Effective security doesn’t require secrecy.

Repealing Privacy Violations

Bills like C-13 (2014) and S-4 (2015) enabled cyberbullying crackdowns but eroded privacy with low warrant thresholds. Replaced by newer frameworks (e.g., Bill C-27, 2022, on digital privacy), these still fall short. The Libertarian Party of Canada would restore high warrant standards, remove telecom immunity for warrantless data sharing, and require consent or judicial approval for disclosures.

Scrapping Bill C-51

Bill C-51 (2015) gutted Charter privacy rights via excessive information sharing and CSIS overreach. A Libertarian government would fully repeal it, ensuring security agencies cannot prosecute based on unchecked findings.

Refocusing CSE

The Canadian Security Establishment (CSE) should target foreign threats, not Canadians. The Libertarian Party of Canada will enforce independent oversight, ban warrantless domestic spying, and end NSA-style foreign collaborations that risk privacy, ensuring CSE protects, not punishes citizens.

Firearms

Supporting Responsible Owners

Legally acquired firearms will not expire, and local jurisdictions can tailor rules to their needs. Ending the Chief Firearms Officer’s national operations will save over $100 million annually.

Streamlining Acquisition

The current licensing system is costly and redundant. The Libertarian Party of Canada will replace it with a Firearms Acquisition Certificate (FAC), issued at local police stations after a standard RCMP background check for a small fee. This eliminates the Chief Firearms Office, saving $100–120 million yearly while maintaining safety.

Ending Paperwork Crimes

Sections 91 and 92 of the Criminal Code criminalize unlicensed possession with mandatory three-year sentences, punishing paperwork lapses, not violence. The Libertarian Party of Canada will repeal these, ensuring legal owners aren’t persecuted. The FAC will suffice for acquisition.

Redefining Firearms

The Criminal Code labels all firearms as weapons, ignoring their primary use for recreation and hunting. Firearms will be reclassified  as tools for certified owners, reducing stigma.

Restoring Rights

The Firearms Act’s reverse onus presumes guilt, clogging courts with dubious cases. The Libertarian Party of Canada will eliminate it and repeal sections 117.02, 102(1), 105, and 113, ending warrantless searches and seizures to protect owners’ rights.

Enhancing Self-Defense

Canadians face tight self-defense limits. The Libertarian Party of Canada will enact defense-of-habitation laws and extend protections to public settings, restoring your right to protect yourself and your property.

Domestic Policy: Immigration

Migrant crises stem partly from Western military interventionism and UN policies treating Canada as a welfare state for the displaced, harming Canadian interests. The Libertarian Party of Canada would end participation in these agendas and interventionist actions fueling migration.

We would allow  citizens to sponsor immigrants or refugees, bearing financial costs and liability for their invitees’ crimes. This shifts immigration from government caps to personal responsibility. Once the welfare state is dismantled borders can open for free labour flow. Those who integrate and add value will thrive; others must rely on charity or leave.

Marriage and Family

The Libertarian Party of Canada sees stable families as vital to a healthy society. Fatherless children face higher risks of suicide, addiction, crime, and dropout rates—trends worsened by a welfare state and family laws that incentivize single parenthood and punish marriage. “No-fault” divorce lets one spouse break the marriage contract without accountability, often harming the other with state-enforced penalties.

In Canada, mothers gain primary custody in 89% of cases, reflecting the Divorce Act’s bias toward “primary caregiver” over shared parenting. Courts favour mothers, assuming non-custodial fathers are “deadbeats,” while granting women unequal rights—like concealing paternity or abandoning infants without consequence—leaving men as “visitors” or “wallets.”

The Libertarian Party of Canada will remove government from marriage and family by privatizing both. No state licenses or biased family courts, just private contracts between consenting adults, including same-sex couples, enforced like any other agreement. Breaching a contract will carry personal responsibility with disputes settled via common law or mediation, presuming shared custody unless evidence dictates otherwise. Paternity fraud and false abuse claims will become criminal offenses. The welfare state will yield to private charity, fostering accountability and stronger families.

Healthcare

Decentralizing Control

The Constitution assigns healthcare to provinces, yet federal overreach persists. The Libertarian Party of Canada would repeal the Canada Health Act, which ties provincial funding to rigid rules, freeing provinces to tailor healthcare to their needs without federal dictates.

Fostering Innovation

We see the 21st century bringing ground-breaking healthcare technologies and treatments. By slashing red tape, The Libertarian Party of Canada will unleash research and empower patient-doctor relationships to explore diverse, effective options—overcoming the current system’s resistance to progress.

Expanding Private Options

Repealing the Canada Health Act would legalize private healthcare, easing public sector strain. This boosts access, cuts wait times for referrals and surgeries, and reduces the massive fiscal load on federal and provincial budgets.

Streamlining Pharmaceuticals

Patients shouldn’t face delays for essential medications. The Libertarian Party of Canada will let provinces decide if prescriptions are needed for low-risk drugs like contraceptives or painkillers, empowering pharmacists to expedite access with proper guidance.

Abortion

Libertarians are divided on abortion. Some argue a woman’s bodily autonomy gives her the final say, while others see the fetus as a person deserving protection, or believe legal force isn’t a practical solution despite the fetus’s status. The Libertarian Party of Canada takes no official stance, allowing MPs to vote their conscience. However, we would enact policies to reduce abortions by strengthening families through our marriage and family policy, addressing fatherlessness, and permitting private adoption, where expectant mothers could be compensated by adoptive couples or charities to carry to term.

Restoring True Justice

Ending the War on Drugs

The Libertarian Party of Canada opposes the war on drugs due to its high cost to taxpayers and  ineffectiveness. and dangerous consequences like violent crime and more potent drugs. Liberalizing drug laws would allow better focus on rehabilitation and harm reduction. We would decriminalize all substances, following Portugal’s model, and create a legal market for low-risk substances.

Liberalization of Sex Work

For similar reasons, The Libertarian Party of Canada will legalize sex work to create a safer, regulated market, reducing abuse and health risks for sex workers and clients by moving the industry out of the black market.

Police Reform

The Libertarian Party of Canada will increase accountability for police by mandating body cameras and training officers in non-lethal conflict resolution, aiming to improve public-law enforcement relations.

Environment and Climate

The Libertarian Party of Canada prioritizes human flourishing in environmental policy—climate related deaths have dropped 98% in 100 years, and free markets have lifted over a billion out of poverty by providing cheap, reliable energy. Markets drive innovation for cleaner energy, while most climate policies hinder entrepreneurs. We also recognize that some human activity can harm other humans. Claims of harm should be tried in court, not the court of public opinion. It is the legal system not the political system that should be responsible for justice. If complainants believe that certain activities have harmed them, they should be able to take the actors to court and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that these actors are responsible for the damages. A carbon tax redistributes wealth in exchange for political popularity to green energy boondoggles. A proper legal system awards damages to individuals that are actually harmed rather than to politicians who use the money to buy votes.

The Libertarian Party of Canada will eliminate the carbon tax, protect free markets, streamline nuclear energy approvals, remove corporate subsidies, and foster innovation for new energy solutions. We would also reform the legal system to ensure justice for pollution victims and strengthen property rights.

Foreign Policy

Pushing for Free Trade in the 21st Century

The Libertarian Party of Canada supports eliminating protectionist policies like tariffs and quotas to provide Canadians with more affordable and diverse goods. We would go beyond existing free trade agreements by unilaterally ending all protectionism which would benefit consumers, boost the economy, and strengthen diplomatic ties to promote peace and human rights.

A Party in Opposition to Military Intervention

The military’s role is to protect Canadians from attack, not to intervene abroad. Recent interventions in Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan have caused chaos and hardship despite good intentions. The Libertarian Party of Canada will withdraw Canadian forces from all foreign interventions and focus on national defense.

Weapons Sales

The Libertarian Party of Canada will ban weapons sales to foreign governments, making it illegal to knowingly arm criminals or regimes that kill and assault.

Standing Up for National Defense and Arctic Sovereignty

The Libertarian Party of Canada supports bringing back armed forces to strengthen national defense and improve disaster relief response. We will prioritize defending and developing Canada’s Arctic region by increasing military presence to secure sovereignty amid changing environmental conditions and resource access, while fostering diplomatic cooperation with Arctic stakeholders to prevent conflict.

Eliminating Foreign Aid

The Libertarian Party of Canada will end all government-to-government foreign aid, as billions in Canadian tax dollars have been sent to corrupt regimes over the past decades, and we believe those funds should stay in Canada.

Rethinking NATO

While alliances are important, NATO has become a tool for global elites to pursue power and wealth through military adventurism and intervention. The Libertarian Party of Canada will seek a new alliance framework focused strictly on defending nations from invaders, not nation-building or imperialism.

Sovereignty

Sovereignty lies with the individual and the nation’s role is to protect it from foreign and domestic threats. We support globalization through free trade but oppose globalism that undermines individual sovereignty. NATO and the UN often destabilize regions, fund radical groups, and push Canada to fund endless warfare and welfare, eroding Canadian sovereignty. We’d refuse to enforce NATO or UN mandates that compromise Canadians, reject managed trade deals like the TPP that impose foreign laws, and protect national rights from international overreach.