Conservative vision for Canadian sovereignty

Posted on March 26, 2026 by admin

To restore leverage and protect our sovereignty in today’s unstable global environment, Conservatives believe that Canada’s response must be grounded in realism and maturity. On February 26, 2026, speaking at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre presented the Conservative vision for Canada-U.S. relations. 

The most effective response to uncertainty is not outrage; it is results. During his speech, he laid out a blueprint for sovereignty that unblocks our productivity and restores competitiveness at home so we can negotiate with other nations from a position of strength. 

Abundant Low-Cost Energy

For energy to be affordable, we should eliminate all carbon taxes. Not just the visible ones, but all of them. We must permit rapid oil, gas, and electricity development to boost our dollar by selling our resources to the world and increasing the purchasing power of our people. We should cancel EV rebates that subsidize foreign automobile production and remove the sales tax from vehicles made here in Canada.

Over the course of negotiating the deal, Conservatives will aggressively defend our forestry workers, auto workers, steel and aluminum workers, and the farmers that feed our country and the world. Conservatives will fight for a tariff-free Auto Pact with the United States with shared protections against Chinese imports. Canada should agree to keep Chinese vehicles out, if Americans agree to let Canadian vehicles in

Unblock Resources and
Homebuilding

We must unlock the most tariff-proof industry we have in Canada: home building. Conservatives are calling on the Liberals to remove all red tape and taxes so homes can be built, our forestry sector can come roaring back, and our 100,000 unemployed construction workers can get back into the job market.

Rather than Liberal anti-energy laws which block our sovereignty, keeping Canada weak and reliant on foreign powers, we must legalize resource development and get a new pipeline built to the Pacific.  This would create the capacity to transport an additional $30 billion of oil per year. For context, that one pipeline would be the single biggest increase in overseas exports of any project in Canadian history.  

These ideas have all been put forward in Conservatives’ proposed Sovereignty Act, and Conservatives continue to call on the Liberals to get out of the way to unleash Canada’s economic potential.

Strong Military

We also must build up our defence and be capable of protecting every inch of our sea, skies and soil. Canada has 10 of the 12 NATO-defined defence minerals right here under our feet, which no modern military can function without. Conservatives have proposed the creation of a new Strategic Energy and Mineral Reserve that would stockpile these necessary materials so that we would have them in abundance in the event of a war, a crisis, or a supply disruption.

Canada must also reassert our control and dominance over the Canadian Arctic and build new bases in Iqaluit, Churchill, and Inuvik. Conservatives are calling on the government to build four new icebreakers, rather than two; accelerate procurement of submarines, tactical helicopters, satellite ground stations, and over-the-top radar; rapid development and deployment of drone capabilities; and to expand recruitment and renew emphasis on merit, performance, and operational excellence. In addition, we must stand by our veterans and make sure that they are treated with the highest level of respect and care they deserve.

Digital Sovereignty

Finally, if we want to be truly sovereign, we must control our technologies. Dependence on externally controlled systems is a serious risk to our country in the event of pandemics, wars, or other crises. Canada must never assume that foreign powers will maintain, service or even permit the continued operation of technologies critical for modern life.

Conservatives propose a full overhaul of Canada’s subsidies, tax policy, Intellectual Property frameworks and investment review laws with a goal of increasing the commercialization of Canadian-developed technologies by at least 50 per cent over the next decade. Canadian technology should remain in Canadian hands and on Canadian soil.

Pierre Poilievre’s speech was constructive, substantive, and drew praise from industry leaders across Canada. Brian Kingston of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association called the Conservative auto pact plan “exactly the type of proposal we need to be making to the Americans.”  Perrin Beatty, former President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce called the speech “a positive, constructive vision of how Canada can be more sovereign and prosperous.” 

Our Conservative plan will make Canada stronger at home, because sovereignty is not declared; it is built – decisively, deliberately, and without excuses. Conservatives are calling on all parties to come together, and act in good faith for the benefit of Canada.

Canada’s destiny will never be written in Washington, Beijing, or anywhere else – but by Canadians here at home. By a country that stands on its own feet; that is master in its own home; that bows before no nation – a country that is unbreakable.

I would encourage you to watch the full speech and hear more about our Conservative plan, here: https://bit.ly/4rOZzcH. 

Glen Motz

Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP