Cooperate for Canada: The Plan

Our votes during the next election must add up to a united progressive front to protect our democracy, to build a fair, equitable society, and a liveable climate for present and future generations.

Our current progressive leaders and candidates must signal their commitment to deliver a clear choice for voters – a single candidate for Progressive Policies to run against the CPC candidate who will take us back decades. Rather than working against each other Progressive parties must work together for the common good. Cooperation is crucial to address the multiple crises we face.

Ways leaders can cooperate to defeat the CPC (click to view):
  • Attack the Conservatives not each other: In public debates focus your attack on the Conservatives, their platform and the disaster of a conservative win (accelerated climate breakdown, heightened affordability crisis, attacks on our commons, restriction of dissent);
  • Don’t run a candidate: if your party does not have a strong chance of winning the district
  • Run a paper candidate: if you have nominated a candidate but don’t have a strong chance of winning (save your funds for where your chances are best).

Our current progressive leaders and candidates must agree to support and work together to achieve policies that secure the future of Canada – policies that address the concerns of Canadians and represent our values.

The majority of Canadians are concerned about at least one of the many crises we are facing:

These concerns will not be dealt with under a CPC majority Government.

We are focused on key ridings where a cooperative approach could prevent a Conservative win. It will take a national coalition of civil society organizations to pressure the Bloc, Greens, Liberals, and NDP to adopt an electoral cooperation strategy. It will also require immense and coordinated grassroots pressure to convince party leadership.

This strategy of cooperation has worked in the past (click to view):

Our plan is to mobilize the campaign on four fronts to pressure progressive parties to cooperate during the next election:


Join the call to Cooperate for Canada!

Whether you are an individual, community leader, or a member of a local group, whether you represent a national organization, or are a member of a federal party riding association, or are a candidate, there are ways you can support our campaign for electoral cooperation. Click on the links below to find out how you can ensure our leaders stand together to support and enact policies that reflect Canadians’ values and safeguards our futures.

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