“[We] have achieved huge feats in support of public health like eradicating smallpox and reducing malaria transmission [...] we recommit to building a world where everyone has access to timely and quality health and nutrition services. Together, we can ensure everyone, wherever they are in the world, enjoys a longer, healthier, and more prosperous life.”
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
2025 is an important year. With Canada hosting the G7 in June, a federal election on the horizon, and deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) only five years away, this year’s budget is a critical opportunity for us to push the government to keep its promise of growing Canada’s international assistance every year to address growing global challenges.
Our world is grappling with multiple crises – from climate change to escalating conflicts – that have slowed progress in eliminating extreme poverty. Over half the SDG targets are falling short, and 30% have either stalled or regressed. The toll is immense: women, children, and affected communities are paying the highest price, caught in a cycle of poverty, disease, and suffering.
But there is hope. Over the last decade, we’ve made incredible strides:
These solutions work – but they need more support to reach those who need them most.
The successes of the recent decades, including the dramatic reduction in global child mortality, were driven, among other things, by Canada’s legacy of supporting the health of our world’s most vulnerable – especially women and children. We must recognize that disease, malnutrition, and out-of-school children are not isolated problems – they are symptoms of the same vicious cycle of poverty and crises. Without action, this cycle will continue to spiral.
Canada can help change this. We must lead with renewed commitment to a world free from extreme poverty. By increasing investments our International Assistance Envelope and making high-impact investments in global education, immunization, and nutrition, we can stop the cycle of poverty in its tracks. We can show that #TogetherWeLead.
The ask: We call on Canada to #BudgetForLeadership and increase the International Assistance Envelope by an additional $650 million per year in budget 2025 to ensure that everyone, everywhere has the opportunity to thrive and reach their full potential.
Climate change and spreading conflict have slowed our progress in eliminating extreme poverty and threatening the lives and wellbeing of millions around the world. More people than ever before are displaced from their homes and are at risk of disease and hunger. With health systems overwhelmed, routine vaccinations are deferred. With supply chain disruptions and intensifying climate disasters, food prices have increased. With children out of school, years of education are delayed. However, there are concrete actions Canada can take to step up and support the health, wellbeing, and dignity of people around the world – starting with growing our International Assistance Envelope.
Canada has a non-partisan legacy of making an impact in around the globe, particularly in the lives of women and children. For decades, Canada has supported children’s health, education, immunization, and ensured access to nutritious foods. Importantly, this support has been maintained and has grown across successive governments, showing that supporting the health, wellbeing, and dignity of people around the world isn’t a partisan issue, it’s a Canadian value.
In 2010, then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper created the Muskoka Initiative for maternal and child health at the G8 (now G7) Summit. Canada’s contribution of $1.1 billion was leveraged to a total global investment of $40 billion, saving at least 1.2 million children’s lives.
In 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leveraged Canada’s G7 Presidency to create the Charlevoix Education Initiative, which supported the education of women and girls living in crisis. Backed by a Canadian investment of $400 million, Charlevoix leveraged $3.8 billion from G7 partners. The Canadian investment alone reached over 4 million women and girls living in fragile contexts, providing access to safe and quality education.
Since 2002, Canada has invested $1 billion in Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, helping immunize 1 billion children and saving 17 million lives. Canada’s investments have helped to bolster vaccination systems in more than 60 countries and have generated a 54:1 return in economic benefits in implementing countries.
For decades, Canada has been a leader in fighting global malnutrition, remaining the largest donor to vitamin A supplementation, which has helped save the lives of 7 million+ children. In addition, nutrition comprised close to a third of the health spending in Canada’s 2010 Muskoka Initiative.
This leadership on the global stage is Canada’s legacy. It’s told in lives saved and futures secured. As Canada assumes the G7 Presidency in 2025 and with Budget 2025, we have an opportunity to build on this legacy and set the stage for an equitable and sustainable future for all by:
But Canada can’t make these investments without growing the International Assistance Envelope – the budget line from where the vast majority of Canada’s international assistance is drawn.
Where governments around the world have been pulling back from aid, endangering progress made toward ensuring the health and rights of women and girls, weakening already fragile states, and pushing millions closer to starvation, Canada has bucked this trend. With advocates holding the government accountable for its promise to increase Canada’s international development assistance every year towards 2030, we can make sure this doesn’t happen here.
By investing across health, nutrition, and education, Canada can help reverse the vicious cycle of poverty. Let’s act together to ensure that Budget 2025 is a #BudgetForLeadership.
The ask: We call on Canada to #BudgetForLeadership and increase the International Assistance Envelope by an additional $650 million per year in budget 2025 to ensure that everyone, everywhere has the opportunity to thrive and reach their full potential.
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As 2025 kicks-off, your Member of Parliament (MP) is getting ready to head back to Parliament on January 27th. It’s the perfect time to engage your MP tell them why you care about making sure children worldwide have nutritious food and how Canada can help address the malnutrition crisis by stepping up at the Nutrition For Growth (N4G) Summit in March. We have designed and printed postcards to send this message right to their mail slot!
Why now? We wanted to do this action last month for our #FeedOurFuture campaign, but we delayed it due to the Canada Post strike. There’s still time before the March Summit, so let’s do it now to support children around the world!
On the postcard, write in your own words why you believe Canada should #FeedOurFuture by investing Canada’s fair share in global nutrition at the Nutrition for Growth Summit in 2025. To learn more about the #FeedOurFuture campaign, check out our campaign archive page.
To get a postcard (or a few), reach out to your group leader or action@resultscanada.ca! And don’t forget, mailing your MP is free, so no stamp is needed.
Don’t know who your MP is? Type your postal code on the House of Commons website find out their name (and their contact info for future engagements!).
And make sure to sign-up for your MP’s newsletter if you haven't already! It’s important to stay up to date on what your MP is doing and discover opportunities to engage with them! MPs will often have an email newsletter that shares events where you might be able to meet them in person to advocate for our issues and important news. You can usually sign up through their website or contact their office to inquire about it. To find your MP's contact info, type your postal code here and click the contact tab.
Remember to use the EPIC model to help draft your postcard, and don’t be afraid to make it personal, connecting domestic experience to our global advocacy! This is a critical opportunity to remind you MP and the Prime Minister that Canadians care about global issues and that need to step up for nutrition!
Use your postal code on the House of Commons website to find out who your MP is, and their contact information, such as their email address.
See all our resources to help you write your MP, along with key dates, hashtags, tags and keywords found on our call-to-action page. If you need additional help with this action, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at action@resultscanada.ca.
Write a letter to the editor (LTE) highlighting the need for Canada to table a #BudgetForLeadership and increase Canada’s International Assistance Envelope by $650 million in Budget 2025. Reference the critical need for Canadian global leadership, and how investments in health, good nutrition, and access to education will help communities flourish!
Volunteers on average spend 1-2 hours researching and planning, 30 minutes writing their draft and 15 minutes submitting it to newspapers.
See all our resources to help you write your LTE, along with key dates, hashtags, tags and keywords found on our call-to-action page.
Use your voice on social media to tell Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc that you care about global issues. By passing a #BudgetForLeadership that increases Canada’s International Assistance Envelope by $650 million, Canada will help educate, immunize, and nourish millions worldwide.
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Instagram/Facebook/LinkedIn post (copy and paste into your social media and download the graphic below to add a visual!):
Canada is a global leader and the globe needs us right now to help educate, immunize, and nourish millions worldwide. #Budget2025 is a critical opportunity for the government to keep its promise of growing Canada’s international assistance. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister Dominic LeBlanc: we must step up and increase our International Assistance Envelope by $650 million in 2025 and pass a #BudgetForLeadership! Because #TogetherWeLead.
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