The NDP responded to a survey with a detailed response supporting animal protection, emphasizing safeguarding ecosystems, banning live horse exports for slaughter, and considering legislation to protect elephants, great apes, and big cats from captivity. The Bloc Québécois supports Quebec’s Animal Welfare and Safety Act, regulating animal welfare conditions on farms, improving laws governing farmed animal transport, and banning the export of horses for slaughter. They also support strengthening regulations for animals in captivity and investing in animal-free science.

The Green Party supports implementing a national Animal Protection Act, regulating animal welfare conditions on farms, improving laws governing farmed animal transport, banning the export of horses for slaughter, and prohibiting the captivity of elephants, great apes, big cats, and other animals. They also support funding the Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods, investing in the plant-based food industry, phasing out fur farming in Canada, and additional measures such as banning trophy hunting and stopping the trade in wild animal parts. The Green Party aims to protect animal rights, reduce suffering, and promote alternatives to animal exploitation.