Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy

Abstract

Among the most significant and prominent commitments introduced under the Liberal government, however, is the Feminist International Assistance Policy – a policy document that elevates Prime Minister Trudeau’s personal narrative and values to the level of a bold national policy vision for improved international assistance. The specific rhetorical commitments to gender equality are a particularly prominent element in the framing of Canadian international values and virtue. An overarching feminist international policy also requires thoughtful consideration of all aspects of international policy, and needs to be comprehensive and coherent to avoid the hypocritical tensions that arise from a rhetoric of feminist values combined with anti-feminist practices in other policy domains. A prominent example is the often-referenced contradiction between Canada’s public stance on human rights and gender equality in Saudi Arabia and its ongoing arms sales to Saudi Arabia, used for what can only be understood as anti-feminist ends.

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