Type of business: Motion
Status: Submitted
Responsible authority: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Submission date: 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z
Submitted text (translation from German): The Federal Council is instructed to substantially deepen relations between Switzerland and Canada in view of the changed geopolitical and geoeconomic situation. Together with Canada, it should examine possibilities for a strategic partnership and take appropriate measures, particularly in the areas of foreign and security policy, trade and investment, education, research and innovation, security of raw material supplies and security of supply, as well as the mobility of workers, researchers and businesses. This should promote political cooperation and the diversification of mutual economic relations and expand cooperation to strengthen an open, rules-based and reliable international order. A minority of the committee (Büchel Roland, Calame, Grüter, Haab, Reimann Lukas, Rüegger, Rutz Gregor, Schmid Pascal, Vontobel) proposes rejecting the motion.
Source and status
Swiss Federal Assembly: business 26.4707, «Engere Partnerschaft mit Kanada». The basis is stored source version 5, with a publication date of 21 October 2026, retrieved on 23 October 2026 at 06:55:04. The status shown refers exclusively to this version. The submitted text sets out the motion’s demands, not an instruction already issued. Source: https://www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20264707