Canada-Mexico Action Plan

The Prime Minister of Canada and the President of Mexico have committed themselves to renew a relationship that draws on the diverse strengths of all citizens, putting their well-being and interests at the centre of our bilateral cooperation. This commitment recognizes a shared vision to build more prosperous, sustainable, safe, and equitable societies for all as well as to contribute to the integrity and competitiveness of the North American region. The creation of the Canada-Mexico Action Plan establishes a strengthened partnership built on 9 pillars that outlines our citizens’ priorities and the initiatives that will advance them:

1. Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
2. Gender equality and women’s empowerment
3. Trade and investment
4. Anti-racism
5. Youth engagement
6. Peace and security
7. Tourism, migration and human mobility
8. Environment and climate change
9. Cooperation in the face of future health crises

1. Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

Canada and Mexico recognize the opportunity to jointly build platforms to allow Indigenous Peoples to share best practices, lessons learned, and address common issues in building inclusive societies with Indigenous communities that favour self-reliance, prosperity, and well-being in the region to achieve social justice.

• Canada and Mexico are modernizing cooperation on Indigenous issues, including through a renewed Memorandum of Understanding.
• The leaders are looking to organize a joint high-level summit on Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

2. Gender equality and women’s empowerment

The leaders re-affirmed their shared commitment to demonstrate leadership regionally and globally on promoting and protecting gender equality and women and girls’ empowerments, including on sexual and reproductive health rights and access to equal educational opportunities.

• Canada and Mexico will continue to champion gender equality, and women and girls’ empowerment in regional and international forums, such as the Global Alliance for Care, the Alliance for Feminist Movements, the Nexus Initiative, and SheDecides.
• Both countries will share best practices and lessons learned, including on the implementation of their respective Feminist Foreign Policies.
• Canada and Mexico have committed to strengthen intergovernmental and civil society exchanges in their respective countries to advance gender equality and women and girls’ rights from a human rights, intercultural and intergenerational perspective.

3. Trade and investment

Canada and Mexico maintain their commitment to work on inclusive trade and investment in building a sustainable economic recovery that places people, creation of good middle-class jobs, and well-being and quality of life of citizens at the center.

• Both leaders will continue to build on CUSMA/T-MEC as a foundation to create a more integrated North American community.
• The leaders committed to continue the High-Level Economic Dialogue to advance shared international trade priorities; such as post-pandemic economic recovery, inclusive trade strategies, innovation, and strengthening of regional and resilient supply chains.
• Canada and Mexico will gather C-suite executives from both countries for a high-level business summit to discuss issues, including workforce development, supply chains and innovation.

4. Anti-racism

Both leaders re-affirmed the need to address inequality and racial discrimination and combat all forms of discrimination and hate, and committed themselves to work towards more just and inclusive societies.

• Canada and Mexico will curate a series of cultural events and organize a bilateral Anti-Racism and Equity Digital Summit to convene representatives from civil society, government, business, philanthropic, and labour sectors on anti-racism initiatives.
• Both countries will promote the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent
• Leaders will use the FIFA World Cup 2026 as a key opportunity to support FIFA’s efforts to uphold human rights.

5. Youth engagement

Both leaders recognize the importance of youth participation in civil and decision-making processes to innovate towards an ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable future and bilateral relationship.

• Canada and Mexico will look into expanding the existing bilateral “Youth Lab” initiative.
• Both countries will seek to further embed youth in the work of the Canada-Mexico Partnership working groups.

6. Peace and security

Canada and Mexico are committed to find opportunities to strengthen justice, international peace, and security cooperation, including through the international multilateral system.

• Both countries commit to explore opportunities for new or renewed cooperation mechanisms to forge deeper connections between experts and policymakers in both countries, streamline information flow and access, and identify areas and opportunities for collaboration.
• Canada agreed to provide technical assistance to help build Mexico’s forensics capacity.
• Both countries will look to improve the criminal justice system for children, women, and families in Mexico, including by implementing the Canada-Mexico Juvenile Justice Cooperation Project II.
• Both countries will work to establish a coordination mechanism between financial supervisory authorities to act expeditiously in cases of fraud involving both countries.

7. Tourism, migration and human mobility

The increasing exchange of students, workers, tourists, and businesspeople strengthen and deepen economic and social ties between Canada and Mexico. Concurrently, both countries recognize the need to work together to create safe, regular and orderly migration in response to regional migratory trends.

• Both countries will continue regular engagement on mobility issues to promote academic and educational exchanges, two-way flow of tourism, reduce misuse of visa-free travel, and promote regular pathways.
• Both countries will continue to support labour mobility while encouraging ethical recruitment practices to facilitate safe, regular, and orderly labour migration.
• Both countries will work together to strengthen asylum and protection systems in Central America and Mexico, and address forced displacement through multilateral initiatives.

8. Environment and climate change

Both leaders have reiterated the imperative to raise ambition in the fight against climate change.

• Canada and Mexico will advance nature-based solutions to address climate change and conserve biodiversity and its relationship with the well-being of communities, especially the most vulnerable ones.
• Both countries agreed to continue promoting addressing illegal wildlife trafficking, including by co-hosting a second edition of a workshop with CPTPP members.
• Both countries will encourage the use and expansion of renewable forms of energy, and support the sharing of expertise on how to enhance and maintain low-carbon electric infrastructure.
• Both countries will continue the long-standing tradition of bilateral cooperation on the protection of nature and biodiversity, in line with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as well as respective domestic and international commitments, and in partnership with Indigenous Peoples.

9. Cooperation in the face of future health crises

Canada and Mexico are committed to strengthening their cooperation in the field of public health at bilateral, regional, and multilateral levels collaborating with a various stakeholders sharing a vision of a world safe and secure from global health threats caused by diseases.

• Canada and Mexico will work to eliminate unnecessary barriers to trade in medical supplies and continue to share best practices for pandemic management.
• Both countries are committed to concentrate efforts for the development of vaccines and medicines, and collaborate to guarantee access to them in the Americas.