Making Migration Part of Canada's Feminist Foreign Policy Future

Canada has positioned itself as a leader in international feminist governance by adopting a Feminist International Assistance Policy and championing gender-responsive migration governance internationally. Other countries have considered gender, migration, and development together as part of development policy for decades. However, migration barely figures in Canada's FIAP, and the government has yet to release a fully-fledged feminist foreign policy (FFP). How can Canada link the policy domains of gender, migration, and development more effectively? What lessons can be learned from other countries’ FFP on how to integrate these domains? Ultimately, how might Canada build upon its existing international leadership on gender and migration in a future FFP? Drawing on feminist scholarship and policy engagement with Canadian and international actors, this article argues that a feminist approach necessitates integrating migration and development within foreign policy. This is the next logical step if Canada wishes to lead by example and develop a broader feminist foreign policy.