Government promises
Every commitment the Prime Minister has formally tasked each minister with via a mandate letter. Two cycles covered:
- 2015–2019 (Trudeau 42nd Parliament) — 430 commitments, with PCO-reported progress status.
- 2021 (Trudeau 44th Parliament) — 760 commitments. Letters were published but PCO never released a public status tracker for this cycle, so no progress data.
The Carney government (2025–, 45th Parliament) hasn't been ingested yet — it's on the roadmap.
Why does the status disappear after 2019?
The Privy Council Office's public mandate-letter tracker only ran for the 2015–2019 cycle. After that election the tracker was quietly retired — the 2021 mandate letters were published as text but the government never restored a public progress tracker. So no official Canadian source reports commitment-level status for 2021 onward.
Coming soon: we're building an LLM-curated status layer that scans government press releases, departmental progress reports, and news mentions to estimate progress on the 2021+ commitments. It will be clearly labelled as kyg-assessed, not government-reported, with the reasoning + sources shown for each commitment. Refresh cadence will be monthly.
Don't want the gap papered over without a clear signal of who's making the call.
Status — 2015–2019 cycle only(430 commitments · government-reported)
- Completed - modifiedEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Natural Resourcesupdated Mar 22, 2019
Develop a Canadian energy strategy with provinces and territories.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Natural Resourcesupdated Mar 22, 2019
Modernize the National Energy Board.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Change;Minister of Foreign Affairs;Minister of Natural Resourcesupdated Mar 22, 2019
Develop a North American clean energy and environment agreement.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard;Minister of Transportupdated Mar 22, 2019
Formalize a moratorium on crude oil tanker traffic on British Columbia's North Coast.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Ratify the Paris agreement and develop a Pan-Canadian framework for combating climate change.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Improve protection and stewardship of our freshwater resources.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Enhance protection of Canada's endangered species.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Work with provinces and territories to set stronger air quality standards.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard;Minister of Natural Resources;Minister of Environment and Climate Change;Minister of Science and Sport;Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations;Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Tradeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Review Canada's environmental assessment processes.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Develop Canada's National Parks system, as well as manage and expand National Wildlife Areas and Migratory Bird Sanctuaries.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Develop Parks Canada services so that more Canadians can experience our National Parks.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Make admission to National Parks free for all in 2017 and, afterwards, free for children under 18 and new citizens.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Expand Learn to Camp programs.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Change;Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonieupdated Mar 22, 2019
Protect our National Parks by limiting development within them and help local eco-tourism industries.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Work with Ontario to enhance the country's first urban National Park: Rouge National Urban Park.
- Actions taken, progress made toward ongoing goalEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Change;Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guardupdated Mar 22, 2019
Protect the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River Basin and the Lake Winnipeg Basin.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard;Minister of Environment and Climate Change;Minister of Science and Sportupdated Mar 22, 2019
Examine the implications of climate change on Arctic marine ecosystems.
- Actions taken, progress made toward ongoing goalEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guardupdated Mar 22, 2019
Work with stakeholders to better co-manage our three oceans.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guardupdated Mar 22, 2019
Restore funding to support federal ocean science and monitoring programs.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guardupdated Mar 22, 2019
Use good scientific evidence and traditional Indigenous knowledge when making decisions affecting fish stocks and ecosystem management.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guardupdated Mar 22, 2019
Act on recommendations of the Cohen Commission on restoring sockeye salmon stocks in the Fraser River.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Agriculture and Agri-Foodupdated Mar 22, 2019
Help the agriculture sector adjust to climate change and better address water and soil conservation issues.
- Actions taken, progress made toward ongoing goalEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Foreign Affairsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Make Canada a leader of international efforts to combat climate change.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Develop proposals to limit Exploration Expenses tax deduction to unsuccessful projects.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Natural Resources;Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development;Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food;Minister of International Trade Diversificationupdated Mar 22, 2019
Make strategic investments in the clean technology sector.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Finance;Minister of Natural Resourcesupdated Mar 22, 2019
Enhance Canada's tax measures to generate and attract more clean technology investments.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Transport;Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guardupdated Mar 22, 2019
Review the changes to the *Fisheries Act* and *Navigable Waters Protection Act*.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Environment and Climate Change;Minister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Phase out inefficient fossil fuel industry subsidies over the medium-term.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard;Minister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Increase the proportion of Canada's marine and coastal areas that are protected to five percent by 2017, and ten percent by 2020.
- Actions taken, progress made toward ongoing goalEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Foreign Affairsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Cooperate with the United States on energy security and energy infrastructure.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Foreign Affairsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Advance shared action with the United States on environmental issues and climate change.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guardupdated Mar 22, 2019
Restore annual federal funding for freshwater research and make new investments in Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard;Minister of Environment and Climate Changeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Implement the G7 Charlevoix Blueprint for Healthy Oceans, Seas and Resilient Coastal Communities and the Ocean Plastics Charter.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Natural Resources;Minister of Transportupdated Mar 22, 2019
Put more low-emission vehicles, including electric vehicles, on the roads in Canada.
- Actions taken, progress made toward ongoing goalEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Tradeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Support northern communities confronting immediate climate adaptation challenges.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guardupdated Mar 22, 2019
Ensure effective use of restored funding to freshwater, oceans, fish stocks and aquaculture research programs.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard;Minister of Transport;Minister of Environment and Climate Change;Minister of Natural Resourcesupdated Mar 22, 2019
Implement and further develop the Oceans Protection Plan.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guardupdated Mar 22, 2019
Develop a strategy to protect Pacific salmon in cooperation with the Government of British Columbia, with concrete deliverables for the 2019 International Year of the Salmon.
- Actions taken, progress madeEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Natural Resourcesupdated Mar 22, 2019
Build on the work of Generation Energy and work with provinces and territories to accelerate clean growth strategies.
Top priority areas (2015)
Most-tasked ministers
- Minister of Environment and Climate Change59
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance56
- Minister of Health51
- Minister of Natural Resources41
- President of the Treasury Board36
- Minister of Foreign Affairs36
- Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry35
- Minister of Families, Children and Social Development34