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)
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Sustain funding commitments to Canadian women’s organizations and equality-seeking groups.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Collaborate with women’s movements, organizations, experts and advocates on public policy relating to women and gender equality.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Carry out the evaluation process of GBA Plus to enhance its framing and parameters.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Strengthen the Department of Women and Gender Equality as a centre of expertise for advancing gender equality and supporting the application of GBA Plus across government decision-making processes.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Develop a 10-year National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, begin negotiations with Provinces and Territories, and accelerate the establishment of a dedicated Secretariat.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Create a Menstrual Equity Fund to make menstrual products available to vulnerable women.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Launch the Federal LGBTQ2 Action Plan and provide capacity funding to LGBTQ2 service organizations.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Continue the work of the LGBTQ2 Secretariat to promote LGBTQ2 equality at home and abroad, protect LGBTQ2 rights and address discrimination against LGBTQ2 communities.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Implement Canada’s Youth Policy and build upon the six priority areas included in Canada’s first State of Youth Report.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Serve as Vice-Chair of the Prime Minister’s Youth Council and support its work.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Scale up youth and student skills and employment programming and initiatives for Canadian youth.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Create a new stream of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy for Canadians with disabilities.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Expand and diversify the Canada Service Corps.
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