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 of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Provide funding towards the construction of a permanent home for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Ensure the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has sustained financial resources to successfully fulfil its mandate.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Accelerate the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Accelerate the implementation of the Federal Pathway to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Support the implementation of the 2021 MMIWG and 2SLGBTQQIA+ National Action Plan.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Accelerate the Recognition of Indigenous Rights and Self-determination processes, with particular focus on reforming federal government structures.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Accelerate work to redesign federal policies on additions-to-reserves to provide just and timely resolution.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Accelerate the resolution of outstanding land claims.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Meet regularly with the Assembly of First Nations and rights holders to make progress on First Nations priorities.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Work with existing and traditional Indigenous governments and leaders to restore respectful nation-to-nation relations, in the spirit of self-determination, by renewing and updating treaty relationships where they exist, including pre-confederation treaties, and by seeking viable, trusting and respectful relationships where no treaty exists.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Finalize a co-developed Inuit Nunangat Policy and accelerate its implementation.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Fully implement Inuit land claim agreements.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Meet regularly through the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee to make progress on Inuit priorities.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Move forward on Self Government Recognition and Implementation Agreements with the Manitoba Métis Federation, the Métis Nation of Alberta, the Métis Nation of Ontario, and the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan, and on the Self-Government Framework Agreement with the Northwest Territory Métis Nation.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Meet regularly with Métis partners to make progress on Métis priorities.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Support Indigenous-led processes for rebuilding and reconstituting their nations.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Work in partnership on the implementation of the spirit and intent of treaties, and land claim and self-government agreements with appropriate oversight mechanisms to hold the federal government accountable.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Accelerate work to redesign the Specific Claims process to provide just and timely resolution.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Support Indigenous-led processes for self-determination.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Address the history and legacy of residential schools, including by providing the necessary supports for communities to undertake the work of burial searches at the sites of former residential schools and other federally-run institutions.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Work to establish Indigenous-led institutions to build housing and infrastructure.
- Actions taken, progress made, facing challengesIndigenous peoplesMinister of Crown-Indigenous Relationsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
- Actions taken, progress madeIndigenous peoplesMinister of Crown-Indigenous Relationsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Incorporate Aboriginal and treaty rights, residential schools and Indigenous contributions into school curricula.
- Actions taken, progress madeIndigenous peoplesMinister of Crown-Indigenous Relationsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Work with the Métis Nation to advance reconciliation and renew the relationship.
- Actions taken, progress madeIndigenous peoplesMinister of Crown-Indigenous Relationsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Lead a whole-of-government approach to renew the nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government relationship with Indigenous people.
- Actions taken, progress made, facing challengesIndigenous peoplesMinister of Crown-Indigenous Relationsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Support Indigenous peoples in their work to advance self-determination.
- Actions taken, progress made, facing challengesIndigenous peoplesMinister of Crown-Indigenous Relationsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Advance positions in co-operative dispute resolution processes that are consistent with the resolution of past wrongs toward Indigenous peoples.
- Actions taken, progress made toward ongoing goalIndigenous peoplesMinister of Crown-Indigenous Relationsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Ensure the implementation of pre-Confederation, historic, and modern treaties and agreements.
- Actions taken, progress made, facing challengesIndigenous peoplesMinister of Crown-Indigenous Relationsupdated Mar 22, 2019
Implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in full partnership with Indigenous peoples.
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