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)
- Not being pursuedStrong Middle ClassMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Balance the budget in 2019/20.
- Completed - fully metStrong Middle ClassMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Implement the middle class tax cut.
- Completed - fully metStrong Middle ClassMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Cancel income splitting, while retaining income splitting of pensions for seniors.
- Completed - fully metStrong Middle ClassMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Enhance the Canada Pension Plan to provide more income security to retired Canadians.
- Completed - fully metEnvironment and Climate ChangeMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Develop proposals to limit Exploration Expenses tax deduction to unsuccessful projects.
- Completed - fully metStrong Middle ClassMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Restore the tax credit for labour-sponsored funds.
- Completed - fully metStrong Middle ClassMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Introduce a tax benefit to help teachers and early childhood educators with the cost of school supplies.
- Completed - fully metStrong Middle ClassMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Enhance the Northern Residents Deduction to help with the high cost of living.
- Completed - fully metStrong Middle ClassMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Repeal the *Federal Balanced Budget Act*.
- Completed - fully metStrong Middle ClassMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Raise taxes on the top 1% of earners.
- Actions taken, progress madeStrong Middle ClassMinister of Financeupdated Mar 22, 2019
Continue to reduce the federal debt-to-Gross Domestic Product ratio.
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