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 Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Establish a permanent, ongoing Canada Mental Health Transfer to help expand the delivery of high-quality, accessible and free mental health services, including for prevention and treatment.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Develop mental health standards, with a particular focus on health equity.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Sustain improved access to virtual mental health services with Wellness Together Canada.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Ensure timely access to perinatal mental health services.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Implement a three-digit suicide prevention hotline.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Introduce a new fund for student mental health to support the hiring of new mental health care counsellors, improve wait times for services, increase access overall and enable targeted supports to Black and racialized students at post-secondary institutions.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Ensure implementation of investments in mental health interventions and supports for people disproportionately impacted by COVID 19.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Ensure mental health supports are accessible to children and youth as they recover from the impact of the pandemic.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Advance a comprehensive strategy to address problematic substance use.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Require tobacco companiees to pay for the cost of federal public health investments in tobacco control.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Explore pathways to increase the accessibility of mental health services in rural areas.