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)
- Actions taken, progress madeGovernment Services and OperationsMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Modernize procurement practices.
- Actions taken, progress made, facing challengesGovernment Services and OperationsMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Ensure public servants are paid accurately and promptly.
- Actions taken, progress madeFair and Open GovernmentMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Increase the diversity of bidders on government contracts.
- Actions taken, progress madeFair and Open GovernmentMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Develop better tools to hold contractors accountable, particularly in large scale procurements.
- Actions taken, progress madeFair and Open GovernmentMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Publish clear metrics on the competitiveness, cost and timeliness of procurement.
- Actions taken, progress madeFair and Open GovernmentMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Make more government data available to vendors participating in procurement bidding to encourage better bids.
- Actions taken, progress madeFair and Open GovernmentMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Ensure prompt payment of contractors and sub-contractors.
- Actions taken, progress madeGovernment Services and OperationsMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Improve the delivery of information technology within the government, including the renewal of Shared Services Canada.
- Completed - fully metGovernment Services and OperationsMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Ensure the timely and orderly transition of Parliamentary operations during the renewal of the Parliamentary precinct.
- Completed - fully metGovernment Services and OperationsMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Enhance the quality and capacity of services provided by the Translation Bureau, and promote the economic vitality of Canada's translation and interpretation community.
- Actions taken, progress madeJobs and InnovationMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Develop the vision for the new federal science infrastructure.
- Actions taken, progress madeJobs and InnovationMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Use work on accessibility as a catalyst for new ideas and business strategies through technology and design.
- Actions taken, progress madeSustainable InfrastructureMinister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibilityupdated Mar 22, 2019
Monitor federal allocations to improve public transit accessibility, and create reporting obligations on these expenditures.
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