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 Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Reduce wait times and ensure Veterans and their families receive decisions on applications in a timely manner, including by investing resources to hire case workers and adjudicators, enhance disability benefit processing and advance innovative digital solutions.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Ensure the benefit system and services are responsive to and meet the needs of underrepresented Veterans, including women, LGBTQ2, racialized and Indigenous Veterans. This will include the use of disaggregated research and data to provide tailored programs and services.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Reduce barriers to accessing services for Indigenous Veterans, including improving outreach to Indigenous communities and expanding the offering of culturally appropriate services.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Launch a National Veterans Employment Strategy.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Simplify processes, improve service delivery and strengthen transition services by enhancing shared online tools, increasing data sharing and improving transition support for Veterans.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Ensure CAF members and Veterans have access to adequate, tailored mental health resources, services and training programs.
- Cycle 2021 (no status tracking)Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Ensure that modern Veterans, as well as women, Indigenous, racialized and LGBTQ2 Veterans from all conflicts are recognized and commemorated, and that the valuable contributions of Canadian Armed Forces Veterans who have served in domestic operations are recognized.
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