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Canada

Justin Trudeau

In office

Prime Minister

Liberal Party of Canada

3,274 days in office

42nd Parliament of Canada
03 Dec 2015 - 11 Sep 2019

43rd Parliament of Canada
05 Dec 2019 - 15 Aug 2021

44th Parliament of Canada
22 Nov 2021 - Present

The Canadian federal election of 2021 (officially the 44th Canadian general election) took place on September 20, 2021, and elected members of the House of Commons to Canada’s 44th Parliament. The Liberal Party, led by outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, won 160 seats, forming a second consecutive minority government.

The Trudeau government had originally made 569 promises in its 2021 campaign platform and press releases. This number was reduced to 352 by an extensive, multi-coder process of sorting promises according to their degree of precision and importance to society. Unclear and less important promises were removed from the analysis.

For an analysis of the achievements of Justin Trudeau’s first government (2015-2019), see Birch and Pétry (2019), Assessing Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government. 353 promises and a mandate for change, published by Les Presses de l’Université Laval.

In partnership with

Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC)

Center for Public Policy Analysis (CAPP)

Leadership Chair in the Teaching of Digital Social Sciences (CLESSN)

Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC)

Promise History

International Affairs and Defence

44th Parliament of Canada

1.01.003 - “We will develop the Canadian Armed Forces into an agile, responsive, and well- equipped military force that can effectively defend Canada and North America; provide support during natural disasters, humanitarian support missions,and peace operations […]”

A New Plan for a Strong Middle Class

Published: Dec 2015

“Strong at home, its sovereignty well defended by a Canadian Armed Forces also ready to assist in times of natural disasters, other emergencies, and search and rescue” - p.10”

Defence Investment Plan 2018 - National Defence

Published: Jun 2018

Defence Plan 2018-2023 - National Defence

Published: May 2018

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“The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today announced the launch of Global Affairs Canada’s new Peace and Stabilization Operations Program (PSOPs) and the pledge of up to 600 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel to be available for possible deployment to UN peace operations. […] Canada is uniquely placed to provide the very best expertise across the full spectrum of peace operations. Therefore, Canada’s PSOPs and future contributions will focus more on the areas of early warning, conflict prevention, dialogue, mediation and peacebuilding, and the empowerment of women in decision making for peace and security.”