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Canada

Justin Trudeau

In office

Prime Minister

Liberal Party of Canada

3,265 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The Trudeau government had originally made 569 promises in its 2021 campaign platform and press releases.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

Rights, Liberties, Minorities and Discrimination

44th Parliament of Canada

1.03.002 - “We will appoint a Chief Science Officer who will ensure that government science is fully available to the public, that scientists are able to speak freely about their work, and that scientific analyses are considered when the government makes decisions.”

A New Plan for a Strong Middle Class

Published: Dec 2015

“In keeping with these commitments, the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced Dr. Mona Nemer as Canada’s new Chief Science Advisor, following an open, transparent, and merit-based selection process.”

Prime Minister introduces Canada’s new top scientist - Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

Published: Sep 2017

“More than a year after taking office, the Trudeau government is inching closer to making good on its campaign promise to create a chief science officer for Canada. (…)I’m hoping within a few weeks we’ll launch a search, Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan said after speaking to a conference of science policy experts in Ottawa last Thursday. We will put out the call to all Canadians.”

Ottawa prepares to launch search for chief science officer - The Globe and Mail

Published: Nov 2016

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“In an email to CBC, Alain Vezina, regional director of science for the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, confirmed this morning that scientists at the institute are now allowed to speak openly to media.”