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The Trudeau government had originally made 569 promises in its 2021 campaign platform and press releases.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

Law and Crime

44th Parliament of Canada

1.09.002 - “We will also invest an additional $80 million, over four years, to help the Canada Revenue Agency crack down on tax evaders.”

A New Plan for a Strong Middle Class

Published: Dec 2015

“Tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance by individuals and businesses entail a fiscal cost to governments and taxpayers, and reduce the fairness and integrity of the tax system. Budget 2016 proposes to invest $444.4 million over five years for the CRA to enhance its efforts to crack down on tax evasion and combat tax avoidance by: hiring additional auditors and specialists; developing robust business intelligence infrastructure; increasing verification activities; and improving the quality of investigative work that targets criminal tax evaders.”