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Canada
In office
Prime Minister
Liberal Party of Canada
2,855 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The Trudeau government had originally made 569 promises in its 2021 campaign platform and press releases.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.

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Promise History

2.06.18 - “W]e will move forward with cutting the cost of [cell phone services] by 25 per cent in the next two years by using the government’s regulatory powers “

In progress
04-Mar-2021

“Every Canadian with a mobile plan is protected by the Wireless Code. It explains your consumer rights and the rules your provider must follow. We created the Code to make it easier for you to: • understand your mobile plan • change providers • prevent bill shock • return your cellphone if you are unhappy with your service • and more”

Partially kept
15-Jan-2021

“Mobile Wireless Trends: […] Using the previous (2019) basket definitions, the highest basket (L5 at 10-49 GB) was the only level to see a price increase in 2020 over 2019. Baskets 1 to 4 all fell substantially, respectively by 19%, 27%, 28% and 23%. The Level 5 basket increased by almost 11”

In progress
05-Mar-2020

“Le gouvernement fédéral remplit sa promesse électorale de réduire d’au moins 25 % les forfaits de téléphonie cellulaire. Pour y parvenir, Ottawa menacera les grands fournisseurs d’accroître la concurrence dans l’industrie s’ils n’acceptent pas de diminuer leurs prix d’ici deux ans. Selon le ministre de l’Innovation, Navdeep Bains, Bell, Rogers et Telus doivent tous trois réduire les prix des forfaits dits de milieu de gamme, des forfaits qui comprennent un volume de données allant de deux à six gigaoctets par mois. “

In progress
05-Mar-2020

“The Liberal government is giving Canada’s big three national wireless providers two years to cut their basic prices for cellphone services by 25 per cent — and telling them it will step in to cut prices if they don’t comply. Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains issued the ultimatum today along with new spectrum auction rules that could open up Canada’s wireless market to new competition”

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Reference Documents

“Domestic Trends: All Canadian mobile wireless service basket prices have decreased (or remained unchanged) this year relative to last – i.e., decreased by 4.6%, 8.7%, 1.4%, (.3%) and 9.7%, respectively. Average mobile wireless prices were generally found to be lowest in the cities of Winnipeg, Montreal and Regina, consistent with previous years”

“This is the eleventh (2018) edition of ISED’s annual telecom services price comparison study. The purpose of this Study is to provide a detailed comparative price analysis of telecommunications services in Canada relative to the United States and six other countries”

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