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Canada

Justin Trudeau

In office

Prime Minister

Liberal Party of Canada

3,252 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The Trudeau government had originally made 569 promises in its 2021 campaign platform and press releases.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

3.01.006 - “A re-elected Liberal government will: Enable staff at Canada’s embassies around the world to support the work of feminists, LGBTQ2 activists, and human rights defenders by quadrupling our annual investment in the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives.”

Forward. For Everyone.

Published: Nov 2021

Justification

Whilst the funding has been increased, it is far from four times what was promised.

“The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) provides modest funding for small-scale, high-impact projects in more than 120 countries eligible for official development assistance (ODA). The CFLI has an annual programming budget of $26.8 million, with projects averaging $31,000 each. Projects are planned and implemented mainly by local organizations, and are selected and approved by the relevant Canadian Embassy or High Commission.”

The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives - Government of Canada

Published: Mar 2025

« Le jeudi 20 janvier, l’association camerounaise WETECH (Women in Entrepreneurship and Technology) a organisé un atelier de formation destiné à soutenir l’inclusion financière des femmes entrepreneures. Financé par le Haut-Commissariat du Canada au Cameroun à travers le FCIL (Fonds Canadien d’Initiatives Locales), cet atelier entre dans le cadre du programme Fundher, qui vise à soutenir 70 femmes camerounaises. »

Au Cameroun, un programme canadien soutient l’inclusion financière et numérique des femmes - Agence Ecofin

Published: Jan 2022

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Forward. For Everyone.

Published: Nov 2021

Reference Documents

“The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) provides modest funding for small-scale, high-impact projects in more than 120 countries eligible for official development assistance (ODA). The CFLI has an annual programming budget of $24.6 million, with projects averaging $27,000 each. Projects are planned and implemented mainly by local organizations, and are selected and approved by the relevant Canadian Embassy or High Commission.”