So many Trudeau promises, but so little time

As PM nears 100 days, a non-partisan website tracks his campaign commitments

OTTAWA— Promises, promises.

Justin Trudeau made 214 of them during last fall’s election campaign, according to TrudeauMetre.ca, a non-partisan, citizen-driven website that tracks if and when he delivers on his commitments.

As his Liberal government marks its 100th day in power Friday, the website thinks Trudeau has so far delivered on 13 promises, started 29 more and broken at least two. Promises kept

A more open, accessible style of governance.

A cabinet with as many women as men.

A 20.5 per cent income tax rate for Canadians earning between $45,282 and $90,563, down from 22 per cent.

A new 33 per cent tax bracket on income of more than $200,000.

Restore the mandatory long-form census. Unmuzzle scientists. An arm’s-length advisory body to recommend merit-based nominees for the Senate.

Withdraw Canadian fighter jets from Syria and Iraq. Promises in progress

Launch a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women.

Establish a pan-Canadian framework for combating climate change.

Re-establish public trust in environmental assessments of resourcebased projects.

Reform the operation of Parliament.

Repeal anti-union legislation passed by the Conservative government. Promises broken (or likely to be)

Bring in 25,000 government-assisted Syrian refugees by December 2015, at a cost of $250 million.

Run deficits of less than $10 billion in each of the first three years of its mandate.

The tax break for middle-income earners was to be revenue-neutral, paid for by hiking taxes for the wealthiest 1 per cent. It will cost the treasury $1.2 billion a year. Still to come

Replace Canada’s first-past-thepost electoral system by the next election. Reform election laws. An all-party committee is to examine options and recommend a replacement by mid-2017.

Ban partisan government advertising; appoint an advertising commis- sioner to help ensure government ads are non-partisan.

Legalize marijuana. Little has happened beyond rookie Liberal MP and former Toronto police chief Bill Blair being tapped to lead the effort.

Reduce the small business tax rate to nine per cent from 11 per cent. Employment insurance reforms. Restore the age of eligibility for old age security and guaranteed income supplement to 65.

Establish a new nation-to-nation relationship with First Nations, including implementing all 94 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation commission.

Scrap the planned $44-billion purchase of 65 F-35 stealth fighter jets.