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219 promises tracked: 29 achieved 15 broken 63 in progress 112 not started So he's already broken 6.8% of his total promises just 1/8th of the way thro
by beloch 11y ago
219 promises tracked:
29 achieved
15 broken
63 in progress
112 not started
So he's already broken 6.8% of his total promises just 1/8th of the way through his term. That's not good. He's also broken just over half as many promises as he's kept, which I'd say is pretty darned typical of politicians.
Legalizing marijuana is in progress, but I've heard nothing concrete. Unmuzzling scientists and restoring the long form census were both good. Reversing the transparency act was bad. I was most interested in his promises to increase government transparency, but some are reporting it's actually worse [1]. He also promised in an interview with Peter Mansbridge to reduce the concentration of power in the PMO, but he's done nothing about that so far.
We're just an eigth of the way through his term, so the jury is still out in my opinion. He's done some good, some bad, but at this point he's still mostly just a bundle of promises.
[1]http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/preston-manning-s-prescription-to-recharge-the-right-1.3463742/liberal-fiscal-plans-less-transparent-than-under-harper-kevin-page-says-1.3464078 http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/preston-manning-s-prescript...
- kilotaras 11y ago>So he's already broken 6.8% of his total promises just 1/8th of the way through his term. That's not good. He's also broken just over half as many promises as he's kept, which I'd say is pretty darned typical of politicians. Sadly that's not that bad. For example you can check Ukraines MP's promises[1]. It's in Ukrainian, so yellow is WIP, green/red are self-explanatory and black is total. [1] http://www.slovoidilo.ua/ratings/persons/parliament/all/index.html http://www.slovoidilo.ua/ratings/persons/parliament/all/inde...
- sospep 11y agoSome promises, ex "Bring in 25K Syrian refugees by end of 2015" is considered "Broken" for the purposes of the "Promise Tracker" but the government actually did bring in 25K refugees and counting, they didnt hit the 25K mark until sometime in 2016-02. So, keep in mind that while that promise may be 'technically broken', they pretty much did what they said they were going to do.