Have they kept their promises?

There were 195 promises made by the Liberal Party during their federal campaign. Some of the top promises made were the middle class tax cut, the inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women, bringing in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2015, gender parity in the cabinet and electoral reform.

The government has been moving quickly on these topics with the gender equal cabinet being sworn into office on Nov. 4 and the middle class tax cut being passed in Parliament on Dec. 9.

Although there was much push back from the Conservative Party with regards to the tax cut, it passed by a vote of 230 to 95. This change will take effect on Jan. 1 and will be seen by people in the $45,000 to $90,000 tax bracket.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women on Dec. 8. This was an action that brought all parties together.

“Those touched by this tragedy have waited long enough. The victims deserve justice, their families an opportunity to heal,” Trudeau told the Assembly of First Nations.

The Minister of the Status of Women Patricia Hajdu will be working with the families of the victims and helping to spearhead this inquiry.

She spent years running a homeless shelter in Thunder Bay where she found that indigenous women were the most vulnerable.

“Largely, people want this to end, and they understand that these women are people’s sisters and cousins and daughters,” Hajdu said in the interview on The House.

In Parliament on Dec. 9, Trudeau sparred with Conservative Party Interim Leader Rona Ambrose over electoral reform.

“We have committed to engage substantively with Canadians but we are also very, very clear that we will implement what we promised to do during the election campaign.”

No campaign promises have been broken yet, but the Liberal Party has modified their promise to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year.

On Dec. 10, the first plane carrying 164 refugees touched down in Toronto and Trudeau was there to welcome them.

“Tonight they step off the plane as refugees, but they walk out of this terminal as permanent residents of Canada.”

One refugee, Kevork Jamkossian, told the Globe and Mail, “We suffered a lot. Now, we feel as if we got out of hell and we came to paradise.”

Trudeau had comforting words for him, “You are home. Welcome home.”