Analyzed: May 23, 2026
| Promise | Deadline | Verdict | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double home-building rates to supply 500,000 new homes per year | unspecified | ❓ Unclear | Mark Carney launched Build Canada Homes agency in September 2025, but the evidence does not show whether the 500,000 homes per year target has been achieved or is on track. | 🔗 Source |
| Create a standalone federal entity to act as a developer for affordable housing with tens of billions in debt-financing | unspecified | ❓ Unclear | The provided web evidence does not contain information about whether Mark Carney created a standalone federal entity for affordable housing development. | 🔗 Source |
| Reduce income tax rate for lowest bracket from 15% to 14% | unspecified | ❓ Unclear | Web evidence indicates Mark Carney announced a middle-class tax cut effective July 1, 2025, and Budget 2025 included tax policy changes, but the specific details about reducing the lowest bracket from 15% to 14% are not confirmed in the available search results. | 🔗 Source |
| Scrap sales taxes on homes under C$1m for first-time buyers | unspecified | ❓ Unclear | No specific evidence found regarding whether Mark Carney made or kept this promise about scrapping sales taxes on homes under C$1m for first-time buyers. | 🔗 Source |
| Extend national dental insurance programme to 4.5 million people aged 18 to 64 | unspecified | ❓ Unclear | The web evidence does not contain specific information about whether the dental insurance programme was extended to 4.5 million people aged 18-64, only that Carney's 2025 budget taps brakes on new social programs. | 🔗 Source |
| Cap temporary workers and international students at less than 5% of population | to the end of 2027 | ⏳ Pending | Deadline not yet reached | 🔗 Source |
| Build a national electricity grid | unspecified | ⚠️ Partial | Mark Carney announced a National Electricity Strategy to double Canada's electricity grid by 2050, showing progress toward building a national electricity grid, but full completion of the promise remains uncertain as it is a long-term plan. | 🔗 Source |
| Hit NATO's 2% military spending target | this fiscal year | ✅ Kept | Canada met NATO's 2% defense spending target this fiscal year, though through a combination of increased spending and accounting adjustments, and the country still ranks last among NATO members. | 🔗 Source |
| Spend an additional C$9 billion on defense toward NATO 2% target | this fiscal year | ❓ Unclear | The web evidence shows Mark Carney announced plans to increase defense spending and meet NATO's 2% target, but does not provide specific information confirming whether the C$9 billion was actually spent this fiscal year. | 🔗 Source |
| Increase defense spending beyond 2% of GDP in future years | unspecified | ✅ Kept | Mark Carney confirmed Canada has met NATO's 2% defense spending target and vowed to increase spending further as he recognized the changing nature of warfare. | 🔗 Source |