“We know that we are inextricably bound to the same space-time continuum and on board the same planetary spaceship,” the governor general said. “If we put our brains and smarts and altruistic capabilities together, we can do a lot of good.”

Like all throne speeches, the speech previewed Mr. Trudeau’s legislative ambitions. At times, its promises were very specific: a vow to cut mobile phone bills by 25 percent, although how that would be achieved remains for the future. But on other issues, the government stopped well short of promising action. Somewhat out of the blue, the governor general, speaking for the government, said that universal dental care, a cause close to the hearts of the New Democrats, is “worth exploring, and I encourage parliament to look into this.”

But, that aside, there was little that Mr. Trudeau had campaigned on or announced during the previous Parliament, including a ban on military-style rifles, a pledge to eliminate carbon emissions in Canada by 2050, tax cuts for all but the highest earners and introducing legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within a year.

There was, however, surprisingly little in the speech dealing directly with concerns specific to Alberta and Saskatchewan, the two provinces that shut out Mr. Trudeau’s Liberals. After vowing to intensify its fight against climate change, the government added that “it will also work just as hard to get Canadian resources to new markets, and offer unwavering support to the hardworking women and men in Canada’s natural resources sectors, many of whom have faced tough times recently.”