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Justin Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister on November 4, with vows of sweeping change and country-wide renewal. But after half a year in office, how well are the Liberals delivering on their promises? We rate the performance of the new government and the new parliament after their first six months.

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It’s said election promises are like babies: fun to make, hell to deliver. And by that measure, the Liberals under Justin Trudeau had a jolly time during last summer and fall’s marathon campaign.

The party made 219 promises to get elected, according to TrudeauMetre.ca, which is tracking the fate of the new government¹s promises. Of those, 29 have been achieved and 19 have been broken. The remaining 175 are in progress or work on them has yet to start.

Here are some of the pledges from the Liberal election platform the new government has failed to deliver:

We will run modest deficits for three years so that we can invest in growth for the middle class and credibly offer a plan to balance the budget in 2019.