10/10/2025
🇨🇦 AS REQUESTED
PM MARK CARNEY's ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE MARCH 14, 2025 (ENTERED PARLIAMENT APRIL 28, 2025)
1. April 1, 2025 cancelled the consumer carbon tax using an order in council, instructed CRA to send the spring rebate so households were not left short, and directed Finance to design replacement clean-tech supports for low and middle income families
2. June 1, 2025 cut the bottom income tax rate from 15 percent to 14 percent and removed GST for first-time homebuyers, providing about $840 dollars average relief for a two-income household with multi-year fiscal cost in the low billions
3. June 5, 2025 passed the One Canadian Economy Act Bill C-5 creating one project one review rules and easing interprovincial barriers for trucking, energy transmission, alcohol, and professional credentials
4. May 15, 2025 backed a large Alberta carbon capture build with about $16.5 billion in tax credits and financing, set Canadian content rules, and signalled support for a West Coast export corridor subject to review
5. May 20, 2025 enforced the national EV sales mandate requiring automakers to reach 20 percent ZEV sales by 2026 scaling to 100 percent by 2035, paired with plant retooling and charging infrastructure support
6. May 25, 2025 committed new defence dollars in the 2025 to 2026 plan moving Canada toward NATO 2 percent of GDP, prioritizing Arctic surveillance and NORAD modernization
7. August 8, 2025 raised Canadian Armed Forces pay by 8 percent for colonels and above, 13 percent for lieutenant colonels and below, and about 20 percent for recruits, retroactive to April 1, 2025
8. May 26, 2025 launched a four-year $30.9 billion sovereignty package funding Arctic defence drones, radar, icebreakers, submarines, and northern Indigenous infrastructure with phased contracting from fall 2025
9. July 15, 2025 created a $5 billion Trade Diversification Corridor Fund for ports, rail, and trade finance requiring provincial cost sharing
10. July 18, 2025 protected the softwood sector with $700 million in loan guarantees, $500 million for diversification, and $50 million for worker reskilling, supporting 6000 jobs
11. July 16, 2025 imposed a 50 percent tariff on non-FTA steel and set safeguard quotas under the Customs Tariff Act to defend domestic capacity
12. May 13, 2025 reorganized cabinet adding a Minister for Artificial Intelligence, moved Anita Anand to Foreign Affairs, and appointed Tim Hodgson to Natural Resources
13. June 12, 2025 hosted the G7 leaders in Kananaskis securing language on Ukraine security, economic resilience, and climate transition
14. June 22, 2025 formed a Canada–United Kingdom defence and trade working group aligning sanctions, intelligence, and ratification of UK entry to CPTPP
15. May 18, 2025 issued a House statement backing long-term security guarantees for Ukraine ensuring Canadian training and kit flows continue
16. June 30, 2025 announced Canada would recognize a Palestinian state at the September UN General Assembly, paired with a freeze on new lethal export permits to Israel pending review
17. May 20, 2025 launched Build Canada Homes with $25 billion in financing for developers and $10 billion in low-cost capital for affordable providers aiming to double housing construction to 500,000 per year
18. August 5, 2025 invested $1.3 billion for more than 9,700 researchers through NSERC, CIHR, and SSHRC with emphasis on AI, biotech, clean energy, and physics labs
19. May 10, 2025 expanded skilled trades training with up to 8,000 dollars per apprentice, 15,000 per mid-career worker, and a $20 million tools and equipment stream
20. May 15, 2025 confirmed a 10-year health framework worth about $200 billion including transfers, program funding, and universal dental care reaching 1.2 million people in first phase
21. July 30, 2025 ended federal hotel funding for asylum seekers effective September 30, 2025 and tabled the Strong Borders Act to shift housing responsibility to provinces
22. May 18, 2025 started a 15 percent spending review targeting $6.35 billion savings by 2028 through consultant cuts, IT rationalization, and program cleanup
23. March 14, 2025 first speech as PM focused on one Canadian economy, unity, and sovereignty
April 28, 2025 first Commons address tied healthcare, housing, science, and defence to national strength
May 26, 2025 sovereignty package launch linked Arctic security and Canadian industry
June 12, 2025 G7 urged unity against authoritarian pressure
July 21, 2025 premiers summit warned Canada will not be bullied on tariffs
August 5, 2025 science and trades funding linked to national pride and self-reliance
24. July 21, 2025 coordinated tariff retaliation and dispute actions with EU and Japan while confirming Canada would wind down the Digital Services Tax
25. June 1 to August 15, 2025 maintained high-level channels with President Zelenskyy, NATO, and G7 aligning Canadian training, lethal aid, maintenance, and reconstruction finance
26. August 10, 2025 moved housing files from talk to build by ordering federal land inventories, fast permitting templates, and Canadian materials clauses for B*H projects
Bottom line
Since April 28, 2025 Carney has paired security and trade toughness with a domestic build agenda. Key dollars include $25 billion housing finance, $30.9 billion sovereignty and Arctic capability, $200 billion health framework, $1.3 billion research funding, and multi-billion defence and trade diversification packages
Sources
Reuters, Politico, CBC, CTV, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, iPolitics, Global News, Liberal Party housing plan, PMO briefings
