Secretive bureaucrats tight-lipped on two prime ministerial promises

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still hasn't established a Canadian Centre of Peace, Order and Good Government, and he still hasn't banned the export of live horses for slaughter.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a 2021 election promise to ban the export of live horses for slaughter. In his Dec. 16, 2021, mandate letter to Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Trudeau instructed her to end horse exports for slaughter. This is another promise that has yet to be kept, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

February 8, 2023

OTTAWA—Some of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's election campaign and mandate letter promises are still yet to be fulfilled, with work on them largely remaining hidden. Case one: a promise for a Canadian Centre of Peace, Order and Good Government.

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