Just the Facts: Conservative Record of Broken Election Promises

February 18, 2014

When asked if the Conservatives would deliver on their campaign promise of income-splitting, Stephen Harper’s senior Minister, Jason Kenney, said that: “all I know is we keep our platform commitments.” Now the Conservatives are flip-flopping on this promise for cynical political reasons.

Here are just a few of Stephen Harper’s more than 100 broken campaign promises:

Promise #1: The Conservatives committed to implementing an action plan to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gasses, specifically by 20 percent of 2006 levels by 2020.

Fact: Under this government, Canada’s emissions will have risen an additional 20 percent by 2020.

Promise #2: Mr. Harper committed to reducing federal taxes on diesel and aviation fuel by half – from four cents per litre to two cents per litre.

Fact: Five and a half years later, the excise tax on diesel and aviation fuels has not been reduced at all.

Promise #3: The Conservatives promised to allow single-income families to split their incomes, if one spouse is not working, in order to care for a family member with a disability.

Fact: To this day, income-splitting is still not available to these families.

Mr. Harper’s flip-flop on income splitting is just the latest reminder that Mr. Harper and his Conservatives cannot be trusted to keep their word when it comes to major commitments they have made to Canadians.