Chantal Hébert: Justin Trudeau’s government is again making big promises. History suggests Canadians shouldn’t hold their breath

MONTREAL-From a much-needed review of Canada's foreign policy toward an increasingly aggressive China to a court-ordered rewrite of the medically assisted death framework and including the planting of at least one of the billions of trees promised to mitigate climate change, it is not hard these days to come up with a substantial list of unfinished federal business.