2008 Canadian federal budget

2008 (2008) Budget of the Canadian Federal Government

Presented	February 27, 2008
Parliament	39th
Party	Conservative
Finance Minister	Jim Flaherty
Total revenue	C$236.4 billion^[1]^‡
Total expenditures	C$237.4 billion^[1]
Program Spending	C$206.76 billion^[1]
Debt payment	C$30.7 billion^[1]
Deficit	C$5.8 billion^[2]
Debt	C$458.7 billion^[1]
Website	http://www.budget.gc.ca/2008/pdf/plan-eng.pdf Responsible Leadership
^‡Numbers in italics are projections. ‹ 2007 2009 ›

The Canadian federal budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year was presented to the Canadian House of Commons by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on February 26, 2008.^[3]

The budget included a surplus of $10.2 billion to be applied to pay down federal debt, and the introduction of the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA).^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Department of Finance Canada (January 27, 2009). "Canada's Economic Action Plan: Budget 2009" (PDF). Department of Finance Canada. Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
↑ "Canada's deficits and surpluses, 1963-2014". CBC News. CBC/Radio-Canada. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
↑ "CBC News In Depth: Federal Budget 2008". cbc.ca. 2008-02-26. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
↑ "Small change for tighter times". The Globe and Mail. 2008-02-27. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-17.

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