1997 Canadian federal budget

1997 (1997) Budget of the Canadian Federal Government
Building the Future for Canadians
Presented18 February 1997
Parliament35th
PartyLiberal
Finance ministerPaul Martin
Total revenue160.864 billion [1]
Total expenditures157.905 billion [1]
Surplus$2.959 billion[1]
‹ 1996
1998›

The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 1997–98 was presented by Minister of Finance Paul Martin in the House of Commons of Canada on 18 February 1997.[2] It is the last budget of the 35th Canadian Parliament and the last budget before the 1997 Canadian federal election. The budget's unofficial subtitle is Building the Future for Canadians (and for the first time the subtitle is used on the cover page of all budget documents).[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Canada's deficits and surpluses, 1963-2014". CBC News. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ^ "La Presse". numerique.banq.qc.ca. 19 February 1998. Archived from the original on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  3. ^ Budget plan, pp. 1