2009 Canadian federal budget

2009 (2009) Budget of the Canadian Federal Government
PresentedJanuary 27, 2009
PassedFebruary 3, 2009
Parliament40th
PartyConservative
Finance ministerJim Flaherty
Total revenueC$218.6 billion[1]
Total expendituresC$274.2 billion[1]
Debt paymentC$29.4 billion[1]
DeficitC$55.6 billion[1]
DebtC$519.1 billion[1]
Websitehttp://www.budget.gc.ca/2009/pdf/budget-planbugetaire-eng.pdf Canada's Economic Action Plan
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The Canadian federal budget for the 2009–10 fiscal year was presented to the House of Commons of Canada by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on January 27, 2009. The federal budget included $20 billion in personal income tax cuts as well as major investments in infrastructure.

The Budget Implementation Act, 2009 was introduced in the House of Commons on February 6, 2009, and it received royal assent on March 12, 2009, enacting the legislative changes necessary to implement the budget. It was announced as the "Budget 2009: Economic Action Plan", with accompanying publicity.[2]

The NDP and the Bloc announced shortly following the presentation of the budget that they would not support it in its initial form,[3] but the budget was passed on February 3, 2009, with the support of the Liberals. All MPs for the NDP and the Bloc and the six Liberal members from Newfoundland and Labrador voted against the budget.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d e Department of Finance Canada (January 27, 2009). "The budget plan". Department of Finance Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  2. ^ "Feds pull Yahoo! ads after EAP banner shows up on The Pirate Bay". Ottawa Citizen. 26 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  3. ^ "Ignatieff puts Tories 'on probation' with budget demand" (Press release). CBC News. 2009-01-28. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  4. ^ "MPs vote in favour of Liberal budget amendment". cbc.ca. 2009-02-02. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  5. ^ "MPs approve federal budget". cbc.ca. 2009-02-03. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-18.