2008 Canadian federal budget

2008 (2008) Budget of the Canadian Federal Government
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Presented	February 27, 2008
Parliament	39th
Party	Conservative
Finance Minister	Jim Flaherty
Total revenue	C$236.4 billion‡
Total expenditures	C$237.4 billion
Program Spending	C$206.76 billion
Debt payment	C$30.7 billion
Deficit	C$5.8 billion
Debt	C$458.7 billion
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]

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