2000 Canadian federal budget

2000 (2000) Budget of the Canadian Federal Government

Presented	28 February 2000
Parliament	36th
Party	Liberal
Finance minister	Paul Martin
Total revenue	194.349 billion [1]
Total expenditures	174.458 billion [1]
Surplus	$19.891 billion[1]
‹ 1999 2001›

The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2000–01 was presented by Jean Chretien's Minister of Finance Paul Martin in the House of Commons of Canada on 28 February 2000. It was announced in Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson's 30 January 2000 Speech from the Throne.^[2] The Budget, passed as Bill C-17, included substantial tax cuts for all families whether they be poor, middle class or wealthy. On average, taxpayers were projected to receive a 15% tax cut, to be gradually implemented over the next 4 years.^[3]

External links

• Budget Speech
• Budget Plan
• Budget in Brief

References

1. "Canada's deficits and surpluses, 1963-2014". CBC News. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
2. "Debates - Issue 2 - January 30, 2001".
3. "La Presse". numerique.banq.qc.ca/. 29 February 2000. Archived from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-17.