Federal Budget Date Announced

The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, announced on May 25th  that the Federal budget originally tabled on March 22, 2011 will be delivered in Parliament on June 6th.

In his announcement, Minister Flaherty said the new budget will restate all the same commitments from the March 22 budget, including support for seniors and family caregivers, help for small businesses to create new jobs, and assistance for Canadians to make their homes more energy efficient.

The Government plans to return to balance by 2014ñ15, one year earlier than previously planned.  According to Mr. Flaherty, as part of the plan to reduce the deficit they will conduct a Strategic and Operating Review, which will be reported on and recorded in Budget 2012, when the review is completed.

Watch for our special report following the budget.