1970 Canadian federal budget

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1970 (1970) Budget of the Canadian Federal Government
Presented12 March 1970
Parliament 28th
Party Liberal
Finance minister Edgar Benson
Total revenue15.387 billion [1]
Total expenditures16.403 billion [1]
Deficit $1.016 billion [1]
  1969
1971  

The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 1970-1971 was presented by Minister of Finance Edgar Benson in the House of Commons of Canada on 12 March 1970. [2]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Canada's deficits and surpluses, 1963-2014". CBC News. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. "The Leader-Post". news.google.com. 13 March 1970. Retrieved 2020-06-17.