Budget of the Canadian Federal Government | |
Year: | 1968 |
Country: | Canada |
Previous Budget: | 1967 Canadian federal budget |
Previous Year: | 1967 |
Next Budget: | 1969 Canadian federal budget |
Next Year: | 1969 |
Presented: | October 22, 1968 |
Parliament: | 28th |
Party: | Liberal |
Minister: | Edgar Benson |
Total Revenue: | 12.320 Billion |
Total Expenditures: | 12.987 Billion |
Deficit: | $667 million[1] |
The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 1968-1969 was presented by Minister of Finance Edgar Benson in the House of Commons of Canada on October 22, 1968. It was the first federal budget under the premiership of Pierre Trudeau.[2]