1980 Canadian federal budget explained

Budget of the Canadian Federal Government
Year:1980
Country:Canada
Previous Budget:1979 Canadian federal budget
Previous Year:1979
Next Budget:1981 Canadian federal budget
Next Year:1981
Presented:28 October 1980
Parliament:32nd
Party:Liberal
Minister:Allan MacEachen
Total Revenue:53.181 billion
Total Expenditures:67.737 billion
Deficit:$14.556 billion[1]

The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 1980-1981 was presented by Minister of Finance Allan MacEachen in the House of Commons of Canada on 28 October 1980.[2] It was the first budget presented after the Liberals won a majority in the 1980 Canadian federal election.

Details of the budget

Taxes

The budget did not bring major changes to either personal income taxes or corporate income taxes as it mainly focused on the presentation of the National Energy Program. The budget maintained the indexing of income tax tables, costing 1.58 billions in 1981 alone.[3]

The budget did however :[4] [5]

Expenditures

The budget announced an increase in 13.2% of expenditures over the fiscal year 1979-80 due partly to increase oil prices and increase in public debt charges.[6] Expenditure especially increased in energy programs (+300%) and economic development (+22%) with a special $350 millions enveloppe for industrial restructuring and manpower retraining.[7]

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References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canada's deficits and surpluses, 1963-2014. CBC News. CBC/Radio-Canada. 25 April 2015.
  2. Web site: 29 October 1980. The Leader-Post. 2020-06-17. news.google.com.
  3. p. 15
  4. p. 16
  5. p. 1-2
  6. p. 12
  7. p. 13