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Canada: where to find the budget
Canada's federal government publishes everything it plans to spend, and everything it actually spent. The documents are public and free. They are also close to impossible to find unless you already know their names. Here is where they live, and what each one actually tells you.
The plan: the federal budget
A budget is a statement of intent. It sets out what the government expects to raise, what it intends to spend, and what it expects to borrow in the year ahead. It is not a record of what happened.
The record: what was actually spent
If you only read one document, read this one. The budget is a promise; the Public Accounts are the receipt.
Between budgets
The independent checks
Two offices examine federal finances without reporting to the government of the day. When a government figure and an independent figure disagree, the gap is usually where the story is.
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Finding the documents is step one.
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