1977 Canadian federal budget

The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 1977–78 was presented by Minister of Finance Donald Stovel Macdonald in the House of Commons of Canada on 31 March 1977. The budget introduced wage and price controls in an attempt to control inflation. This policy had been a campaign proposal put forward by Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives it the 1974 Canadian federal election, but was criticized by Pierre Trudeau at the time.^[2]

1977 Budget of the Canadian Federal Government

Presented	31 March 1977
Parliament	30th
Party	Liberal
Finance minister	Donald Stovel Macdonald
Total revenue	35.633 billion [1]
Total expenditures	46.512 billion [1]
Deficit	$10.879 billion[1]
‹ 1976 April 1978›

External links

• Budget Plan
• Budget in Brief