The deputy minister may want to add something on this subject, but I think it was a good idea to change how we do things in this country. There have been times when the federal budget was tabled after all the provincial budgets.
That approach certainly didn't take into account the construction season. No matter what we do here, the construction season doesn't lie. Tabling a budget in November provides predictability and much more stability for the provinces and territories because they know how much they'll be getting in transfers in advance.
As you've seen, even the IMF has praised Canada's approach, suggesting that other G7 countries could use it as a model.