Jacques Gourde at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On March 28th, 2012. See this statement in context.

March 28th, 2012 / 3:40 p.m.

Conservative

Jacques Gourde Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC

Mr. Ferguson, we know today federal budgets represent huge amounts of money. We're talking about over $200 billion. We're working with a system that, historically, started in the 1880s and 1900s.

Would it be preferable to table the budget one quarter earlier, which would change the schedule and perhaps improve the system?

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