Maybe what I could simply review is the Government of Canada's reporting practices in financial matters. We normally table a budget in the early spring, in the February-March period. Over the course of the year, the Department of Finance issues monthly fiscal monitors, such that each month the government reports on revenues and expenses in the month that ended roughly six weeks prior. In the fall of each year, the government provides a medium-term view of the fiscal situation, normally over the next five years. That is preceded normally by the public accounts and the annual financial report, which report on the outcome for the year that had ended March 31.
On November 23rd, 2009. See this statement in context.