Publications

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Budget Speech (40 pages, 111 Kb)

Highlights (26 pages, 81 Kb)

2004-2005 Budget Plan (172 pages, 455 Kb)

• Section 1 - The Québec Economy: Recent Developments and Outlook for 2004-2005
• Section 2 - The Government's Financial Position
• Section 3 - Factors Underlying the Current Budgetary Difficulties
• Section 4 - The Government's Budgetary and Financial Stance
• Section 5 - Debt Control Measures
• Section 6 - Report on the Application of the Balanced Budget Act
• Section 7 - Review of Tax Expenditures and Corporate Taxation

Additional Information on the Budgetary Measures (224 pages, 893 Kb)

• Section 1 - Revenue Measures
• Section 2 - Expenditure Measures
• Section 3 - Other Measures
• Section 4 - Financial Impact of Fiscal and Budgetary Measures

Papers

• Reducing Income Tax (70 pages, 258 Kb)
• Correcting Fiscal Imbalance (44 pages, 413 Kb)

Financial Profile Today

• March 30, 2004 (2 pages, 72.8 Kb)

Prebudget Consultations

• Prebudget Consultations Paper - 2004 - 2005 (54 pages, 360 kb)

Press release
March the 30^th, 2004

Press Release No. 1 - 2004-2005 Budget

• A budget of change | Appendix |

Press Release No. 2 - 2004-2005 Budget

• Priority to health and education

Press Release No. 3- 2004-2005 Budget

• A $1-billion reduction in the tax burden

Press Release No. 4 - 2004-2005 Budget

• Realizing Québec’s full economic potential