2001 Canadian federal budget 1540466 224463931 2008-07-08T23:16:45Z Rjwilmsi 203434 no 'of' between a month and a year per [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29#Longer_periods|MOS]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Infobox Canadian budget | year = 2001 | presented = [[December 10]], [[2001]] | parliament = [[37th Canadian Parliament|37th]] | party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] | minister = [[Paul Martin]] }} The '''2001 Canadian budget''' was a [[budget|Canadian federal budget]] for the Government of [[Canada]] presented by [[Canadian Minister of Finance|Minister of Finance]] [[Paul Martin]] in the [[Canadian House of Commons]] on [[December 10]], [[2001]]. It was known as the "Security Budget" for its focus on security after the [[September 11 attacks]] in the [[United States]]. The budget was unusually presented in December 2001, federal budgets are normally released in February or March. However the [[Canadian federal election, 2000|election in November 2000]] had been preceded by a detailed "budget update". The budget was the second last presented by Paul Martin as Minister of Finance. It was marked by the poor Canadian economy of the year before that saw very slow growth. In order to keep the budget balanced, Martin proposed only limited new spending. The largest outlay was $7.7 billion over five years to improve security. This was partially paid for by a new levy on airline tickets and $3 billion in spending cuts. The budget was criticized by the opposition [[Bloc Québécois]] and [[New Democratic Party]], and by provincial governments for its lack of spending, especially on [[health care]]. It was criticized by the [[Canadian Alliance]] party for not cutting taxes. [[Category:2001 in Canada|Canadian federal budget]] [[Category:Canadian budgets]] {{Canada-gov-stub}}