The federal budget outlines the economic state of the nation and sets out the priorities and plans for the future. On March 23, 2004, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance, presented the 2004 Federal Budget. ECEC featured in the Government's budget.

This ISSUE file prepared by CRRU contains links to the federal budget and to selected materials from the child care and social policy community. It is organized into three sections: official budget documents, federal budget reactions and useful pre-budget materials.