Policy change and implementation generally require spending commitments. The process may be broken down into the Business of Ways and Means where the government sets out its economic policy (through the presentation of a budget) and obtains legislative approval to raise the necessary revenues and the Business of Supply where the government submits its projected annual expenditures for approval and the Legislature authorizes both the amounts and the objects or destination of all public expenditures. The following budget and expenditure documents and documents families are useful in researching government policy.
Note: This is one area where there may be minor procedural or terminological differences in the different provinces and where the quality and availability of information may vary from province to province.
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