Quebec (Report‪)‬

Parliamentary proceedings the first session of the 38th legislature, which were adjourned on December 19, 2007, resumed for the spring sessional period on March 11, 2008. Spring marks the beginning of the budgetary process at the National Assembly and, last March 13, the Minister of Finance launched this process with the Budget Speech. The debate on the Budget Speech ensued, to be suspended in the Assembly and continued in the Committee on Public Finance. On March 18, 2008, the Assembly adopted a motion by the Government House Leader for the Assembly to give consideration to Interim Supply for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009. This budgetary stage concluded with the passage of Appropriation Act No. 1, 2008-2009, and the referral to the standing committees of the estimates of expenditure for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. On April 8, 2008, the Assembly resumed the debate on the Budget Speech and, at the conclusion of this debate, carried the motion by the Minister of Finance proposing that the Assembly approves in general the budgetary policy of the Government.