Manitoba (Legislative Reports/Rapport Legislatifs) (Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Canada‪)‬

On April 4th, 2007 the Manitoba Legislature assembled as the Fifth Session of the Thirty-Eighth Legislature resumed amid much speculation about an impending provincial general election. The House sat for two and a half weeks before the Legislature was dissolved on April 20 and Premier Gary Doer called a provincial general election for Tuesday, May 22, 2007. On the opening day of the spring session Finance Minister Greg Selinger presented the NDP government's eighth budget. The total operating expenditure for the 2007-2008 "Building Budget" was listed as $9.3 billion, an increase of 7% from 2006-2007. The government described their plan as "the first summary budget in Manitoba's history that fully reflects generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)." Highlights included: