Foreword by the Minister of Finance
Introduction
Highlights
Debt Strategy Framework
Part I: Context for 2008–2009 Debt Management
Financial Market Developments
Market Debt Context
Budgetary Outcomes
Sources and Uses of Borrowing
Public Debt Charges and Market Debt Costs
Amount of Debt Securities Outstanding
in the Canadian Market
Part II: Objectives of Debt and Cash Management
Raising Funding Efficiently
Maintaining a Well-Functioning Government Securities
Market
Part III: Report on the 2008–2009 Debt Program
Domestic Debt Program
Cash Management
Secondary Market
Foreign Currency Debt Programs
Annex 1: Completed Treasury Evaluation Reports, 1992–2007
Annex 2: Policy Measures Taken Since 1997 to Ensure a Well-Functioning Government Securities Market