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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Caroline_Wawzonek_Budget_Day_Shoes.jpg/440px-Caroline_Wawzonek_Budget_Day_Shoes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territories" title="Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a> Finance Minister <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Wawzonek" title="Caroline Wawzonek">Caroline Wawzonek</a>'s budget day shoes in 2020.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>New shoes on budget day</b> is an unusual tradition among <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canadian</a> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Canada)" title="Minister of Finance (Canada)">Ministers of Finance</a>. The tradition holds that the Minister of Finance should purchase or wear new <a href="/wiki/Shoe" title="Shoe">shoes</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_federal_budget" title="Canadian federal budget">budget</a> is delivered.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The exact origins of this tradition are not known. The observance of this tradition has been inconsistent among federal ministers; indeed, for two or three finance ministers, this tradition only holds if "new shoes" is interpreted to mean "new <a href="/wiki/Footwear" title="Footwear">footwear</a>". It also makes appearances among provincial finance ministers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While several Canadian parliamentary traditions have their origins in Britain, new shoes on budget day does not.<sup id="cite_ref-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> News stories of the practice have been investigated by the Library of Parliament and by Canadian academics Alex Marland and Mary Francoli.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Walter_Edward_Harris" title="Walter Edward Harris">Walter Edward Harris</a> in 1955 was the first <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Canada)" title="Minister of Finance (Canada)">Minister of Finance</a> to receive media coverage about the quirky practice, but only that he was wearing old footwear and therefore not following the so-called tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise a news story reported that <a href="/wiki/Donald_Fleming" title="Donald Fleming">Donald Fleming</a> did not do so in 1960 and again the practice was described in the media as "traditional",<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with one account claiming that the tradition of wearing "something new" began as early as <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Rose,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet">Sir John Rose</a>'s first budget of 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-star19670602_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-star19670602-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Library of Parliament has no evidence that Rose did so.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="The material near this tag possibly contains original research. (May 2022)">original research?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Walter_L._Gordon" title="Walter L. Gordon">Walter L. Gordon</a>, the next Finance Minister, did not wear new shoes for his three budgets from 1963 to 1965, but his successor <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Sharp" title="Mitchell Sharp">Mitchell Sharp</a> wore new shoes on budget day in 1966<sup id="cite_ref-Library_of_Parliament_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Library_of_Parliament-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after he was told that doing so was a tradition; "Later, I learned there was no tradition behind it at all", Sharp said.<sup id="cite_ref-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year there were two budgets, one in June where he wore new shoes<sup id="cite_ref-star19670602_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-star19670602-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one in November. Sharp wore the same pair of shoes in November, as budget day fell on St. Andrew's Day. He said, "being a Scot, and this being the second budget I have presented this year, I am wearing the same shoes that I wore when I presented the budget on June 1."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following Sharp, <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Benson" title="Edgar Benson">Edgar Benson</a> wore a new pair of shoes on budget day in 1968, although he said, "He didn't buy them just for the budget."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year he did not wear new shoes when delivering the budget, saying jokingly that he couldn't afford them,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1970 proudly displayed his worn soles on budget day.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next two Finance Ministers, <a href="/wiki/John_Turner" title="John Turner">John Turner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donald_Stovel_Macdonald" title="Donald Stovel Macdonald">Donald Macdonald</a>, are thought to have delivered their budgets without new shoes.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Macdonald's successor <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a> wore new shoes for both of his budgets of 1978. The next minister, <a href="/wiki/John_Crosbie" title="John Crosbie">John Crosbie</a>, wore used <a href="/wiki/Mukluk" title="Mukluk">mukluks</a> in 1979 for his only budget. Following Crosbie, <a href="/wiki/Allan_MacEachen" title="Allan MacEachen">Allan MacEachen</a> is believed to have not followed the tradition, but in 1983 his successor, <a href="/wiki/Marc_Lalonde" title="Marc Lalonde">Marc Lalonde</a>, did for his first budget which resulted in considerable controversy when a photojournalist present for the shoes reveal caught a peek of the budget.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilson_(Canadian_politician)" title="Michael Wilson (Canadian politician)">Michael Wilson</a> wore new shoes for the first five of the seven budgets he presented beginning in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilson's successor, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Mazankowski" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Mazankowski">Donald Mazankowski</a>, wore new shoes for his second budget, in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Paul Martin</a> wore new <a href="/wiki/Boot" title="Boot">work boots</a> he received as a gift from Chrétien for his first budget, in 1994, but did not wear new footwear with subsequent budgets. <a href="/wiki/John_Manley" title="John Manley">John Manley</a> did not wear new shoes for the two budgets he tabled, in 2002 and 2003. His successor, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Goodale" title="Ralph Goodale">Ralph Goodale</a>, released two budgets in 2004 and 2005, and wore new shoes both times.<sup id="cite_ref-Library_of_Parliament_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Library_of_Parliament-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jim_Flaherty" title="Jim Flaherty">Jim Flaherty</a> wore new shoes for his first budget in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-Library_of_Parliament_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Library_of_Parliament-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the second one, instead of wearing new shoes, he bought <a href="/wiki/Ice_skate" title="Ice skate">ice skates</a> for his son.<sup id="cite_ref-Vancouver_Sun_3-20-2007_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vancouver_Sun_3-20-2007-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and resoled his shoes to show that his 2008 budget was fiscally prudent.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flaherty did not purchase new shoes for the second of his two 2011 budgets, but did so in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and February 7, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-Library_of_Parliament_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Library_of_Parliament-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Flaherty's successor, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Oliver_(politician)" title="Joe Oliver (politician)">Joe Oliver</a>, wore <a href="/wiki/New_Balance" title="New Balance">New Balance</a> shoes with blue laces to underscore the fact that the Conservatives' 2015 budget was balanced (The <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">party's</a> traditional colour being blue).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, commenters pointed out that the shoes were made in the U.S., by a company that had abandoned Canadian manufacturing 20 years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Liberal finance minister <a href="/wiki/Bill_Morneau" title="Bill Morneau">Bill Morneau</a> held photo-ops to reveal his footwear for the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 budgets. There was no budget in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, <a href="/wiki/Chrystia_Freeland" title="Chrystia Freeland">Chrystia Freeland</a> revealed her footwear on Twitter amidst the pandemic and, in 2022, she held a photo-op at a women's shoe store.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_shoes_as_a_symbol">New shoes as a symbol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New shoes as a symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wearing new shoes on budget day (or the refusal to do so) has been used as a symbol by politicians. Stockwell Day's outfit as Alberta Treasurer was intended to highlight "a new direction" for the budget".<sup id="cite_ref-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tradition has been around for so long that, as Nova Scotia's Steele said after leaving his position, "It's hard to be original ... Every gimmick has been done", and passers by often ask finance ministers in the days before new budgets whether they have purchased new shoes yet.<sup id="cite_ref-steele20140402_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steele20140402-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearances_by_Provincial_Ministers">Appearances by Provincial Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Appearances by Provincial Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Columbia">British Columbia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: British Columbia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For her first two provincial budgets, <a href="/wiki/Carole_Taylor" title="Carole Taylor">Carole Taylor</a> wore new shoes.<sup id="cite_ref-Vancouver_Sun_2/21/2007_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vancouver_Sun_2/21/2007-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For her third budget, she wore new green-coloured shoes to go with the environmental focus of her budget.<sup id="cite_ref-Vancouver_Sun_February_19,_2008_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vancouver_Sun_February_19,_2008-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Hansen" title="Colin Hansen">Colin Hansen</a> wore new running shoes when he released his only budget.<sup id="cite_ref-Vancouver_Sun_2/15/2005_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vancouver_Sun_2/15/2005-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, Minister of Finance <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ramsey_(politician)" title="Paul Ramsey (politician)">Paul Ramsay</a> wore new shoes when he delivered his budget. His predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Joy_MacPhail" title="Joy MacPhail">Joy MacPhail</a>, did the same with a second-hand set when she tabled her budget.<sup id="cite_ref-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alberta">Alberta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Alberta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Once, when he was Alberta Treasurer, <a href="/wiki/Stockwell_Day" title="Stockwell Day">Stockwell Day</a> wore <a href="/wiki/Inline_skate" class="mw-redirect" title="Inline skate">inline skates</a> and a helmet when he tabled a budget.<sup id="cite_ref-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016 <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic Party</a> finance Minister <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ceci" title="Joe Ceci">Joe Ceci</a> opted to wear his father's old work boots while delivering the NDP's first provincial budget, and opted to donate new work boots to a woman worker associated with Women Building Futures.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ontario">Ontario</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ontario"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For at least one of the budgets he released, <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Laughren" title="Floyd Laughren">Floyd Laughren</a> wore new shoes.<sup id="cite_ref-Wellend_Tribune_6/13/2002_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wellend_Tribune_6/13/2002-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Sorbara" title="Greg Sorbara">Greg Sorbara</a> wore new shoes when he released Ontario's provincial budget.<sup id="cite_ref-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Brunswick">New Brunswick</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: New Brunswick"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ernie_Steeves_new_shoes_on_budget_day_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Ernie_Steeves_new_shoes_on_budget_day_2022.jpg/220px-Ernie_Steeves_new_shoes_on_budget_day_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Ernie_Steeves_new_shoes_on_budget_day_2022.jpg/330px-Ernie_Steeves_new_shoes_on_budget_day_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Ernie_Steeves_new_shoes_on_budget_day_2022.jpg/440px-Ernie_Steeves_new_shoes_on_budget_day_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5080" data-file-height="3387" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a> finance minister <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Steeves" title="Ernie Steeves">Ernie Steeves</a> with his new shoes on budget day in 2020.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2002, New Brunswick finance minister <a href="/wiki/Peter_Mesheau" title="Peter Mesheau">Peter Mesheau</a> wore new hiking boots when he delivered his budget.<sup id="cite_ref-Wellend_Tribune_6/13/2002_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wellend_Tribune_6/13/2002-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Byrne" title="Greg Byrne">Greg Byrne</a> bought a new pair of shoes the day before the budget.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Steeves" title="Ernie Steeves">Ernie Steeves</a> wore an old pair of shoes.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, he chose a pair of <a href="/wiki/Sneakers" title="Sneakers">sneakers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, he picked out refurbished shoes from a store in <a href="/wiki/Fredericton" title="Fredericton">Fredericton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, Steeves wore a pair of muddy work boots the day before the budget was announced.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nova_Scotia">Nova Scotia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Nova Scotia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, Nova Scotia finance minister <a href="/wiki/Graham_Steele" title="Graham Steele">Graham Steele</a> polished his shoes when, as he later said, "we buffed up the previously introduced Progressive Conservative budget". In 2010 he bought children's shoes to represent the removal of the <a href="/wiki/Harmonized_Sales_Tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmonized Sales Tax">Harmonized Sales Tax</a> from children's clothing. In 2011 Steele showed pictures of new shoes on a <a href="/wiki/Blackberry_Playbook" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackberry Playbook">Blackberry Playbook</a> because of the manufacturer's importance to the province, and in 2012 he bought shoes at a store to symbolize lowered taxes for small businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-steele20140402_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steele20140402-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Québec"><span id="Qu.C3.A9bec"></span>Québec</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Québec"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1989, Québec Finance Minister <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_D._Levesque" title="Gérard D. Levesque">Gérard D. Levesque</a> presented the budget in new shoes.<sup id="cite_ref-Montréal_Gazette_5/16/1989_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Montréal_Gazette_5/16/1989-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Marois" title="Pauline Marois">Pauline Marois</a> presented Québec's budget in new shoes.<sup id="cite_ref-Montreal_Gazette_3/11/2003_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Montreal_Gazette_3/11/2003-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, <a href="/wiki/Michel_Audet" title="Michel Audet">Michel Audet</a> wore new shoes when he delivered his budget speech.<sup id="cite_ref-Charlottetown_Guardian_3/23/2006_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charlottetown_Guardian_3/23/2006-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Girard_(Groulx_MNA)" title="Eric Girard (Groulx MNA)">Eric Girard</a> wore new running shoes when he delivered his first budget speech<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prince_Edward_Island">Prince Edward Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Prince Edward Island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Mella" title="Pat Mella">Pat Mella</a> was speaking to journalists about PEI's budget when <a href="/wiki/Pat_Binns" title="Pat Binns">the Premier</a> interrupted and presented her with a pair of sandals.<sup id="cite_ref-Charlottetown_Guardian_3/27/2002_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charlottetown_Guardian_3/27/2002-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Saskatchewan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Saskatchewan finance minister <a href="/wiki/Ken_Krawetz" title="Ken Krawetz">Ken Krawetz</a> first bought a new pair of shoes for budget day in 2013. 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The shoes were made by ENB Artisan, from <a href="/wiki/Iqaluit" title="Iqaluit">Iqaluit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nunavut" title="Nunavut">Nunavut</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nunavut">Nunavut</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_shoes_on_budget_day&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Nunavut"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, Finance Minister <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Ng" title="Kelvin Ng">Kelvin Ng</a> wore caribou-skin boots when he tabled Nunavut's budget.<sup id="cite_ref-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ottawa_Citizen_3/25/2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newfoundland_&_Labrador"><span id="Newfoundland_.26_Labrador"></span>Newfoundland & Labrador</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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