This publication is not only an updated and revised version of its predecessor, the 1989 edition (BT-189) entitled The Language of Parliament. It is much more comprehensive and is also the synthesis of all works on parliamentary terminology produced in Canada.

The Vocabulary of Government Finance Management is a complete revision of the Budgetary, Accounting and Financial Vocabulary published in 1987. This new reference work contains 2 900 entries, including some 2 400 concepts and 920 definitions. It reflects new ways of doing business and new realities in the federal Public Service relating to financial administration.