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Manitoba Jobs: Economy Minister Theresa Oswald

Economy Minister Theresa Oswald: It wasn't supposed to be a game-changing federal budget. Expectations were kept deliberately low and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was widely expected to save the goodies for his pre-election spending blueprint next year. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Odds and ends Manitoba Jobs and Economy Minister Theresa Oswald gives her critique of Tuesday's federal budget. She's underwhelmed, citing several areas of disappointment. Photo Store There was very little in the 419-page budget that got Manitoba's politicians and policy wonks excited Tuesday. Winnipeg figured not at all in the document, Manitoba garnered only a passing mention, and few of the province's top-of-mind issues got a shout-out. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.