The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) gave a presentation at Homestead South in Morden Tuesday afternoon on the recent Provincial budget release.

Jonathan Alward, director of provincial affairs for CFIB, commended the Conservatives on reducing red tape and needless paperwork and for indexing it's personal income tax system to inflation, unlike the fixed categories that existed before. However, the organization still calls the budget a "missed opportunity".

A report by CFIB opened with the following, "It looks like the provincial government will continue its trend of unsustainable spending, with no clear road map to get back to balanced budgets."

"We want to see action now," said Alward following the presentation.

Though the government announced it wants to achieve a balanced budget by 2024, Alward called their moderate reductions "not good enough", but has offered some suggestions for the Tories to consider.

"They should limit their spending growth," Alward said. "This year we asked them to do it to one per cent until they get back to balanced budgets and then start spending sustainably."

After the meeting, a few people voiced concerns over the Carbon Tax being implemented across Canada in 2018. While Manitoba uses mostly hydro electric energy, the tax is planned to apply equally to every province and territory.