Winnipeg’s mayor says he is hopeful increased spending on infrastructure, housing and defence promised in the latest federal budget will be a boost to the city and its economy.

“There’s certainly a couple of lines here that I’m really pleased to see,” Mayor Scott Gillinghman told reporters at city hall on Tuesday, after the federal Liberal government released its latest budget, and the first under Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The budget calls for a total of $141 billion in new spending over the next five years, which the feds say will partially be offset by some $51.2 billion in cuts and other savings.

Gillinghman said he was happy to see that the budget promises $51 billion for infrastructure projects that the federal government hopes will spur development.

Though the city's North End

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