Westman’s two Conservative MPs will not support the current version of the federal budget that was tabled on Tuesday.

Brandon-Souris MP Grant Jackson and Riding Mountain MP Dan Mazier cited major concerns over the $78.3-billion proposed deficit. The Conservatives, along with the Bloc Québécois, can propose amendments this week.

“This is the last thing that Canadians were promised, and certainly not what they were hoping to be delivered on,” Jackson said about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget.

MPs will vote on the budget later this month, likely when they return to Ottawa after the Remembrance Day break.

“I’ll be voting against this budget for sure,” Jackson said. “If Mark Carney had even attempted to keep his election promises, maybe we’d have a more difficult decision to make

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