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Article: Tories cry 'Crocus!' to delay budget
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- April 5, 2007
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By Gabrielle Giroday and Mia Rabson
Manitoba's two opposition parties made good on their threats to delay the provincial budget yesterday, using legislative procedures to force an animated and highly-charged debate on the biggest day in the legislative calendar.
The shenanigans kept Finance Minister Greg Selinger from tabling the budget and reading the budget speech for almost an hour after its scheduled introduction. It was a shorter delay than some had anticipated but was long enough to flare tempers on the government benches.
"I thought it was an inconvenience to the public and the media covering it," said Premier Gary Doer. "We never delayed budgets because we thought it affected all ...