Tuesday's federal budget is getting mixed reviews from Manitoba's Premier.

Brian Pallister says the Trudeau government addressed some important issues like expanding substance abuse contributions and providing belated funding to deal with asylum seekers.

He says however, the budget failed miserably in providing tax relief to Canadians who are overburned and living paycheck to paycheck.

"Over half of Canadian households, from statistical analysis, more than half have less than $200 when they pay their bills every month. That is a concern to us. $200 gets eaten up pretty fast with a mortgage payment that goes up 1 percentage point. In Manitoba we've got the legacy of incredible NDP mismanagement on Hydro and Hydro bills going up. Just a few dollars a month for a lot of Manitobans is a big deal," stressed Pallister.

Pallister says the federal budget also does nothing to address the lack of funding for health care that exists across Canada.

Manitoba's Finance Minister says the Trudeau government missed an opportunity in yesterday's budget to address the lack of funding in health care across Canada.

Cameron Friesen says the economy is strong with the federal government projecting revenue growth of 4.5 percent on the heels of 5.5 percent growth this year, and yet no significant contributions toward healthcare.

"Manitoba has continued to stand up and say fundamentally that the federal government must come to the table. The federal government now provides less than 1dollar in every 5 to provide health care in Manitoba, and that is not appropriate," said Friesen.

Friesen admits a certain number of Canadians at the low income spectrum are getting some help.

"But there was an opportunity here to do much, much more to provide relief to people that are paying more and more. We don't see that broad relief that Canadian households are hungry for. Costs are going up, and this budget does not respond to address those concerns about rising costs in households," explained Friesen.

The budget details an 18.1 billion dollar deficit for the next fiscal year, with no timeline for getting back into the black.