The province is slowly deciding how to spend money next year.

As part of preparing the budget, Finance Minister Greg Dewar has been hosting public consultations.

Although there won’t be any in Thompson, Minister Dewar says there are ways to get involved:

"We have what’s called a telephone town hall and you have to go on the Manitoba government website which is Manitoba.ca and then you can follow the links to register and that is an interactive process with me, people can call up and ask me a question".

Minister Dewar was in the City yesterday meeting with council and administration.

Deputy Mayor Penny Byer said one of the issues she was planning to bring up was infrastructure.