Patrick Persichilli of CS Wind feels snubbed by Ottawa. (CBC News)

Officials from CS Wind, which manufactures wind turbine towers in Windsor, feel the green energy industry was ignored in the federal budget delivered Thursday.

Finance minister Jim Flaherty focused on oil, gas and mining.

"He did not mention the renewable energy sector once and that’s quite disappointing to us," said Patrick Persichilli of CS Wind. "We were looking to the federal government to signal a change in policy. We didn’t see anything like that."

Persichilli accused the government of "pandering to Western interest."

“As the 21st Century unfolds, it is increasingly clear that Canada's energy and natural resources are massive assets to our country in the global economy,” Flaherty said. “The oil and gas, mining, and forestry sectors directly employ more than three-quarters of a million Canadians. They are driving economic growth across the country.”

Flaherty focused on fossil fuels and natural resources as energy sources.

"Canada's resource industries offer huge potential to create even more jobs and growth, now and over the next generation. This potential exists in every region of the country-natural gas in British Columbia, oil and minerals on the Prairies, the Ring of Fire in Ontario, Plan Nord in Quebec, hydro power in Atlantic Canada, and mining in Canada's North.”

"We disagree fundamentally that oil and gas is the key to the future of this country," Persichilli said.

Some concerned about environment

Environmentalists in Windsor aren’t pleased with the federal budget either.

Derek Coronado, the coordinator of Citizens Environment Alliance, wasn't surprised but its focus.

"It’s part and parcel of what we’ve seen already in terms of environmental protection," he said.

Coronado said there is too much focus on the oil sands in Alberta. He called the oil industry in the West "overheated."

"There are more than enough companies and more than enough projects on the go right now," he said. "We’re moving backwards on environmental protection."

The government also plans changes to environmental assessments and the Fisheries Act to allow corporations to complete projects more quickly. The government already made cuts at Environment Canada last year.

"We’ve seen, not only in terms of science cutbacks but now with this budget, as well changes to legislation that will further impede environmental protection," Coronado said.