[7] On August 20, 1982, Kostyra was removed from the Consumer and Corporate Affairs portfolio and given responsibility for the Public Print Act and the Office of the Queen's Printer.
McKenzie Co. Ltd.[6] In early 1988, Kostyra introduced his government's annual budget to the legislature,[8] with the expectation that it would be passed by the narrow NDP majority in parliament.
Instead, the government was defeated when disgruntled NDP backbencher Jim Walding voted against the budget, despite having promised Kostyra that he would support it.
[9] Kostyra remained active in the labour movement after his loss,[10] serving as a Regional Director of CUPE Manitoba.
In 1999, he was appointed by the NDP government of Gary Doer to head the province's powerful Community and Economic Development Committee of Cabinet.