OTTAWA — Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday it’s “sad” that the U.S. “turned its back” on Canada by starting a trade war that is now forcing Ottawa to “reinvent” the national economy.

Champagne also said “a lot of the costs” the country must carry in the upcoming federal budget are “directly related to the trade war that has been imposed on Canada.”

“It is sad, I would say, that our largest trading partner turned its back on Canada, which has led to us having to reassess how we’re going to build the economy of the future,” Champagne told reporters after the Liberals’ Wednesday caucus meeting.

“Canada’s always been at the centre of this industrial landscape that you have in North America, but obviously when someone turns its back, you have to find ways to strengt

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