Prime Minister Mark Carney visits an RCMP detachment in Etobicoke, Ont., on Thursday.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the upcoming federal budget will include measures that give Canada “a highly competitive corporate tax system,” but stopped short of providing any details.

“We’re well aware of what the relative tax rates are in investment, and we will make sure that they are competitive in the budget,” he told reporters Thursday.

Mr. Carney was defending Canada’s competitiveness after comments made on Wednesday by Darryl White, the chief executive officer of Bank of Montreal, who told a gathering of business leaders that the country’s corporate tax system leaves Canada at a disadvantage at a challenging time for the economy.

“Are we competitive on tax? I know the answer to that is, ‘

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