Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne have started the work of selling their government’s budget.

Carney held a post-budget event at a public transit yard in Ottawa Wednesday morning, where he said the budget released Tuesday was built to meet a “crucial time” of global trade disruption, deep divisions and accelerating technological change.

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“These profound changes require a bold response, and that’s what we got yesterday,” he said.

Carney said the budget, which includes a projected $78.3 billion deficit,

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