OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne indicated Thursday that the Carney government is just getting started in trying to overhaul the Canadian economy, telling a Toronto audience that it’s time to “double down” on investing in competitiveness and growth.

The Carney government unveiled its first budget Tuesday, focusing much of its new spending and policy moves on trying to strengthen the economy over the long term following a range of new American tariffs earlier this year on Canadian exports.

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As part of his post-budget “road show” to sell the government’s fiscal plan, Champagne made it clear that the new budget is a starting point, not the finish line.

“Competition is central to productivity and innovation and affordability,” he said during an event

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