OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to sell Canadians on his first-ever budget — one that he’s billed as containing both once-in-a generation capital spending projects and austerity measures — Liberals say he picked the right salesperson for the job.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne takes the spotlight Tuesday to present the Carney government’s first fiscal blueprint — a document delayed by half a year during the ongoing tariff war with the country’s closest trading partner.

That tariff battle threatens the country’s economy, and forms the backdrop of the entire budgetary plan.

Champagne will be engaging in down-in-the-weeds discussions with his former bank governor boss — a politician famous for his focus on policy details over politics — while also selling Main St

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