'It's about time we start bragging about Canada,' François-Philippe Champagne said, noting earlier the strength of the country’s many industries

Canada’s new budget provides the oil and gas industry with “regulatory certainty” for pipelines, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne told a Calgary crowd.

“My aim in this budget is really to put the framework for these companies to say, ‘Yes, we’re going to invest again in Canada (and) bring our products to market’,” Champagne told reporters on Monday.

Champagne said he’s spoken with several executives in Canada’s energy sector, but didn’t name any specific people or companies.

“(This budget) provides them that regulatory certainty,” he said. “What they want, every industry, is predictability and stability so that they can plan their

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