The federal finance minister is weeks away from delivering his first budget of the Liberal government's minority mandate, which he has said will prioritize climate change and easing Canadians' worries about the cost of living.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau was at Kelowna’s Okanagan College campus on Tuesday to tout the recent federal budget.

Tuesday's budget projects a deficit in 2019-20 of $19.8 billion.

According to Statistics Canada data, Canada sends around just three percent of its exports to Britain.

Morneau said his experience is that journalists don't necessarily agree with what the government does and that won't change.

Morneau's fall fiscal update will allow manufacturing and processing companies to write off the full cost of buying new equipment and machinery as soon as they put the purchases into use.

Pills and pipelines — when all is said and done, will more be said than done?

Morneau made the comments when asked about the Bank of Canada's warning that elevated uncertainty over NAFTA's future would drive down investment in Canada.

The plan has prompted complaints about wealthy small business owners being given an unfair tax advantage.