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Terence Corcoran: Carney flies to the moon on U.S. rockets 

The new Liberal pragmatism is this: Anything is possible, regardless of principle

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Now that Mark Carney’s Liberals have pragmatically manipulated their way into a House of Commons majority, Canadians are on the edge of their political seats wondering how the government will now run the country. Unfortunately, the latest guide to the future direction of the new Carney majority, the prime minister’s Saturday night speech at the Liberals’ national convention, does not provide much fresh insight or detail.

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