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Terence Corcoran: For PM Mark Carney, PM stands for PragMatist

Does the prime minister support fossil fuels and/or carbon reduction? Yes. Closer ties with U.S. or less? Yes

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As the Canada-United States trade talks launch into an uncertain trajectory, the ability of Canadian voters and foreign observers to determine where Prime Minister Mark Carney stands on national and international issues has become a little like reading the mind of a stock market. It could go either way.

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Within his own Liberal party, murky political battle lines have been formed around contradictory policy stances on climate change, fossil fuels, trade and relations with the United States.

Where does Carney stand on climate........

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