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Good morning. While we catch up on last night’s French Liberal leadership debate and prepare for this evening’s English debate, we take a closer look at Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland’s intersecting pathways to this moment. More on that below, plus updates on Pope Francis’s health and predictions for the Academy Awards.Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidates Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland share a laugh during the French-language Liberal Leadership debate in Montreal, Monday, Feb.
Prepolitical careers spent in rarified board rooms and dining rooms among global financial titans? I think you know where this is going. Here’s what’s even more interesting – to me, at least. In many ways, we are where we are right now politically because of the interplay between these two people.
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