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David Staples: Mark Carney's economic plan? Trudeau's plan on steroids

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Mark Carney has spent the first weeks of his campaign describing an economic plan that sounds like everything Trudeau did, only on steroids.

Carney promises to use extraordinary powers to get his way, even if the plans stomp all over free enterprise, not to mention provincial rights and sovereignty.

Carney has insisted there will be no losers his Carbon Tax 2.0 , not consumers, not even big business.

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