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Prime Minister Mark Carney ‘needs to allow his ministers to take front and centre in some of the files,’ but they need to stay in their ‘lane,’ says the former Liberal deputy prime minister.

Unlike his predecessor, Prime Minister Mark Carney is 'more crisp and precise in his answers, and he doesn't tend to give a lecture,' says former Liberal MP Sheila Copps.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

May 26, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney is one of more than 100 new MPs taking their seats for the first time in the House of Commons this week, and all eyes are on how he plans to conduct his government from the front bench.

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