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Mark Carney says he plans to enter elected politics as Liberals begin to organize leadership bids

Ignatieff but without the charm.

OTTAWA — Mark Carney, Justin Trudeau’s economic platform adviser, says he plans to enter elected politics but won’t say when, where or what job he wants, telling a fellow Liberal “you can’t map these things out.”

As more than two dozen Liberal MPs are working behind the scenes to urge the prime minister to step aside for a new party leader, some of the would-be candidates for the job are making their intentions clearer — albeit not all publicly.

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