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John Ivison: Carney knows from experience separatism can get very real if Alberta is mishandled

Mark Carney was asked Monday about his role in the forthcoming Alberta referendum campaign and the response was reassuring.

The prime minister wasn’t exactly Henry V at Agincourt on St. Crispin’s Day, rallying his outnumbered troops in a call to arms.

But he is a veteran of these campaigns from his time in the United Kingdom during the Brexit and Scottish independence referendums. He knows that when emotions run high, a positive appeal is needed to offset gloomy portents about the certain costs, and uncertain gains, of independence.

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