Listening to Prime Minister Mark Carney lay out his new plan to start building Canada on Friday, one thing became clear – Pierre Poilievre won the argument even if Carney won the election.

“Canada is a country that used to build big things, but in recent decades it’s become too difficult to build in this country,” Carney said.

Anyone who has listened to Poilievre over the last several years would instantly recognize many of the proposals that Carney has put forward.

These weren’t just policy proposals that Poilievre had put forward during the election that Carney somehow magically stole in the campaign. These were ideas Poilievre had spoken about time and again as he crisscrossed the country, holding rallies and building up his army of supporters ahead of the election, while Justin Trud

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