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Just over a year ago, the Liberal caucus was in turmoil over the government’s responses to the war between Israel and Hamas. Factions broke publicly with then-prime minister Justin Trudeau and one MP even threatened to quit.

But the reaction has been far more tempered to Prime Minister Mark Carney ’s announcement Wednesday that Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state this fall, a major shift in government policy.

Insiders say that’s a reflection of the current scale of the crisis in Gaza , but also a different prime minister at a different political time.

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