Mark Carney speaking after a debate for the federal Liberal leadership race in Montreal in February. Invoices show that as his leadership campaign was winding down, he was getting ready for the next one.

Mark Carney was the front-runner heading into this year’s Liberal leadership contest, but receipts for his $3.8-million campaign give a glimpse of exactly what it took to get across the line.

Invoices submitted to Elections Canada also show that even as his leadership campaign was winding down, he was getting ready for the next one, a general election he’d call only weeks later.

The bills reveal that his campaign spent just over $7,000 to strike an agreement with a company that held a trademark on the words “Canada Strong” and a Maple Leaf graphic on top. The Carney Liberals would use

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