Prime Minister Mark Carney no doubt has a lot on his mind these days — between fluctuating trade tensions with the U.S., economic pressures within Canada, and various geopolitical challenges.

Also gnawing at the self-avowed Edmonton Oilers fan is superstar Connor McDavid’s future with the NHL club.

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With the 169-member Liberal caucus meeting in the Alberta capital this week, Carney opened a press conference Wednesday by “getting right down to business.”

“Let’s face it — we are in a crisis,” the 60-year-old prime minister said flatly. “The global trading system has been upended. Supply chains have been destroyed. McDavid is unsigned.”

The 28-year-old Oilers superstar, arguably hockey’s most outstanding player, is heading into the final year of his existing eight-y

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