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Prime Minister Mark Carney visits an RCMP detachment in Etobicoke, Ont., on Thursday, where he announced that the government will table legislation next week to change the bail system.

Prime Minister Mark Carney had no trouble saying he was breaking with Justin Trudeau’s crime policy. It was very much the message he wanted to send.

Politicians sometimes seem sheepish about admitting they are turning their back on their own party’s policy. But Mr. Carney has done it, very deliberately, many times.

When a reporter asked at a news conference Thursday if he was breaking with Mr. Trudeau’s legacy on crime, he had a longish answer that included saying “yes” repeatedly. The whole point of Thursday’s crime announcement was to underline that the Carney crime policy is not the Trudea

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