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OTTAWA — Do Canadians currently prefer Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ideas over those of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s or do they simply trust Carney more than Poilievre? A new Leger poll suggests the difference between the two may largely be based on vibes. To test the theory, the Postmedia-Leger poll chose six policy positions on which Mark Carney’s Liberals and Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives broadly share similar objectives, even if their proposed approaches may somewhat differ. The 1,514 online poll sample was then randomly split into two equal groups: 757 respondents...