Tasha Kheiriddin: Get ready for Mark Carney unencumbered

Tasha Kheiriddin/National Post: Now, he has the real thing. Thanks to a combination of floor-crossers from both the Conservatives and the NDP, and victory in the byelections in University—Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest, Carney has 173 seats. This ensures that he doesn’t have to make deals at budget time, when the government faces a mandatory confidence vote. Carney doesn’t have to worry about surviving; he can focus on governing, the renegotiation of CUSMA this summer, a possible Alberta separatism referendum this fall, and any other assorted land mines that crop up…