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Carney, taking questions from reporters in Ottawa on Thursday, said the fallout from the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union a decade ago should serve as a clear cautionary tale. &#8220;I saw firsthand what gets sold in these referenda, that everything&#8217;s gonna be easy, that you can keep your passport, the currency \u2014 you can stay in the country and leave it at the same time,&#8221; he said. 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