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<div>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has found himself to be the subject of online criticism after he posted photos with Inuit alongside a caption about meeting with Algonquin Elders on Parliament Hill on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Poilievre rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>

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