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By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase While some praised the First Ministers\u2019 Meeting that took place in Ottawa on Monday, Cody Diabo was certainly not one of them. In fact, Diabo, the Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, didn\u2019t mince his words of what he thought of the historic event, which focused solely on First Nation issues and included federal, provincial and Indigenous leaders. \u201cI think it was a complete shit show,\u201d Diabo said. \u201cThe organization of it I found was very disheartening.\u201d Diabo, who is also the chair of the Iroquois Caucus, was hoping to have his voice heard at the meeting. He cited a protocol agreement that had been signed in July between the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) respecting the Iroquois Caucus autonomy…. <\/p>\n

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By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase While some praised the First Ministers\u2019 Meeting that took place in Ottawa on Monday, Cody Diabo was certainly not one of them. In fact, Diabo, the Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, didn\u2019t mince his words of what he thought of the historic event, which focused solely on First Nation issues and included federal, provincial and Indigenous leaders. \u201cI think it was a complete shit show,\u201d Diabo said. \u201cThe organization of it I found was very disheartening.\u201d Diabo, who is also the chair of the Iroquois Caucus, was hoping to have his voice heard at the meeting. He cited a protocol agreement that had been signed in July between the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) respecting the Iroquois Caucus autonomy.... <\/p>\n

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