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\u00a0By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 With one eye on his own community\u2019s affairs and one eye on what Canada is doing, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Grand Chief Cody Diabo travelled to Ottawa earlier this week to hold high-level meetings on Parliament Hill. On Tuesday, Diabo attended the Iroquois Caucus General Assembly, as well as holding a second meeting in three weeks with Conservative Party shadow Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Jamie Schmale. Diabo said he hopes to leverage that relationship into a meeting with Tory leader Pierre Poilievre at some point in the future. \u201cYes, I met with him and seeing what\u2019s happening in the polls, I thought it was important, and I\u2019m hoping to meet with Poilievre at some point, too. Just seeing the way it\u2019s going,\u201d Diabo said…. <\/p>\n

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\u00a0By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 With one eye on his own community\u2019s affairs and one eye on what Canada is doing, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Grand Chief Cody Diabo travelled to Ottawa earlier this week to hold high-level meetings on Parliament Hill. On Tuesday, Diabo attended the Iroquois Caucus General Assembly, as well as holding a second meeting in three weeks with Conservative Party shadow Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Jamie Schmale. Diabo said he hopes to leverage that relationship into a meeting with Tory leader Pierre Poilievre at some point in the future. \u201cYes, I met with him and seeing what\u2019s happening in the polls, I thought it was important, and I\u2019m hoping to meet with Poilievre at some point, too. Just seeing the way it\u2019s going,\u201d Diabo said.... <\/p>\n

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