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By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In the six months since Cody Diabo was elected to the role of Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Grand Chief he\u2019s accomplished a lot and is looking for more over the course of the term. Diabo was elected on July 6, and said he looks back on his first six months in office with pride. \u201cIt started very early at the AFN General Assembly,\u201d in downtown Montreal in late July, where Diabo held federal political leaders\u2019 feet to the fire with pointed questions about whether they would apologize to Kahnawake for events during the summerof 1990. \u201cThat was a highlight, speaking to (Conservative leader Pierre) Poilievre and (NDP leader Jagmeet) Singh, among others, as well as the AFN meetings in December.\u201d Additionally, Diabo was… <\/p>\n

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By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In the six months since Cody Diabo was elected to the role of Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Grand Chief he\u2019s accomplished a lot and is looking for more over the course of the term. Diabo was elected on July 6, and said he looks back on his first six months in office with pride. \u201cIt started very early at the AFN General Assembly,\u201d in downtown Montreal in late July, where Diabo held federal political leaders\u2019 feet to the fire with pointed questions about whether they would apologize to Kahnawake for events during the summerof 1990. \u201cThat was a highlight, speaking to (Conservative leader Pierre) Poilievre and (NDP leader Jagmeet) Singh, among others, as well as the AFN meetings in December.\u201d Additionally, Diabo was... <\/p>\n

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