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By Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer The chorus of First Nations leaders denouncing North Island-Powell River Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn continues to rise. The leaders are urging federal leader Pierre Poilievre to remove him for social media posts that \u201c advance residential school denialism,\u201d they said in a statement released Thursday. The First Nations Leadership Council said its members are angered and disturbed, joining calls for the Conservatives to drop Gunn as a candidate for his \u201chorrific and offensive posts\u201d on X (formerly Twitter) between 2019 and 2021. In his tweets, Gunn argues the treatment of Indigenous people isn\u2019t genocide, while other posts vigorously defend the legacy of the country\u2019s first prime minister, John A MacDonald. Denying that Indigenous people faced genocide in Canada and saying… <\/p>\n

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By Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer The chorus of First Nations leaders denouncing North Island-Powell River Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn continues to rise. The leaders are urging federal leader Pierre Poilievre to remove him for social media posts that \u201c advance residential school denialism,\u201d they said in a statement released Thursday. The First Nations Leadership Council said its members are angered and disturbed, joining calls for the Conservatives to drop Gunn as a candidate for his \u201chorrific and offensive posts\u201d on X (formerly Twitter) between 2019 and 2021. In his tweets, Gunn argues the treatment of Indigenous people isn\u2019t genocide, while other posts vigorously defend the legacy of the country\u2019s first prime minister, John A MacDonald. Denying that Indigenous people faced genocide in Canada and saying... <\/p>\n

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