Poilievre’s First Nations consultations demonstrate ‘maturity,’ reconciliation no longer partisan issue, say strategists

If genuine, the Conservative leader's ‘change of tune’ on reconciliation could be a game-changer for the party's troubled relationship with Indigenous Peoples, say strategists.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's commitment to consultations with First Nations could mark a new chapter in Conservative-Indigenous relations, but strategists say he has to prove he's turned the page on his previous words and actions.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

February 1, 2023

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre will have plenty of work to do to convince Indigenous communities that his recent “change of tune” on Crown-Indigenous relations is genuine, given his history of controversial comments, but if he can show First Nations he's trul...

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