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Anderson meeting shows Conservatives give ‘a nod and a wink’ to far-right elements, says anti-hate group founder

Pollster Greg Lyle says this latest story cycle is 'great grist for the mill for the Liberals to motivate their base and to do some fundraising.'

Conservative MPs Colin Carrie, left, Leslyn Lewis, German politician Christine Anderson, and MP Dean Allison.Photograph courtesy of Twitter

BY MIKE LAPOINTE, JONAH GRIGNON

March 6, 2023

Anti-hate groups and politicos are skeptical of three Conservative MPs' claims that they did not know who they were meeting with when they posed for photos with far-right German politician Christine Anderson last week.

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