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On 23 May, it was all about the Komagata Maru incident, ‘a moment where Canada failed to uphold our values, with horrific consequences’, according to Canadian prime minister Mark Carney. Pierre Poilievre chimed in, calling it ‘a dark and shameful chapter in our history and a painful injustice’.
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