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Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference, appears as a witness at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Johnston says he is stepping down from his role, citing the highly partisan atmosphere around his work. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 2:20 p.m. EDT and provided by CIRA/NOAA, shows a broad view of smoke from Canadian wildfires drifting across the Midwest and Northeast of the United States. Smoke and flames continue to engulf much of Canada with poor air quality in parts of Ontario and Quebec, and blanketing much of the west. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-CIRA/NOAA

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Cardinal Mauro Bassetti, right, celebrates a penitential rite in front of the altar of the confession inside St. Peter’s Basilica, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Lifeguards work at Brittany Beach on the Ottawa River in Ottawa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Staff running pools and beaches across Canada are trying to entice people to work as lifeguards amid a shortage, the Lifesaving Society says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to name her new cabinet today, coming off her United Conservative party’s election win last month. Smith holds a news conference in Calgary on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol

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