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When a wax figure of Justin Trudeau was unveiled at Montreal’s Musée Grévin, Quebec media initially reported that the statue had been prepared with the full cooperation of the prime minister’s office.

“His office provided a ton of photos; we’re not really surprised,” said a presenter on the Quebec morning show Salut Bonjour.

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The Journal de Montreal even quoted the museum as saying that Trudeau’s people had been involved in “every step of its creation.”

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However, any link was quickly denied by Trudeau spokesman Cameron Ahmad.

“Our office was not involved in the process nor in the approval of this project,” Ahmad wrote in a statement to the National Post.

The prime minister’s office are not the only ones with an apparent aversion towards the new statue, which critics note bears only a passing resemblance to Canada’s 45-year-old leader.