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Opposition MPs are chastising Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his decision to take on Fox News over an inaccurate tweet about the Quebec City mosque shooter.

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Saying the tweet “dishonoured the memory of the six victims,” Trudeau’s office on Tuesday asked Fox to retract or update the post, which described the alleged shooter as being of Moroccan origin.

Just before 8 p.m. Tuesday, Fox deleted the tweet and apologized.

On Wednesday, opposition MPs said the prime minister should have better things to do.

“We’ve got jobs leaving the country, we have had a terrible tragedy in Quebec City,” said Lisa Raitt, a Conservative MP and party leadership candidate. “So why do you pick fights with the American news media?”

Rhéal Fortin, interim leader of the Bloc Québécois, said Trudeau’s office should stop conducting “spontaneous, instant” diplomacy via Twitter.