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NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has kept a low profile throughout the aboriginal protests sweeping the country.

But his office maintains he’s fully engaged in the file — it’s just that he’s more interested in trying to produce results than photo ops.

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The NDP leader had planned to host a private meeting Thursday evening at the official Opposition leader’s residence with 20 chiefs, including Assembly of First Nations national chief Shawn Atleo.

However, the meeting was shelved late Thursday as the chiefs continued wrangling among themselves about whether to attend Friday’s meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Mulcair spoke instead by phone with Atleo.

“Chief Atleo was apologetic. Mr. Mulcair was understanding,” said the leader’s spokesperson, George Smith.

We don’t want this to be a spectacle

Reporters and photographers had not been invited to the cancelled Stornoway gathering because Muclair had hoped the meeting would be “productive.”