In another video from his visit, Poilievre, who has been beating Trudeau's Liberals in the polls since last summer, is seen leaving a RV with a drawing of the black and white Diagolon flag on the door.

According to RCMP documents tabled at the Emergencies Act inquiry last year, the national police force believes Diagolon is a militia-like network whose supporters subscribe to an "accelerationist" ideology — the idea that a civil war or the collapse of western governments is inevitable and ought to be sped up.

The group's founder disputes that characterization and argues it's a fictitious meme.

In that video, a man asks Poilievre for a photo and suggests they pose in front of the infamous expletive flag about Trudeau. Poilievre can be heard suggesting they pose somewhere else.