The airline has issued a statement calling the situation regrettable, and said it had reached out to the National Chief directly to better understand and apologize for her experience
National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak places her papers on the podium at the start of a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 17.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he hopes lessons will be learned after the ceremonial headdress of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations was mishandled on an Air Canada flight this week.
Ms. Woodhouse Nepinak also said Friday that when she first complained about the incident to Air Canada, she received an offer of a “It is an unfortunate situation that I hope is going to lead to a bit of learning, not just by Air Canada, but a lot of other institutions,” Mr. Trudeau said Friday while speaking to reporters during an unrelated event in Bromont, Que. Mr. Trudeau said the incident was a mistake that
“In a country like Canada, there are far too many examples where Indigenous people are disrespected in this manner,” he said.
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