National chief describes what happened when airline staff took her headdress case

Of course it’s got cultural significance to me. And you know, at that point I was kind of stunned. And but I have to say, I have to thank Canadians for standing up in that moment and saying just leave her. And then it got really bizarre and they asked for garbage bags and they started to put my, my, my headdress case because I I pulled out my headdress. I thought, well, I’m not going to let them take that from me. They’re going to have to pry it from me. And it got pretty heated. And then they took my case and they put it in, in garbage, in garbage bags, Air Canada garbage bags. And and then they took it away from me and I couldn’t say anything at that point. I think I was too stunned. But I have to say Canadians, there’s Canadians from all walks of life kind of sitting in the plane that were pretty, pretty astounded. And I was glad to see that because it’s not like people just sat there and were quiet. People were trying genuinely to help and to say just leave, let her be. She’s not doing anything.