Canadian Tire worker throws out Indigenous man over suspected theft, not an employee anymore

Though not confirmed whether the employee has resigned or was fired, in an email interaction with the CBC News, Canadian Tire's manager of corporate communications, Joscelyn Dosanjh said: "The employee involved in the matter has not been working in the store since the time of the incident and he is no longer with Canadian Tire."

Canadian Tire is a retail company which sells a range of automotive, sports and leisure and home products.

A First Nation man, Kamao Cappo, went to Canadian Tire in Regina where he was attacked by an employee as the latter suspected Cappo of stealing a chainsaw.

Cappo shared a Facebook live video of the whole incident and stated to have been abused by the employee after he refused to leave the store.

In a Facebook live video on July 26, Cappo said: "This happened today. We walked in to buy a chainsaw. We picked one and I was about to pay for it but the fuel mixture (40/1) was not to our liking, so we turned it over to customer service and went back to get another one. This general manager for some reason thought we were stealing. He became abusive when I refused to obey his order to leave the store."

Dosanjh in a statement to CBC News said: "We have attempted to reach Mr. Cappo again this morning to express our sincere apologies. We wish to again state that we have taken this matter very seriously."

In another live video on Facebook, Cappo was seen to be guided by the employee out of the store.

However, Cappo informed on Facebook to have a conversation with a representative of Canada Tire though "no apologised issued" to him.

On Facebook post a day back, Cappo said: "I finally have been in direct contact with a representative from Canadian tire. This occurred at about 1:30 PM today. And a lady who is an associate vice president of Canadian tire called me and discussed with me setting up a meeting to discuss the matter. We were unable to agree to a suitable meeting place and time for both of us. As of yet, there has been no apology issued to me by Canadian tire representatives. They need to stop saying that they have apologized."

"Further to this, there has been no charges laid against the general manager Jody Reid. As far as I know, he is still employed by Canadian tire. He is still the general manager of the Canadian tire branch he worked at" he added.

According to CBC News, Cappo has filed an assault complaint though he is considering any legal action after the company's approach to him.

(Reporting by Souvik Ghosh)
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