Brushing off the threat of fines and jail time, the defiant head of the union representing striking Air Canada flight attendants refused to order his members back to work after the strike was officially declared illegal.

In a press conference shortly after a noon deadline for his members to get back to work, Mark Hancock, the national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said he’ll do nothing of the sort.

“There’s no limit. We’re going to stay strong,” said Hancock. “If it means folks like me going to jail, so be it. If it means our union being fined, so be it.”

Despite suggestions from the airline that flights would be operating, Hancock dismissed the idea. Business

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