FLASHBACK: Trudeau Laughs About Making Indigenous Senator Cut His Hair as ‘Sign of Shame’

“We’re both known for our long hair on the Hill. Let’s say the loser gets a haircut,” Trudeau said of the bet, adding that Brazeau “resisted back a little bit, you know, pointing out that hair has a cultural significance for First Nations peoples, and I said ‘I know. That's why I proposed it. When a warrior cuts his hair, it's a sign of shame, so it's very apropos.’”

Trudeau is the one who suggested the loser get his haircut, even while he expressed a clear understanding of the spiritual significance and cosmology of a Native man's hair.

Video from 2015