In the eyes of some Vancouver residents, Darin Hodge is the city's newest civil rights hero.

That's because as a manager of the Teahouse in Stanley Park, he refused to provide service to a customer as long as he was wearing the red Make America Great Again hat made famous by Donald Trump.

For taking this stance, Hodge was fired. And he has no regrets about that.

"The MAGA hat has come to symbolize racism, bigotry, islamaphobia, misogyny, white supremacy, homophobia," Hodge said in a statement. "As a person with a strong moral backbone, I had to take a stand against this guest's choice of headwear while in my former place of work."

On CTV Vancouver, the Teahouse's general manager, Andy Crimp, defended the decision to can Hodge, saying his company doesn't want to make people feel unwelcome.

"And we don't want to set up an environment where people—employees—feel like they have the right to refuse service," Crimp told the station.

Hodge, however, has denied that he refused service. He merely refused to do this as long as the customer was wearing the hat in the restaurant.