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>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, I'M
ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
>> Andrew: AND I'M ANDREW
CHANG.
TONIGHT A CBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
>> PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.
>> Andrew: AN ONTARIO DENTIST
CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT IS STILL TAKING
APPOINTMENTS, HIS PATIENTS KEPT
IN THE DARK.
>> PATIENT SAFETY IS SOMETHING
THAT ALWAYS, ALWAYS HAS TO COME
FIRST.
>> AND ONLY SPENDING $5 BILLION
A YEAR.
>> Adrienne: A MAN WHO TOOK
HIS RAGE TO CATHERINE
McKENNA'S CONSTITUENCY OFFICE
AND SHOUTED OBSCENITIES IS NOW
BEING INVESTIGATED FOR A HATE
CRIME.
>> I WANT TO HAVE THE GIRLS AND
WOMEN OUT THERE TO THINK THAT
THEY CAN GO IN AND MAKE A
DIFFERENCE BUT NOT HAVE TO PUT
UP WITH THIS GARBAGE.
>> Andrew: MASS RESIGNATIONS
AND GRIEF THAT GOES ON AND ON IN
BEIRUT.
>> I BLAME EVERY PERSON WHO TOLD
THEM TO TURN UP THIS FIRE AND
THEY KNEW THAT
THEY WERE AT THE PORT.
>> Andrew: THE LEBANESE
GOVERNMENT STEPS DOWN, CALLING
IT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
>> Adrienne: AND THE CANADIAN
INNOVATION THAT COULD BE A COVID
GAME-CHANGER.
>> WE COULD REALLY HELP PEOPLE,
ORGINISATIONS, AND MAKE A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND
DEATH.
>> Adrienne: THE NEW RAPID
COVID TEST AND WHAT IT MIGHT
MEAN FOR YOUR RETURN TO WORK.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> WE BEGIN WITH A CBC NEWS
EXCLUSIVE ABOUT PATIENT SAFETY
AND YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW.
A TORONTO DENT SIFT FACING
MULTIPLE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
SEXUAL INTERFERENCE CHARGES, BUT
HIS PATIENTS ARE LIKELY UNAWARE.
>> Andrew: CBC NEWS HAS
LEARNED THAT THE ALLEGED VICTIMS
INCLUDE HIS CLIENTS, SOME OF
THEM CHILDREN, YET THE DENTIST
FACES NO RESTRICTIONS ON HIS
PRACTISE.
DAVID COMMON EXPLAINS WHY.
>> Reporter: THERE IS NO
WARNING SIGN OUTSIDE OF THIS
DENTAL OFFICE IN TORONTO'S
UPSCALE DAVISVILLE VILLAGE AND
NO REQUIREMENT FOR ONE.
THE ONLY HINT FOR PATIENTS OF
DR. AMIR HAYDARIAN IS FOUND ON
THE WEB PAGE OF ONTARIO'S DENTAL
REGULATOR.
SIX WEEKS AGO ON JUNE 26th IT
NOTES, "THE DENTIST WAS CHARGED
WITH FIVE COUNTS OF ASSAULT,
FOUR OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND FOUR
FOR SEXUAL INTERFERENCE
INVOLVING A PERSON UNDER 16."
10 DAYS LATER ON JULY 6th, THE
ROYAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGEONS
INVESTIGATOR HEARD THE SPECIFIC
ALLEGATIONS.
BUT IT TOOK ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE
THE COLLEGE CONVENED A PANEL ON
WHAT TO DO.
AND STILL HE IS FREE TO BOOK
APPOINTMENTS
WITH NO REQUIREMENTS TO EVEN
TELL PATIENTS.
>> PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.
>> Reporter: TERRY BOWMAN IS A
BIOETHICIST WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF TORONTO.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S GOOD.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT PATIENT
SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS,
ALWAYS HAS TO COME FIRST.
AND I THINK THAT THE DUTY TO
WARN IS BOTH A LEGAL AND AN
ETHICAL CONSTRUCT.
>> Reporter: THE DENTAL
REGULATOR NOW SAYS THAT AN
INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY WITH
ITS INQUIRIES, COMPLAINTS AND
REPORTS COMMITTEE AND A DECISION
WILL BE RELEASED IN DUE COURSE.
THE DENTAL REGULATOR COULD
TEMPORARILY SUSPEND
DR. HAYDARIAN'S LICENCE, BUT
UNDER ONTARIO LEGISLATION IT HAS
TO GIVE HIM TWO WEEKS' NOTICE.
SO EVEN IF THEY ACTED TODAY,
DR. HAYDARIAN WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO SEE PATIENTS
UNRESTRICTED FOR EIGHT WEEKS
SINCE HE WAS CHARGED.
>> I THINK THAT AS A PATIENT I
WOULD BE QUITE SURPRISED THAT
THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A SUBJECT
OF CRIMINAL CHARGES HAD BEEN
CONTINUING TO PRACTISE FOR TWO
MONTHS.
>> Reporter: BY CONTRAST, WERE
A MEDICAL DOCTOR FACING SIMILAR
ALLEGATIONS THE COLLEGE OF
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF
ONTARIO SAID THERE IT WOULD BE
DEALT WITH IN A MATTER OF DAYS,
NOT WEEKS.
DR. HAYDARIAN HAS NOT BEEN
CONVICTED, NOR HAVE THE
ALLEGATIONS BEEN TESTED IN
COURT.
HIS LAWYER SAYS THAT HIS CAREER
IS UNBLEMISHED AND HE WILL PLEAD
NOT GUILTY.
MEANWHILE HAYDARIAN'S OFFICE HAS
CONTINUED TO TAKE APPOINTMENTS.
DAVID COMMON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: AN ALBERTA DOCTOR
HAS DIED AFTER BEING ATTACKED AT
A WALK-IN CLINIC IN RED DEER.
A WITNESS SAID THAT THE ATTACKER
WAS CARRYING A
HAMMER AND A MACHETE AND THEN
SCREAMS WERE HEARD COMING FROM
INSIDE OF AN EXAMINATION ROOM.
POLICE ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTES
AND ARRESTED A MAN.
THE RCMP ARE INVESTIGATING.
>> Adrienne: CABINET MINISTER
CATHERINE McKENNA HAS ONCE
AGAIN BECOME THE TARGET OF
ABUSE, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS ONE
OF HER STAFFERS WHO BORE THE
BRUNT OF IT.
A VULGAR TORRENT UNLEASHED BY AN
ANGRY MAN WHO WENT TO MCKENNA'S
CONSTITUENCY OFFICE.
POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING IT
AS A HATE CRIME.
ASHLEY BURKE LOOKS AT WHAT IS
BEING DONE ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: SHE WEARS THE
MASK TO PROTECT HERSELF FROM
COVID, BUT WANTS PROTECTION FOR
HER AND HER STAFF FROM ABUSE.
>> IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING TO
STAND AGAINST THIS, BUT IT DOES
HAVE TO STOP.
>> Reporter: ON THURSDAY, A
MAN SHOWED UP HERE AT MCKENNA'S
CONSTITUENCY OFFICE.
HE RANG THE DOORBELL AND WHEN A
FEMALE STAFF MEMBER OPENED THE
DOOR AND TOLD HIM THAT HE
COULDN'T
COME INSIDE AND SPEAK TO THE
MINISTER BECAUSE OF COVID-19 HE
THEN WENT ON A TIRADE.
>> CAN I SPEAK WITH CATHERINE?
>> Reporter: PROFANITYS AND
THREATS FILMED AND POSTED ONLINE
OVER THE WEEKEND, TAKING ON A
NEW LIFE.
>> I DON'T GO TO WORK EVERY DAY
AND BUST MY [BLEEP]  TO [BLEEP]
TO STEAL OUR MONEY.
YOU'RE ALL FAKE [BLEEP]  YOU'RE
ALL PIECES OF [BLEEP]
>> I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HOLD
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO
ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE VIDEO WAS
CIRCULATED.
IT GAVE MORE VOICE TO WHOEVER
THIS PERSON IS.
AND TO FOLKS THAT WANT TO SPREAD
HATE, AND WANT TO INTIMIDATE
FOLKS.
>> I WORRY ABOUT THE RISING TIDE
OF INCITEMENTS TO VIOLENCE.
>> Reporter: LAST YEAR
CANADA'S FORMER TOP PUBLIC
SERVANT WARNED ABOUT EXACTLY
THIS.
>> WHEN PEOPLE USE TERMS LIKE
TREASON AND TRAITOR IN OPEN
DISCOURSE, THOSE ARE THE WORDS
THAT LEAD TO ASSASSINATION.
>> HELLO!
>> Reporter: LAST YEAR JUSTIN
TRUDEAU WAS SEEN WEARING A
BULLET PROOF VEST ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL OVER A SECURITY
THREAT.
LAST MONTH POLICE ARRESTED AN
ARMED MAN AFTER HE RAMMED HIS
TRUCK THROUGH THE GATES AT
RIDEAU HALL AND MADE HIS WAY ON
FOOT TOWARDS TRUDEAU'S HOUSE.
AS FOR MCKENNA SHE'S HAD TO FACE
PUBLIC DISPLAYS LIKE THIS AND
SAYS THERE ARE EVEN MORE
DISTURBING INCIDENTS HAPPENING
TO POLITICIANS PRIVATELY.
>> IT IS ACCELERATING AND I
THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
WHAT HAS HAPPENED SOUTH OF THE
BORDER COME UP HERE.
AND IT IS
EXACERBATED BY SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> Reporter: SHE'S INCREASING
HER SECURITY AND SAYS THAT SHE'S
ALL FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT NOT
THIS.
ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Adrienne: A CANADIAN WHO IS
AT HOME ON THE WORLD STAGE IS
ONCE AGAIN PLAYING A ROLE IN
THIS COUNTRY AND THAT HAS
TRIGGERED SOME SPECULATION.
MARK CARNEY, THE FORMER GOVERNOR
OF THE BANK OF CANADA AND THE
BANK OF ENGLAND, IS NOW ADVISING
JUSTIN TRUDEAU ON HOW TO REVIVE
AND RESHAPE THE ECONOMY.
EVAN DYER SHOWS US WHY THAT HAS
HELPED TO REVIVE THE HOPES OF
SOME LIBERALS WHO ALWAYS SAW HIM
AS A POTENTIAL SAVIOUR.
>> I'M CANADIAN, I'M GOING TO
COME BACK TO CANADA, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT DAY.
>> Reporter: CANADA'S PRODIGAL
CHILD OF FINANCE HAS ALWAYS HAD
AN INTEREST IN HIS OWN COUNTRY'S
POLITICS, THOUGH MUCH OF HIS
CAREER HAS PLAYED OUT ABROAD.
ONE THREAD CONNECTS HIS PAST
WORK AND THE ROLE THAT HE NOW
PLAYS FOR JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S
LIBERALS, THE MANAGEMENT OF
FINANCIAL CRISES.
CARNEY HEADED THE BANK OF CANADA
UNDER THE HARPER GOVERNMENT WHEN
THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS HIT
AND THIS COUNTRY PLUNGED DEEP
INTO DEFICIT.
>> LOOK, THERE IS A PLAN TO
RESTORE CONFIDENCE AND GROWTH IN
THIS ECONOMY.
WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IT, IT'S
GOING TO WORK.
>> Reporter: IT DID WORK, AND
THAT CAUGHT THE EYE OF THE
WORLD'S OLDEST CENTRAL BANK.
>> HE'S BEING DESCRIBED AS A
FINANCIAL ROCK STAR.
>> Reporter: IN 2013, CARNEY
BECAME GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF
ENGLAND.
>> 3, 2, 1... [BELL TOLLS]
>> Reporter: AND SOON FACED A
NEW CRISIS -- BREXIT.
>> I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER
ELSE I CAN IN ORDER TO PROMOTE
BOTH A SMOOTH BREXIT AND AN
EFFECTIVE TRANSITION AT THE BANK
OF ENGLAND.
>> Reporter: HE WRAPPED UP AN
EXTENDED SEVEN-YEAR TERM IN
MARCH JUST AS COVID HIT THE
WEST, ACCEPTING A HIGH LEVEL
POST AT THE UNITED NATIONS AND
NOW ADVISING THE TRUDEAU
GOVERNMENT.
>> I THINK WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT
IS DOING IS GETTING THE MOST
SENIOR VOICES AT THE TABLE TO
HELP NAVIGATE, UM, THE ECONOMIC
CRISIS OF OUR TIME THAT WE FIND
OURSELVES IN.
AND IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE
GOVERNMENT SEEK OUTSIDE SUPPORT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO
ENSURE THAT CANADA COMES ON TOP
OF.
>> THE HONOURABLE FINANCE
MINISTER...
>> Reporter: BUT IT COMES AS
CANADA'S CURRENT MINISTER OF
FINANCE, BILL MORNEAU, IS FACING
CALLS TO RESIGN OVER THE "WE"
AFFAIR.
APPOINTING A STAR ADVISOR ON
FINANCE COULD BE SEEN AS
UNDERCUTTING A FINANCE MINISTER
WHO IS ALREADY UNDER PRESSURE.
MARK CARNEY IS ALSO TOUTED AS A
POSSIBLE FUTURE LEADER OF THE
LIBERAL PARTY, AND WITH A
LIBERAL SEAT OPENING UP IN
TORONTO,
SPECULATION ABOUNDS THAT THIS
COULD BE THE MOMENT THAT HE
MOVES INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY'S
POLITICS.
EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Adrienne: AND HERE'S DAVID
COCHRANE FROM OUR OTTAWA BUREAU
TO GIVE US A BETTER HANDLE ON
ALL OF THIS.
SO, DAVID, A WHOLE LOT OF
WISHFUL TALK TODAY FROM THE
LIBERALS.
IS THERE ANY MERITS TO ANY OF
THIS.
>> Reporter: YEAH, IT'S EASY
TO SEE WHY THE LIBERALS LIKE
MARK CARNEY SO MUCH.
HE'S A U.N. ADVISOR ON CLIMATE
CHANGE AND WRITING A BOOK ON
INCOME AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
BIG ISSUES THAT THIS GOVERNMENT
IS THINKING ABOUT FOR THE
POST-COVID PHASE OF ITS MANDATE.
AND THIS, YOU KNOW, HE'S LONG
BEEN SEEN AS MAYBE A FUTURE
PRIME MINISTER OR AT WORST A
FINANCE MINISTER, AND THIS COMES
AT A TIME WHEN THE CURRENT
FINANCE MINISTER IS LEAKING OIL
ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THERE'S A
SEAT
OPEN IN YORK CENTRE.
NOW THE LIBERALS ARE STRONG IN
THE AREA, BUT
YORK CENTRE WOULD BE THEIR
WEAKEST SEAT.
A LIBERAL TOLD US THAT THIS IS
REALLY A COIN TOSS BY-ELECTION,
NOT A PLACE TO RUN A STAR
CANDIDATE.
ON TOP OF THAT THERE'S BEEN NO
OBVIOUS SIGNS FROM MARK CARNEY
THAT HE'S POISED OR READY TO
RUN.
NOW THE LIBERALS WILL BUILD HIM
AN ALL-STAR TEAM IF HE GAVE ANY
KIND OF AN INDICATION THAT HE
WANTED TO DO IT.
BUT TO THIS POINT IT'S JUST NOT
THERE.
SO FOR ALL OF THOSE LIBERALS
WAITING WITH BATED BREATH, THEY
DON'T WANT TO HOLD THEIR BREATH
BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE QUITE A LONG
TIME.
>> Adrienne: THANK YOU, DAVID.
>> Andrew: IN THIS PANDEMIC,
THE WORLD HAS NOW PASSED
20 MILLION CASES.
HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF HOW CANADA
FITS IN.
WITH 385 NEW INFECTIONS TODAY,
THERE ARE FEWER THAN 5,000
ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
TO DATE, 120,000 CANADIANS HAVE
CONTRACTED COVID WITH MORE THAN
9,000 DEATHS.
ONTARIO'S DAILY COUNT JUMPED
ABOVE 100 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
MORE THAN A WEEK.
THE WINDSOR-ESSEX REGION IS THE
LAST TO BE CLEARED FOR REOPENING
IN STAGE THREE, THAT'S ON
WEDNESDAY.
AND AS ALISON NORTHCOTT TELLS
US, QUÉBEC SAYS THAT KIDS WILL
HAVE TO WEAR MASKS AT SCHOOL,
BUT NOT IN CLASS.
>> Reporter: THREE WEEKS
BEFORE SCHOOL THE PARENT AND
TEACHER JULIETTE IS
APPREHENSIVE.
>> SENDING MY CHILD TO SCHOOL
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HIM
GETTING SICK, IT IS A SCARY
SITUATION.
>> Reporter: SHE WANTS TO KNOW
THAT THERE WILL BE MEASURES IN
PLACE TO KEEP KIDS SAFE.
>> WE ARE RIGHT NOW MAKING OUR
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN.
>> Reporter: THE QUÉBEC
GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO REASSURE
PARENTS.
>> WEARING FACE COVERING WILL BE
MANDATORY FOR ALL STUDENTS IN
ELEMENTARY 5 AND HIGHER LEVELS.
>> Reporter: THAT GOES FOR
TEACHERS AND STAFF TOO, BUT
MASKS WON'T BE REQUIRED IN THE
CLASSROOM, ONLY IN COMMON AREAS.
INSTEAD OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO
GROUP STUDENTS IN BUBBLES OF
SIX, THE WHOLE CLASS WILL BE A
BUBBLE.
STUDENTS WON'T HAVE TO DISTANCE
BETWEEN CLASSMATES BUT THEY WILL
HAVE TO DISTANCE FROM THEIR
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FROM OTHER
CLASSES.
PARENTS AND TEACHERS WILL BE
NOTIFIED OF ANY COVID-19 CASES
AT THEIR SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN
WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND A
DOCTOR'S NOTE CAN LEARN
REMOTELY.
SOME UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
REPRESENTING TEACHERS AND
PRINCIPALS SAY THAT THE PLAN
ADDS CLARITY AND REMOVES THE
STRESS OF ENFORCING SMALLER
GROUPS.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF
MISSING IN THIS PLAN STILL, AND
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF
QUESTIONS.
>> Reporter: BUT THIS UNION
PRESIDENT DOESN'T LIKE THE IDEA
OF PACKED CLASSROOMS WITH NO
MASKS.
>> I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT
AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER,
KNOWING THAT CLASSES CAN GO UP
TO 32, 34, 36 STUDENTS IN A
FAIRLY SMALL ROOMS.
>> Reporter: WITH SCHOOLS
ACROSS CANADA PREPARING TO
REOPEN, THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF
UNKNOWNS, SAYS THIS RESEARCHER.
>> WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT
THIS VIRUS LOOKS LIKE WITHIN THE
CONFINES OF THE SCHOOL OVER AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
>> DO I FEEL ASSURED THAT THE
PROVINCE IS READY?
I'M GOING TO BE VERY HONEST WITH
YOU AND SAY I DON'T KNOW.
>> Reporter: OPPONG-NUAKO SAYS
THAT
WHILE SHE'S STILL WORRIED, SHE'S
PREPARING HERSELF TO DEAL WITH
THE POTENTIAL RISKS.
ALISON NORTHCOTT, CBC NEWS,
MONTRÉAL.
>> Andrew: IN THE U.S., A
SCHOOL IN GEORGIA WHERE PHOTOS
OF UNMASKED CROWDING WENT VIRAL
IS TEMPORARILY CLOSING ITS
DOORS.
SIX STUDENTS AND THREE STAFFERS
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS SINCE A STUDENT
SHARED THESE IMAGES.
THE CLASSES HAD BEEN SWITCHED TO
REMOTE LEARNING FOR MONDAY AND
TUESDAY, SO THE BUILDING CAN BE
DISINFECTED.
MEANTIME, PAUL HUNTER TELLS US
THAT THERE'S YET ANOTHER
OFFICIAL REMINDER FOR PEOPLE TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: IT REMAINS ONE OF
THE MOST PUZZLING ASPECTS OF THE
COVID CRISIS IN AMERICA.
EVEN AFTER ALL OF THIS TIME
WARNING PEOPLE TO TAKE EXTRA
CARE, TODAY FROM THE U.S.
SURGEON GENERAL, THIS --
>> I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO FEEL LIKE
WEARING ONE OF THESE INFRINGES
UPON THEIR FREEDOM.
IT'S TAKING AWAY THEIR CHOICE.
>> Reporter: JEROME ADAMS
PRACTICALLY PLEADING WITH
AMERICANS TO DO THE SENSIBLE
SIMPLE THING AND WEAR A MASK --
PLEASE.
>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS.
I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE TELLING ME
WHAT TO DO EITHER.
>> Reporter: WHILE MANY IN
THIS COUNTRY DO WEAR MASKS TO
SLOW THE SPREAD, COUNTLESS
PERPLEXINGLY STILL DO NOT.
JUST THIS WEEKEND MORE THAN
100,000 GATHERED FOR A
MOTORCYCLE FESTIVAL IN SOUTH
DAKOTA, MANY WERE MASKLESS.
OFFICIALS FEAR THE EVENT WILL
ACT AS A SUPER SPREADER.
AND IN MANY PARTS OF AMERICA,
THIS IS INDIANA, STUDENTS ARE
NOW HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL.
THIS EVEN AFTER A NEW REPORT
THAT NEARLY 100,000 CHILDREN IN
AMERICA TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID IN JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS
OF JULY.
RAISING WORRIES OUTSIDE OF THE
CLASSROOM, THIS IS FLORIDA, THAT
THE U.S. IS PUTTING
SCHOOLCHILDREN NEEDLESSLY AT
RISK.
>> I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MASK
WEARING.
AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS
MANDATORY.
>> President Donald Trump:
YEAH, I THINK THAT SCHOOLS HAVE
TO OPEN.
>> Reporter: TODAY DONALD TRUMP
WAS ASKED IF
ALL OF THOSE POSITIVE TESTS FOR
CHILDREN GIVE HIM PAUSE ON THAT.
HE SAYS THAT HE STILL BELIEVES
THAT CHILDREN DON'T EASILY CATCH
IT AND IF THEY DO --
>> President Donald Trump:
THERE'S ALSO A CASE WHERE IT'S A
TINY -- IT'S A TINY FRACTION OF
DEATH, A TINY FRACTION.
AND THEY GET BETTER VERY
QUICKLY.
>> Reporter: SCHOOLS SHOULD
REOPEN, HE UNDERLINED, TO
KICKSTART THE ECONOMY.
VERY IMPORTANT, HE SAID, AS
AMERICANS WONDER WHERE ALL OF
THIS GOES FROM HERE.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Andrew: AND SOME TENSE
MOMENTS IN WASHINGTON THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> President Donald Trump:
HOPEFULLY SOON -- EXCUSE ME?
[indiscernible]
>> Andrew: THE PRESIDENT
ABRUPTLY IS USHERED OUT OF THE
BRIEFING ROOM AND THE WHITE
HOUSE PLACED ON LOCKDOWN AFTER
THE SECRET SERVICE SHOT AN ARMED
SUSPECT JUST OUTSIDE OF THE
COMPLEX.
THE PERSON WAS RUSHED TO
HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
TRUMP RETURNED MINUTES LATER
SAYING THINGS WERE UNDER
CONTROL.
>> AND AND WE WANT TO UPDATE YOU
ON ANOTHER IMPORTANT STORY.
THIS EVENING A MINNESOTA JUDGE
ORDERED THE POLICE VIDEO OF
GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH TO BE MADE
PUBLIC.
DIFFICULT TO WATCH, IT COMES
FROM THE BODY CAMS OF TWO OF THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED.
IT'S ROUGHLY AN HOUR LONG.
AND IT CLEARLY SHOWS THE ACTIONS
OF OFFICER DEREK SHAWMAN AS HE
PRESSED HIS COMPLEE INTO GEORGE
FLOYD'S NECK WHILE HE WAS
RESTRAINED AND IGNORING THE
AUDIBLE PLEAS OF "I CAN'T
BREATHE."
THE VIDEO WILL HAVE
WIDE-REACHING IMPACT AND WE'LL
HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY
TOMORROW.
>> Adrienne: LAST WEEK'S
MASSIVE BEIRUT EXPLOSION HAS
ALREADY KILLED HUNDREDS, INJURED
THOUSANDS, AND UNLEASHED
NATIONAL FURY.
NOW IT HAS TOPPLED THE
GOVERNMENT.
THE PRIME MINISTER SAY THAT HE
AND THE ENTIRE CABINET ARE
QUITTING.
MARGARET EVANS EXPLORES THIS
POLITICAL AFTERSHOCK.
>> Reporter: IN A SWIRLING
CAULDRON OF
RAGE AND GRIEF THAT IS BEIRUT,
THE BEIRUT'S MASS RESIGNATION
WAS SURELY
INEVITABLE.
PROTESTERS PULLING AT BARRICADES
AND BLAST WALLS PROTECTING THE
PARLIAMENT, AS IF TO DISMANTLE
THE
INSTITUTIONS OF A STATE DECRIED
AS CORRUPT WITH THEIR BARE
HANDS.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: THE PRIME
MINISTER HASSAN DIAB ANNOUNCED
THAT THE CABINET WOULD STEP DOWN
LATE AFTERNOON, SAYING THAT
THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED TO
FOLLOW
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
BUT THE PEOPLE WANT THE
PRESIDENT, MICHEL AOUN, AND THE
PARLIAMENT SPEAKER TO GO TOO.
MANY LEBANESE HOLD THE ENTIRE
POLITICAL CLASS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THEIR COUNTRY'S CURRENT
DISTRESS.
AN ECONOMIC DISASTER BORN OF
SPURNING ACCOUNTABILITY AND
BRED ON NEPOTISM AND GREED.
LAST WEEK'S EXPLOSION, MORE THAN
2,000 TONNES OF AMMONIUM
NITRATE, ALLOWED TO SIT IN THE
MIDDLE OF BEIRUT FOR YEARS,
DESPITE WARNINGS, IS SEEN AS AN
EXTENSION.
AND FOR THOSE WHO LOST LOVED
ONES, IT IS UNFORGIVABLE.
NAJIB AND SHARBEL AND SHRANCHEL
WERE COUSINS,
ALL WERE PROUD FIREFIGHTERS.
>> THEY DIDN'T SEE THE FIRE.
THEY WERE SO BRAVE.
>> Reporter: AND TANELA LOST
HER BROTHER, HAJIB.
>> I BLAME EVERYONE WHO KNEW
WHAT WAS INSIDE THE PLACE THAT
THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED.
I BLAME THE CORRUPTION OF MY
GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: BUT THE
GOVERNMENT'S RESIGNATION DOESN'T
SIGNAL AN END TO LEBANON'S
TRIALS, FAR FROM IT.
THOSE ON THE STREETS TRYING TO
SHIFT THE COUNTRY AWAY FROM ITS
OLD SECTARIAN VOTING LINES HAVE
TRIED BEFORE WITHOUT SUCCESS.
AND NEW ELECTIONS MIGHT SIMPLY
SHUFFLE THE SAME OLD DECK.
TONIGHT PEOPLE WILL BE CHEERING
THE RESIGNATIONS BUT THEY'LL
ALSO BE BRACING FOR THE NEXT
STAGE OF LEBANON'S LONG STRUGGLE
TO LEAVE ITS PAST BEHIND.
MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Adrienne: TURNING NOW TO
HONG KONG WHERE POPULAR PROTESTS
INVITES GOVERNMENT WRATH.
JUST DAYS AFTER "THE NATIONAL"
SPOKE WITH THE BILLIONAIRE PRO
DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST JIMMY LAI,
HE'S IN A CELL, ARRESTED IN A
MASSIVE SHOW OF FORCE AND A
CLEAR MESSAGE THAT DISSENT WILL
NOT BE TOLERATED.
AS SUSANA da SILVA REPORTS,
HIS ARREST LIKELY WON'T BE THE
LAST.
IS THERE NOT A CHANCE THAT YOU
COULD BE SPIRITED AWAY IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO A PRISON
IN MAINLAND CHINA?
>> YES.
BUT WHAT CAN I DO?
JUST KEEP QUIET?
>> Reporter: NOW HE HAS NO
CHOICE BUT TO BE QUIET, ARRESTED
BY ABOUT 200 OFFICERS WHO
MARCHED HIM THROUGH THE
CORRIDORS OF HIS PRO-DEMOCRACY
NEWSPAPER IN HANDCUFFS.
HIS STAFF LOOKING ON.
>> THIS IS THE WAY FOR THEM TO
GIVE A SHOW TO THE HONG KONG
PEOPLE THAT IF YOU DARE TO
OPPOSE THE REGIME, THEN JIMMY
LAI IS THE FUTURE OF YOURS.
>> Reporter: LAI, HIS SON AND
SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS
COMPANY AND ANOTHER PROMINENT
PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST WERE ALSO
ARRESTED, CHARGED UNDER CHINA'S
TOUGH NEW NATIONAL SECURITY LAW.
>> NOW IS THE MOST URGENT
SITUATION IN HONG KONG.
I HOPE THAT THIS IS NOT THE LAST
VIDEO BEFORE I'M ARRESTED IN THE
UPCOMING FUTURE.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED
STATES --
>> Reporter: THE MOVE BROUGHT
GLOBAL CONDEMNATION.
THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE
POMPEO SAYS THAT IT SHOWS THAT
THE CHINESE PARTY HAS
EVISCERATED HONG KONG'S
FREEDOMS.
THE ARREST COMES ON THE SAME DAY
THAT CHINA SLAPPED
COUNTER SANCTIONS ON SEVERAL
U.S. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
>> IF THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY WOULD COOPERATE WITH
EACH OTHER, THEN MAYBE THEY CAN
FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY.
THE KIND OF SANCTIONS LAUNCHED
BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: THE CANADIAN
GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT IT SUPPORTS
THE RIGHT OF MEDIA EVERYWHERE TO
OPERATE FREE FROM INTIMIDATION
BY STATE AUTHORITIES, BUT A
NEWLY FORMED GROUP SAYS THAT
CANADA NEEDS TO GO FURTHER.
>> AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
FUTURE AND WE CANNOT GUARANTEE
JIMMY LAI'S SAFETY AS WELL AS
THERE'S NO MORE RULE OF LAW.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE
JUDICIARY SYSTEM WILL PROCEED
FORWARD IN HONG KONG AND
CERTAINLY NO DUE PROCESS.
>> Reporter: WHETHER ANY
INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE WILL BE
ENOUGH TO FREE JIMMY LAI IS
UNCLEAR.
SUSANA da SILVA, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Adrienne: AND
ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS
ARE NOT BACKING DOWN IN BELARUS.
SVETLANA TIKHANOVSKAYA, WHO TOOK
OVER FOR HER IMPRISONED HUSBAND,
ACCUSES THE AWER TO TEARIAN
PRESIDENT OF BLATANT CHEATING IN
SUNDAY'S LANDSLIDE
ELECTION WIN.
RENÉE FILIPPONE IS TRACKING
THAT.
>> Reporter: IT'S AN OUTCOME
THAT MANY PREDICTED, FOLLOWING
AN ELECTION WIDELY SEEN AS
RIGGED.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED AS PROTESTS CONTINUE
FOR A SECOND DAY IN BELARUS.
"MY SON IS 26 YEARS OLD," THIS
WOMAN SAYS, "THEY ARRESTED HIM
JUST BECAUSE I TOOK A PICTURE OF
A POLICE CAR.
THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ME.
I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL THEY BRING
MY SON BACK."
CRITICS ACCUSE BELARUSAN
AUTHORITIES OF UNDERHANDED
TACTICS INCLUDING VOTER
SUPPRESSION.
ACCORDING TO A PRELIMINARY
COUNT, ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO WON
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITH
MORE THAN 80% OF THE VOTE,
EXTENDING HIS 26-YEAR-LONG GRIP
ON POWER.
HE'S CALLING PROTESTERS "SHEEP."
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: "IF YOU TRY TO
PLUNGE THE COUNTRY INTO CHAOS
AND DESTABILIZE IT," SAYS
LUKASHENKO "EVEN WITH MINOR
INCIDENTS, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN
INSTANT RESPONSE FROM ME."
SVETLANA TIKHANOVSKAYA WAS HIS
MAIN OPPOSITION.
SHE DREW MASSIVE CROWDS AT
RALLIES DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
SHE SAYS THAT THE ELECTION
RESULT COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS
COMMON SENSE.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: "THE AUTHORITIES
ARE NOT
LISTENING TO US," SHE SAYS,
"THEY HAVE COMPLETELY SEPARATED
THEMSELVES FROM THE PEOPLE."
>> EVEN THE RELIABLE POST IS
PUTTING HIM AROUND 25% TO 28%
MAXIMUM OF THE VOTE.
THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ENOUGH
TO WIN IN THE FIRST ROUND.
THIS IS WHY 80% IS SO FARCICAL.
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SAID
THAT IT'S DEEPLY CONCERNED BY
THE ACTIONS OF THE BELARUSAN
AUTHORITIES AND THAT WE CALL ON
THE GOVERNMENT OF BELARUS TO
EXERCISE RESTRAINT AND UPHOLD
RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
THIS BELARUS EXPERT SAYS THAT
THE PROTESTS WILL CONTINUE
UNLESS LUKASHENKO LOSES THE
SUPPORT OF THE ARMY.
>> IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF
THE ARMY EVENTUALLY WOULD TURN
ON LUKASHENKO, BUT I THINK
THAT'S THE DECISIVE MOMENT.
>> Reporter: FOR NOW, ANGRY
PROTESTS CONTINUE.
RENÉE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Andrew: WELL, AT LEAST ONE
PERSON WAS KILLED AND SEVERAL
OTHERS INJURED AFTER A GAS
EXPLOSION ROCKED A BALTIMORE
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
>> [indiscernible]
>> Andrew: THE EARLY MORNING
BLAST LEVELED THREE HOMES AND
DAMAGED A NUMBER OF OTHERS IN
THE AREA.
AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY
WHILE CREWS ARE LOOKING FOR
ANYONE WHO MAY STILL BE TRAPPED
IN THE RUBBLE.
>>> AND SOME REALLY SHOCKING
VIDEO FROM A
TORONTO BEACH THIS WEEKEND.
TWO MEN CARRYING CHAINSAWS, ONE
OF THEM APPARENTLY COVERED IN
BLOOD, INTIMIDATING ONLOOKERS
SUNDAY MORNING.
LATER THEY WERE ARRESTED NEARBY.
POLICE SAY THEY WERE INVOLVED IN
SOME KIND OF AN EARLIER
ALTERCATION WHERE THEY SUFFERED
INJURIES AND LEFT AND RETURNED
WITH THE WEAPON.
NO ONE WAS INJURED BY THE
CHAINSAW.
>> Adrienne: A NEW REPORT
SHOWS BLACK PEOPLE ARE MORE
LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED AND
CHARGED BY THE TORONTO POLICE.
>> FOR ME IT'S KIND OF LIKE
CONFIRMATION OF SOMETHING THAT I
HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING MY WHOLE
LIFE.
>> Adrienne: UP NEXT, SHEDDING
LIGHT ON ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN
THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST POLICE
FORCE.
>> Andrew: PLUS, CREATING A
COVID-FREE WORKPLACE.
>> WE CALL THIS A VIRUS-FREE
ZONE, SO WITH THE RIGHT
PROTOCOLS IN PLACE PEOPLE CAN BE
SCREENED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
>> Andrew: THE NEW MOBILE
RAPID TEST THAT COULD CHANGE THE
GAME.
>> Adrienne: AND THE MOMENT
THAT SHE DIDN'T SEE COMING.
>> I REALISED THEY WERE
HEADED -- WE WERE DIRECTLY IN
THEIR PATH.
>> Adrienne: UPCLOSE WITH
KILLER WHALES,
>> Andrew: MORE EVIDENCE TODAY
SUGGESTING THAT BEING BLACK
MEANS YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE
TREATED WORSE BY POLICE.
A REPORT FROM THE ONTARIO HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION SHOWS THAT IN
TORONTO BLACK PEOPLE ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY ARRESTED,
CHARGED, SHOT AND KILLED.
TASHAUNA REID HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THE TIME FOR
DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER SYSTEMIC
RACISM OR ANTI-BLACK RACISM
EXISTS IS OVER.
>> Reporter: TODAY A NEW
REPORT FROM ONTARIO'S HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION, REAFFIRMING
WHAT SO MANY IN TORONTO'S BLACK
COMMUNITY SAY THEY EXPERIENCE AT
THE HANDS OF POLICE.
>> BLACK PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY
TO BE CHARGED, OVERCHARGED, AND
MORE LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED BY
TORONTO POLICE.
>> Reporter: THE COMMISSION
EXAMINED TORONTO POLICE DATA
FROM 2013 TO 2017.
ALTHOUGH BLACK PEOPLE REPRESENT
ONLY 8.8% OF THE CITY
POPULATION, BLACK PEOPLE WERE
INVOLVED IN 25% OF ALL SPECIAL
INVESTIGATION UNIT CASES.
THAT RESULTED IN DEATH, SERIOUS
INJURY OR ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
AND INVOLVED IN 39% OF CASES
WHERE LOWER LEVEL FORCE WAS
USED.
THE COMMISSION SAYS THAT THE
DATA DISPROVES THE MYTH THAT
BLACK PEOPLE'S INTERACTIONS WITH
POLICE ARE BECAUSE OF THEIR
INVOLVEMENT WITH GUNS OR GANGS.
>> MOST OF THE USE-OF-FORCE
CASES INVOLVED AN UNARMED
CIVILIAN WITH NO PREVIOUS
CRIMINAL RECORD.
>> Reporter: ONLY ONE-FIFTH
OF CHARGES RESULTED IN
CONVICTION AND WERE MORE LIKELY
TO BE WITHDRAWN.
>> THAT TELLS ME THAT POLICE
HAVE LESS EVIDENCE TO CHARGE
THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND SHOULDN'T
BE CHARGING THEM IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
>> Reporter: FOR MEMBERS OF
THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THE RESULTS
DID NOT COME AS A SURPRISE.
>> WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE
EXPERIENCES OF BEING OVERPOLICED
AND SURVEILLED AND HARASSED AND
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, YOU DON'T
HAVE THAT TRUST, AND YOU DON'T
HAVE THAT LAST LINE OF DEFENCE
THAT YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN RELY
ON.
>> Reporter: BLACK LIVES
MATTER TORONTO SAYS THAT THERE'S
ENOUGH RESEARCH AND NOT ENOUGH
ACTION.
>> IT IS ACTUALLY THE POLICE
THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
IT IS ACTUALLY THE PROCESS OF
CRIMINALIZATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
CHANGED.
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT
TORONTO POLICE CALLED THE REPORT
VITALLY IMPORTANT AND SAY THEY
HAVE INVESTED IN TRAINING TO
FIGHT SYSTEMIC RACISM.
TASHAUNA REID, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: STILL AHEAD HOW
ONE EMPLOYER IS PROTECTING HIS
WORKERS FROM COVID-19.
>> IT TAKES ONLY ONE PERSON AND
THAT'S REALLY THE RISK HERE.
>> Adrienne: WHAT A NEW RAPID
TEST COULD MEAN FOR YOUR
WORKPLACE.
>> Andrew: AND, LATER, THE
DOCTORS ARE IN ON HOW BIG A
PROBLEM IT
>> Adrienne: AS OF TONIGHT
MORE THAN  4.5 MILLION TESTS HAVE
BEEN ADMINISTERED IF FOR
COVID-19 IN CANADA.
MOST IN ONTARIO, QUÉBEC AND
ALBERTA.
AND THAT RATE OF TESTING
CONTINUES TO STEADILY INCREASE
NATIONALLY.
NOW TESTS ARE USUALLY PERFORMED
IN HOSPITALS OR DOCTORS' OFFICES
BUT AS BUSINESSES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TRY TO SAFELY RESUME
OPERATIONS, A NEW MOBILE TEST
THAT CAN IDENTIFY INFECTED
WORKERS ON THE JOB IS AVAILABLE
AND BEING USED IN CANADA.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS EXPLAINS WHAT
IT IS AND HOW IT WORKS.
>> Reporter: IN ONTARIO'S FAR
NORTH, THE START OF A NEW DAY,
AND A CAUTIOUS RETURN TO NORMAL.
THIS IS NEW GOLD, SILVER AND
GOLD MINE IN RAINY RIVER.
COVID-19 NEVER MADE IT IN HERE,
AND THE PLAN IS TO KEEP IT THAT
WAY.
>> IT'S NOT A MATTER OF NUMBERS,
IT'S A MATTER OF ZERO IS THE
BAR.
>> Reporter: RENAULT ADAMS IS
NEW GOLD'S C.E.O., NOW WORKING
FROM HIS HOME IN OAKVILLE.
>> THAT IS THE BASELINE, WE'RE
AT ZERO, AND WE WANT TO STAY
THERE.
>> Reporter: AS AN ESSENTIAL
SERVICE, THE MINE DIDN'T
COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHEN THE
PANDEMIC HIT, BUT IT DID SCALE
BACK.
NOW AS LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS
EASE AND HUNDREDS MORE STAFF
START TO RETURN, THE RISK OF
INFECTION GOES UP TOO.
SO NEW GOLD IS TAKING COVID
SCREENING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
AND PUTTING WORKPLACE SAFETY TO
THE ULTIMATE TEST.
>> PERFECT.
>> Reporter: THE COMPANY IS
THE FIRST IN CANADA TO TEST
EMPLOYEES FOR COVID ON-SITE.
WITH WHAT COULD BE AN INDUSTRY
GAME-CHANGER.
BECAUSE -- LISTEN -- HERE'S THE
REMARKABLE PART.
>> WE SHOULD HAVE YOUR RESULTS
IN ABOUT TWO HOURS OR SO.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A CALL EITHER
WAY.
>> FOR ME PERSONALLY I'VE ALWAYS
WORKED TO SEE AN OUTCOME, TO SEE
SOMETHING USEFUL.
SO I'M DRIVEN BY THIS, AND I
COULD SEE THAT WE COULD REALLY
HELP PEOPLE, ORGINISATIONS, AND
MAKE A DIFFERENCE MATERIALLY
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
SO THIS IS THE DEVICE.
>> Reporter: MARIO THOMAS IS
THE C.E.O. OF PRECISION
BIOMONITORING IN GUELPH.
HE SAYS AS A SCIENTIST HE FELT A
MORAL OBLIGATION TO CREATE THIS.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NO
POWER CORD.
IT RUNS ON A BATTERY.
>> Reporter: A MOBILE RAPID
COVID TEST, DESIGNED TO FLAG
POSITIVE CASES AND ISOLATE THEM
IN AS CLOSE TO REAL-TIME AS IT
GETS.
>> WE CALL IT A VIRUS-FREE ZONE.
SO WITH THE RIGHT PROTOCOLS IN
PLACE PEOPLE CAN BE SCREENED ON
A REGULAR BASIS TO ENSURE THAT
EVEN ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE WHO
FEEL GOOD AND THEN CAN GO TO
WORK, THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY
ARE INFECTED.
SO WITH THE PROPER SCREENING
PROGRAMME WE CAN CATCH THIS AND
ENSURE THAT THE SITE REMAINS
VIRUS FREE.
>> Reporter: THE TEST IS
ESSENTIALLY A MINIATURE MOBILE
LAB THAT CAN ANALYSE NINE
SAMPLES AT A TIME.
>> FOR THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE
GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE
STEPS --
>> Reporter: ON THE OTHER END
OF THIS CALL, THE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS BACK IN RAINY RIVER.
>> THAT CAN BE DONE
SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR ALL OF THE
SAMPLES THAT YOU'LL DO --
>> Reporter: AMANDA NAAUM IS
THE CO-FOUNDER OF PRECISION
BIOMONITORING.
SHE'S TRAINING THEM ON WHAT TO
DO WITH THE SWABS THEY HAVE
COLLECTED.
>> INCLUDING HOW TO ACTUALLY
TAKE YOUR SAMPLES FROM A SWAB
AND THEN TO TAKE THAT THROUGH
ADDING TO OUR RE-AGENTS, DOING
THE NEXT STEP AND RUNNING THE
WHOLE PROCESS AND GETTING IT SET
UP.
AND THEN IMPORTANTLY LOOKING AT
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE
RESULTS.
>> Reporter: IF THAT ALL SOUNDS
VERY SCIENCE LIKE, IT IS.
BUT IT COMES DOWN TO A KEY
COMPONENT MANUFACTURED AT THIS
PLANT IN KANATA.
THOSE TINY BEADS ARE RE-AGENTS
OR BIOMEDICAL INGREDIENTS.
THEY'RE FREEZE DRIED TO KEEP
THEM STABLE WHILE THEY'RE
TRANSPORTED TO A PLACE LIKE A
MINE.
AND HERE'S THE INNOVATIVE
PART -- A SINGLE BEAD INCLUDES
THE COVID TEST AND THE RE-AGENTS
NEEDED TO DIAGNOSE A PATIENT
SAMPLING.
IT'S DESIGNED TO TARGET MULTIPLE
PARTS OF THE VIRUS, AND WHY IT'S
GUARANTEED TO BE 98% ACCURATE.
FOR ANY ORGINISATION THAT WANTS
TO BRING LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE
BACK, THE APPEAL IS HUGE, FROM
MINES TO AUTOMAKERS AND SCHOOLS,
HUNDREDS OF CALLS ARE POURING
IN.
SO IS THE THINKING THAT MOST
COMPANIES WOULD USE THIS DAILY,
WEEKLY?
HOW OFTEN WOULD THEY TEST
PEOPLE?
>> THERE'S NO FAST ANSWER TO
THIS.
IT DEPENDS ON A NUMBER OF
FACTORS AND THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE, AND THE RISK FACTORS.
THE BASIC ANSWER IS THAT THE
BASELINE TODAY IS ZERO TESTING.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STARTING
FROM.
SO ANY TESTING IN THE WORKPLACE
FOR THE VIRUS ITSELF, NOT TAKING
THE TEMPERATURE, BUT REALLY
TESTING FOR THE VIRUS, IS AN
IMPROVEMENT OVER THE CURRENT
SITUATION.
>> Reporter: AS FOR THOSE
FIRST SWABS COLLECTED IN RAINY
RIVER, THE RESULTS ARE BACK FAST
AND THEY'RE ALL NEGATIVE.
AND WHILE THIS IS JUST THE
START, THE HOPE IS THAT
EVENTUALLY EVERY NEW CREW GETS
TESTED AT THE BEGINNING OF A
14-DAY ROTATION.
>> SO THAT'S THE PRIORITY NUMBER
ONE IS YOUR PEOPLE.
IT'S EVERYTHING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HEALTHY
WORKFORCE OR A HEALTHY
COMMUNITY, YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST
MINE IN THE WORLD AND IT WOULD
NEVER WORK, RIGHT?
WHEN YOU BRING SOMETHING NEW
LIKE THIS, YOU DO IT ONLY FOR
ONE REASON IS WHAT DOES THAT DO,
DOES THAT MOVE THE NEEDLE?
BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF EFFORT AND
A LOT OF TIME, AND ENGAGEMENT OF
A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO THIS.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REASON, A
COMMON REASON, TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: IT'S TOO EARLY TO
TELL WHAT DIFFERENCE THE TESTS
WILL MAKE HERE.
THERE ARE ALREADY SO MANY
PRECAUTIONS.
FROM REGULAR DISINFECTION OF
SHARED SPACES LIKE THE
CAFETERIA, AND KEEPING NUMBERS
LOW IN SLEEPING QUARTERS TO
ALLOW FOR SAFE DISTANCING.
SOME WORK IS DONE IN PAIRS.
BUT THIS IS AN OPEN PIT MINE AND
THERE ARE FEW CLOSE ENCOUNTERS.
SO WHY TAKE THE STEP FURTHER
THEN IF YOU MANAGE THE RISK --
>> BECAUSE IT TAKES ONLY ONE
PERSON AND THAT'S REALLY THE
RISK HERE.
AND IT WOULD TAKE ONE PERSON TO
INFECT MULTIPLE OTHERS.
AND IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO
CATCH THAT CASE ON TIME AND
PROTECT OTHERS, WE'LL DO IT.
>> Reporter: AND WHILE THE
PANDEMIC UNFOLDS, A QUICK TEST
CAN MEAN ONE SURER THING IN THE
MOVE TOWARDS WHAT IS STILL AN
UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: AND STILL AHEAD,
MORE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT COVID-19 TESTING.
DOES CANADA HAVE A TESTING BLIND
SPOT?
WE'LL ASK OUR PANEL OF DOCTORS.
>> Adrienne: AND, LATER, A
LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES FACING
B.C. FISHERMEN.
WHAT THIS YEAR'S BAD SALMON RUN
COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE
INDUSTRY.
(*)
(*)
>> Andrew: WELCOME BACK.
JUST BEFORE THE BREAK WE HEARD
ABOUT A BREAKTHROUGH IN COVID
TESTING IN CANADA, BUT CONSIDER
WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
SINCE THE START OF ALL OF THIS,
ONLY ABOUT 4.5 MILLION COVID
TESTS HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED
IN THIS COUNTRY.
NOW MAYBE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT
TO YOU, BUT AT MOST IF YOU THINK
ABOUT IT, THAT'S JUST 12% OF
CANADIANS WHO HAVE EVER BEEN
TESTED.
AND IT'S PROBABLY EVEN
LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE SOME OF
THOSE TESTS ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
GONE BACK MORE THAN ONCE TO BE
RETESTED.
SO AS CANADA'S TESTING CAPACITY
OPENS UP AND OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR
WORKPLACES OPEN UP, TONIGHT WE
ASK THE QUESTION -- DOES THIS
COUNTRY HAVE A CRITICAL TESTING
BLIND SPOT?
JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS IS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES SPECIALIST
DR. LYNORA SAXINGER AND
EPIDEMIOLOGIST
DR. RAYWAT DEONANDAN.
HELLO TO THE TWO OF YOU.
DR. DEONANDAN, I WILL JUST START
WITH A SIMPLE QUESTION TO YOU.
DO WE NEED TO DO
A BETTER JOB OF NORMALIZING THE
IDEA OF GETTING TESTED, I'LL GO
TO WORK AND GET MY GROCERIES AND
FILL UP THE CAR AND GET TESTED
AND THEN MAKE DINNER.
>> OKAY, SO UNTIL A VACCINE IS
ACTUALLY IN OUR HANDS, TESTING
IS PROBABLY OUR NUMBER ONE TOOL
FOR GETTING BACK TO SOME
SEMBLANCE OF NORMAL.
SO YOU MUST EMBRACE TESTING, IT
MUST BE PART OF OUR LIVES.
NOW THE QUESTION IS -- MUST WE
SPEND
PUBLIC HEALTH DOLLARS ON
NORMALIZING IT?
I DON'T THINK SO.
WE JUST NEED TO PUT TESTS IN A
LOT MORE PLACES IN SOCIETY AND
IT WILL BECOME NORMALIZED FOR
US.
SO IN SCHOOLS, IN PLACES LIKE
LONG-TERM CARE CENTRES, ANYPLACE
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> Andrew: DR. SAXINGER, YOUR
TAKE ON THAT?
>> WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN
SPREAD WHEN THEY HAVE MINIMAL
SYMPTOMS OR NOT YET DEVELOPED
SYMPTOMS.
SO IDENTIFYING THOSE INDIVIDUALS 
WHO ARE AT RISK OF SPREADING TO
OTHERS IS IMPORTANT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PIECE I 
GUESS IS STIGMATIZATION.
THERE'S A BIT OF A DIFFERENT
FEELINGS AROUND HAVING A
POSITIVE TEST RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK THAT IT JUST HAS TO
BE PART OF THE LANDSCAPE, IT
REALLY DOES, THAT PEOPLE GET
TESTED.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE MINIMAL
SYMPTOMS AND OTHER PEOPLE GET
VERY SICK.
>> Andrew: WHAT IS THE CAVEAT
OR MAYBE THE CAUTION IN
INTERPRETING TEST RESULTS?
I MEAN, BOTH IF YOU GET A
NEGATIVE RESULT, A FALSE SENSE
OF SECURITY.
OR EVEN A POSITIVE RESULT,
DR. SAXINGER?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IF YOU
HAVE A NEGATIVE
TEST THAT THAT COUNTS FOR NOW.
AND THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE INFECTION
THAT WAS NOT CAPTURED BY THAT
TEST.
AND TESTING IN -- DEPENDING
WHERE THE SITE IS, SO THROAT
VERSUS NOSE AND THE TESTING IS
80% TO 95% SENSITIVE IN MOST
HANDS.
BUT NO TEST IS PERFECT.
SO YOU COULD MISS SOMETHING.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT
ONLY COUNTS FOR NOW.
SO YOU COULD BECOME TEST
POSITIVE TOMORROW IF YOU'RE
NEGATIVE TODAY SO YOU SHOULDN'T
REALLY WEAR IT AS A SHIELD.
YOU SHOULD TAKE IT AS A
MOMENTARY REASSURANCE, I THINK.
IF YOU TEST POSITIVE, THAT COULD
REFLECT A PRIOR INFECTION, SO IF
YOU HAD AN ILLNESS IN THE LAST
FOUR TO SIX WEEKS YOU COULD
STILL TEST POSITIVE NOW.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SUPER LIKELY
TO TRANSMIT INFECTION IF YOU HAD
A PRIOR ILLNESS AND NOW YOU'RE
RECOVERED BUT STILL HAVING VIRAL
FRAGMENTS THAT ARE DETECTABLE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, OF
COURSE, IF YOU HAVE A TEST
POSITIVE NOW AND YOU FEEL
COMPLETELY FINE, YOU STILL COULD
ALSO DEVELOP SYMPTOMS IN THE
NEXT LITTLE WHILE AND THAT WOULD
BE A MUCH HIGHER RISK SCENARIO
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN
ACTIVE INFECTION THAT CAN
TRANSMIT TO OTHERS.
>> Andrew: DR. DEONANDAN, IF
WE GENERALLY AGREE, I MEAN, MORE
TESTING IS GENERALLY A GOOD
THING, WHAT'S THE BOTTLENECK NOW 
NOW?
I MEAN, IS IT CAPACITY, IS IT
ACCESS, OR IS IT JUST
CONVINCING PEOPLE TO GO AND GET
TESTED?
>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.
SOME COUNTRIES, IN THE REMOTE
AREAS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TEST
KITS AND NOT ENOUGH SWABS.
SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
WELL TRAINED HUMAN RESOURCE
PEOPLE TO CONDUCT THE
TESTS EFFECTIVELY.
AND SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT LAB
CAPACITY TO DO RAPID TESTING TO
GET IT BACK IN A REASONABLE
TIME, LIKE TWO OR THREE DAYS.
AND VERY OFTEN NOW, ESPECIALLY
IN
DENSER URBAN AREAS THERE'S NOT A
DESIRE FOR PEOPLE TO GET TESTED
AND THEY SEE IT AS A HASSLE TO
LINE UP FOR HOURS ON END.
SO WE NEED TO APPROACH THESE
BOTTLENECKS ON ALL FRONTS AND
REALLY INCREASE OUR CAPACITY
ACROSS THE BOARD.
>> Andrew: LAST WORD TO YOU
DR. SAXINGER, A CONTROVERSIAL
IDEA, MANDATORY TESTING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK THAT THAT'S
INTERESTING.
I THINK THAT I
WOULD ONLY FORESEE PEOPLE EVEN
PONDERING THAT IF SETTINGS THAT
ARE QUITE CLOSED AND QUITE HIGH
RISK.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, SAY, EMPLOYEES
IN A LONG-TERM CARE CENTRE OR
EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TO WORK
CLOSELY TOGETHER IN ESSENTIAL
SERVICES.
I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK THAT IT'S
HIGHLY LIKELY THAT WE WOULD NEED
TO MAKE TESTING MANDATORY.
I THINK THAT IT'S MORE LIKELY
THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE TESTING
EASY.
I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE OBJECT
TO THE TESTING PER SE BUT THEY
MIGHT OBJECT TO THE PROCESSES
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET
TESTING.
SO I'M NOT SEEING THAT AS BEING
A BIG DEBATE IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE
LOOKING TO MAKE TESTING EASIER
AND MORE CONVENIENT.
AND MORE LIMBER, BASICALLY.
>> Andrew: HMM, DOCTORS,
ALWAYS EXCELLENT TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne: WHEN WE COME
BACK, WHY B.C. FISHERMEN CAN'T
CATCH A BREAK.
HOW THIS YEAR'S BAD SALMON RUN
IS FORCING SOME TO ADAPT NEXT.
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PODCASTS.
>> Andrew: SALMON STOCKS HAVE
BEEN DOWN ALONG PARTS OF THE
WEST COAST AND THAT'S MEANT A
BAD YEAR FOR SALMON FISHERS.
TOMORROW THE COMMONS STANDING
COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND
OCEANS IS LOOKING INTO THE STATE
OF PACIFIC SALMON, TO LOOK AT
THE LATEST OF A SERIES OF
MEETINGS TO LOOK AT
THE MANAGEMENT AND THE FUTURE OF
THE FISHERY.
GREG RASMUSSEN HAS MORE ON THE
FISHERS' PLIGHT AND HOW SOME ARE
PLANNING TO CHANGE WHAT THEY
CATCH.
>> Reporter: INSTEAD OF
FISHING, MANY BOATS ARE TIED UP
WITH OWNERS LEFT WITH JUST
MEMORIES OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE ON
BOARD WHEN SALMON RUNS WERE
STRONG.
>> GOOD TIMES CHANGE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN STAND AROUND AND
COMPLAIN --
>> Reporter: B.C.'S MOST
IMPORTANT SALMON RIVER, THE
FRASER, IS HAVING A BAD YEAR.
A BIG HIT FOR THOSE WHO FISH IN
SOUTHERN B.C.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S
GOING TO BE A COMMERCIAL SALMON
FISHERY.
MAYBE IN THE FALL, BUT NOT IN
THE SUMMER.
>> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME GOOD YEARS BUT McDONALD
SAYS THAT THE OVERALL TREND IS
DOWN AND HE BLAMES THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S MANAGEMENT OF THE
SALMON FISHERY.
>> I HAVE ZERO FAITH.
THEY ARE DOING A TERRIBLE JOB.
AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO
POLITICS BEFORE SCIENCE.
AND IT USED TO BE THE OTHER WAY
AROUND.
>> Reporter: FURTHER NORTH,
SOME ARE CATCHING SALMON,
DESPITE A LATE START TO THE
SEASON.
>> YEAH, WE'RE JUST GOING IN TO
PORT TO OFFLOAD OUR FISH.
IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE
CHALLENGING THAN WOULD TYPICALLY
BE THE CASE.
IT'S NOT A BIG YEAR IN TERMS OF
FISHING.
AND BECAUSE OF COVID-19,
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF
PRICES THAT OUR FISH WILL FETCH
IN THE MARKET.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT MANY
IN THE FLEET ARE WAITING FOR
DETAILS OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S PROMISED
$500 MILLION AID PACKAGE FOR
FISHERIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WITH FEWER SALMON, THIS
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER CO-OP OF
-- IS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE THINK
OF OTHER SPECIES, PRAWNS,
HALIBUT.
>> SALMON IS NOT THE ONLY THING
THAT COMES OUT OF THE WATERS
HERE.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS COUNT ON
HUGE AMOUNTS AND WE ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO EAT WITH THE
ECOSYSTEM.
THERE'S A LOT OF ONE THINGS AND
MAYBE WE SHOULD BE EATING THAT
AND BACK OFF OTHERS AM.
>> Reporter: IT'S TAKING TIME
BUT FISH EATING HABITS ARE
CHANGING AND SOME OF THOSE WHO
DON'T WANT TO STAY TIED TO THE
DOCK ARE OUT CHASING FISH OTHER
THAN SALMON.
GREG RASMUSSEN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Adrienne: WHEN WE COME BACK
A MEMORABLE WEEKEND SWIM.
HOW THIS CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A
POD OF ORCAS NEAR VANCOUVER CAME
TO BE.
THAT'S NEXT IN OUR "MOMENT."
>> Adrienne: SO DEBBIE
COLLINGWOOD WAS GOING FOR A SWIM
NEAR VANCOUVER THIS WEEKEND WHEN
SHE GOT THE EXPERIENCE OF A
LIFETIME.
THE LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER ALONG
WITH HER FRIENDS WHO WERE
KAYAKING CAME ACROSS A POD OF
ORCAS AND THE WHALES WERE COMING
RIGHT TOWARDS THEM.
AND THAT IS OUR "MOMENT."
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>> WELL, I WAS JUST FINISHING UP
A THREE-HOUR TRAINING SWIM.
SO I SAW MY KAYAKER KIND OF
POINTING ACROSS THE BAY AND I
THOUGHT THAT HE MEANT THAT WE
WOULD GO ACROSS AND BACK IN.
BUT WHAT HE WAS POINTING AT WAS
WHALES.
>> WE DIDN'T KNOW WHICH
DIRECTION
THEY WERE GOING AND IT'S QUITE
RARE FOR THEM TO BE IN BACHELOR
BAY.
I ALERTED DEB TO STOP AND SHE
CAME OVER AND GRABBED MY KAYAK.
>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
WOW.
>> IN THE MOMENT I WAS REALLY
SCARED, THERE WAS DEFINITELY
SOME FEAR.
BEING IN THE WATER IS DEFINITELY
A DIFFERENT FEELING THAN BEING,
YOU KNOW, ON THE WATER.
I HAVE BEEN CLOSE BEFORE, NOT
THAT CLOSE, NOT EVEN THAT CLOSE
IN A KAYAK.
>> THE WHOLE THING WAS SURREAL,
LIKE THE WORLD KIND OF STOPS IN
A SECOND.
IT WAS REALLY COOL.
>> Adrienne: THEY WERE SO CALM
ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.
SO IN THE MOMENT I WAS A BIT
SCARED, SHE SAYS.
AND THEY ALSO SLIPPED IN THERE
THAT DEBBIE
WAS GOING ON A THREE-HOUR
TRAINING SWIM WHICH MADE ME
THINK, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
PARDON?
SHE IS APPARENTLY TRAINING TO
SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL WHICH
IS NO EASY FEAT.
>>> Andrew: YEAH, I GET TIRED
THREE
HOURS SITTING AT MY DESK.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
BEING IN THE OPEN WATER, RIGHT?
AND I'M NOT A STRONG SWIMMER TO
BEGIN WITH, SO EVEN A POOL
FREAKS ME OUT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THE THOUGHT -- YOU CAN'T SEE
THE BOTTOM --
>> Adrienne: I KNOW.
>> Andrew: DON'T KNOW HOW THEY
DO IT.
>>> THAT'S "THE NATIONAL"
FOR THIS AUGUST 10th.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Adrienne: GOOD NIGHT.
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