[ * ]
>> Adrienne:  GOOD EVENING.
I'M ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
TONIGHT, MOURNING A MAN WHOSE
DEATH MOTIVATED MILLIONS.
>> WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE A CHANGE.
>> Adrienne:  AS THOUSANDS PAY
TRIBUTE TO GEORGE FLOYD.
WE SPEAK WITH A MAN WHO KNEW HIM
WELL.
WELL, AND MINNEAPOLIS MOVES TO
DISMANTLE ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT
BUT WHAT DOES DEFUNDING LOOK
LIKE?
>> YOU NEED SOMEBODY YOU CAN
TALK TO.
>> Adrienne:  THE PUSH FOR
REFORMS HERE IN CANADA.
>> Andrew:  A SURPRISE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
TORONTO'S POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS.
POLICE ACTIONS ARE UNDER
SCRUTINY LIKE NEVER BEFORE AND
SO WHY IS MARK SAUNDERS LEAVING?
>> I THINK
>> PATIOS, HAIRDRESSERS AND MORE
BUSINESSES ALLOWED TO REOPEN IN
ONTARIO BUT NOT EVERYWHERE.
>> IT'S JUST A SLAP IN THE FACE.
>> Andrew:  THIS IS "THE
NATIONAL."
[ * ]
>> Adrienne:  FROM SPONTANEOUS
UNREST TO ORGANIZED OUTRAGE TO
MOVES NOW TOWARDS
TRANSFORMATION.
>> Andrew:  TWO WEEKS AFTER THE
DENNING OF GEORGE FLOYD, THE
GROUND IN THE U.S. HAS SHIFTED
GRADUALLY.
TONIGHT WE TAKE YOU TO
WASHINGTON WHERE LAWMAKERS
PUSHED A SWEEPING PACKAGE OF
POLICE REFORMS AFTER MINNEAPOLIS
MOVED TO TOWARDS WHAT'S
DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND THE
GROWING CALLS IN CANADA.
BUT FIRST TO HOUSTON, WHERE
GEORGE FLOYD SPENT MOST OF HIS
LIFE AND WHERE STEPHEN D'SOUZA
FOUND SADNESS FOR HIS DEATH AND
HOPE FOR THE LEGACY HE LEAVES
BEHIND.
>> Reporter:  IN HOUSTON'S THIRD
WARD, EACH NAME TELLS A STORY OF
PAIN AND LOSS, HEART REPRESENT
THOSE KILLED BY GUNS.
AROUND THE CORNER, A MURAL OF
GEORGE FLOYD, ANOTHER OF THEIR
OWN TAKEN.
>> EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT FLOYD
WAS PROGRESSIVE, UNITY,
ADVOCATING AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE,
LOVE.
>> Reporter:  FLOYD GREW UP HERE
SURROUNDED BY POVERTY AND
VIOLENCE, A TWO-SPORT ATHLETE IN
HIGH SCHOOL, PART OF A LOCAL
HIP-HOP GROUP AND LATER IN LIFE,
A FATHER FIGURE.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT ENJOYE GEORGE FLOYD
ANOTHER NAME ON THE WALL.
THEY SEE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR CHANGE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE
WORLD IS WATCHING.
>> HE'S BEEN TAKING ALL THESE
ANGELS AND HE AIN'T GOT YOUR ALL
ATTENTION YET.
NOW HE GOT THE WORLD'S
ATTENTION.
>> Reporter:  THOUSANDS LINED UP
FOR HOURS TO PAY RESPECTS AND
INSIDE THEY GOT TO SPEND A FEW
HOURS WITH THE CASKET.
>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE OF
US ALONG WITH OUR ON.
THIS IS AN ORDINARY GUY THAT WAS
MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS AND
YET, HE'S MAKING A MAJOR
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
>> Reporter:  THE FAMILY HOPES
TO TAKE THAT MOMENTUM TO PUSH
CHANGE AND TODAY THEY MET WITH
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, JOE
BIDEN, AND FLOYD'S UNCLE DOESN'T
WANT HIS NEPHEW'S DEATH TO BE IN
VEIN.
>> WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE A CHANGE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE,
PERIOD.
BECAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE THE SAME STORY NEXT WEEK,
NEXT MONTH, NEXT YEAR.
>> Reporter:  HOUSTON'S POLICE
CHIEF VOWED TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS
REAL, REAL PAIN AND I THINK
WE'LL SEE REAL CHANGE.
I DON'T THINK, I KNOW.
>> Reporter:  BACK IN THE THIRD
WARD, THEY VOW TO HOLD OFFICIALS
TO THAT PROMISE.
>> IT'S NOT PUSHING THIS UNDER
THE RUG AGAIN, WE KEEP PUSHING
THIS UNDER THE RUG.
>> Reporter:  IT'S A CHANCE THEY
HOPE FOR LASTING CHANGE THAT
HONOURS THE PEOPLE ON THIS WALL.
STEPHEN D'SOUZA, CBC NEWS,
HOUSTON.
>> Andrew:  NOW FORMER
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER WHO
KNEELED ON FLOYD'S NECK,
APPEARED IN COURT.
HIS BAIL WAS AT SET 2.5 MILLION
U.S. DOLLARS.
BILL HAD BEEN SET AT A MILLION
FOR THE THREE OTHER OFFICERS
ALSO CHARGED IN FLOYD'S DEATH.
>> Adrienne:  KATIE SIMPSON IS
IN WASHINGTON WHERE STREETS NEAR
THE WHITE HOUSE ARE THE RALLYING
POINT.
>> Reporter:  I WANT TO SHOW YOU
SOMETHING BUT IT MIGHT BE HARD
TO SEE SO BEAR WITH ME.
DEMONSTRATORS ADDED TO THE MURAL
HERE IN FRONT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE, RIGHT BESIDE THE WORDS,
"BLACK LIVES MATTER," AND THEY
ADDED IN BIG YELLOW LEFTE LETTERING,
DEFUND THE POLICE AND A SLOW SLOGAN
IN WASHINGTON THE NAMES FROM
LAWMAKERS JUST KEPT COMING,
BLACK AMERICANS WHOSE LIVES HAVE
BEEN CUT SHORT.
THE FOUR INTRODUCING THEIR NEW
POLICE REFORM, DEMOCRATS TOOK A
KNEE FOR EXACTLY EIGHT MINUTES
AND 46 SECONDS TO HONOUR GEORGE
FLOYD.
>> WE'RE HERE BECAUSE BLACK
AMERICANS WANT TO STOP BEING
KILLED.
>> WE CANNOT SETTLE FOR ANYTHING
LESS THAN TRANSFORMATIVE
STRUCTURAL CHANGE.
>> Reporter:  THE PROPOSAL WOULD
CREATE A NATIONAL DATABASE TO
TRACK OFFICER MISCONDUCT.
POLICE WOULD BE BANNED FROM
USING CHOKEHOLDS, MORE RACIAL
BIASED TRAINING WON'T BE TRAINING WOULD BE
ENCOURAGED AND BODY CAMERAS.
REFORMS LONG SEEN AS OVERDUE.
>> WE HAVE 400 YEARS OF POLICING
IN THIS COUNTRY WITH NEGATIVITY.
WE WANTHEY WANT TO EMPATHIZE WITH THE
COMMUNITIES THEY'RE SERVING.
>> Reporter:  THE PROPOSALS FALL
SHORT OF WHAT DEMONSTRATORS
WANT, A DEFUNDING OF POLICE WITH
SOME MONEY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
REDIRECTED TOWARDS PREVENTATIVE
COMMUNITY SAFETY MEASURES
INSTEAD, WHICH IS WHAT THE CITY
COUNCIL IN MINNEAPOLIS VOTED TO
DO YESTERDAY IN AN ATTEMPT AT
COMPLETE LICOMPLETELY REFORMING ITS POLICE
.
>> I STAND BY THAT BOLD
STATEMENT BUT THE WORK AHEAD OF
US WILL BE LONG.
THEY WANT TO, QUOTE, END THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
MINNEAPOLIS, END IT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, END IT?
>> Reporter:  THE PRESIDENT MET
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
TODAY TO DISCUSS REFORM,
SUGGESTING AMERICANS WON'T BE
SAFE IF DEMONSTRATORS GET THEIR
WAY.
WE WON'T BE ENDING OUR POLICE
FORCE -- I GUESS YOU MIGHT HAVE
SOME CITIES THAT WANT TO TRY,
BUT IT WILL BE A SAD SITUATION
IF THEY DID BECAUSE PEOPLE
AREN'T GOING TO BE PROTECTED.
>> Reporter:  FEAR OF CRIME HAS
BEEN A MOTIVATING FACTOR FOR
VOTERS IN THE PAST AND WE'RE
ALREADY STARTING TO SEE DONALD
TRUMP EVEN THOUGH ELECTION DAY
IS MONTHS AWAY, TRYING TO PAINT
HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT AS
SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT KEEP
AMERICANS SAFE.
JOE BIDEN SAYS HE DOES NOT
SUPPORT TEA FUNDING THE POLICE.
 DEFUNDING THE POLICE.
>> Adrienne:  THAT CONVERSATION
ABOUT DEFUNDING POLICE IS
HAPPENING HERE IN CANADA, TOO.
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, I
THINK, A GLOBAL QUESTIONING OF
THE ROLE OF POLICE IN OUR
SOCIETIES AND THAT'S SOMETHING
TO ME IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.
>> Adrienne:  THE PUSH TO SLASH
TORONTO'S POLICE BUDGET AND A
TRIP TO A COMMUNITY THAT HAS
BEEN TRYING A DIFFERENT WAY TO
KEEP THE PEOPLE SAFE FOR
DECADES.
THAT'S COMING UP ON "THE
NATIONAL."
>> Andrew:  REALLOCATING FUNDING
IS NOT THE ONLY PUSH ON THE
TABLE.
THE PRIME MINISTER SPOKE OUT IN
FAVOUR OF OFFICERS WEARING BODY
CAMERAS.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  MANY PEOPLE I
N THIS COUNTRY SIMPLY
DO NOT FEEL PROTECTED BY THE
POLICE.
IN FACT, THEY'RE AFRAID OF THEM.
>> Reporter:  STRONG WORDS
BACKED UP BY TROUBLING IMAGES.
CELL PHONE VIDEOS SHOWING AN
RCMP OFFICER RAMMING AN INUK MAN
WITH HIS TRUCK BEFORE MORE
OFFICERS PILE ON TO MAKE AN
ARREST.
PROOF THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS
THE RCMP NEEDS BODY CAMERAS
FOUND.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  IT
IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN MY
OPINION WHAT WE NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH.
>> Reporter:  EVERYDAY CELL
PHONES AND TV CAMERAS PROVIDE
NEW SUPPORT FOR THAT ARGUMENT
BUT WHILE THIS WAS CAUGHT ON
CAMERA, BLIND SPOTS REMAIN.
LIKE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, WHERE A
POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED A
26-YEAR-OLD INDIGENOUS WOMAN AND
THERE'S NO KNOWN VIDEO OF THAT
SHOOTING.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT PEOPLE SEEING WITH THEIR
OWN TWO EYES WHAT POLICE HAVE
DONE.
>> Reporter:  THEY SAY BODY
CAMERAS SHOULD BE STANDARD
EQUIPMENT BUT WHILE THEY MAY
APPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY, THERE'S
NO CONSENSUS THEY REDUCE
VIOLENCE.
>> THE RESPONSE FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER IS MORE REACTIVE THAN
IS ACTUALLY BASED ON THE HARD
FACTS.
>> Reporter:  AS PROOF, SAMUAL
POINTS TO THE U.S. WHERE BODY
CAMERAS ARE USED WIDELY
INCLUDING IN MINNESOTA.
>> CLEARLY THAT HASN'T CHANGED
ANYTHING.
AS IT WAS NOTED DURING GEORGE
FLOYD'S UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT,
THE POLICE OFFICER DID HAVE A
BODY CAMERA AND IT ACTUALLY WAS
CIVILIAN THAT CAPTURED THE
KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD.
>> Reporter:  STILL, IT APPEARS
THE RCMP HAS GOTTEN THE
MINISTER'S MESSAGE.
THEY WILL TAKE STEPS TO
IMPLEMENT BODY CAMERAS ACROSS
THE RCMP.
DAVID COC COCHRAN, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Adrienne:  TORONTO HOPES TO
IMPLEMENT POLICE BODY CAMS BUT
AFTER NEW LEADERSHIP AFTER CHIEF
SAUNDERS ANNOUNCED HIS
RESIGNATION.
AS TORONTO'S FIRST BLACK POLICE
CHIEF.
IT MET WITH MIXED RESULTS.
DAVID COCHRAN LOOKS AT WHAT HIS
SURPRISE DEPARTURE COULD MEAN.
>> Reporter:  THE TIMING OF MARK
SAUNDER'S DEPARTURE IS THE REAL
STUNNER, JUST DAYS AFTER TAKING
A KNEE WITH HIS PROFESSION,
FACING THE GREATEST EVER
SCRUTINY, THE CHIEF DIDN'T OFFER
A REASON WHY HE'S LEAVING EIGHT
MONTHS BEFOR BEFORE HIS CAREER ENDS.
37 YEARS IN POLICING COMING TO
AN ABRUPT END, A SAUNDERS INVOLVE
SUPPORT FOR CARDING, A
BURGEONING POLICE BUDGET AND NOW
FACING A MASSIVE MOVEMENT TO CUT
BUDGETS AND EVEN DEFUND THE
POLICE, DIVERT THE MONEY TO
SERVICES INSTEAD.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAKING
FUNDS AWAY FROM THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT, IF WE GET IT RIGHT,
THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE OTHER
AGENCIES THAT SATISFY THE NEEDS
OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE
ABSENCE OF THAT, THINGS WILL NOT
WORK.
>> IT WILL BE HARD FOR HIM TO
ACCEPT A 10% CUT IN HIS BUDGET
WHICH IS PROPOSED IN THE CITY.
>> Reporter:  HE'S CRITICAL OF
SAUNDER'S DEPARTURE.
>> I THINK SHE FINDS HIMSELF IN
A TOUGH SPOT.
>> Reporter:  SOME ARE GLAD TO
SEE HIM GO, ESPECIALLY NOW.
>> I THINK IT'S CONVENIENCE TO
BE MAKING THIS RESIGNATION
DURING, LIKE, THIS TIME WHERE
POLICING IS QUESTIONED.
>> HIS DECISION TO STEP DOWN
COMES AT AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR
THE CITY.
>> Reporter:  COMMUNITY ADVOCATE
PAUL BALEY SAYS THE SEARCH FOR A
NEW CHIEF OFFERS OPPORTUNITY AT
A CRITICAL JUNCTURE.
>> PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF
COMMUNITY-LEAD SOLUTIONS THAT
WE'RE ALL SAFE AND WELL.
>> Reporter:  SAUNDERS SAYS HIS
WORK IS NOT DONE, THAT HE STILL
WANTS TO WORK IN AND WITH THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
THE SEARCH FOR HIS REPLACEMENT
ALREADY BEGUN NOW MOVES INTO
HIGH GEAR AND THE MOMENT
COULDN'T BE MORE CRITICAL.
DAVID COMMON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew:  SOME WELCOMED NEWS
TODAY FOR FAMILIES SEPARATED BY
THE CANADA-U.S. BORDER CLOSURE
DUE TO COVID-19.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  THIS IS AN IN
CREDIBLY DIFFERENT
TIME TO BE APART FROM A SPOUSE,
A CHILD OR MOM AND DAD.
WE HEAR THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IN A
LIMITED EXEMPTION TO ALLOW
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF
CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS
TO COME TO CANADA.
>> Andrew:  IT PLAYS TO PARENTS
AND LEGAL GUARDIANS AND THEY
MUST PLAN TO STAY IN CANADA FOR
15 DAYS AND SELF-QUARANTINE
SURFACE THEY GET HERE AND THERE
ARE MORE THAN 96,000 CASES OF
COVID-19 IN CANADA.
REPORTING A SPIKE IN THE
CAMPBELTON REGION AND QUEBEC SAW
FEWER THAN 200 AND ONTARIO JUST
UNDER 250.
AND EVEN THOUGH THAT DAILY CASE
COUNT IN ONTARIO STILL IN THE
HUNDREDS, THE PROVINCE PLANS TO
EASE MORE COVID-RELATED
RESTRICTIONS BUT FOR NOW, THAT
NEXT PHASE OF REOPENING LEAVES
OUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
>> Reporter:  IN OTTAWA, PATIO
SEASON FINALLY IS JUST DAYS
AWAY.
>> IT'S OPENING THESE DOORS AND
HAVING A BIT OF A SOCIAL
DISTANCING PARTY.
>> Reporter:  PRIORITY NUMBER
ONE, SPACING OUT THE TABLES.
>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'VE
GOT ALL PARAMETERS IN PLACE TO
ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY IS THE
MAIN THING.
>> Reporter:  MOST OF THE
PROVINCE WHERE THE PANDEMIC HAS
REIGNED WILL MOVE INTO PHASE TWO
ON FRIDAY.
AND THAT MEANS RESTAURANTS WITH
OUTDOOR SEATS, SHOPPING MALL
EXPOSSWILL BE ALLOWED TO OPEN.
BUT BORDER REGIONS, THE WAIT
CONTINUES.
THAT'S A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THIS
TORONTO STYLIST WHO HAS DONE ALL
HE CAN TO PREPARE BUT HIS DOORS
STAY CLOSED.
>> IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT
WE'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT WHERE
THE NEXT PAYCHEQUE IS COMING
FROM.
>> Reporter:  IT'S ALL PA PART
OA PART OFTHE NEWLY REOPENING PLAN.
>> THIS ISN'T FAIR TO PUNISH
PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS BECAUSE OF
BIG URBAN CENTRES.
>> Reporter:  BUT NOTHING
STOPPING PEOPLE IN THOSE CENTRES
FROM TRAVELING TO SMALLER
COMMUNITIES.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ALL FALLS
UPON THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN TO
MAKE DECISIONS AND THAT'S A GOOD
THING AND BAD THING BECAUSE
SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE MAY NOT
DO THE RESPONSIBLE THING.
>> Reporter:  PLACES OF WORSHIP
CAN OPEN AT 30% CAPACITY.
IMAN HINDY HAS BEEN STOCKING UP
ON SUPPLIES.
>> I THINK SEEING PEOPLE AGAIN
WILL BRING US A LOT OF JOY.
>> Reporter:  THE EARLIYEST THE
REST OF THE PROVINCE WILL OPEN
IS JUNE 19th, BUT WITH ONGOING
CONCERNS OVER TESTING AND
CONTACT TRACING, FURTHER
PROGRESS COULD BE DELAYED.
ELLEN MAURO, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew:  MORE COVID
RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED IN OTHER
PROVINCES TODAY.
IN QUEBEC, OUTDOOR SPORT'S TEAM
CAN START PRACTICING AND
RESTAURANTS OUTSIDE OF MONTREAL
WILL BE ALLOWED TO REOPEN IN A
WEEK.
[ * ]
>> Andrew:  IN NEWFOUNDLAND,
BARBER SHOPS WELCOMED CUSTOMERS
BACK AND THE PROBLEM NOW
ALLOWING GATHERINGS OF UP TO 20
PEOPLE AND MANY BUSINESSES CAN
REOPEN WITH NEW SAFETY MEASURES.
>> WE MAKE SURE WE SANITIZE
EVERY STATION.
>> Andrew:  AND SASKATCHEWAN
MOVED INTO ITS PHASE THREE TODAY
AND THAT MEANS PLACES LIKE
TATTOO PARLORS AND NAIL SALONS
CAN REOPEN AND RESTAURANTS CAN
OPERATE ONCE AGAIN AT 50%
CAPACITY, TWO METRES BETWEEN
TABLES.
>> Adrienne:  WHILE MANY RETURN
TO SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL, THERE
IS SUFFERING AMONG TEMPORARY
FOREIGN WORKERS MAINTAINING
CANADA'S FOOD SUPPLY AND
HUNDREDS HAVE BECOME SICK AND AT
LEAST TWO HAVE DIED AND AS EVAN
DYER REPORTS, OTHERS SAY SO MANY
FACE GRIM WORKING CONDITIONS.
>> AS WE WALK INTO HERE, OUR
FIRST STATION IS REGISTRATION.
>> Reporter:  ITHIS IS WREAKING
HAVOC FOR FARMERS AND WORKERS
ALIKE.
>> ONCE WE ENTER THE SWABBING
STATIONS, TWO NURSES AT EACH
STATION AND THEY WILL PROCESS
THE AGRI WORKER.
>> Reporter:  STAFF AT THIS
SCREENING CENTRE HOPE TO TEST
9,000 AND THEY WERE INFECTED IN
CANADA AND SOME SAY THAT WAS
AVOIDABLE.
(SPEAKING SPANISH).
>> Reporter:  THIS MAN SAYS HIS
EMPLOYER DOESN'T REQUIRE WORKERS
TO REPORT WHEN SICK IS DOESN'T
SEEK HELP.
DETAILED IF A REPORT BY THE
MIGRANT WORKERS ALLIANCE FOR
CHANGE WHICH LINKS THIS TO
CRAMPED BUNKHOUSE WORKING
CONDITIONS.
>> WITHOUT THE INCORPORAT ABILITY TO DEFEN
D,
THEY ARE UNABLE TO ASSERT THE
FEW RIGHTS THEY HAVE.
>> Reporter:  THE CANADIAN RED
FACE OF AGRICULTURE DENIES
THERE'S A PATTERN OF
EXPLOITATION.
>> I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE I
KNOW TREATING ANYONE THE WAY
THAT IT'S BEEN FRAMED IN THAT
REPORT.
IT DOESN'T ADD UP FOR ME, FOR
ANYTHING I'VE SEEN IN
AGRICULTURE.
IT JUST DOES NOT ADD UP.
>> Reporter:  THE IMMIGRATION
MINISTER SAYS GOVERNMENT
INSPECTORS HAVEN'T SEEN IT
EITHER.
>> WE'VE CARRIED OUT HUNDREDS OF
INSPECTIONS AND MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT EACH ONE HAS LEAD TO A
COMPLAINT RESULT.
>> Reporter:  THE PM SUGGESTING
CHANGES ARE COMING.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  WE
NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
PROTECTING TEMPORARY
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN THIS
COUNTRY AND TEMPORARY FOREIGN
WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS,
BUT THERE'S MORE TO DO AND WE
WILL DO IT.
>> Reporter:  IN THE MEANTIME,
WINDSOR ESSEX COUNTY IS HOPING
TESTING WILL PUT A LID ON THIS
OUTBREAK BEFORE MORE WORKERS GET
SICK AND MORE FARMS ARE FORCED
TO STOP OPERATIONS.
EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, CHELSEA,
QUEBEC.
>> Adrienne:  NEW YORK CITY TOOK
IT'S FIRST STEP TOWARDS
REOPENING TODAY.
THE GOVERNOR MARKED THE OCCASION
BY RIDING THE NEW FULLY REOPENED
SUBWAY MORE THAN THREE MONTHS
AFTER THE CITY REPORTED ITS
FIRST COVID CASE AND WORKERS
RETURNED TO STORES AND FACTORIES
AND CONSTRUCTION SITES TODAY.
>> WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE
ELIMINATED TRANSMISSION OF THE
VIRUS IN NEW ZEALAND FOR NOW.
>> Adrienne:  AND NEW ZEALAND IS
LIFTING ALL OF ITS CORONAVIRUS
RESTRICTIONS SAYING THERE ARE NO
ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY.
UNDER NEW RULES, SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS NOT REQUIRED AND
THERE ARE NO LIMITS ON PUBLIC
GATHERINGS, BUT BORDERS REMAIN
CLOSED TO FOREIGNERS.
>> Andrew:  THE PANDEMIC IS
FORCING A TIME-OUT FOR
UNIVERSITY SPORTS ACROSS CANADA.
>> IT'S SOMETHING A PART OF YOUR
LIFE AND ATTACH YOUR IDENTITY TO
AND THAT'S GONE.
>> Andrew:  AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," WHAT IT MEANS FOR
ATHLETES NOW STUCK ON THE
SIDELINES.
>> Adrienne:  BUT FIRST, YOU'LL
HEAR FROM A MAN WHO KNEW GEORGE
FLOYD LIKE FEW OTHERS INT.
>> I WAS IN DENIAL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT WAS
HIM.
>> Adrienne:  A CANADIAN
EXCLUSIVE WITH FLOYD'S ROOMMATE.
>> Andrew:  AFTER THE BREAK, A
TERRIFYING NIGHT IN EASTERN
ONTARIO, A VILLAGE CHURCH IN
FLAMES AND A MAN FIRING AT
RANDOM.
>> IT WAS, LIKE, ONE SECOND, YOU
KNOW AND YOU MIGHT NOT SEE YOUR
MOM
>> Andrew:  POLICE HAVE ONE MAN
UNDER ARREST AFTER A DRAMATIC
MANHUNT IN AN EASTERN ONTARIO
VILLAGE LAST NIGHT.
WE GO TO PARHAM WHERE PEOPLE ARE
STILL COMING TO TERM WITH THE
FIRE AND BULLETS THAT RIPPED
THROUGH.
>> IT WAS SCARRY, ONE SECOND,
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT SEE YOUR
MOM OR DAD.
>> Reporter:  23-YEAR-OLD JORDAN
LOWREY IS ST. LOUI STILL REELING WHAT
HAPPENED IN THIS EASTERN ONTARIO
COMMUNITY.
>> I GOT HIT FROM A SHOTGUN, THE
FACT THAT HE POINTED IT RIGHT AT
ME AND THE EYE CONTACT WAS MADE,
IT'S JUST A SCARRY THOUGHT.
>> Reporter:  AT ABOUT 8:00 ON
SUNDAY NIGHT, A FIRE BROKE OUT
IN THIS BUILDING, SENDING SOME
COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO THE
STREET BUT WHEN THE FIRE CREW
ARRIVED, A MAN WIELDING A GUN
CAME OUT YELLING PARHAM WILL
BURN, GET OUT OF PARHAM!
AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS FACED
THE GUNMAN HEAD-ON.
BENEFITHEY CAME OUT TO SEE THE CHURCH
BURNING AND THE MAN POINTING A
GUN AT HER HUSBAND.
>> HE PULLED THE GUN OUT LIKE
THIS AND POINTED IT AT HIS BACK
AND, I JUST -- I JUST ENVISIONED
HIM GETTING SHOT IN THE BACK.
>> Reporter:  THE SHOOTER
DISAPPEARED IN THE NIGHT
LAUNCHING A POLICE MANHUNT.
ONTARIO PROVISIONAL POLICE
CORDONED OFF ROADWAYS, RESIDENTS
LOCKED DOWN IN THEIR HOMES.
>> THEY WENT DOOR TO DOOR
TELLING PEOPLE WHAT WAS GOING ON
AND SHELTER IN PLACE.
>> Reporter:  POLICE ARRESTED
42-YEAR-OLD BRIAN MOSHER.
HE HAD.
LIVING IN THE HOME A COUPLE OF
YEARS AND OPP YEARS CONFIRMED
THEY HAD DEALINGS WITH HIM IN
THE PAST.
AFTER A NIGHT OF CHAOS, NO
SERIOUS INJURIES BUT A BIG LOSS.
AS POLICE SEARCHED FOR THE
GUNMAN AND THE HOUSE BURN OUT OF
CONTROL, THE FLAMES JUMPED IN NEXT
DOOR TO THIS CHURCH.
LOWREY WAS CHRISTENED HERE.
>> Adrienne:  SOME OTHER STORIES
WE'RE FOLLOWING TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL."
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CANADIAN
MILITARY HELICOPTER THAT CRASHED
IN APRIL DID NOT RESPOND AS CREW
ON BOARD EXPECTED.
THE CYCLONE ENDED UP IN A
HIGH-ENERGY DISSENT AND ALL SIX
SERVICE MEMBERS ON BOARD WERE
KILLED EXINVESTIGATORS WIL AND INVESTIGATO
RS WILL
LOOK AT WHETHER AIRCRAFT SYSTEM
OR HUMAN ERROR PLAYED A ROLE.
>>> LAWYERS FOR THE DUKE OF YORK
INSIST HE HAS OFFERED TO HELP
WITH THE INQUIRY INTO SEX
OFFENDER JEFFRE JEFFREY EPSTEIN THREE
TIMES AND WILLIAM BARR SAYS NO
PLANS TO EXTRADITE THE PRINCE
AND LARGE SWATHS OF THE U.S.
GULF COST IS CLEANING UP AFTER
DEALING WITH HEAVY RAINS AND
EVEN TORNADOES FROM TROPICAL
STORM CRISTOBAL.
HE'S EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTH
WITH REMNANTS OF THE STORM
HITTING CENTRAL CANADA BY
MID-WEEK.
>> Andrew:  NEXT, A CLAIMED
AMERICAN WRITER, ROXAN GAY ON
WHY SHE WANTS POLICE AND
POLITICIANS TO STOP KNEELING
WITH PROTESTERS.
>> Adrienne:  PLUS A CANADIAN
EXCLUSIVE WITH GEORGE FLOYD'S
ROOMMATE.
>> END OF DAY, I SEE HIS FACE
AND I GO IN HIS ROOM AND JUST
LOOK AT HIS ROOM AND HIS SHOES
AND I'M GOING TO MISS HIM, YOU
KNOW.
>> Adrienne:  A CONVERSATION
WITH A MAN WHO KNEW HIM LIKE FEW
OT
>> Andrew:  WELCOME BACK.
THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD
SPARKED PROTESTS AROUND THE
GLOBE AND LEAD TO MEANINGFUL
CHANGE.
ROXAN GAY IS AN ACCLAIMED
AMERICAN WRITER AND COMMENTATOR
AND HER NOVELS AND ESSAYS STRIKE
AT THEMES OF IDENTITY, PRIVILEGE
AND RACE AND, OF COURSE, SHE HAS
SPOKEN EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THIS
RACIAL TURMOIL IN THE UNITED
STATES AND BEYOND.
SO LET'S GET STARTED, ROXAN,
NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
IN HOUSTON TODAY, WHERE GEORGE
FLOYD GREW UP, THERE WAS A
PUBLIC VIEWING AND MEMORIAL AND
WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU?
>> Interview:  JUST HOW MUCH
PEOPLE ARE GRIEVING THE LOSS OF
THIS MAN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
AND, HONESTLY, ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
IT IS A REAL LOSS AND THERE IS A
PROFOUND AMOUNT OF GRIEF, NOT
ONLY FOR GEORGE BUT ALL OF THE
BLACK PEOPLE MURDERED BY POLICE
OFFICERS AND, ESPECIALLY, IN THE
PAST DECADE, IT'S GOTTEN THAT
MUCH WORSE.
AND IT IS PAINFUL TO SEE THE
MOURNING.
IT'S PAINFUL TO KNOW THAT IT'S
SENSELESS.
AND I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WE'LL
SEE REAL CHANGE THIS TIME, BUT
WE HOPE THAT EVERY TIME.
>> Andrew:  AND JUST ON THAT
NOTE OF REAL CHANGE, I MEAN,
IT'S SAD TO THINK THAT GRIEF IS
OFTEN JUST A STARTING POINT FOR
A MUCH LONGER JOURNEY AND YOU
TWEETED SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO
ASK YOU ABOUT.
SO HERE IT IS.
I NEED COPS AND POLITICIANS AND
WHITE PEOPLE MORE BROADLY TO
STOP KNEELING.
WE DON'T NEED YOU TO KNEEL.
WE NEED YOU TO STAND UP FOR REAL
RADICAL, SUSTAINED CHANGE.
YOU KNOW, HERE IN CANADA, THE
PRIME MINISTER AND TORONTO'S
POLICE CHIEF, AS WELL, WHO IS
BLACK, RECENTLY TOOK A KNEE WITH
PROTESTERS.
BUT THIS REAL RADICAL SUSTAINED
CHANGE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
>> Interview:  RIGHT NOW, I
THINK IT LOOKS LIKE HAVING A
SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT
DEFUNDING POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND
FINDING A NEW WAY OF POLICING.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE HEAR
DEFUND THE POLICE AND ABOLISH
THE POLICE, THEY THINK THAT GETS
RID OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT
NO, WE LOOK TO COMMUNITY
RESOURCES TO DO SOME OF THAT
OVERHAULING.
THE YOU CAN'T EXPECT A CORRUPT
SYSTEM TO REFORM ITSELF.
AND SO NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION, BUT WE NEED
TO HAVE MORE THAN THE
CONVERSATION BUT MAKE MEASURABLE
CHANGES.
AND TAKING SOME OF THE MONEY
THAT GOES TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS
HERE IN LOS ANGELOS.
54% OF THE CITY'S BUDGET THAT
PAYS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
I THINK IT'S A BILLION DOLLARS
AND SOME OF THAT MONEY SHOULD BE
GOING TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT UN-HOMED
POPULATION IN LOS ANGELOS AND
THAT MONEY COULD ACTUALLY
ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
AND SO IT'S TIME TO STOP
KNEELING.
THESE SYMBOLIC GESTURES, I JUST
NO LONGER FIND THEM MOVING.
>> Andrew:  FAIR ENOUGH.
BUT LET MAFIC MAFICS ME ASK YOU, TORONTO'S
POLICE CHIEF ANNOUNCED HIS
RESIST NATION AND HIS REASONS
NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR AND I
PRECIATE YOU MAY NOT BE
INTIMATELY CLOSE TO THE TORONTO
POLICE FORCE, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU
HAVE CANADIANS KEEP IN MIND ON
THAT NOTE?
>> Interview:  I WOULD HAVE THEM
KEEP IN MIND NOW IS THE TIME TO
INSTALL A POLICE CHIEF WHO WILL
BE INTERESTED IN REFORM AND WHO
WILL CONSIDER RADICAL IDEAS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHY THIS POLICE
CHIEF IS RESIGNING, BUT IT'S AN
INTERESTING TIME AND I THINK IT
MAKES QUITE A STATEMENT TO
RESIGN AT THE MOMENT POLICE ARE
CALLED INTO QUESTION FOR THEIR
BEHAVIOUR.
AND SO, I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE
THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITY, NOT
OWN IN TORONTO BUT EVERYWHERE.
>> Andrew:  ANOTHER POINT THAT I
KNOW YOU'VE MADE EXTENSIVELY IS
ABOUT HOW EXHAUSTED YOU ARE,
CONTINUALLY HAVING TO ADDRESS
BLACK LIVES LOST.
BUT LET MAFIC ME ASK YOU, DOES THAT
TIME FEEL ANY DIFFERENT TO YOU?
>> Interview:  YOU KNOW, IT DOES
AND I'VE THOUGHT THAT BEFORE, SO
I'M HESITANT TO EVEN SAY IT, BUT
IT DOES FEEL DIFFERENT BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE NOT STOPPING THE
PROTESTS AND HERE IN LOS
ANGELOS, WE'RE HAVING MULTIPLE
PROTESTS EVERYDAY AND THAT'S
DEEPLY ENCOURAGING.
I'M SEEING PEOPLE PROTEST WHO
HAVE NEVER EVER PROTESTED.
WE'RE SEEING ALL KINDS OF
COMMUNITIES STANDING UP FOR
BLACK LIVES.
SO I DO THINK THAT FINALLY
PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND SO WE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY
TO PROTEST BUT TO ELECT
OFFICIALS WHO WILL ENACT THE
KINDS OF CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO
SEE.
>> Andrew:  SO I'M DETECTING A
NOTE OF HOPE IN YOUR VOICE, BUT
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SEE SORT OF
IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE FOR THAT
FEELING TO STICK AROUND?
>> Interview:  IN THE IMMEDIATE
FUTURE, I THINK WE NEED TO STOP
SEEING POLICE DEPARTMENTS
FINALLY ENGAGING WITH PROTESTERS
AND WORRY ABOUT PROTECTING
PROPERTY THAN PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO DO AWAY WITH TEAR
GAS, WE NEED TO DO AWAY WITH
CHOKEHOLDS AND RUBBER BULLETS.
>> Andrew:  ROXANE, THANK YOU
FOR TAKING THE TIME.
>> Interview:  THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
>> Andrew:  THIS IBY NOW MANY KNOW HOW
GEORGE FLOYD DIED BUT LESS KNOWN
IS HOW HE LIVED.
SUSAN ORMISTON WHO SPOKE TO
SOMEONE WHO KNEW HIM BEST, HIS
ROOMMATE.
>> WELCOME HOME.
>> THIS IS WHERE FLOYD WOULD
ALWAYS SIT, WATCHING SPORTS FOR
HOURS AND JUST RELAX AND HE WAS
COMFORTABLE RIGHT HERE.
>> Reporter:  ALVIN AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND SHARED THIS HOME WITH
GEORGE FLOYD WHO MOVED FROM
HOUSTON ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
>> WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF VASES
TO PUT THE FLOWERS IN AND WE
FIGURED OUT A WAY.
HE'S NOT HERE TO SHARE IT WITH
ME LIKE BEFORE.
EVERYDAY, I SEE HIS FACE AND I
GO IN HIS ROOM AND LOOK AT HIS
ROOM AND HIS SHOES AND HE'S NOT
COMING HOME.
AND I'M GOING TO MISS HIM.
>> Reporter:  DID HE TALK TO YOU
WHY HE MOVED FROM TEXAS TO
MINNEAPOLIS?
>> YEAH, HE WANTED A BETTER LIFE
SO HE COULD SUPPORT HIS KIDS AND
HE MISSED IT A LOT.
>> Reporter:  HE HAD TROUBLE IN
HOUSTON.
>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.
HE WOULD NEVER TALK TO ME ABOUT
IT TOO MUCH BUT TOLD ME HE HAD
BRIEFLY BEEN INCARCERATED BEFORE
AND SAID THAT'S BEHIND ME.
I'M HERE TO DO BETTER.
>> Reporter:  FLOYD GREW UP IN
THIS HOUSTON NEIGHBORHOOD,
RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER.
HE WAS A FOOTBALL CHAMPION IN
HIGH SCHOOL AND BY THE EARLY
2,000'S, HE WAS IN TROUBLE FOR
THEFT AND DRUGS AND PRISON TIME
FOR AN ARMED ROBBERY.
FRIENDS SAY MINNEAPOLIS WAS HIS
WAY OUT AND UP.
>> I THINK HE WAS HAPPY.
IT WAS A CHANCE TO GET AHEAD AND
DO BETTER IN HIS LIFE.
AND HE ACTUALLY WAS DOING IT,
YOU KNOW.
>> Reporter:  FLOYD WORKED
SECURITY AT THE CONGO LATIN
BISTRO, BUT LIKE EVERYTHING
ELSE, HE WAS OUT OF WORK.
HE STOPPED FOR CIGARETTES,
ALLEGEDLY PAYING FOR A FORGED
$20 BILL.
IN THE NEXT HORRIFYING MOMENTS,
FLOYD WAS SEIZED BY POLICE AND
THEN PINNED TO THE PAVEMENT.
>> I KNEW IT WAS HIM.
I KNEW HIS VOICE BUT I WAS IN
DENIAL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT WAS
HIM.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE THAT
WAS HIM SO IT WAS REAL
DEVASTATING TO ME.
THE MORE I SAW IT, IT BROKE MY
HEART.
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE A HUMAN
COULD DO THAT TO ANOTHER AND
ENJOY IT.
LIKE HE WAS ENJOYING IT.
IT WAS REAL BEAUTIFUL.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ANOTHER
HUMAN BEING.
WE ALREADY FIGHTING, YOU KNOW,
THE CORONAVIRUS AND EVERYBODY
STRUGGLING TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE
AND THA AN ACT OF CRUELTY TO HUMAN
BEING LIKE THAT WAS HORRIBLE.
>> Reporter:  FLOYD CALLED OUT
FOR HIS MOTHER.
SHE DIED TWO YEARS AGO AND ALVIN
SAYS GEORGE WAS VERY CLOSE TO
HER.
>> THE ONLY OTHER TIME I SAW HIM
NOT IN A GOOD MOOD IS WHEN HE
LOST HIS MOM.
HE CAME BACK AND STAYED IN HIS
ROOM.
I HEARD HIM PROBABLY READING THE
BIBLE.
* AMAZING GRACE.
>> Reporter:  LAST THURSDAY,
ALVIN WAS THERE AT FLOYD'S
MEMORIAL IN MINNEAPOLIS, A
MOVING, STIRRING SERVICE.
IN HIS EULOGY, REVEREND AL
SHARPTON PICKED UP ON THAT
MOMENT WHEN FLOYD CALLED OUT TO
HIS MOTHER.
>> MAYBE HE WAS CALLING HIS
MOTHER BECAUSE AT THE POINT HE
WAS DIEIN', HIS MOTHER WAS
STRETCHING HER HANDS OUT SAYING
SUCOME ON, GEORGE, THERE'S A PLACE
WHERE POLICE DON'T PUT KNEES ON
YOU, GEORGE.
[ * ]
>> Reporter:  HE'S MEMORIALIZED
EVERYWHERE NOW AND FOR HIS
FRIEND ALVIN, HE WAS ALWAYS A
GIANT.
>> HE'S A GOOD GUY.
HE WAS THE BIGGEST GUY I EVER
BEEN AROUND ON A REGULAR BASIS
AND HE'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A
GIANT IN MY LIFE, TOO, BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS
REMEMBERED.
BIG GUY, YOU DID IT.
FLOYD, YOU DID IT.
BECAUSE WE ALWAYS CALLED HIM
FLOOD.
FLOYD.
YOU DID IT, MAN, YOU BIGGER THAN
LIFE AND SHOWED THE WORLD.
>> Reporter:  SUSAN ORMISTON,
CBC NEWS, MINNEAPOLIS.
[ * ]
>> Adrienne:  NEXT, AMIDST CALLS
TO DEFUND POLICE BUDGETS, WE
LOOK AT WHAT REFORM COULD LOOK
LIKE IN CANADA.
>> WHAT DRIVES ME TO THIS WORK,
IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO POLICE
RESPONSE.
>> Adrienne:  WE LOOK AT AN
OPTION CONSIDERED BY SOME
CANADIAN CITIES.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> I THINK IT'S A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BIGGER
CONVERSATIONS.
>> THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM FOR
CONVERSATION HERE.
>> Adrienne:  THAT CONVERSATION
STARTER, THE CALLS TO DEFUND THE
POLICE IS GAINING MOMENTUM AS
PROTESTERS DEMAND CHANGE IN THE
WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.
SOME MONEY FROM POLICE BUDGETS
WOULD INSTEAD HELP FUND OTHER
COMMUNITY SERVICES.
BUT WINNIPEG'S POLICE CHIEF
TODAY CAUTIONS AGAINST ACTING.
>> IF YOU WERE TO JUST RIP A
LARGE SEGMENT OF THE BUDGET AT
ALL ONCE, I THINK, YEAH, YOU
WOULD BE PUTTING OUR ENVIRONMENT
IN A MORE VOLATILE PLACE THAN IT
IS NOW.
>> Adrienne:  SO THIS IS NOT A
NEW IDEA, BUT IT IS GETTING NEW
MOMENTUM OUT OF THAT TRAGEDY IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
IT'S ABOUT RETHINKING HOW TO
DELIVER PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT'S
NOT JUST A PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE.
IN CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING AT
THE GROUND LEVEL AND IN CANADIAN
COMMUNITIES.
COVID MAY HAVE PAUSED GRAND
GLAD-HANDING BUT POLITICIANING
STILL WALK THEIR WARDS.
JOSH MATTLEA TALKING ABOUT
TAKING FUNDS AND MOVING PIT.
 MOVE IT.
>> AND THEN PUT MONEY TOWARDS
NEW SPACES, HELPING TO
DEESCALATE ISSUES.
>> I DO AGREE WITH THAT.
DEFUNDING IN ORDER TO REDIVERT
THE MONEY.
>> Adrienne:  THAT IS HIS
VERSION OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE,
NOT DISSOLVING THE FOR, BUT
REALLOCATING FUNDS.
IN TORONTO, NEARLY A QUARTER OF
ALL PROPERTY TAXES IN THE CITY
GO TO THE POLICE BUDGET AND CITY
COUNCIL HAS NO OVERSIGHT ON HOW
IT IS SPENT FROM THERE.
M ABSOLUTE ARCHE WANTS THAT CHANGED, TOO.
>> VANCOUVER JUST SPOKE UP AND
WERE REJECTED BY POLICE
SERVICE'S BOARD, BUT I AM SEEING
A MOVEMENT HAPPEN NOW THAT WE'RE
EITHER GOING TO ACT OR LOSE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO AFFECT REAL
CHANGE.
>> Adrienne:  IT'S WRENCHING TO
SEE SO MANY MILLIONS ON THE
STREET RAGE ABOUT ANTIBLACK
RACISM AND CALL THIS AN
OPPORTUNITY, BUT THIS FEELS LIKE
A UNIQUE MOMENT.
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, I
THINK, A GLOBAL QUESTIONING OF
THE ROLE OF POLICE IN OUR
SOCIETIES AND THAT'S SOMETHING
TO ME IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.
>> Reporter:  ROBIN MAYNARD
AUTHORED POLICING BLACK LIVES
AND WHEN SHE LOOKS AT THE BUDGET
IN TORONTO, SHE'S BOTHERED, NOT
JUST BY WHAT GOES TO POLICE BUT
WHAT GOES TO HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT
AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMES.
>> YOU CAN SEE WHO THEY THINK IS
IMPORTANT, PUBLIC MONEY IS GOING
TOWARDS AN INSTITUTION
DOCUMENTED TO HARM PEOPLE AND
AND DRASTICTY UNDERFUNDING TO
SUPPORT PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF
LIFE.
70% OF POLICE KILLINGS OVER THE
LAST 20 YEARS ARE IN PEOPLE IN
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND OVER A
THIRD OF THE PEOPLE ARE BLACK.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE
ADEQUATE RESPONSE IS NOT POLICE.
>> Adrienne:  WHAT COULD
ALTERNATIVES LOOK LIKE?
>> YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO TALK TO.
>> Adrienne:  A DIFFERENT PATH
MAY LOOK LIKE THE 30-YEAR-OLD
PROGRAMME IN EUGENE, OREGON
CALLED CAHOOTS AND THEY HANDLE
17% OF ALL CALLS TO POLICE.
>> THEY RESPONDED ALMOST 24,000
CALLS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LESS
THAN 150 SITUATIONS WHERE THINGS
ESCALATED TO CALL FOR POLICE
BACK-UP.
>> Adrienne:  TO BE ON CALL TO
ALWAYS DEESCALATE, GETTING
PEOPLE THE HOUSING OR
PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP THEY NEED IS
HARD WORK AND PEOPLE LIKE EBONY
MORGAN ARE CLEAR-EYED ABOUT
WHERE THIS MATTERS.
>> WHEN I WAS FIVE AND MY FATHER
WAS 25, HE WAS MURDERED BY THE
POLICE.
WHAT DRIVES ME TO THIS WORK IS
THAT IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO
POLICE RESPONSE IN A WORLD THAT
SO DESPERATELY NEEDS THAT.
>> Adrienne:  OFFICIALS FROM
VICTORIA AND TORONTO HAVE BEEN
IN TOUCH WITH CAHOOTS.
WHERE ONCE THIS PROGRAMME MAY
HAVE SEEMED LIKE AN OUTLIER,
IT'S GETTING A SECOND LOOK, AS
ARE ALL CALLS TO REEXAMINE THE
ROLE OF POLICE.
THIS IS PERHAPS THE CALL FOR AN
ACT HUNDRED IN THE MIDDLE OACTION IN THE M
IDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC.
AND A CORE QUESTION IS ASKED,
WHY TRY TO GO BACK TO NORMAL
WHEN NORMAL WASN'T WORKING?
SO THE MENTAL HEALTH REFORMS ARE
AMONG THE MOST TALKED ABOUT, BUT
THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES.
THIS CONVERSATION HAS MOMENTUM
AND IN TORONTO, CITY COUNCIL
WILL DEAL WITH ITS MOTION AT THE
END OF JUNE.
>> Andrew:  UP NEXT, WE KNOW A
LOT OF UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS
WOULD BE EMPTY THIS FALL AND NOW
IT LOOKS LIKE THEIR STADIUMS
WOULD BE, TOO.
>> SOMETHING YOU ATTACH YOUR
IDENTITY TO IS THAT'S GONE.
>> Andrew:  BACK WITH THE
ATHLETES NOW SIDELINED BY THE
PANDEMIC.
>> Adrienne:  AND LATER, THE NEW
DINING ROOM GUESTS AS
RESTAURANTS
Mark Sakamoto: I'm hitting
 the road to look at the issues
 we don't always see and find
the people doing things better.
Something made me
find myself again.
Announcer: Good People
with Mark Sakamoto,
 start streaming on CBC Gem.
>> Andrew:  CANADIANS HAVE SEEN
AN AVALANCHE OF CANCELLATION DUE
TO THE PANDEMIC AND THE HAMMER
CAME DOWN AGAIN.
U-SPORTS IS CANCELING FALL
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HERE IS THE
REACTION.
>> Reporter:  FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS, THE
STORIED VANIER CUP WILL NOT BE
AWARDED.
TODAY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED ALL
FALL SPORTS INCLUDING FOOTBALL,
FIELD HOCKEY, RUGBY -- AN AND SOCCER
MEANING STADIUMS WILL REMAIN
EMPTY.
FOR MANY INCLUDING CARTER MALIK,
THIS IS AN ABRUPT END.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING YOU REALLY
ALMOST ATTACH YOUR IDENTITY TO
AND THAT'S GONE.
>> Reporter:  IT'S HARD KNOWING
HE WILL NEVER WALK ON THE FEEL
WITH HIFIELDWITH HIS TEAMMATES AGAIN.
>> I WILL MISS THIS THE MOST.
>> Reporter:  U-SPORTS OFFICIALS
HAVE BEEN WRESTLING WITH THIS
FOR MONTHS.
>> IF YOU'RE ONLY ON ONLINE AND
NO CAMPUS AND YOU DON'T HAVE
TEAMS AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A
LEAGUE AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A
PLAY-OFF, HOW IS IT THAT YOU
HAVE A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP?
>> Reporter:  THE UNIVERSITY OF
TORONTO FIELD HOCKEY PLAYER
RACHEL SPOUT SAYS TODAY'S
DECISION MEANS MORE THAN
CANCELED GAMES.
IT'S A LOST OPPORTUNITY TO
SHOWCASE HOURS OF HARD WORK TO
STUDENTS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
>> I AGREE IF THE UNIVERSITY IS
CLOSED AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO
SCHOOL, PART OF THE SCHOOL IS
SPORTS AND IT'S FOR OUR SAFETY
AND I AGREE WITH THAT CALL.
>> Reporter:  THIS IS STILL HOPE
FOR SOME STUDENT ATHLETES THAT
THEY MAY GET TO PLAY THIS YEAR.
SOME WINTER SPORTS LIKE HOCKEY,
VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL REMAIN
ON THE COVID CLOCK.
OFFICIALS SAY FINAL DECISIONS
ABOUT THE FATE OF THOSE SPORTS
WILL COME SOME TIME IN THE FALL.
>> Adrienne:  NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," A NEW DINING
COMPANION.
AS NEWFOUNDLAND RESTAURANTS
BEGIN TO OPEN BACK UP, ONE
RESTAURANT IS SUPPLYING THE
DINNER DATE.
Reporter: Prosecutors in Germany
 have now charged
 a 93-year-old man
 who was the accountant at
 Auschwitz.
Man: It was a defining moment in
 the history of the holocaust.
Announcer: The Accountant
of Auschwitz
 on hotdocs@home.
 Thursday at 8:00.
>> NEWFOUNDLAND RESTAURANTS
OPENED BACK UP TODAY AND ONE
RESTAURANT GOT A LITTLE CREATIVE
ADDING MANNEQUINS TO HELP FILL
THE SPACE.
SO THIS NEW DINING EXPERIENCE,
WELL, THAT HAS TO BE OUR MOMENT.
[ * ]
>> WE HAVE SOME MANNEQUINS HERE
THAT FILL THE RESTAURANT WITH
SOME BODIES IN, LIKE, A FUN WAY
TO MAKE IT LOOK ALIVE AND BRING
THROUGH THE VIBE AND FEEL OF THE
STUDENT.
RESTAURANT.
>> WE SAW THE IDEA ON THE
INTERNET OF RESTAURANTS AND BARS
USING MANNEQUINS DOWN SOUTH AND
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
PEOPLE MOVING AROUND AND GETTING
BACK TO SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY
AGAINST AND IT'S HOPEFUL BECAUSE
LIFE GOES ON AND WE ADAPT TO
WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS.
[ Laughter ]
>> I THINK IT WILL BRING A LOT
OF FUN AND PEOPLE WILL GET A
KICK OUT OF IT, I THINK.
IT ADDS A LIVELINESS.
THEY DON'T SAY A LOT.
IT'S PEACEFUL AND QUIET.
>> IT'S ANOTHER AVENUE FOR
CONVERSATION TO GO DOWN.
>> Adrienne:  NO, THEY DON'T SAY
A LOT AND THEY'RE TERRIBLE
TIPPERS, BY THE WAY.
[ Laughter ]
>> Adrienne:  IF YOU WONDER WHY
THEY'RE DRESSED LIKE ROCK
STORES, IT'S AN AMERICAN
BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
>> Andrew:  MY FIRST REACTION
WAS THIS WAS SUPER WEIRD, BUT
MAYBE BEING IN AN EMPTY
RESTAURANT IS WEIRDER THAN THAT
SO THE OPEN-SIDED ME SAYS YOU
KNOW WHAT, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T
EVEN NOTICE THEY'RE THERE.
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR THIS
JUNE 8th.
GOODNIGHT.
>> Adrienne:  GOODNIGHT.
[ * ]
