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>> Ian: GOOD EVENING.
I'M IAN HANOMANSING.
TONIGHT, A FAMILY DEVASTATED
AFTER AN ONTARIO MAN'S DEADLY
ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE.
>> HE CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT AND
HE'S SCHIZOPHRENIC AND YOU'RE
GOING AND KILLING HIM BECAUSE
HE SAID GOING TO KILL HIMSELF?
WHERE'S THE LOGIC IN THAT?
>> Ian: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HOW
THE CONFRONTATION UNFOLDED.
LOWER THAN EXPECTED
TURNOUT AT DONALD TRUMP'S RALLY
IN TULSA.
WHO HE'S DECIDED TO BLAME.
>> President Donald Trump:
THEY'LL DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO
STOP US.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
>> Ian: LONG-AWAITED FATHER'S
DAY REUNIONS IN LONG-TERM CARE.
>>> AND EXPERT THOUGHTS ON A
SECOND WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S PROBABLY A
STATISTICAL CERTAINTY.
>> Ian: WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO
GET READY.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> AN ONTARIO FAMILY IS
EXPRESSING OUTRAGE AND SORROW
TONIGHT AS THIS COUNTRY GRAPPLES
WITH THE LATEST FATAL ENCOUNTER
BETWEEN POLICE AND A PERSON IN
MENTAL DISTRESS.
EJAZ CHOUDRY, WHO IS 62, WAS
SHOT DEAD
SATURDAY NIGHT INSIDE HIS
APARTMENT IN
MISSISSAUGA, WEST OF TORONTO.
IT HAPPENED THREE HOURS AFTER
POLICE FIRST RESPONDED TO A CALL
ABOUT
A PERSON IN CRISIS.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN A
MONTH THAT A WELLNESS CHECK BY
POLICE ENDED IN THE DEATH OF A
CANADIAN.
TALIA RICCI IS AT THE SCENE WITH
WHAT HAPPENED, AND A WARNING,
SOME OF THE VIDEOS ARE DIFFICULT
TO WATCH.
[HORNS HONKING]
>> Reporter: AN EMOTIONAL
RALLY TODAY OUTSIDE OF THE
APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE POLICE
KILLED EJAZ AHMED CHOUDRY.
>> WE WANT JUSTICE FOR EJAZ!
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY SAID
THAT THE FATHER OF FOUR HAD
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER MEDICAL
CONDITIONS, BUT POSED NO THREAT.
THEY'RE CALLING FOR A PUBLIC
INQUIRY INTO HIS DEATH.
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A
62-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CAN'T TAKE
FIVE OR SIX STEPS WITHOUT HAVING
TO SIT DOWN BECAUSE HE CAN'T
BREATHE.
>> Reporter: VIDEO TAKEN BY A
WITNESS SHOWS THE MOMENT THAT
POLICE ENTERED CHOUDRY'S
RESIDENCE WHERE HE WAS ALONE.
(gunshots).
THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT
THAT LOOKS INTO SHOOTINGS BY
POLICE SAID THAT OFFICERS WERE
CALLED TO
THE MISSISSAUGA RESIDENCE TO
CHECK ON THE WELL-BEING OF A
MAN.
THE S.I.U. SAYS THAT CHOUDRY
BARRICADED HIMSELF IN THE
APARTMENT AND POLICE ENTERED
WHEN COMMUNICATION WITH HIM
STOPPED.
THE STATEMENT SAYS THAT OFFICERS
USED A TASER AND
PLASTIC BULLETS BEFORE
DISCHARGING A FIREARM MULTIPLE
TIMES.
CHOUDRY DIED AT THE SCENE.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE IT'S
AN S.I.U. INVESTIGATION I CAN'T
GET INTO THE SPECIFICS AT THIS
TIME.
BUT IT WAS WEAPONS THAT HE HAD
ACCESS TO INSIDE OF THE
RESIDENCE.
>> Reporter: THE S.I.U. SAYS
THAT A KNIFE WAS RECOVERED FROM
THE SCENE.
HIS NEPHEW SAYS
THAT HE DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND
HIS MENTAL CONDITION MADE HIM
PARANOID AND AFRAID OF POLICE.
THEY PLEADED WITH THE OFFICERS
TO ALLOW THE FAMILY TO SPEAK
WITH CHOUDRY WHILE THE INCIDENT
WAS UNFOLDING.
>> HE WOULD HAVE CAME OUT
HARMLESS AND HE WOULDN'T HAVE
HURT ANYONE, RIGHT?
BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'D STILL
HAVE AN UNCLE.
>> YOU SAY HE'S A DANGER TO
HIMSELF?
WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO?
WHAT IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN
KILLING HIM.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY
MEMBERS DESCRIBED CHOUDRY AS
QUIET AND
VERY RELIGIOUS, SAYING THAT HE
PRAYED OFTEN.
HIS NEPHEW REFLECTED ON HIS OWN
LOSS.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT
THINGS WHERE IT'S LIKE, YOU
KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN
HIM FOR THAT COFFEE.
I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM TO THE
GAS STATION, I SHOULD HAVE DONE
THIS FOR HIM.
AND I DON'T HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO
DO IT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF WHAT
HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND WHAT THE
POLICE DID.
>> NO PEACE, NO JUSTICE.
NO PEACE, NO JUSTICE.
>> Ian: AND TALIA IS AT THE
SCENE OF THOSE PROTESTS THAT
ENDED UP HAPPENING ALL DAY.
WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW?
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
IAN.
THOSE PROTESTS STARTED THIS
MORNING AND THEY'RE STILL GOING.
WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT THEM ON OUR
DRIVE UP HERE, MARCHING UP THE
STREETS AND CHANTING "JUSTICE
FOR EJAZ."
STILL QUITE A BIT OF PASSION
HERE TONIGHT.
AT ONE POINT THEY ACTUALLY SHUT
DOWN
TRAFFIC IN TWO INTERSECTIONS.
NOW THE S.I.U. INVESTIGATION IS
STILL ONGOING.
THEY SAID
TODAY THEY HAVE CANVASSED THE
AREA FOR WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE.
AND THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE IN
POSSESSION OF SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE
BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE
SAME FOOTAGE THAT YOU JUST SAW.
A POSTMORTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE
CONDUCTED IN TORONTO TOMORROW.
NOW THE FAMILY DOESN'T WANT TO
PLAN ANYTHING UNTIL THE BODY IS
RELEASED, BUT IT IS EXPECTED
THAT
A FUNERAL AND POTENTIALLY
ANOTHER PROTEST WILL BE
HAPPENING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
AND, IAN, OF COURSE WITH TODAY
BEING
FATHER'S DAY, THE FAMILY SAYING
THAT IT'S ESPECIALLY
HEARTBREAKING THAT FOUR CHILDREN
ARE LIVING WITH THAT LOSS
TONIGHT.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
TALIA RICCI IN MISSISSAUGA
TONIGHT.
>>> A LITTLE FURTHER WEST OF
TORONTO, HALTOM REGIONAL POLICE
HAVE SUSPENDED AN OFFICER FOR AN
ALTERCATION CAUGHT ON VIDEO.
IT APPEARS TO SHOW AN OFFICER
PUSHING AND HITTING A YOUTH AS
OTHERS WATCHED.
LATE TODAY THE POLICE CHIEF SAID
THAT HE'S EXTREMELY CONCERNED
WITH ALL FOUR OF THE OFFICERS.
HE SAID THAT WE KNOW THAT THE
VIDEO SHOWS
ACTIONS THAT ERODE YOUR TRUST IN
US.
THE CHIEF SAID THAT MANY
RESIDENTS HAVE DEMANDED THE
DISMISSAL OF THE SUSPENDED
OFFICER, BUT DUE PROCESS
REQUIRES AN INVESTIGATION.
>>> A DEBATE IS RAGING NOW IN
THE UNITED STATES OVER WHAT
EXACTLY HAPPENED AT THE FIRST
DONALD
TRUMP RALLY IN MONTHS.
ACCORDING TO TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN,
MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE HAD
REGISTERED TO ATTEND.
ACCORDING TO TULSA'S FIRE
DEPARTMENT, THE NUMBER THAT
ACTUALLY SHOWED UP WAS MORE LIKE
6,200.
AND SUSAN ORMISTON WAS AMONG
THEM.
>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS AT
THE GATE BUSTING TO GET ON WITH
CAMPAIGN 2020, BANISH THE
PANDEMIC AND DELIVER A TRUMP
SEQUEL.
>> I'M HERE TO SUPPORT OUR
PRESIDENT.
HE'S STARTED BRINGING BUSINESS
BACK.
>> President Donald Trump:
TOGETHER WE ARE TAKING BACK OUR
COUNTRY.
WE ARE RETURNING THE POWER TO
YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: IN HIS COMEBACK
SPEECH, TRUMP WARNED OF A
LOOMING PERIL LEFT-WING LUNATICS
WITH JOE BIDEN AS A PUPPET
PRESIDENT.
>> President Donald Trump: IF
JOE BIDEN WERE TO BECOME
PRESIDENT, AN EMBOLDENED LEFT
WILL LAUNCH A FULL-SCALE ASSAULT
ON AMERICAN LIFE, YOU KNOW THAT.
>> Reporter: CHEERING LOUDEST
FOR LAW AND ORDER, DEFEND POLICE
AND THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.
>> AND IF WE KEEP PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN OFFICE, IT'S GOING TO
GET BETTER.
IF WE DON'T, WE'RE IN BIG
TROUBLE.
>> Reporter: AND THE PANDEMIC?
EVEN WITH SIX OF HIS ADVANCE
TEAM TESTING COVID POSITIVE IT
WAS A SIDESHOW.
YOU'RE NOT WEARING YOUR MASK?
>> NO.
BUT IT'S RIGHT HERE.
I'M YELLING.
>> Reporter: BUT TRUMP
BOASTING OF A MILLION PEOPLE
WANTING TO COME WAS LAID BARE.
IN A SAFE REPUBLICAN STATE HE
COULDN'T FILL THE HALL AND AN
OVERFLOW AREA WAS ABANDONED.
>> President Donald Trump:
VIOLENCE AND MAYHEM, THEY'LL DO
ANYTHING TO STOP US.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: HE BLAMED BAD
PEOPLE OUTSIDE WITH NO SIGN THAT
PROTESTERS BLOCKED ENTRY.
AND BASHED FEARMONGERING FAKE
MEDIA, ALWAYS A CROWD PLEASER.
>> President Donald Trump:
LOOK AT THOSE PRESS BACK THERE,
LOOK AT THIS.
>> BOO!
>> Reporter: TRUMP'S PATH TO A
SECOND TERM IS NOW SERIOUSLY
CHALLENGED.
ANOTHER POLL ON SUNDAY SHOWED
BIDEN BUILDING HIS LEAD IN THE
WAKE OF NATIONAL PROTESTS.
BUT GEORGE ALAN SAYS JUST WAIT.
>> THERE'S A LOT MORE BLACK
PEOPLE LIKE ME.
THEY'RE AFRAID TO COME OUT RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE GOING ON AND THEY'LL BE
ATTACKED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT THERE'S THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF BLACK
PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO VOTE
FOR DONALD TRUMP.
>> President Donald Trump: AND
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP ON WINNING,
WINNING, WINNING.
>> Reporter: THAT'S THE HOPE
OF HIS MOST ARDENT SUPPORTERS,
SPREADING ENERGY, HOPEFULLY
NOTHING MORE.
SUSAN ORMISTON, CBC NEWS, TULSA,
OKLAHOMA.
>> Ian: DURING THE RALLY DONALD
TRUMP REFERRED TO COVID-19 AS,
QUOTE "KUNG-FLU," ONE THAT HIS
TOP AIDES SAID WAS OFFENSIVE.
HE SUGGESTED THAT THEY ARE
TESTING TOO MUCH.
>> President Donald Trump:
WHEN YOU DO TESTING TO THAT
EXTENT YOU'LL FIND MORE PEOPLE,
MORE CASES.
SO I SAID TO MY PEOPLE, SLOW THE
TESTING DOWN PLEASE.
>> Ian: TESTING IS INDEED
SHOWING A TROUBLING TREND.
AFTER A PERIOD OF FLATTENING,
THE COUNTRY'S RATE OF DAILY NEW
CASES IS TICKING UP AGAIN.
THAT'S BECAUSE WHILE EARLY
HOTSPOTS LIKE NEW YORK AND NEW
JERSEY SAW CASE RATES PLUMMET
WEEKS AGO, GROWTH IS NOW SURGING
IN MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES,
INCLUDING TEXAS, FLORIDA,
ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA.
SUGGESTING THAT THE FIRST WAVE
ISN'T ENDING IN THE U.S. BUT,
RATHER, IT IS SHIFTING.
>>> IN CANADA, HOWEVER, THE
PICTURE CONTINUES TO BE
ENCOURAGING.
DURING THE WORST TWO WEEKS OF
THE PANDEMIC HERE SO FAR, CANADA
WAS ADDING AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT
1,700 CASES A DAY.
MOST OF THOSE WERE IN QUÉBEC AND
ONTARIO.
WELL, TODAY CANADA RECORDED JUST
300 NEW CASES, THE MOST ONTARIO
WITH 175, AND QUÉBEC RECORDING
92.
>>> NEARLY TWO MONTHS AFTER THEY
WERE DEPLOYED TO SEVERAL
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES IN
THE TORONTO AREA, THE TROOPS ARE
STARTING TO LEAVE.
ABOUT 500 MEMBERS OF THE
CANADIAN FORCES WERE SENT TO
SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST
COVID-19.
THEY REPORTED CASES OF ABUSE AND
NEGLIGENCE AS WELL AS BUG
INFESTATIONS AND BLEEDING
INFECTION.
THE PROVINCE HAS PROMISED TO
INVESTIGATE.
>>> THIS WAS FATHER'S DAY AND
IN MANY HOMES ACROSS CANADA
THERE WERE DISTANT GATHERINGS,
PHONE CALLS AND HOPEFULLY SOME
FUN.
BUT FOR THOSE ABLE TO VISIT DADS
IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES,
THE PANDEMIC MADE THE OCCASION
VERY DIFFERENT.
ASHLEY BURKE WENT TO ONE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS ANYTHING
BUT A NORMAL FATHER'S DAY VISIT.
BUT MARTINE LAWRENCE DOESN'T
CARE.
ALL THAT MATTERS IS SEEING HER
DAD AFTER SO MUCH TIME APART.
>> WHEN YOU WOULD SPEAK TO MY
FATHER AND HE'D SAY NOBODY IS
COMING TO VISIT ME, YOU KNOW?
>> Reporter: AFTER MONTHS IN
LOCKDOWN, SOME LONG-TERM CARE
HOMES ARE ALLOWING VISITORS, BUT
THE RULES ARE STRICT.
THE VISITS ARE OUTDOORS AND ONLY
ONE FAMILY MEMBER AT A TIME.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NEGATIVE
COVID-19 TEST RESULT IN HAND AND
WEAR A MASK.
>> LOOK DAD, THERE, I TOOK MY
MASK OFF FOR A MINUTE.
THERE, NOW YOU RECOGNIZE ME.
>> Reporter: LAWRENCE'S FATHER
HAS PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
HER MOTHER, DEMENTIA.
THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER 61 YEARS.
BUT KEPT APART ON DIFFERENT
FLOORS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
PANDEMIC.
>> HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A RARE
FAMILY MOMENT, 30 MINUTES
TOGETHER FROM TWO METRES APART.
>> [indiscernible]
>> COMING TO SEE THEM MEANS THAT
THEY GET TO SIT TOGETHER AND
HOLD HANDS AND, YEAH, IT'S GOOD
FOR THEM TOO.
>> Reporter: AFTER MONTHS OF
TURNING FAMILIES AWAY, THIS
LONG-TERM CARE HOME SAYS THAT
IT'S HEARTWARMING TO INVITE THEM
BACK.
>> SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS DON'T
NECESSARILY REACT, BUT THE
FAMILY MEMBERS WERE DEFINITELY
HAPPY TO SEE THAT THEY'RE
HEALTHY.
THAT THEY'RE WELL CARED FOR.
>> THIS IS FROM MY DAUGHTERS.
>> Reporter: CHARLES SAYS THAT
IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT HE GETS TO
SEE HIS DAD.
>> THE LAST TIME THAT WE SAW HIM
IS WHEN MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY
THREE WEEKS AGO.
IT MEANS A LOT.
>> Reporter: A BITTERSWEET DAY
FOR FAMILIES, THE JOY OF FINALLY
SEEING THEIR LOVED ONES IN
PERSON, BUT THE PAIN OF STILL
NOT BEING CLOSE ENOUGH.
>> I'M ANXIOUS TO GET IN THERE
AND GIVE THEM A HUG BECAUSE
THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
>> BYE, DAD.
BYE, MOM, I LOVE YOU.
>> Reporter: ASHLEY BURKE, CBC
NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Ian: COVID-19 HAS MEANT A
TIME OF RECKONING FOR LONG-TERM
CARE FACILITIES.
AND AS MORE CANADIANS THAN EVER
ARE FACING OLD AGE, THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES.
ONES THAT WILL KEEP THEM SAFELY
IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND FOR
LONGER.
ERIN COLLINS NOW ON A GROWING
INDUSTRY FOCUSED ON AGING IN
PLACE.
>> Reporter: IT MAY NOT LOOK
LIKE IT, BUT BUSINESS IS BOOMING
AT THIS VANCOUVER HOMECARE
COMPANY.
CALLS ARE UP 40% SINCE THE START
OF THE PANDEMIC, ACCORDING TO
THE
COMPANY'S C.E.O.
>> HOME IS THE SAFEST PLACE TO
BE.
IT'S A PLACE THAT WE KNOW THAT
SENIORS WANT TO AGE IN PLACE.
THOSE THINGS HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE
TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS.
>> Reporter: ABOUT 6,500
PEOPLE HAVE DIED WITH COVID-19
IN CANADA'S NURSING HOMES.
IT'S NEARLY FOUR IN FIVE OF THE
COVID-RELATED DEATHS IN THE
COUNTRY.
A CRISIS THAT HAS SEEN THE
MILITARY CALLED IN TO HELP, BUT
LONG TERM THE ANSWER MAY BE
KEEPING MORE CANADIANS OUT OF
CARE HOMES IN FIRST PLACE.
THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THIS
SMALL PREFABRICATED HOME WAS
DESIGNED FOR, PACKED WITH HIGH
AND LOW-TECH INNOVATIONS FROM
MONITORING SYSTEMS TO SOFTER
FLOORS TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AT
HOME LONGER.
THE DESIGNER OF THIS HOME SAYS
THAT AROUND A THIRD OF THE
LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS LEAVE
HOME TOO SOON.
>> WE MAY HAVE ONE OR TWO OR
MAYBE THREE SMALL PROBLEMS THAT
PREVENT THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO
LIVE ON THEIR OWN.
BUT THEY DON'T
NEED THE FULL SWEEP OF SERVICES
THAT ASSISTED LIVING HAS.
>> Reporter: AT START SEVEN OF
THE HOMES WILL BE IN PLACE IN
A SMALL ALBERTA TOWN BY THE END
OF THE YEAR, BUT SOME SAY THAT
MOST LONG-TERM CARE HOME DOES A
GOOD JOB AND THAT THEY'LL ALWAYS
BE NEEDED.
>> PEOPLE WANT TO STAY HOME,
THEY WANT TO STAY HOME AND
FAMILIES WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE
HOME AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THERE CAN COME A TIME WHEN
THAT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE TO DO.
>> Reporter: SO CANADA'S
NURSING HOMES THAT ARE
STRUGGLING SHOULD BE IMPROVED,
NOT ABANDONED.
EXPERTS SAY THAT MORE STAFF AND
HIGHER WAGES WOULD BE A GOOD
START, A FIRST STEP TO ENSURE
THE TRAGIC STORIES EMERGING FROM
CANADA'S LONG-TERM CARE
FACILITIES WON'T BE REPEATED.
ERIN COLLINS, CBC NEWS, CALGARY.
>> Ian: THE VIRUS HAS CONTINUED
TO HIT SOME COMMUNITIES HARDER
THAN OTHERS.
AND TORONTO'S THORNCLIFFE PARK
IS ONE OF THEM.
LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE
DOWNTOWN CORE, IT'S ONE OF THE
CITY'S DENSEST NEIGHBOURHOODS.
MORE THAN 90% OF RESIDENTS LIVE
IN HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS AND MORE
THAN HALF ARE CONSIDERED LOW
INCOME.
IT'S PART WHAT HAS LED TO A
HIGHER
RATE OF COVID-19 INFECTION THAN
OTHER NEARBY AREAS.
VIK ADHOPIA LOOKS AT HOW A
VULNERABLE COMMUNITY IS
MANAGING.
SHAKLO SHARIPOVA FEEDS HER
18-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC SON ILUBE
LUNCH.
EIGHT PEOPLE AND THREE
GENERATIONS LIVE IN THIS
APARTMENT UNIT.
IT FEELS EVEN SMALLER SINCE
CONSTRUCTION CREWING TORE OUT
THE BALCONIES LAST YEAR.
>> OUR BUILDING IS OVERCROWDED
WITH CHILDREN.
SO MANY FAMILIES HAVE THREE PLUS
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THE FAMILIES
ARE EXTENDED SO THEY ARE LIVING
WITH THEIR PARENTS.
SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS IN
THESE BUILDINGS.
SO THOSE FAMILIES, YES, THEY ARE
STRUGGLING.
>> Reporter: AS A DOCTOR SHE
HAS EMERGED AS A COMMUNITY
LEADER HERE
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
>> Reporter: HELPING TO FEED
FAMILIES AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE
TO GET TESTED FOR COVID-19 AND
DEALING WITH THE REPERCUSSIONS
OF ISOLATION.
>> I KNOW LIKE MAYBE TWO
FAMILIES WHO THE WOMEN WERE
EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND THEY WERE MOVED TO A SHELTER 
SHELTER.
>> Reporter: AT A NEARBY
WAREHOUSE, A NEW FOOD BANK
DELIVERY SERVICE.
WHEN PANDEMIC CLOSURES BEGAN IN
MARCH, PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS
WHICH WERE OFTEN IN THE SERVICE
INDUSTRY OR GIG ECONOMY.
>> SO THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT
LOSS OF INCOME THAT HIT THE
COMMUNITY THAT WAS ALREADY
STRUGGLING WITH POVERTY.
SO WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS A
NEED FOR FOOD.
>> Reporter: BUT THOSE WHO
CONTINUE TO WORK, CROWDED
HOUSING PUTS THEM AT HIGHER RISK
OF INFECTING OTHERS.
SO THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND
THE COMMUNITY GROUPS QUICKLY
REALISED TO AVERT AN OUTBREAK
DISASTER, THEY'D NEED TO
BRING IN TESTING TO THORNCLIFFE
PARK.
>> IF WE CAN GET A BETTER SENSE
OF THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN THIS
COMMUNITY, WE CAN ENSURE THAT
THERE ISN'T A LARGE OUTBREAK
THAT IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY
SEVERELY.
>> Reporter: SO FAR
THORNCLIFFE PARK HAS AVOIDED
THAT LARGE OUTBREAK, THOUGH THE
RATE OF INFECTION IS STILL
HIGHER THAN NEARBY
NEIGHBOURHOODS.
A LOT STILL ISN'T KNOWN ABOUT
TREATING OR PREVENTING COVID-19
BUT THERE'S NOW LITTLE DOUBT
ABOUT WHO IS AMONG THE MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE.
VIK ADHOPIA, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: OTHER STORIES THAT WE'RE
WATCHING TONIGHT INCLUDE TWO
VIGILS FOR THE VICTIMS OF THAT
DEADLY CRASH IN BRAMPTON,
ONTARIO.
>> WE PRAY IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY
FOR KAROLINA AND KLARA AND
LILIANA AND FOR MILA.
>> Ian: DOZENS CAME OUT TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO KAROLINA CIASULLO AND
HER THREE DAUGHTERS WHO WERE
KILLED LAST THURSDAY.
ONTARIO'S POLICE WATCHDOG SAID
THAT THE S.U.V. THAT SLAMMED
INTO THEM WAS, QUOTE "OBSERVED"
BY A NEARBY POLICE CAR.
BUT POLICE WON'T SPECIFY WHAT
THAT MEANS.
>>> IN QUÉBEC, OFFICIALS BELIEVE
THAT THE LARGEST IN A SERIES OF
WILDFIRES GREW FROM A CAMPFIRE
THAT HAD NOT BEEN FULLY PUT OUT.
THE BLAZE NEAR LAC-SAINT-JEAN IS
NORTH OF SAGUENAY AND IS
ABOUT 620 SQUARE KILOMETRES.
DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE ON
THE SCENE.
RAIN TOMORROW IS EXPECTED TO
HELP.
>>> MY HEART WAS RACING AND I
STARTED HYPERVENTILATING A
LITTLE BIT.
>> Ian: SCARY MOMENTS IN SAINT
JOHN BUT NO INJURIES AFTER THIS
EIGHT-CAR TRAIN DERAILMENT THAT
HAPPENED NEAR A GAS LINE THAT
DIDN'T RUPTURE.
SIX CONTAINED POTASH, ONE HAD
WOODCHIPS AND ANOTHER
WAS EMPTY.
THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
THE CREWS ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR
THE TRACK TOMORROW.
>>> A DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK IN AN
ENGLISH PARK HAS LEFT THREE
PEOPLE DEAD AND POLICE BELIEVE
THAT IT WAS AN ACT OF TERRORISM.
AS RENÉE FILIPPONE REPORTS, THE
SUSPECT HAD BEEN REPORTED TO
SECURITY SERVICES BEFORE.
>> Reporter: A MEMORIAL IS
GROWING AT THE GATE OF READING'S
FORBURY GARDEN, NORMALLY A BUSY
PLACE TO GATHER WITH FRIENDS.
NOW IT'S THE SCENE OF A BRUTAL
CRIME THAT KILLED THREE PEOPLE
AND LEFT WITNESSES IN SHOCK.
>> I WAS JUST WATCHING AND THEN
HE STOOD UP AND I SAW A MASSIVE
KNIFE IN HIS HAND, PROBABLY AT
LEAST FIVE INCHES MINIMUM.
AND THEN HE TURNED AND STARTED
LOOKING TOWARDS US AND THAT'S
WHEN I JUST STARTED SHOUTING,
RUN!
AND I HEARD A LOT OF SCREAMS IN
THE PARK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
REALIZING AND RUNNING AWAY.
>> Reporter: MINUTES LATER THE
SUSPECT WAS TACKLED BY POLICE
AND ARRESTED.
>> IN HIS HAND WHEN HE GOT
ARRESTED WAS FULL OF BLOOD.
I COULD SEE THE BLOOD ON HIS
HANDS.
AND HE WASN'T RESISTING OR
ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: THE SUSPECT IS
25-YEAR-OLD KHAIRI SAADALLAH WHO
IS ORIGINALLY FROM LIBYA.
POLICE RAIDED A HOUSING COMPLEX
YESTERDAY EVENING.
REPORTS ARE THAT SAADALLAH CAME
TO THE ATTENTION OF AUTHORITIES
IN 2019 WHEN THEY RECEIVED
INFORMATION THAT HE WANTED TO
TRAVEL TO SYRIA, POTENTIALLY FOR
TERRORISM.
BUT NO IMMEDIATE RISK WAS
IDENTIFIED.
POLICE SAY THAT IT APPEARS THAT
HE WAS ACTING ALONE.
>> WE CONTINUED TO MAKE
INQUIRIES TO ENSURE THAT IS THE
CASE.
OUR PRIORITY WILL ALWAYS BE TO
ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO
OUTSTANDING THREAT TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
>> Reporter: THE BRITISH PRIME
MINISTER SAYS HE IS APPALLED
AND SICKENED BY WHAT HAPPENED.
>> IF THERE ARE LESSONS TO BE
LEARNED, IF THERE ARE CHANGES
THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO OUR
LEGAL SYSTEM TO STOP SUCH EVENTS
FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, WE WILL
NOT HESITATE TO TAKE THAT
ACTION.
>> Reporter: JAMES FURLONG, A
LOCAL TEACHER, IS BEING
REMEMBERED
TONIGHT AS A KIND AND
GENTLE MAN.
ONE OF THE THREE PEOPLE STABBED
TO DEATH.
THE SUSPECT REMAINS IN CUSTODY
TONIGHT, BEING HELD UNDER THE
TERRORISM ACT.
RENÉE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Ian: THERE ARE CONTINUED
CALLS TO DEFUND THE POLICE AND
TO END SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE
COUNTRY.
UP NEXT, AMID PROTESTS AND
POLITICAL PRESSURE, A FORMER
POLICE CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF
TELL US WHAT THEY BELIEVE THAT
NEEDS TO CHANGE AND HOW.
>>> AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
TO WARN ABOUT A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
NOW HE HAS A WARNING ABOUT A
SECOND WAVE AND HOW TO PREPARE.
>> WE NEED TO BE VERY, VERY
CAREFUL.
>> Ian: AND LATER, BECOMING A
FIRST-TIME FATHER DURING A
PANDEMIC.
>> I'M DEREK AND THIS IS HECTOR.
>> IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN THE
SILVER LINING TO COVID-19.
>> HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, EVERYONE.
>> Ian: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
(*)
>> IT REALLY SHOWS YOU WHO IS
HERE TO PROTECT AND SERVE YOU.
THERE'S NO ONE.
>> Ian: REACTION TO A FATAL
SHOOTING BY POLICE IN ONTARIO
LAST NIGHT IS ADDING TO OUTRAGE
HEARD ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH
HOW POLICE DEAL WITH ISSUES OF
MENTAL HEALTH AND WITH RACIAL
MINORITIES.
TONIGHT WE HEAR FROM TWO PEOPLE
WHO KNOW POLICING VERY WELL.
>> THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO WHAT
YOU CAN ACHIEVE.
>> Ian: DEVON CLUNIS IS A FORMER
POLICE
CHIEF FROM WINNIPEG.
IN 2012 HE BECAME THE FIRST
BLACK OFFICER TO HOLD THAT
POSITION IN THE COUNTRY.
DURING HIS TIME IN CHARGE, HE
SPOKE NOT JUST ON FIGHTING CRIME
BUT ON TRYING TO BUILD TRUST,
ESPECIALLY WITH INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES.
INGRID BERKELEY IS A FORMER
DEPUTY CHIEF FOR PEEL REGIONAL
POLICE IN MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO.
SHE WAS THE HIGHEST RANKING
BLACK
FEMALE POLICE OFFICER IN CANADA.
BERKELEY SAYS THAT POLICING IS
ABOUT COMMUNITY BUILDING AND
FORMING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
RESIDENTS.
>>> THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR
JOINING US.
AND DEVON CLUNIS LET'S START
WITH YOU.
WE'VE SEEN A FEW SITUATIONS
RECENTLY IN CANADA, INCLUDING
THIS WEEKEND, WHEN POLICE
RESPONDED TO
MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND THEY END
UP IN FATALITIES.
SHOULD WE BE RETHINKING THE
RESPONSE TO THOSE KINDS OF
CALLS?
>> IAN, I CAN TELL THAT YOU
CANADIAN POLICE ARE REALLY SOME
OF THE BEST THAT YOU'LL FIND
ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET.
WELL TRAINED.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT
WHAT IS DESIRED BY POLICE OR THE
COMMUNITY.
SO IN THIS SITUATION I SAY THAT,
YES, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE COME TOGETHER AND REALLY
RETHINK THE WAY THAT WE RESPOND
TO THESE CRITICAL INCIDENTS.
BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A SYSTEM
RESPONSE TO CORRECT THIS.
>> Ian: SO GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.
IF SOMEONE CAME TO YOU AND SAID,
HOW DO WE RETHINK THAT RESPONSE,
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
>> I'D SAY THAT WE REALLY NEED
TO START LOOKING AT PROVIDING
MECHANISMS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
FIRST, THE PREVENTATIVE PIECES.
BUT ALSO WITHIN OUR
INSTITUTIONS.
DO WE HAVE OTHER TRAINED
ENTITIES THAT CAN ATTEND WITH
THE
POLICE?
DO WE DO A BETTER TRIAGE PRIOR
TO DISPATCH.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE
COULD LOOK AT TO RECTIFY THE
SITUATION.
>> Ian: AND INGRID BERKELEY, YOU
HAVE SEEN THE COVERAGE OF
PROTESTS ACROSS CANADA, WE ALL
HAVE.
AND YOU HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WHO SAY
THEY'RE ANGRY AT WHAT THEY
DESCRIBE AS ANTI-BLACK RACISM
AND BRUTALITY BY POLICE.
WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THOSE
PROTESTERS?
>> WELL, I WOULD CERTAINLY SAY
THAT ANYONE WHO IS JOINING A
POLICE ORGINISATION, THEY'RE NOT
COMING IN WITH ANY INTENT TO
HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOR BRUTALITY TO
EXIST.
PEOPLE COME INTO THE
ORGINISATION -- I SPENT FOUR
YEARS IN OUR RECRUITING BUREAU.
AND I CAN SAY THAT MOST PEOPLE
WHEN THEY COME INTO POLICE
ORGINISATIONS, THEIR GOAL IS TO
WORK WITH POLICE AND TO WORK TO
BRING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A BETTER
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE POLICE
AND THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT -- AND I
SHOULDN'T SAY I THINK -- I KNOW
THAT THAT IS THE INTENT OF
MEMBERS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO
BECOME POLICE OFFICERS.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS NOT
THE NORM WHEN WE LOOK AT
POLICING IN CANADA AND WE JUST
HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE
WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS ACROSS
THE BORDER AND, OF COURSE, WHEN
WE LOOK AT POLICING, EVERYONE IS
PAINTED WITH THE SAME BRUSH.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE
VERY CAREFUL.
>> Ian: YOU KNOW, DEVON, I'M
SURE THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
WHO LISTEN TO THOSE KIND OF
ANSWERS AND SAY, COME ON NOW, WE
HAVE HEARD ABOUTA BAD APPLES.
AND WE HAVE SEEN VIDEO,
PARTICULARLY IN THE UNITED
STATES, OF POLICE MISCONDUCT.
HOW DO YOU TURN THAT AROUND?
HOW DO YOU BUILD TRUST WITH
PEOPLE WHO RIGHT NOW ARE SO
ANGRY WITH POLICE?
>> YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAVE TO
SUPPORT THOSE COMMENTS BY
INGRID.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT.
BUT I SAY HERE'S HOW WE DEAL
WITH TRUST GOING FORWARD.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT
POLICING IS A SIGNIFICANT PART
OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING TRULY IS NOT
THE NORM.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF POLICE
OFFICERS WOULD LAY THEIR LIVES
ON THE LINE FOR ANY CITIZEN.
AND, YES, WHEN WE SEE THESE
SITUATIONS OCCURRING, YOU HAVE
TO REALIZE THAT I BELIEVE THAT
IT'S A REFLECTION OF SOCIETY.
IT'S NOT THAT POLICE IN ITSELF
IS INHERENTLY DISCRIMINATORY.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS IS JUST
A REFLECTION OF WHAT IS INVOLVED
IN OUR SOCIETY.
AND ONLY WORKING TOGETHER CAN WE
RESOLVE THESE ISSUES.
>> Ian: AND, INGRID, YOU HAVE
BEEN A POLICE OFFICER, YOU WERE
A POLICE OFFICER, SINCE 1986.
SO YOU HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
CHANGES I'M SURE IN SO MANY WAYS
WHEN IT COMES TO POLICING.
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE NOW THAT
YOU'RE RETIRED FOR POLICE FORCES
TO DO MAYBE A BETTER JOB OF
BUILDING TRUST WITH COMMUNITIES?
>> SO I THINK THAT ONE THING
THAT WE WANT TO CORRECT IS THAT
THE WORD POLICE FORCE IS NO
LONGER POLICE FORCE, IT'S POLICE 
SERVICE.
AND IT WAS A REASON THAT "FORCE"
WAS REMOVED.
IT WAS, AGAIN, TO GET AWAY FROM
THAT STIGMA THAT IT'S ABOUT
FORCE, BUT WE WANT TO BE CLEAR
THAT IT'S ABOUT THE POLICE
PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THE
COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT WHAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR POLICE CHIEFS AND,
YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERS OF THE
POLICE ORGINISATION IS THAT AS
AN ORGINISATION THAT WE HAVE TO
ENSURE -- I SAY "WE" BECAUSE I
STILL SEE MYSELF THERE.
BUT POLICING HAS TO ENSURE THAT
WE REBUILD AND DEVELOP THESE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
WHETHER THEY'RE RACIALIZED OR
DISADVANTAGED, WE BUILD THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND THE LEADERS
BEFORE WE GET INTO A CRISIS
SITUATION SUCH AS WHERE WE ARE
AT TODAY.
AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WHAT THAT TAKES?
THAT TAKES THE POLICE CHIEF AND
HIS OR HER SENIOR RANKS TO
RECOGNIZE AND TO SEND A MESSAGE
TO THOSE IN THE ORGINISATION
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING
COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, REALLY NICE
HEARING FROM BOTH OF YOU.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> Ian: SO LITTLE TIME AND SO
MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT WITH
THOSE OFFICERS.
AND WE HOPE TO DO THAT IN THE
COMING WEEKS.
AMONG THE ISSUES -- ENCOUNTERS
BETWEEN POLICE AND INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE THAT HAVE ENDED IN
VIOLENCE OR DEATH.
TODAY'S NATIONAL INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE'S DAY IN CANADA, ERIN
BROHMAN SHOWS US HOW CONCERNS
ABOUT POLICE CAST A SHADOW ON
CELEBRATIONS.
(*)
>> Reporter: THEY WALK IN A
CIRCLE TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD
AND AWAY FROM THE RAMPANT DRUG
USE IN THE OJIBWAY FIRST NATION.
>> I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR OUR
COMMUNITY TO ALL GET INVOLVED
AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER BECAUSE
OUR FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING.
>> Reporter: DRUG USE PUTS
THEM ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE
LAW.
AND THAT CAN BE A DANGEROUS
PLACE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
ON FRIDAY, A MUCH LARGER RALLY
IN WINNIPEG FOR ANITA HUDSON.
THE 16-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY
INVOLVED IN AN ARMED ROBBERY AND
A HIGH-SPEED POLICE CHASE IN A
STOLEN CAR WAS FATALLY SHOT BY
WINNIPEG POLICE IN APRIL.
HER GRANDFATHER IS NOW CALLING
FOR MORE SCRUTINY WHEN POLICE
TAKE A LIFE.
>> I GRIEVE ALMOST EVERY DAY.
I MISS HER SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: HIS CALL FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY IS BACKED BY
MANY.
>> WE HAVE TO KEEP RISING.
WE HAVE TO KEEP GATHERING UNTIL
WE SEE REAL JUSTICE.
UNTIL WE SEE LIVES SAVED.
>> Reporter: IN SASKATCHEWAN
ON SATURDAY, A GROUP DEMANDED
JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
KILLED BY POLICE.
JORDAN LaFOND DIED AFTER HIS
STOLEN TRUCK CRASHED OUTSIDE OF
SASKATOON IN 2016.
HE WAS KNEAD IN THE HEAD BY
POLICE, HANDCUFFED, AND LATER
DIED.
HIS MOTHER HAS NOT GIVEN UP THE
FIGHT.
>> THERE IS NO INDEPENDENT
OVERSIGHT.
THERE IS NO CIVILIAN BODY TO
INVESTIGATE THE POLICE WHEN
THERE'S SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
>> Reporter: CELEBRATIONS ARE
ONLINE TODAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
FEATURING INDIGENOUS DANCE,
MUSIC, STORYTELLING AND CULTURE.
THIS FORMER INDIGENOUS LEADER
SAYS THAT THE CULTURE IS THERE
TO BE SHARED.
THE CONTEXT ADDS INTENSITY.
>> IT SEEMS THAT IT'S MORE
HEIGHTENED AND EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO
REFLECT ON WHAT INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES ARE TO CANADA.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT
IT'S TIME TO LOOK TOGETHER AT
OUR COUNTRY'S SYSTEM, SO THAT
CHANGE AND HEALING CAN PREVAIL.
ERIN BROHMAN, CBC NEWS,
WINNIPEG.
>> Ian: NEXT, A WARNING ABOUT A
SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19.
>> MASKS ARE ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
BUT THEY'RE INSUFFICIENT.
>> Ian: HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
TO WARN OF THE PANDEMIC.
WHY HE SAYS THAT THE WORST MAY
BE TO COME.
AND WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO DO
TO PREPARE FOR IT.
>>> LATER, A PANDEMIC FATHER'S
DAY FOR FIRST-TIME DADS.
WE'LL BE RIGH
>> I'M FROM HALIFAX, NOVA
SCOTIA.
AND I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN PERTH
FOR JUST UNDER TWO YEARS NOW.
I ENDED UP STAYING BECAUSE I
FOUND MY PARTNER.
I JUST HAD A BABY HERE IN PERTH
SO I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE
COVID PANDEMIC OF MANAGING
HAVING A CHILD AND GOING THROUGH
LABOUR.
IT'S A REALLY SCARY TIME BECAUSE
AS A FIRST-TIME PARENT YOU'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT EVERY LITTLE
THING.
IT WAS QUITE DIFFICULT GOING
THROUGH LABOUR BY MYSELF.
WE DID END UP GETTING COVID,
WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT WAS FROM
HIS WORK OR IF I GOT IT.
THEY ADVISED ME NOT TO KISS HIM
AND TO WEAR A MASK WHEN I WAS
HOLDING HER AS WELL.
BUT THEY ENCOURAGED ME TO
CONTINUE BREASTFEEDING BECAUSE
THE ANTIBODIES IS A GOOD THING.
AND I AM AFRAID SOMETIMES WHEN I
WEAR A MASK AND I LOOK AT HER,
THAT SHE GETS CONFUSED BECAUSE
SHE JUST STARES AT ME WITH THESE
BIG EYES.
MY NEW NORMAL NOW IS PROBABLY
VERY SIMILAR TO ANY NEW PARENT.
THE VIRUS IS REALLY QUIET RIGHT
NOW, WHICH IS STRANGE.
BUT IT'S JUST REALLY DIFFERENT.
PERTH IS SO CONGESTED THAT IF
ANY OTHER VIRUS COMES UP IT WILL
HIT US HARD AGAIN.
SHE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL
EVERYONE THAT SHE WAS BORN
DURING A PANDEMIC ONE DAY.
>> Ian: THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGINISATION SAID THAT THERE
GLOBALLY THERE WERE 183,000 NEW
COVID CASES TODAY, THE
HIGHEST SINCE THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN.
BUT ACCORDING TO A WORLD
RENOWNED DOCTOR WHO BACK IN
JANUARY SAW THE PANDEMIC COMING,
IT IS LIKELY THAT THE
WORST IS YET TO COME.
TERENCE McKENNA SPOKE TO
DR. GABRIEL LEUNG.
>> Reporter: IN THE UNITED
STATES AT THE EPI-CENTRE OF THE
GLOBAL PANDEMIC, YOU HEAR STRONG
MESSAGES ABOUT CLEAR SAILING
AHEAD.
THE VIRUS IS DISAPPEARING.
>> IF YOU LOOK THE NUMBERS ARE
VERY MINISCULE COMPARED TO WHAT
IT WAS.
IT'S DYING OUT.
>> Reporter: IN RECENT DAYS
THE PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR
LARRY KUDLOW HAS BEEN
CATEGORICAL THAT THERE WILL BE
NO SECOND WAVE.
>> I SPOKE TO OUR HEALTH EXPERTS
AT SOME LENGTH LAST EVENING.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT THERE IS NO
SECOND SPIKE.
LET ME REPEAT THAT -- THERE IS
NO SECOND SPIKE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S NOT WHAT
YOU HEAR ABOUT A SECOND WAVE
FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST
EXPERTS ON
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S PROBABLY A
STATISTICAL CERTAINTY BARRING
ANY UNFORESEEN EVENTS.
>> Reporter: GABRIEL LEUNG
GREW UP IN TORONTO AND STUDIED
MEDICINE AT WESTERN UNIVERSITY.
THEN HE, TAINED POST-GRADUATE
DEGREES
FROM HARVARD AND HONG KONG
UNIVERSITY AND IS NOW DEAN OF
THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN HONG KONG.
HE WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO WARN
ABOUT A GLOBAL PANDEMIC IN THE
"LANCET" MEDICAL JOURNAL BACK IN
JANUARY.
NOW HE IS LEARNING ABOUT
MULTIPLE WAVES TO COME.
>> I THINK THAT WE ARE ADAPTING
TO A NEW NORMAL UNTIL A SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE VACCINE BECOMES WIDELY
ACCESSIBLE TO THE MAJORITY OF
THE WORLD'S POPULATION.
AND I'M AFRAID THAT UNTIL THAT
HAPPENS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT PERHAPS MORE THAN A
COUPLE OF WAVES OF THIS PANDEMIC
SWEEPING THROUGH OUR RESPECTIVE
POPULATION.
>> Reporter: THE NIGHTMARE
MODEL OF WHAT A SECOND WAVE
COULD LOOK LIKE IS THE 1918 FLU
PANDEMIC.
IT WAS CALLED "THE SPANISH FLU,"
THOUGH IT ORIGINATED IN THE
UNITED STATES.
THE FIRST KNOWN CASES WERE IN
KANSAS IN THE SPRING OF 1918.
THEN IT WAS TRANSPORTED ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES AND TO EUROPE
BY U.S. TROOPS FIGHTING THE
FIRST WORLD WAR.
IN THE FALL, THE SECOND WAVE
CAME BACK TO NORTH AMERICA
ABOARD TROOP SHIPS IN A MUCH
MORE VIRULENT FORM.
SUDDENLY PATIENTS COULD START
BLEEDING PROFUSELY FROM THE NOSE
AND EARS OR JUST KEEL OVER AND
DIE IN JUST A MATTER OF MINUTES.
PHILADELPHIA WAS AMONG THE
HARDEST HIT AFTER A VICTORY
PARADE IN SEPTEMBER THAT BROUGHT
THOUSANDS TO CONGREGATE IN THE
STREETS, SPREADING THE VIRUS.
IN THE END, THE VIRUS KILLED AN
ESTIMATED 500,000 AMERICANS.
50,000 CANADIANS.
AND MILLIONS MORE AROUND THE
WORLD.
>> THE 1918 H1 INFLUENZA
OUTBREAK REALLY IN MANY
POPULATIONS, THE SECOND WAVE WAS
BY FAR WORSE THAN THE FIRST.
AND I THINK -- I FEAR THAT MIGHT
HAPPEN AGAIN.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE NO WAY OF
KNOWING BEFOREHAND.
BUT I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE
PRUDENT AND RESPONSIBLE OF
GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITIES TO PREPARE FOR SUCH
A POSSIBILITY.
(*)
>> Reporter: LEUNG SEES AN
ECHO OF THAT FAMOUS PHILADELPHIA
PARADE IN THE MASSIVE CROWDS
THAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND THE
WORLD.
FROM THE ANTI-RACISM
DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND EUROPE, TO THE
PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS IN HONG
KONG.
>> I'M WORRIED ABOUT ANY KIND OF 
MASS GATHERINGS, WHETHER IT'S IN
MY OWN TOWN, OR WHETHER IT'S
HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD IN YOUR
SOUTHERN NEIGHBOUR OR IN EUROPE.
WHETHER IT'S ROCK CONCERTS OR
WHETHER IT'S PROTESTS, MARCHES,
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY,
VERY CAREFUL.
>> Reporter: AS FOR THE
PRESCRIPTION OF HOW TO GO
FORWARD FROM HERE, DR. LEUNG IS
CATEGORICAL ABOUT A COUPLE
ISSUES.
ONE IS THE WEARING OF MASKS.
>> MASKS ARE ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, BUT THEY'RE
INSUFFICIENT.
SO I THINK THAT THE SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE IS THAT IT'S ALMOST
BECOMING INDISPUTABLE NOW.
WEARING A MASK IS REALLY A SIGN
OF RESPECT THAT YOU HAVE FOR
PEOPLE THAT YOU COME INTO
CONTACT WITH.
THE MAIN BENEFICIARY, IN FACT,
OF YOU WEARING A MASK IS NOT
YOURSELF, IT'S PEOPLE AROUND
YOU.
>> Reporter: WHEN IT COMES TO
TESTING, DR. LEUNG SAYS THAT WE
SHOULD BE DOING FAR MORE THAN
WE'RE DOING NOW.
AND THAT ALMOST EVERY PRIVATE
COMPANY SHOULD BE TESTING ITS
OWN EMPLOYEES.
>> SO I THINK TESTING NEEDS TO
BE RAMPED UP WAY BEYOND WHAT THE
PUBLIC SECTOR CAPACITY COULD
POSSIBLY MEET.
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO ENABLE
AND EMPOWER AND FINANCE PUBLIC
TESTING.
YOU NEED TO ALSO TO ENCOURAGE,
INCENTIVIZE, AND TO FACILITATE
PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTION AND
PARTICIPATION.
>> Reporter: HE SEES
WIDESPREAD TESTING AS THE KEY TO
RESUMING AIR TRAVEL.
>> QUARANTINING FOR ANY PERIOD
LIKE 14 DAYS IS A HUGE DAMPER ON
CROSS-BORDER TRAVEL.
AND I THINK THAT, LOOK, YOU
KNOW, IT'S ALMOST A NO-BRAINER.
IF YOU CAN THEN RAMP UP TESTING
SO THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY THEN
LIFT -- IF NOT ENTIRELY, AT
LEAST SOME OF THAT QUARANTINE
BURDEN.
>> Reporter: ONE ELEMENT THAT
DR. LEUNG IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IS
VACCINE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE HE
SAYS THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE
ADMINISTERED TO EVERYONE IN THE
WORLD TO PREVENT THEM FROM
GETTING THE DISEASE.
>> IMAGINE THAT WE GET A VACCINE
THAT PERHAPS CAN TAKE AWAY MOST
OF THE SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS AND
IT WOULD PREVENT PEOPLE, EVEN IF
THEY GET INFECTED, FROM NEEDING
TO BEINTUBATED AND FROM NEEDING
I.C.U. CARE AND FROM DYING.
THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR ADVANCE
ALREADY.
>> Reporter: AND GABRIEL LEUNG
WAS AMONG THE FIRST EXPERTS TO
LUSH TO WUHAN AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE OUTBREAK TO ASSESS THE
THREAT ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGINISATION.
HE AGREES THAT THE ROLE OF THE
W.H.O. MUST BE RE-EXAMINED, BUT
NOW IS NOT THE TIME.
>> WE IN AMERICA, WE'RE NOT IN A
SPRINT.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD
BE HELPFUL TO TRY AND TO LOOK
BACK WHILE YOU ARE STILL IN THE
FIRST HALF OF YOUR MARATHON.
OR MAYBE EVEN NOT THE FIRST HALF
YET.
SO I DON'T KNOW OF ANY AMERICAN
-- MARATHON RUNNER WHO KEEPS
LOOKING BACK
WHILE THEY'RE STILL RUNNING.
SO I THINK THAT ACCOUNTABILITY
AND ALSO TRANSPARENCY AND
RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW TO LEARN
LESSONS IS IMPORTANT.
BUT WE DO THAT AFTER THE
MARATHON HAS BEEN RUN AND WON
HOPEFULLY, NOT DURING THE
MARATHON ITSELF.
>> Reporter: WHEN THE SUMMER
ENDS AND THE COLD WEATHER
RETURNS, WILL THERE BE A SECOND
WAVE?
GABRIEL LEUNG SAYS THAT THE ONLY
SAFE COURSE IS TO PRESUME THAT
THERE WILL AND PERHAPS NOT JUST
ONE.
TERENCE McKENNA, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: HERE AT HOME COVID-19
HAS KILLED MORE THAN 8,400
CANADIANS.
AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE
PANDEMIC, THEIR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS HAVE BEEN SHARING SOME
OF THEIR STORIES WITH US AS PART
OF A SERIES THAT WE'RE CALLING
"LIVES REMEMBERED."
TONIGHT MARY ELLEN McLEAN
REMEMBERS HER UNCLE PETER
LARASIE AND HIS GENEROUS SPIRIT.
>> I'M MARY ELLEN McLEAN.
ONE OF PETER'S NIECES.
PETER DIED ON APRIL 30th OF
COVID IN TORONTO.
HE WAS 91 YEARS OLD.
PIRATE WAS A WRITER, AN ARTIST,
AN ART HISTORIAN,
A JESUIT, A BROTHER TO EIGHT
SIBLINGS AND AN UNCLE TO MANY,
AND A FRIEND TO THOUSANDS, AND A
REALLY GOOD DANCER.
HE WAS BORN IN DARTMOUTH, NOVA
SCOTIA.
AND INTO 1952, HE MOVED TO
TORONTO TO BECOME A JESUIT.
HE WROTE "LIFE FOR A COLD LAND"
LORNE HARRIS' LIFE AND
INTERPRETATION" WHICH WAS
NOMINATED FOR A
GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S AWARD IN
1993.
AND I'M HONOURED TO BE ONE OF
THE PEOPLE THAT HE DEDICATED
THAT BOOK TO.
WHEN I WOULD COME TO TORONTO TO
WORK AS A PERFORMER AND LATER
MOVING THERE, I WOULD VISIT
PETER AT HIS STUDIO.
HE WOULD TAKE ME ON THESE
INCREDIBLE ART GALLERY
ADVENTURES AND LUNCHES AND WE'D
TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING.
HE WAS A REAL CHAMPION FOR ME AS
A CREATOR AND A PERFORMER AND
I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
HE WOULD COME HOME IN THE
SUMMERS TO NOVA SCOTIA FOR A
VISIT -- AND THEY WERE GREAT
VISITS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
AND HE LOVED THE OCEAN.
SOMETIMES HE WOULD SAY MASS, I'M
NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON AND HE
MADE THE VIRTUAL AT MY PARENTS'
HOME WITH MY MOM'S BREAD AND
WINE REALLY INCLUSIVE.
HE WAS AN INCREDIBLY OPEN
PERSON.
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT RELIGION
YOU WERE OR RACE OR GENDER OR
SEXUALITY, HE INCLUDED EVERYONE.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT HE MET MY
WIFE, WENDY, AND OUR KIDS.
I MISS OUR VISITS.
OUR CONVERSATIONS.
OUR FRIENDSHIP.
HIS WONDERFUL LAUGH.
I'M GOING TO REALLY MISS HIM.
(*)
>> Ian: THANKS TO MARY ELLEN
McLEAN FOR THAT TRIBUTE TO HER
UNCLE PETER LARASIE.
IF YOU HAVE LOST A LOVED
ONE TO COVID-19 AND WANT TO
SHARE THEIR STORY EMAIL US AT
COVID@CBC.CA.
"THE NATIONAL" WILL BE RIGHT
BACK.
(*)
>> I'M JOSH BLOCK.
TOMORROW ON CBC'S DAILY NEWS
PODCAST "FRONTBURNER," COVID
ALERT.
A NEW VOLUNTARY CONTACT TRACING
APP TO BE ROLLED OUT ACROSS
CANADA.
WE TALK ABOUT PRIVACY CONCERNS
AND HOW THE APP WORKS.
SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR
PODCASTS.
>> Ian: AS CANADA EMERGES FROM
ITS PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN, THE
COUNTRY'S ART GALLERIES HAVE
STARTED TO REOPEN.
AND SINCE THEY'RE PLACES THAT
CELEBRATE CREATIVITY, IT'S
ONLY NATURAL THAT THEY WOULD
BRING THAT
SAME SPIRIT TO KEEPING PATRONS
SAFE.
DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN WALK
UNDER THESE STARRY SKIES OR TAKE
IN THE WORLD OF VINCENT VAN GOGH
THROUGH YOUR WINDSHIELD.
THIS IMMERSIVE EXHIBIT MADE UP
OF LARGE-SCALE PROJECTIONS OF
VAN GOGH'S PAINTINGS WAS TO OPEN
UP AS A WALK THROUGH ONLY, BUT
THE PANDEMIC MADE PRODUCERS TO
SWITCH GEARS.
>> I ALREADY HAD HAD THE
EXPERIENCE OF DRIVING RIGHT INTO
THIS GALLERY AND I
WAS DOING IT EVERY WEEK WHEN I
CAME DOWN HERE.
AND SUDDENLY IT DAWNED ON ME
THAT WE COULD OFFER THAT SAME
EXPERIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A
SURVEY, 30% OF CANADIANS SAÏD
THEY'D GO BACK TO MUSEUMS AND
GALLERIES AS SOON AS THEY
REOPEN, BUT 27% SAID THEY'D WAIT
ANOTHER FIVE MONTHS AND 42% WERE
UNSURE.
FOR GALLERIES, BEING ABLE TO
MAINTAIN DISTANCE BETWEEN
VISITORS IS KEY IN CONVINCING
THEIR PATRONS THAT IT'S SAFE TO
COME BACK.
THERE ARE LOTS OF HAND
SANITIZING STATIONS, BUT NO MORE
BENCHES OR INTERACTIVE SCREENS
TO TOUCH.
>> YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO BOOK
YOUR TICKET ONLINE IN ADVANCE
AND GET A TIMED TICKET.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TOO MANY
PEOPLE IN
HERE OR IT WON'T BE SAFE.
>> Reporter: THE GALLERY
OPENED THEIR DOORS FIRST
TO FRONTLINE WORKERS LIKE THIS
FIRST-TIME WORKER.
>> I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
SOMETHING AND IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS OUT OF MY REGULAR
ROUTINE.
>> Reporter: AT
CHARLOTTETOWN'S CONFEDERATION
CENTRE, THE FLOOR MARKERS KEEP
PEOPLE MOVING IN A SET PATTERN
WHICH HELPS WITH DISTANCING.
AND ALL OF THESE PRACTICES HAVE
A SILVER LINING.
ART IS VIEWED AS IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE, UPCLOSE, WITHOUT JOSTLING
CROWDS.
>> REALLY WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE IN A RELAXED KIND OF
MODE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT
ART.
IT SHOULD BE A PLEASURE, IT
SHOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT
THEY'RE FEARFUL OF.
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>> Reporter: AS ART GALLERIES
GET CREATIVE TO GIVE PEOPLE BACK
SOME QUIET CONTEMPLATION AND
INSPIRATION IN A STRESSFUL YEAR.
DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: AFTER THE BREAK, A
SPECIAL FATHER'S DAY CELEBRATION
FOR FIRST-TIME DADS.
WHAT FATHERHOOD HAS BEEN LIKE
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>>> BUT, FIRST, THE ROYAL FAMILY
MARKED THE OCCASION TODAY BY
SHARING NEW PHOTOS OF THE DUKE
OF
CAMBRIDGE WITH HIS THREE KIDS
AND ANOTHER ONE WITH HIS OWN
DAD.
TODAY IS ALSO PRINCE WILLIAM'S
BIRTHDAY.
HE TURNED 38.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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>> Ian: THESE DADS ARE
CELEBRATING THEIR VERY FIRST
FATHER'S DAY, AND HAD BEEN
EXPERIENCING PARENTING FOR THE
FIRST TIME DURING A PANDEMIC.
IN TONIGHT'S "MOMENT" WE SPOKE
TO THEM ABOUT WHAT QUARANTINING
AT HOME DURING ALL OF THIS HAS
BEEN LIKE.
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>> WHEN YOU HAVE A NEWBORN ALL
YOU WANT TO DO IS TO HUNKER DOWN
AND BE AT HOME.
FOR ME IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A
REALLY JOY US TIME.
THE PANDEMIC HAS MEANT THAT I
GET TO SPEND A LOT MORE TIME AT
HOME WITH MY
DAUGHTER THAN I WOULD HAVE
OTHERWISE BEEN ABLE TO.
>> WHILE THIS PANDEMIC MADE
THINGS MORE CHALLENGING WE STILL
REFLECT ON HOW LUCKY WE ARE.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE OUR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY SPEND TIME
WITH HIM LIKE WE WERE HOPING
FOR.
THAT KIND OF IN-PERSON SUPPORT
REALLY MEANS A LOT TO US.
BUT WE HAVE MADE A LOT MORE USE
OF
VIDEO CALLS AND FAMILY GROUP
MESSAGES AND WHATEVER ELSE WE
CAN GET.
>> IT'S BEEN TOUGH BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T HAVE WHAT WE EXPECTED
FROM OUR FAMILY FROM OVERSEAS.
SO WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING BY
OURSELVES.
>> ALTHOUGH THERE'S SO MANY
CRAZY THINGS GOING ON OUT THERE
IN THE WORLD,
SEEING MY DAUGHTER GROW UP AND
BEING OF PURE INNOCENCE IN HER
HEART AND SOUL, IT REALLY
BALANCES THINGS OUT FOR ME.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN THE
SILVER LINING TO COVID-19, TO
STAY AT HOME WITH MY FAMILY AND
TO GET TO SPEND THAT TIME THAT
WE'LL NEVER GET BACK.
>> Ian: THE JOY, THE MAGIC, AND
THE OPTIMISM OF NEW PARENTS.
IT'S KIND OF -- KIND OF NEAT TO
SEE.
I WISH THAT MY FIRST FATHER'S
DAY AS A DAD WAS MAGICAL.
BUT BASICALLY WE DIDN'T SLEEP AT
ALL, FOR, I DON'T THINK, THE
FIRST TWO OR THREE YEARS.
BUT I HAD MY 26th FATHER'S DAY
AS A DAD TODAY AND IT GETS
BETTER.
SO IT WAS A FANTASTIC DAY AS
WELL.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU HAD A
FANTASTIC DAY AS WELL IF YOU ARE
A DAD.
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR
JUNE 21st.
GOODNIGHT.
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