 
>> Andrew:  153 YEARS, CANADA, 
AND WE ARE STILL LEARNING WHAT 
THIS COUNTRY IS CAPABLE OF.
WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, LIFE 
CHANGED IN AN INSTANT.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: GO HOME AND STAY HOME.
>> Andrew:  FLATTEN THE CURVE, 
STAY INSIDE, ISOLATE.
THEY WERE FORCED APART, BUT 
DETERMINED TO STILL COME 
TOGETHER.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Andrew:  THERE WERE MOMENTS 
OF FEAR, GRIEF, LONELINESS, BUT 
ALSO OF HOPE.
WHAT DIDN'T CHANGE.
CANADIAN COMPASSION, STRENGTH, 
AND RESILIENCE, WITH MOST OF THE
COUNTRY SHUT DOWN, CANADIANS 
STAYED ON THE FRONT LINES, 
CARING FOR THE SICK, STOCKING 
SHELVES WITH FOOD, DELIVERING 
SUPPLIES TO THOSE IN NEED.
THEY ARE THE TRUE HEROES OF THIS
CANADA DAY.
THEY EXEMPLIFY WHO WE ARE AS A 
NATION.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Andrew:  BUT 2020 HAS ALSO 
BEEN A RECKONING, EXPOSING UGLY 
TRUTHS, DEEPLY FLAWED SYSTEMS, 
SYSTEMS FAILING OUR SENIORS.
[ Chanting ]. 
>> Andrew:  FAILING BLACK 
CANADIANS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, 
PEOPLE OF COLOUR SUFFERING THE 
PAIN OF SYSTEMIC RACISM.
PROVING WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH TO
LEARN, SO MUCH TO UNLEARN, AND 
SO MUCH WORK AHEAD OF US.
SO AS WE START TO RE-EMERGE FROM
ISOLATION, TIME TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO RECOGNIZE WHAT WE'VE OVERCOME
AND WHAT'S STILL TO COME.
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS OUR
MOMENT TO CHALLENGE, TO CHANGE, 
TO CONTRIBUTE, AND TO CELEBRATE.
WELCOME TO CANADA DAY 2020.
[♪♪♪]
♪ O CANADA ♪ 
♪ OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND ♪ 
♪ TRUE PATRIOT LOVE IN ALL OF US
COMMAND ♪ 
♪ CAR TON BRAS SAIT PORTER 
L'ÉPÉE ♪ 
♪ IL SAIT PORTER LA CROIX ♪ 
♪ TON HISTOIRE EST UNE ÉPOPÉE ♪ 
♪ DES PLUS BRILLANTS EXPLOITS ♪ 
♪ GOD KEEP OUR LAND GLORIOUS AND
FREE ♪ 
♪ O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD 
FOR THEE ♪ 
IS
♪ O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD 
FOR THEE ♪♪
>> Andrew: A BIG THANK YOU TO 
JULLY BLACK FOR THAT PERFORMANCE
OF O CANADA.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
I AM ANDREW CHANG.
YES, NORMALLY WE WOULD BE ON 
PARLIAMENT HILL AT THIS TIME OF 
DAY, BUT OF COURSE BECAUSE OF 
THE PANDEMIC, THAT'S NOT 
POSSIBLE, PHYSICAL DISTANCING 
AND ALL.
SO WE ARE BROADCASTING HERE FROM
THE TORONTO ISLANDS.
WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF HOURS ACKNOWLEDGING 
WHERE THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN, OF 
COURSE CELEBRATING WHERE IT'S 
AT, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT 
THERE ARE BIG CHALLENGES TO 
COME.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT BY 
CONNECTING WITH FRONTLINE 
WORKERS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE CONNECTING 
WITH REGULAR EVERYDAY CANADIANS.
WE WILL HAVE A FEW SURPRISES UP 
OUR SLEEVES.
I PROMISE.
TO HELP US OUT, WE NEED TO KNOW 
HOW YOU ARE SPENDING THIS DAY.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF REPORTERS FROM
COAST TO COAST TO COAST.
OUT WEST IN VANCOUVER AND OUT 
EAST AS WELL THAT WE WILL BE 
CONNECTING WITH.
YOU CAN SEE THEM ON YOUR 
SCREENS.
LET'S START OUT EAST.
MEG ROBERTS, YOU'RE ON THE 
WATER.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
>> YES, WE'VE SEEN YOU TO THE 
ST. JOHN'S HARBOUR.
NORMALLY THESE ARE SPOTS FOR 
TOUR BOATS.
YOU DON'T SEE TOO MANY OF THOSE 
TODAY.
IT'S BEEN A DIFFERENT SUMMER FOR
THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.
THE PROVINCE RELIES ON TOURISM, 
BUT NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 
CLOSED THEIR BORDERS TO THE REST
OF CANADA.
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO CHANGE AS OF
FRIDAY.
THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES HAVE 
AGREED ON A REGIONAL BUBBLE, 
WHICH MEANS IF YOU ARE A 
RESIDENT OF ATLANTIC CANADA, YOU
WILL NOW BE ABLE TO VISIT 
WITHOUT HAVING TO SELF-ISOLATE 
FOR 14 DAYS.
FOR SOMEBODY LIKE THE BOAT 
OPERATORS HERE, THAT'S GOOD NEWS
BECAUSE IT MEANS MORE BUSINESS.
OTHERS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE 
CAUTIOUS OR APPREHENSIVE BECAUSE
THE PROVINCE HAS KEPT THE 
NUMBERS LOW.
WE WANTED TO TAKE YOU TO AN 
ICEBERG, BUT OTTAWA WASN'T 
POSSIBLE.
SO WE BROUGHT A CHUNK OF 
10,000--YEAR-OLD ICE ON THE BOAT
TO SHOW YOU.
>> Andrew: THAT IS IMPRESSIVE IN
ITS OWN WAY.
>> WE WANTED TO BRING A LITTLE 
BIT OF THE PROVINCE TO THE REST 
OF CANADA.
>> Andrew: BEAUTIFUL.
MEG ROBERTS, YOU STAY SAFE AND 
DRY.
>>> LET'S GO TO LEANNE YOUNG IN 
VANCOUVER.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY ICEBERGS.
I'M STANDING RIGHT HERE AT 
ENGLISH BAY, ONE OF THE MOST 
ICONIC LOCATIONS ON THE WEST 
COAST.
A LITTLE BIT OF A GREY MORNING.
IT FEELS FITTING FOR THE CANADA 
DAY THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING.
ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THE 
PROVINCE HAS REOPENED.
WE ARE IN PHASE THREE OF THE 
REOPENING IN B.C.
WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE THAT B.C.
HAS FLATTENED THE CURVE VERY 
QUICKLY.
MOST OF THE CELEBRATIONS FOR 
CANADA DAY GOING VIRTUAL, JUST 
LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
HERE ON THE WEST COAST WE WERE 
CONCERNED AT THE BEGINNING.
STANDING AT THE GATEWAY TO THE 
PACIFIC, WE ARE AN INTERNATIONAL
TRAVEL HUB.
WE HAVE SO MANY ASIAN TOURISTS 
COMING IN AND TRAVELLERS.
THERE WERE CONCERNS WE WOULD BE 
HIT HARD BY COVID, BUT THANKS TO
SOME SMART HANDLING AND 
COMPLIANCE AND SACRIFICES BY 
BRITISH COLUMBIA, WE HAVE BEEN 
ABLE TO OVERCOME MUCH OF COVID 
HERE ON THIS CANADA DAY FOR AN 
UNUSUAL ONE. 
>> Andrew: LIEN YEUNG IN 
VANCOUVER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> WITHOUT THE BIG GATHERINGS 
THIS DAY TO REALLY COME ALIVE, 
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
SHOW US A -- BY SENDING A PHONE 
YOU CAN E-MAIL US AT 
CanadaDay@cbc.ca OR TECHNOLOGY 
US @CBCNews.
WE WILL SHARE THEM LATER IN THE 
PROGRAM.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THERE IS A LOT 
TO CELEBRATE AND REFLECT ON.
2020 HAS BEEN UNPRECEDENTED AND 
UNPREDICTABLE.
THE HELPED HAS PUSHED US TO NEW 
LIMITS.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE NEED TO SLOW AND 
STOP THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IF 
WE ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH 
THIS STRONGLY AS A COUNTRY. 
>> Andrew: IN THE 14 WEEKS SINCE
THAT WARNING, WE'VE BEEN FORCED 
TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT 
OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY, AND THE 
SYSTEM FAILURES EXPOSED BY 
COVID-19, AT A COST THAT HAS 
BEEN HEART-BREAKING.
>> HE'S A REALLY GREAT GUY.
HE MADE SO MANY FRIENDS WHEREVER
HE WENT. 
>> Andrew: MORE THAN 100,000 
CASES, 8,500 DEATHS, FOUR OUT OF
FIVE IN LONG-TERM CARE 
FACILITIES.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO REASONS FOR 
HOPE.
ACROSS CANADA, THE NUMBER OF 
ACTIVE CASES IS DROPPING AND THE
DAILY RATE OF NEW INFECTIONS, 
TAKE A LOOK THIS CURVE, THAT'S 
NOT FLATTENED, IT'S CRUSHED.
JUST AS IMPORTANT, MORE PEOPLE 
ARE RECOVERING EVERY DAY FROM 
THE VIRUS, NOW SURPASSING THE 
RATE OF INFECTION.
CANADIANS DID THIS.
BUT THERE IS ONE GROUP THAT LED 
THE WAY:  FRONTLINE WORKERS, 
HEALING US, FEEDING US, AND 
HELPING US NAVIGATE THESE 
CHALLENGING TIMES.
WE'LL BE MEETING SOME OF THEM 
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS TO 
CELEBRATE THEIR COURAGE AND 
DEDICATION WITH SONGS, STORIES, 
AND SOME SURPRISES.
LET'S GET STARTED.
THE FIRST FRONTLINE WORKERS YOU 
ARE GOING TO MEET HAVE BEEN 
RIGHT AT THE HEART OF THIS COVID
CRISIS.
[♪♪♪] 
>> MY NAME IS PAUL COBLETS I'M 
AN HOSPITAL.
>> I ALSO WORK AT NORTH YORK 
GENERAL HOSPITAL.
>> OUR JOB DESCRIPTION IS STILL 
LARGELY THE SAME, EXCEPT THERE 
IS THIS INVISIBLE LETHAL VIRUS 
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE THINK 
EVERYONE HAS. 
>> WE HAVE TO BE PROTECTED WITH 
FULL P.P.E. SO WE DON'T BRING 
THE VIRUS HOME TO OUR FAMILY. 
>> I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING 
TO NOTE IS THERE ARE HUNDREDS 
AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE DOING
THEIR PART AND ARE WORKING 
THROUGH THE SAME RISKS AS WE 
ARE.
I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT 
WE'RE STAND-OUTS OR MAKING MORE 
OF A DIFFERENCE THAN THEY ARE.
THE NURSES SEE PATIENTS MANY 
MORE TIMES THAN I DO A SHIFT.
>> SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE BEEN HUGE
AND GERIATRIC NURSES AS WELL.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE DOING 
AN INCREDIBLE PART AND WE'RE 
PART OF THAT.
I'M SO PROUD OF THE PEOPLE IN 
THIS COUNTRY FOR GATHERING 
TOGETHER AND COORDINATING 
THEMSELVES FOR MONTHS TO HELP 
MAKE SURE THAT OUR HOSPITAL 
SYSTEM DIDN'T FALL APART AND 
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SAFE.
I'M JUST SO PROUD TO BE A PART 
OF THIS COUNTRY.
TO ME CANADA IS LOVE.
>> TO ME, CANADA IS BEING KIND 
TO ONE ANOTHER.
>> HAPPY CANADA DAY!
>> Andrew: AND WE HAVE YASHI AND
PAUL JOINING US NOW.
HAPPY CANADA DAY TO THE BOTH OF 
YOU.
YASHI, IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT YOU
THINK YOU PLAY JUST A SMALL PART
IN ALL OF THIS.
>> I THINK THAT AS PHYSICIANS 
WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO HELP 
PEOPLE AND DO OUR PART, BUT 
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE IN MY 
DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED
AND JUST WORKED SO HARD.
I MEAN, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT THE NURSES, THE SOCIAL 
WORKERS, THE P.S.W.s, THE STAFF 
THAT CLEAN THE HOSPITALS, 
THEY'RE ALL DOING SO MUCH -- I'M
REALLY TEARING UP -- SO AS 
PHYSICIANS WE ARE A SMALL PART 
OF THAT, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY 
PEOPLE WE NEED TO THANK WHO ARE 
DOING THEIR JOB. 
>> Andrew: CLEARLY TODAY YOU'RE 
WORKING AND PAUL IS WITH YOUR 
TWO KIDS AT HOME, BOTH OF YOU 
TAKING ON A LOT, NOT JUST TODAY,
BUT FOR EVERYONE.
WE HAVE A SURPRISE, A SPECIAL 
GUEST WHO WANTS TO SAY THANK YOU
HIMSELF.
GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN
HERE, SOMEONE WHO IS NO STRANGER
TO HELPING OUT IN HOSPITALS AND 
WHO KNOWS FULL WELL THE AMOUNT 
OF WORK THAT GOES IN THERE.
HEY, P.K. SUBBAN.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR?
>> P.K. Subban: I'M DOING VERY, 
VERY WELL.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT AN HONOUR AND
A PLEASURE FOR ME TO COME HERE 
AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE ON 
BEHALF OF ALL CANADIANS ON HOW 
PROUD WE ARE, FIRST OF ALL OF 
YOURSELF, PAUL AND YASHI, AND 
ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS, 
E.M.T.s.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO GET 
SOMETHING LIKE THIS DONE AND YOU
GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB
ON THE FRONT LINES WORKING HARD 
TO CRUSH THIS THING.
ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE, I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
>> Andrew: PAUL, WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO THAT?
>> IT'S PRETTY OVERWHELMING.
IT'S BEEN AN OVERWHELMING YEAR.
WE'RE JUST DOING OUR PART LIKE 
SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE.
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
SACRIFICED MORE THAN US AND WHO 
ARE WORKING HARDER THAN US.
WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY HEALTHY, 
THESE ABOUT TO ARE HEALTHY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL TO DO OUR PART.
>> Andrew: HEY, LISTEN, I KNOW 
THE TWO OF YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS 
FULL, SO I'M GOING TO LET YOU 
GUYS GO.
ALLOW ME TO ECHO WHAT P.K. 
SUBBAN SAID, THANK YOU, THANK 
YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR 
WORK.
P.K., YOU'RE NOT OFF THE HOOK.
YOU KNOW HOW RESILIENT THIS 
COUNTRY IS, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU 
ALSO KNOW THE STRUGGLE THAT THIS
COUNTRY IS IN, THAT THIS COUNTRY
HAS FLAWS AS WELL.
I MEAN, HOW DO YOU APPROACH 
CANADA DAY WITH ALL OF THAT IN 
MIND?
>> P.K. Subban: WELL, I REALLY 
BELIEVE THAT TRULY THE BEST DAYS
FOR OUR COUNTRY ARE AHEAD.
YOU KNOW, I'M A STRONG BELIEVER 
IN OUR COUNTRY.
I'VE REPRESENTED OUR COUNTRY IN 
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
YOU KNOW, FROM THE GOVERNOR 
GIVING ME A MEDAL OF HONOUR TO 
THE DONATIONS TO THE HOSPITAL.
PEOPLE COME TOGETHER IN CANADA 
AND THEY COME TOGETHER BETTER 
THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY I'VE EVER
SEEN.
I'M SO PROUD TO BE A CANADIAN.
I REALLY BELIEVE THE BEST DAYS 
ARE AHEAD.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER 
THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS THE 
WILLINGNESS, THE WILLINGNESS FOR
PEOPLE TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES, 
NUMBER ONE, WHETHER IT BE ABOUT 
THIS PANDEMIC AND THE VIRUS 
GOING ON, BUT ALSO ABOUT ISSUES 
IN OUR SOCIETY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A FIRM 
BELIEVER THAT YOU HAVE TO USE 
YOUR PLATFORM.
EVERYONE'S PLATFORM IS 
DIFFERENT.
SOME PEOPLE WORK ON TELEVISION, 
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, 
SOME PEOPLE ARE FRONTLINE 
WORKERS AND THAT'S THEIR 
PLATFORM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE 
TO SAY WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO 
MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND OUR 
SOCIETIES BETTER PLACES FOR 
CHILDREN, THE NEXT GENERATION 
COMING?
THAT'S HOW I SEE MY IMPACT TO 
CONTINUE TO USE MY PLATFORM.
YES, I'M A HOCKEY PLAYER.
THAT'S WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.
THAT'S WHAT PAYS THE BILLS, BUT 
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A 
LOT OF KIDS THAT LOOK UP TO ME, 
NOT JUST MYSELF BUT MY PEERS.
AS A CANADIAN HOCKEY PLAYER, 
THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE 
LEAGUE THAT ARE GREAT ROLE 
MODELS, SYDNEY CROSBY AND CONNOR
McDAVID AND OTHERS.
I HOPE WE CAN SET AN EXAMPLE NOT
JUST FOR CANADIANS BUT FOR 
PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 
>> Andrew: P.K., I KNOW YOU WORK
REAL HARD BOTH ON THE ICE AND 
OFF THE ICE.
I LIVED IN MONTREAL FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS.
I WAS THERE AROUND THE SAME TIME
YOU WERE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
JOIN US AND HAPPY CANADA DAY 
TOO.
>> P.K. Subban: HAPPY CANADA 
DAY.
I WISH I COULD BE IN CANADA WITH
THE FAMILY.
I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYONE, 
ENJOY THEMSELVES BUT BE SAFE.
THERE'S STILL SOME THINGS GOING 
ON.
OBVIOUSLY WITH THE VIRUS WE NEED
TO CONTAIN IT.
HAVE YOUR FUN, BUT BE SAFE.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
>> Andrew: P.K., BEFORE I LET 
YOU GO, I'M GETTING WORD FROM 
ONE OF MY PRODUCERS IN THE 
CONTROL ROOM THAT REPORTEDLY 
TORONTO AND EDMONTON HAVE JUST 
BEEN CHOSEN AS HUB CITIES WHEN 
IT COMES TO THE RESUMPTION OF 
NHL PLAY AND OF COURSE PLAY FOR 
THE STANLEY CUP.
THAT IS NO SMALL DEAL.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT 
THAT?
>> P.K. Subban: WELL, LISTEN, I 
THINK MOST CANADIANS -- I SHARE 
WITH THEM -- EVERYBODY WANTS TO 
SEE HOCKEY ON TV.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK 
THAT'S A SIGN THAT THINGS ARE 
GETTING BETTER.
THERE'S NO WAY HOCKEY IS GOING 
TO GET ON THE ICE IF THINGS ARE 
GETTING WORSE.
I'M ALL FOR PEOPLE GETTING 
HEALTHIER, GETTING THEIR LIVES 
BACK.
IF THAT HAPPENS TO BE WITH 
HOCKEY ON TELEVISION, I MEAN, 
THERE'S NO BETTER SPORT TO WATCH
AS FAR AS BEING CANADIAN 
WATCHING HOCKEY.
THE ONLY THING I RESENT IS I 
WON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 
RAISE THAT STANLEY CUP IN ONE OF
THOSE CITIES.
I AM A LITTLE BIT UPSET ABOUT 
THAT, BUT I AM HAPPY ABOUT THE 
PROGRESS.
>> Andrew: WELL, HEY, P.K., 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE
TIME TO JOIN US.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ALL THE BEST TO YOU.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
TO RECAP, REPORTS IN THAT 
TORONTO AND EDMONTON HAVE BEEN 
CHOSEN AS HUB CITIES ONCE NHL 
PLAY RESUMES IN EARNEST.
THAT IS GOING TO BE QUITE THE 
DEVELOPMENT TO KEEP TRACKING, 
I'M SURE, A LOT OF SMILES ON 
PEOPLE'S FACES.
GIVING THANKS TO HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS LIKE YASHI AND PAUL, 
THAT HAS BECOME A NIGHTLY EVENT.
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU?
[BANGING OF POTS AND PANS] 
[HORNS HONKING]. 
>> Andrew: ONE NEIGHBOURHOOD 
THAT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND IS 
RIGHT HERE IN TORONTO AND THAT'S
WHERE WE FIND DESHANNA REID.
>> HEY, ANDREW, HAPPY CANADA 
DAY.
I'M IN THE PARKDALE NAIROBIED IN
THE WEST END.
I'M STANDING OUTSIDE OF ELMGROVE
LIVING CENTRE.
IT'S ONE OF THE FACILITIES THAT 
WAS HARD HIT.
21 RESIDENTS DIED AND OVER 100 
STAFF AND RESIDENTS WHO BECAME 
SICK.
IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME.
WHEN THE PARKDALE COMMUNITY 
FOUND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN 
THIS PARTICULAR HOME, THEY 
WANTED TO COME TOGETHER AND ACT.
I'M HERE WITH THE ISAAC JOSEPH 
FAMILY.
THEY ARE PART OF NIGHTLY 
CELEBRATIONS.
SINCE APRIL, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, 
SINCE THIS FACILITY WAS HIT BY 
AN OUTBREAK, YOU AND THE REST OF
THE COMMUNITY COME OUT TO SPREAD
JOY.
WHAT BRINGS YOU OUT?
>> WE COME OUT EVERY NIGHT 
BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, THIS CENTRE
WAS HARD HIT BY COVID.
IT'S THE RESIDENTS AT THE CENTRE
THAT WAIT AT THE WINDOWS EVERY 
NIGHT.
WE JUST LOVE TO COME TOGETHER TO
BE THERE WITH THEM.
ALSO, WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW OUR 
NEIGHBOURS DURING THIS TIME.
IT'S A MINI CELEBRATION EVERY 
NIGHT TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS 
AND THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT 
THE LIVING CENTRE. 
>> IT'S AMAZING, I WAS HERE ON 
FRIDAY TO SEE THESE CELEBRATIONS
UP CLOSE, QUITE AMAZING ENERGY.
THERE ARE RELATIVES OF PEOPLE 
WHO ARE INSIDE THIS HOME WHO 
HAVE COME AND BEEN A PART OF 
THAT.
WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THEM 
ABOUT HOW THAT EXPERIENCE HELPS 
THEM?
>> I SPOKE TO BRAD AND NICOLE.
I CAME AND SAW THEM ON THE FIRST
NIGHT THEY WERE VISITING THEIR 
PARENTS IN THE LIVING CENTRE.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO HEAR THEIR 
REACTIONS.
BRAD SAID HE THOUGHT HIS MOM WAS
EXAGGERATING THAT EVERY NIGHT 
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD COMES OUT.
WE'RE HAPPY WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE 
THEM THIS SUPPORT AND JOY DURING
THIS TIME. 
>> THE COMMUNITY HAS COME 
TOGETHER IN OTHER WAYS.
TELL US WHAT HAS CHANGED IN 
PARKDALE DURING THIS TIME.
>> DURING THIS TIME, STELLA 
TEACHES A WORKOUT CLASS EVERY 
SATURDAY AT 6:15.
SHE INVITES COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
COME IN.
ALSO THERE'S BEEN -- 
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS, 
QUEEN VICTORIA SCHOOL THAT WE'VE
WENT TO, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS
AND A MIGRANT WORKERS MARCH THAT
WE HAD AT THE LIVING CENTRE.
WE'RE REALLY HAVING THE 
NECESSARY CONVERSATIONS THAT 
WILL HELP AFFECT CHANGE, NOT 
JUST IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO 
IN THIS NATION.
INDIGENOUS RELATIONS, WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT ALL OF IT.
I FEEL LIKE OUR COMMUNITY IS 
MORE CONSCIOUS DURING THIS TIME.
>> IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW THE 
COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER.
THANK YOU ISAAC JOSEPH FAMILY.
ONE OF THE SNAPSHOTS OF WHAT HAS
BEEN HAPPENING. 
>> Andrew: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT TESHUANNA.
MEDICAL WORKERS WERE ON THE 
FRONT LINES OF THIS PANDEMIC, 
BUT ANOTHER GROUP THAT CAPTURED 
OUR ATTENTION IS THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICERS.
WATCH THIS.
>> WE DON'T JUST NEED TO FLATTEN
THE CURVE, WE NEED TO PLANK IT.
>> Andrew: THEIR BRIEFINGS ARE 
THE SOUNDTRACK OF A PANDEMIC.
THEIR CONFIDENCE BACKED BY 
SCIENCE.
AMONG THEM, DR. THERESA TAM, THE
COUNTRY'S CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICER.
THEIR JOB, HELPING CANADIANS 
CONFRONT A STRANGE, INVISIBLE 
ENEMY, REMINDING US THAT 
EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY.
FOR THAT, THEY'VE RECEIVED TRUST
AND GRATITUDE.
♪ THEY'LL LEAD US THROUGH 
ISOLATION ♪ 
♪ WE'LL WORK FROM HOME FOR 
YOU♪♪.
>> Andrew: DR. BONNIE HENRY HAS 
BEEN GUIDING WITH CALM, HUMOUR.
>> WASH YOUR HANDS LIKE YOU'VE 
BEEN CHOPPING PEPPERS AND YOU 
NEED TO WASH YOUR HANDS.
I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS FOR FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.
>> Andrew: SOME HAVE BECOME 
FASHION INFLUENCERS.
WHEN DR. DEENA HINSHAW WORE A 
DRESS WITH THE PERIODIC TABLE, 
SALES SKYROCKETED.
DR. EILEEN DE VILLA'S SCARVES 
HAVE SPARKED INTEREST.
DR. BONNIE HENRY HAD A SHOE IN 
HER HONOUR AND THERE WAS A 
BALLAD IN HER HONOUR.
♪ THE VOICE THAT YOU HEAR IS OF 
BONNIE HENRY ♪♪
>> Andrew: JOINING ME NOW, NONE 
OTHER THAN DR. BONNIE HENRY.
HAPPY CANADA DAY TO YOU.
>> Bonnie Henry: GOOD MORNING.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
>> Andrew: LISTEN, ON A DAY LIKE
THIS, OBVIOUSLY CELEBRATION ON A
LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS, BUT I 
IMAGINE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, 
CAUTION AND PRUDENCE MUST BE AT 
THE FOREFRONT AS WELL.
>> Bonnie Henry: ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL CANADA 
DAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK WE WILL 
COME TOGETHER AGAIN AND 
CELEBRATE AGAIN.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE TO DO IT 
QUIETLY, WITH SMALL NUMBERS, AND
SAFELY. 
>> Andrew: YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE
I HAVE TO ASK YOU JUST WITH THAT
SETUP OF THE FOLLOWING THAT YOU 
HAVE ATTRACTED, NOT JUST FOR THE
CONTENT OF YOUR BRIEFINGS, BUT 
ALSO THE WAY IN WHICH YOU'VE 
DELIVERED THEM.
I MEAN, THE FACT THAT 
BRITISH COLUMBIANS AND EVEN 
CANADIANS HAVE REACTED THIS WAY 
TO YOU, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT 
THAT?
>> Bonnie Henry: IT'S A LITTLE 
BIT STRANGE, TO BE HONEST.
THIS IS THE WORK THAT WE DO IN 
PUBLIC HEALTH.
PART OF OUR ROLE -- THE 
MOST-IMPORTANT PART OF OUR 
ROLE -- IS TO CARE FOR PEOPLE, 
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT 
THEY NEED TO DO, TO GIVE THEM 
THE MEANS TO DO IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN 
CANADA.
WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER AND IT'S 
MADE A HUGE, HUGE DIFFERENCE.
>> Andrew: RIGHT.
DR. HENRY, HOW CAUTIOUSLY 
OPTIMISTIC ARE YOU?
I MEAN, REGULAR, EVERYDAY 
CANADIANS HAVE BEEN TALKING TO 
US SAYING, HEY, ON THE ONE HAND 
MAYBE IT FEELS LIKE THE FIRST 
WAVE HAS FLATTENED, WE'VE 
CRUSHED IT, MAYBE WE'RE IN THE 
CLEAR.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE 
FOLKS?
>> Bonnie Henry: WE HAVE 
ABSOLUTELY DONE A GREAT JOB WITH
CONTROLLING THIS VIRUS, BUT IT 
IS STILL OUT THERE.
WE KNOW THAT.
WE'RE STILL SEEING CASES EVERY 
DAY.
WE'RE STILL SEEING SMALLER 
NUMBERS, THANKFULLY, BUT WE HAVE
TO KEEP OUR GUARD UP.
THIS IS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE 
WE CAN START TO OPEN UP AND DO 
MORE THINGS, BUT WE HAVE TO DO 
IT CAREFULLY, KEEP UP WITH THE 
PLAN, AND KEEP UP WITH THE 
FOUNDATIONAL PIECES.
WE KNOW THIS VIRUS IS GOING TO 
CIRCULATE AND WE DON'T WANT TO 
GIVE IT A CHANCE TO GROW.
WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS AS WE GO 
INTO RESPIRATORY SEASON.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE DONE A GOOD 
JOB.
WE CAN START TO SEE PEOPLE 
AGAIN.
WE CAN GO BACK TO WORK AND SOME 
OF THE SOCIAL THINGS THAT WE'VE 
BEEN DOING.
WE NEED TO KEEP OUR FOUNDATIONS 
IN PLACE, THAT MEANS SAFE 
DISTANCES, HAND WASHING, WEARING
A MASK IF YOU CAN'T BE TWO 
METRES AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE 
GOING TO GET US THROUGH THIS 
WHOLE CRISIS. 
>> Andrew: CERTAINLY, AND 
CERTAINLY NOT SMALL THINGS TO 
KEEP IN MIND.
DR. HENRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME.
HAPPY CANADA DAY TO YOU.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A NORMAL 
CANADA DAY.
WE ARE USED TO SEEING THE PRIME 
MINISTER AND HIS FAMILY ON 
PARLIAMENT HILL TO CELEBRATE, 
BUT TODAY HE AND SOPHIE GRÉGOIRE
TRUDEAU ARE JOINING US 
VIRTUALLY.
HAPPY CANADA DAY TO THE BOTH OF 
YOU.
YOU'RE CLEARLY NOT ON THE HILL.
WHERE ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU 
UP TO?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WE'RE ON A FARM JUST 
OUTSIDE OF OTTAWA WHERE EVERY 
DAY PEOPLE VOLUNTEER TO HELP OUT
GROWING PRODUCE FOR THE OTTAWA 
FOOD BANK.
WE THOUGHT, WE'VE SEEN 
INCREDIBLE ACTS OF HELPING EACH 
OTHER OUT OVER THE PAST NUMBER 
OF MONTHS.
WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING IS A 
COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE COME 
TOGETHER AND ARE THERE FOR EACH 
OTHER.
WE BROUGHT THE FAMILY TO PICK 
SOME VEGETABLES AND TO HIGHLIGHT
THE AMAZING WORK CANADIANS ARE 
DOING TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT. 
>> Andrew: AT THE SAME TIME, 
PRIME MINISTER, NOT EVERYBODY 
HAS THE LUXURY TO CELEBRATE 
TODAY, WHETHER THEY'RE BEING 
MINDFUL OF THEIR PHYSICAL 
HEALTH, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, 
THEIR FINANCIAL HEALTH IN A LOT 
OF CASES.
THEY MAY BE COMING FROM A PLACE 
WHERE THEY'RE NOT SO SURE THEY 
CAN RECOVER.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE 
FOLKS WHO ARE HAVING A 
PARTICULARLY HARD TIME THESE 
DAYS?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WELL, THERE'S NO 
QUESTION THAT THIS CANADA DAY IS
NOT LIKE MANY OTHERS.
PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE 
CELEBRATING THE SAME WAY, NOT 
SEEING THEIR LOVED ONES THE SAME
WAY, SOME PLACES YES, OTHER 
PLACES NO.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT WE ARE 
CELEBRATING IS A COUNTRY THAT 
ALWAYS HAS LOTS TO DO TO 
IMPROVE.
WE'RE AN AMAZING COUNTRY, BUT WE
COULD BE EVEN MORE.
THAT'S WHERE BEING BETTER ABOUT 
SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO ARE 
VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED IS A
COMMITMENT WE MAKE TODAY AND 
EVERY DAY.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WORTH 
REFLECTING ON AND WORTH 
CELEBRATING.
>> Andrew: MS. SOPHIE GRÉGOIRE 
TRUDEAU, I KNOW YOU HAVE 
PARTICULAR FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE.
YOU UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT THE
CORONAVIRUS IS AND HOW HARD IT 
CAN HIT.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT WHAT THAT WAS LIKE, BUT 
ALSO MAYBE WHAT YOU'VE TAKEN 
AWAY FROM THAT, WHAT YOU'VE 
LEARNED FROM IT.
>> WELL, HAVING SUFFERED FROM 
COVID, AS YOU CAN SEE NOW I'M 
SUPER HEALTHY.
I'M JUST SO GLAD TO BE STANDING 
HERE IN GREAT HEALTH AND BEING 
HERE WITH MY KIDS.
AS PARENTS WE KNOW WE CAN TELL 
OUR KIDS WHATEVER WE WANT, BUT 
IT'S THE ACTIONS THAT REALLY 
MATTER.
WE'RE SO GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY.
THIS PLACE HELPS 39,000 PEOPLE 
EVERY MONTH.
THEY'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN 15% 
TO 30% IN THE NEEDS OF THE FOOD 
BANK.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT 
SERVICE.
I THINK WHATEVER YOU'VE GONE 
THROUGH IN THE PAST MONTH, IF 
YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH, IT'S OUR 
RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO 
HELP AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE 
TODAY. 
>> Andrew: PRIME MINISTER, ONE 
MORE QUESTION FOR YOU.
I KNOW YOU FOLKS ARE BUSY AND 
YOU NEED TO GET GOING SOON, I 
NEED TO ASK YOU -- AND YOU 
BROUGHT UP THIS NOTION THAT 
THERE IS A SERIOUS SYSTEMIC 
PROBLEM IN CANADIAN SOCIETY 
RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK OF BLACK, 
INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOUR WHO
HAVE BEEN EXCEEDINGLY OPEN WITH 
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE 
THAT IS WRONG IN CANADIAN 
SOCIETY.
WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM IN 
TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR 
THEM SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO
REBUILD THIS COUNTRY IN A WAY 
THAT MAKES THEM FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE A PART OF IT?
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: THERE'S NO QUESTION 
THAT CANADA AND CANADIANS HAVE 
EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES AS 
CITIZENS.
WE'RE A GREAT COUNTRY.
BUT THERE ARE SOME REAL PROBLEMS
THAT WE STILL HAVE TO WORK ON.
ONE OF THEM IS SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION, CONTINUED 
MARGINALIZATION OF INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLES, OF RACIALIZED 
CANADIANS.
THAT PREVENT US FROM SAYING, 
WOW, WE'RE A GREAT COUNTRY, BUT 
IT HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE NEED TO DO
BETTER AND DO MORE TO MAKE SURE 
EVERYONE FEELS THE BENEFITS OF 
THIS COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT AND 
WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, LOOKING AT OUR 
SYSTEMS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING 
CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT 
EVERYONE CAN CELEBRATE THIS 
COUNTRY EVERY DAY AND NOT JUST 
ON CANADA DAY. 
>> Andrew: I HOPE WE'LL HAVE 
MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT
THAT IN THE FUTURE.
I KNOW TIME CAN BE DIFFICULT TO 
FIND.
PRIME MINISTER AND MS. TRUDEAU, 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU 
GUYS TODAY.
HAPPY CANADA DAY RIGHT ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
>> Andrew: ON PARLIAMENT HILL 
WHERE NORMALLY THERE WOULD BE SO
MANY PEOPLE, THOUSANDS OF THEM, 
IT IS A MUCH DIFFERENT SCENE.
DAVID THURTON IS THERE.
>> DAVID:  BEHIND ME IS A RALLY 
OF THOSE PROTESTING THE LOCKDOWN
MEASURES WE'VE SEEN.
THEY ARE GATHERING, PEOPLE WITH 
CANADIAN FLAGS, WITH THE QUEBEC 
FLAGS, THE FLEUR-DE-LIS.
SOMEONE WITH THE U.N. FLAG, 
THEY'RE NOT ONLY PROTESTING IS 
THE LOCKDOWN ISSUES, BUT A RANGE
OF ISSUES.
THIS IS A CANADA DAY LIKE NO 
OTHER.
EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE PEOPLE ON 
THE HILLS, WE'RE NOT SEEING THE 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WE WOULD 
USUALLY SEE HERE.
I SHOULD SAY REALLY QUICKLY, 
THIS WAS GOING TO BE A CANADA 
DAY THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
BECAUSE OF COVID-19, THEY WERE 
EXPECTING TO MOVE THE LOCATION 
TO ANOTHER PLACE BECAUSE OF 
COURSE CENTRE BLOCK IS 
UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS AND SO IS
THE IN FRONT LAWN.
SO A CANADA DAY LIKE NO OTHER AS
WE'VE BEEN SAYING THROUGHOUT 
THIS PROGRAM.
WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING AROUND 
OTTAWA AND COMING BACK TO YOU TO
TALK ABOUT THAT. 
>> Andrew: SOUNDS GOOD.
DAVID THURTON IN OTTAWA FOR US.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM WE ARE 
HIGHLIGHTING THE ROLE FRONTLINE 
WORKERS HAVE PLAYED IN KEEPING 
THIS COUNTRY GOING, HEALING US, 
FEEDING US, MOVING US.
WATCH THIS.
[♪♪♪] 
>> MY NAME IS RACHAEL LeBLANC.
I WORK FOR WASTE AND RECYCLING 
IN CALGARY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
A LOT OF THE TIMES WHEN OUR 
CUSTOMERS COME INTO THE 
LANDFILL, WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE
THEY GET TO HAVE SOCIAL 
INTERACTION WITH.
WE'VE BEEN MAKING AN EXTRA 
EFFORT TO TRY TO TALK TO THEM 
FOR THE COUPLE OF EXTRA MINUTES.
CALGARIANS AND CANADIANS ARE 
LONELY BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL 
ISOLATION.
I HAD A CUSTOMER COME OUT WHO 
DROPPED OFF SOME GARBAGE HERE 
AND HE ENDED UP GOING HOME AND 
HIS WIFE WANTED TO COME OUT AND 
WANTED TO JUST CHAT FOR A LITTLE
BIT.
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD, THANKS.
IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT THAT WE 
CAN PROVIDE THAT SPAR FOR THEM 
AND GO ABOUT THEIR DAYS WITH A 
BIG SMILE.
>> MY KIDS AND I, BECAUSE I WORK
AT THE LANDFILL, WE'RE 
CONSIDERED HIGH RISK.
WE'RE EXPOSED TO POTENTIALLY THE
VIRUS MORE THAN OTHER PEOPLE.
SO WE CAN'T SEE MY GRANDPARENTS 
AND MY PARENTS.
SO WE BUILT A POSTER AND WE 
STUCK IT IN MY GRANDPARENTS' 
WINDOWS AND BANGED ON THE WINDOW
AND THE DOOR AND MADE THEIR DOG 
BARK SO WE COULD SEE THEM.
>> WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH 
DIFFERENT GOALS IN OUR LIVES.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE 
TAKE THOSE EXTRA STEPS TO TAKE 
CARE OF ONE ANOTHER.
>> IN THE WHOLE, CALGARIANS AND 
CANADIANS HAVE ALL COME 
TOGETHER.
WE KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE WHO
NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE SOCIAL 
INTERACTION, BE IT DROPPING FOOD
OFF ON THEIR DOORSTEP, SAYING 
HELLO, SMILING AT STRANGES IF 
YOU'RE NOT WEARING A MASK.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN 
REALLY POSITIVE IN THIS PANDEMIC
HOW MUCH WE HAVE COME TOGETHER 
AND HOW YOU CAN'T KEEP US DOWN. 
>> HAPPY CANADA DAY. 
>> Andrew: FROM CALGARY WE HAVE 
CAROLINE OLLENBERGER JOINING US 
RIGHT NOW.
I HEARD WHEN YOU UNWIND AFTER A 
LONG DAY AFTER WORK, THERE'S ONE
BAND IN PARTICULAR WHO YOU JUST 
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF.
WHO WOULD THAT BE?
>> I REALLY LIKE METRIC.
METRIC IS MY FAVOURITE BAND.
>> Andrew: OKAY.
AND THEY WERE ON TOUR IN CALGARY
NOT ALL THAT LONG AGO, RIGHT?
WHY THEM?
>> THEY WERE HERE.
I COULDN'T GO SEE THEM.
I COULDN'T GET TICKETS AND I 
COULDN'T GET THE TIME OFF, SO I 
DIDN'T GET TO SEE METRIC. 
>> Andrew: HERE IS THE NEXT-BEST
THING. 
>> THIS IS A LITTLE MESSAGE FOR 
CAROLINE OLLENBERGER.
I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE A BIT OF A 
METRIC FAN.
THAT'S COOL AND AMAZING.
I'M SORRY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE 
TO SEE US IN CONCERT.
IT MIGHT BE A MINUTE BEFORE WE 
CAN COME AND PLAY CALGARY, BUT 
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON THE GUEST 
LIST FOR THAT SHOW.
I SAW A VIDEO OF HOW YOU'RE 
PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE AND 
INSPIRING PEOPLE.
IT'S GREAT.
WHAT IS UP.
CAROLINE, WE WILL MEET IN THE 
BEAUTIFUL FUTURE WHEN CONCERTS 
ARE BACK AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT 
HOW WE GOT THROUGH THIS HARD 
TIME.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
YOU RULE.
PEACE.
>> OH MY GOSH.
[LAUGHTER]. 
>> Andrew: HOW COOL IS THAT?
>> THAT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[LAUGHTER]. 
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
[LAUGHTER]. 
>> Andrew: NOW YOU ARE GOING TO 
HAVE TO FIND TIME TO GET TO THAT
CONCERT BECAUSE WORD ON THE 
STREET IS YOU'RE ON THE GUEST 
LIST.
>> OH, I WILL.
THAT IS SO AMAZING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Andrew: HEY, YOUR SMILE IS 
ALL THE THANKS WE NEED.
CAROLINE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, NOT
JUST FOR APPEARING ON OUR 
PROGRAM BUT FOR ALL YOUR HARD 
WORK.
HISPANIC CANADA DAY TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
>> Andrew: LOTS MORE TO COME IN 
THE PROGRAM.
MANY MORE SURPRISES AS WELL.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT HOW 
COVID-19 AND THE BLACK LIVES 
MATTER PROTESTS ARE INTIMATELY 
CONNECTED.
OF COURSE WE'LL MEET MORE 
CANADIANS ON THE FRONT LINES.
[♪♪♪] 
>> WE CAME FROM SYRIA.
I HAVE FOUR KIDS AND WE HAVE 
BEEN HERE IN CANADA FOUR YEARS.
>> I OPENED THE STORE IN 2019.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO START, 
BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT 
LANGUAGE, DIFFERENT AREA, 
DIFFERENT BUSINESS.
>> ALSO, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF 
THINGS TO LEARN DIFFERENT HERE 
IN CANADA.
IN THE PANDEMIC, WE WANTED TO 
STAY OPEN BECAUSE WE HAVE THE 
BACK OF THE COMMUNITY.
>> I NEED TO HELP MY NEIGHBOURS 
AND MY COMMUNITY TOO.
I AM SO HAPPY WHEN PEOPLE 
THANKED ME TO STAY OPEN.
>> MY NAME IS MOHAMED.
I'M 11 YEARS OLD.
I LIKE TO WORK WITH MY MOM AND 
DAD.
MY FAVOURITE PART IN THE STORE 
IS TO HELP SENIORS AND HELP 
EVERYBODY BECAUSE THEY HELPED US
A LOT WHEN WE CAME HERE, SO I 
WOULD LIKE TO HELP THEM ALSO, 
THE SAME WAY THEY HELPED US.
>> MOST OF THE PEOPLE LIKE TO 
COME TO OUR STORE INSTEAD TO GO 
TO THE BIG STORE IT IS.
I'VE SEEN THE LOCAL PEOPLE WANT 
TO SUPPORT US.
>> IT'S A GOOD TIME TO HELP MY 
COMMUNITY AND TO HELP MY 
NEIGHBOURS AND ALSO TO FEEL LIKE
I AM CANADIAN.
>> CANADA TO ME 
[♪♪♪] 
>> HI, MY NAME IS RICHARD BRON.
I'M A GROCERY STORE WORKER.
I'VE BEEN A GROCERY STORE WORKER
FOR 11 YEARS.
I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
I DO COMMUNITY ORGANIZING.
I'M FROM AN ISLAND IN THE 
CARIBBEAN CALLED ST. VINCENT.
I CAME HERE IN 2007 AND HAVE 
BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE.
I THINK THE HARDEST PART OF WHAT
I'M DOING NOW IS MY COMMUTE.
I'VE GOT TO GO IN AT 5:30 IN THE
BUS IS HEAVILY PACKED.
SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NOT 
PRACTICED VERY MUCH, IF AT ALL.
A LOT OF TIMES COMMUTERS DON'T 
HAVE PROPER P.P.E.
I REMEMBER IN THE BEGINNING OF 
THE PANDEMIC WITH THE 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, IT WAS 
PRETTY TOUGH.
I HAD TO GET A LETTER FROM MY 
EMPLOYER STATING THAT I'M AN 
ESSENTIAL WORKER.
THE FACT THAT I WAS ALWAYS 
WORRIED THAT I WOULD GET STOPPED
BY THE COPS AND WHAT THAT 
INTERACTION WOULD BE LIKE, 
PULLING THAT LETTER OUT OF MY 
POCKET, IT'S A SCARY SITUATION 
THAT EXISTS IN MY HEAD.
I THINK THE WORK THAT I'M DOING 
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE 
ALWAYS GOING TO NEED GROCERIES.
STAYING HOPE AND KEEPING THE 
STOCK ON THE SHELF AND THE 
PRODUCE FRESH, KEEPING ALL THAT 
STUFF GOING, THAT GAVE US A 
SENSE THAT, WHOA, WE'RE DOING 
IMPORTANT WORK.
I DO YOGA EVERY DAY AND MEDITATE
TWICE A DAY TO STAY SANE AND TO 
FIND PEACE AND BALANCE THROUGH 
THE CHAOS.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS CANADIANS 
ARE GENUINELY KIND PEOPLE.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE COME 
TOGETHER THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC 
BY STICKING TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHAT I SEE THROUGH MY 
CANADIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Andrew: WELCOME BACK TO 
CANADA DAY 2020, WHERE WE ARE 
CELEBRATING WHERE THIS COUNTRY 
IS AND HOW FAR IT'S COME, BUT 
ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THE 
CHALLENGES AHEAD.
NOW, IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19, 
ANOTHER PART OF PUBLIC HEALTH 
EMERGENCY THAT'S BEEN MADE 
CLEAR, SYSTEMIC RACISM, 
ESPECIALLY AGAINST BLACK AND 
INDIGENOUS CANADIANS.
WATCH THIS.
[ Chanting ]. 
>> Andrew: AS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD UNITE TO 
PROTEST THE KILLING OF GEORGE 
FLOYD AND OTHER BLACK MEN AND 
WOMEN, CANADIANS ARE ADDING 
THEIR VOICES ABOUT THE REALITY 
HERE.
[ Chanting ]. 
>> Andrew: SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL 
THREATENED EVERY DAY SIMPLY 
BECAUSE OF THE COLOUR OF THEIR 
SKIN.
[ Chanting ]. 
>> Andrew: AND ACROSS CANADA, 
THE ACTIONS OF POLICE ARE BEING 
CALLED INTO QUESTION.
AMONG THE MOST RECENT CASE, THE 
DEATHS OF REGIS PAQUETTE AND THE
ARREST OF CHIEF ALLAN ADAM.
CASES LIKE THEIRS AND MANY 
OTHERS ARE FUELLING A GROWING 
DEMAND FOR ACTION.
THERE ARE CALLS TO DEFUND 
POLICE, TO END SYSTEMIC RACISM 
ACROSS ALL PARTS OF SOCIETY, AND
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RACIST 
HISTORY THAT HAS BEEN EMBEDDED 
IN OUR CULTURE, OUR LAWS, AND 
OUR ATTITUDES.
>> I IN THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW AM
SPEAKING TO EVERY SINGLE WHITE 
PERSON THAT IS HERE TODAY, YOU 
HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE 
CHANGE.
>> Andrew: IT IS THE TIME OF 
RECKONING FOR ALL CANADIANS, TO 
LISTEN, TO LEARN, AND REFLECT.
JOINING WE NOW, WE HAVE DONOVAN 
BENNET, HOST AND WRITER OF 
SPORTSNET.
SOMEONE I CONSIDER A FRIEND AND 
SOMEONE I LEAN ON WHEN I 
GENERALLY NEED A THOUGHTFUL GUY 
TO TALK TO.
DONOVAN, CANADIANS HAVE A LOT TO
BE PROUD OF AND TO CELEBRATE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE
MORE MINDFUL OF?
>> YEAH, I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAN
INTO THAT PRIDE AND BE MINDFUL 
AROUND IT.
I'M PROUD OF OUR COUNTRY, THE 
WAY WE'VE RALLIED AROUND THE 
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE, 
STRATEGIZED, MOBILISEDED, RAISED
THE MONEY AND FUNDS, WE'VE 
BANGED POTS AND PANS SO OUR 
FRONTLINE WORKERS FELT SEEN AND 
HEARD.
THERE'S PRIDE IN THAT THAT WE 
HAD THE CAPACITY TO CARE AS A 
COUNTRY.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD 
REMEMBER THAT THAT SHOULD BE A 
STANDARD THAT WE DO IT ALL OF 
THE TIME BECAUSE THE FRONTLINE 
WORKERS FOR OUR COUNTRY, THE 
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, OFTEN 
HAVE BEEN MINORITIES.
THE LAND THAT THIS COUNTRY IS 
FOUNDED ON WAS TAKEN FROM 
MINORITIES.
OUR MINORITIES BUILT THE RAILWAY
SYSTEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MANY HAVE ASKED MINORITIES TO 
COME INTO OUR HOUSEHOLDS TO BE 
THE C.O.s AND RAISE OUR KIDS.
ATHLETES HAVE COME THAT WON US 
MEDALS, AND YET WE TREAT THEM AS
SECOND-CLASS AS I SAID OFTEN.
SO THE REST OF THE WORLD IS 
ENVIOUS OF US, BECAUSE WE ARE 
SUCH A GREAT MOSAIC AND THEY 
WANT TO COME HERE TO EXPERIENCE 
THE CULTURE AND FOOD AND MUSIC, 
YET WHEN THOSE TOURISTS LEAVE, 
THE PEOPLE LEFT HERE DON'T HAVE 
THE SAME EXPERIENCE AS THE 
COUNTERPARTS.
THAT STANDARD, WE NEED TO UPHOLD
FOR EVERYONE.
WHEN YOU'RE CELEBRATING WITH 
PRIDE ON CANADA DAY AND ALL OF 
THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE, 
ACKNOWLEDGE THERE ARE SOME 
PEOPLE WITH A LOT LESS TO 
CELEBRATE AND WE NEED TO WORK 
HARD SO THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
>> Andrew: DONOVAN, AMONG THE 
MANY THINGS I CALL UPON YOU TO 
TALK ABOUT, SPORTS OCCASIONALLY 
IS ONE OF THEM.
WE HAVE ABOUT 20 SECONDS LEFT.
I HAVE TO GET YOUR QUICK SENSE 
OF THE REPORTS COMING OUT THAT 
POTENTIALLY TORONTO AND EDMONTON
COULD BE CHOSEN AS HUB CITIES.
IT'S NOT FINAL YET.
>> YEAH, IT'S NOT FINAL.
I THINK HOPEFULLY IT BRINGS WITH
IT SOME ECONOMY, IT BRINGS WITH 
IT SOME EXCITEMENT FOR PEOPLE 
WHO REALLY DID A LOT OF 
SACRIFICE TO MAKE SURE OUR 
COUNTRY IS IN A POSITION SO WE 
COULD BECOME A HUB CITY, BUT 
ALSO HOPEFULLY OUR 
ADMINISTRATORS, POLITICIANS MAKE
SURE IT'S DONE IN A WAY THAT 
DOESN'T MAKE THOSE SACRIFICES 
ALL-FOR-NAUGHT.
SO I'M HAPPY, BUT CAUTIOUSLY 
OPTIMISTIC THAT IT GOES WELL. 
>> Andrew: ALL RIGHT.
MORE DETAILS TO COME ON THAT.
DONOVAN BENNET, HAPPY CANADA 
DAY.
>> SAME TO YOU, MY FRIEND.
>> Andrew: OKAY.
LET'S CHECK IN NOW WITH JOANNE 
VRAKIS, ANOTHER, DARE I SAY, OLD
FRIEND IN MONTREAL AND YOU'VE 
GOT A GUEST WITH YOU.
>> SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU, 
ANDREW.
WE'RE JOINED IN MONTREAL BY WILL
PROSPER, WHO IS A COMMUNITY 
ACTIVIST, INVOLVED IN THE BLACK 
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND A FILM
MAKER.
WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU 
JOINED US ON THIS HOLIDAY.
I WANT TO BEGIN WITH WHAT YOU 
TOLD ME DURING THE BREAK.
YOU SAID, I'M EXHAUSTED, AND 
MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY 
ARE EXHAUSTED.
CAN YOU TELL US WHY.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS 
THE IMAGES THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE 
THROUGH OVER AND OVER.
THERE IS THE WEIGHT THAT WE 
CARRIED FOR SO MANY YEARS.
I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD.
I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT RACIAL 
PROFILING FOR 12 YEARS NOW AND 
MY FATHER WAS TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT'S A LONG, OVERDUE 
CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE AVOIDING
AS A SOCIETY.
I'M GLAD WE'RE COMING ON THIS 
SUBJECT AND TALKING ABOUT THIS 
ISSUE.
I WONDER WHAT ACTION WILL BE 
TAKEN BY THE POLITICIANS TO TRY 
TO STOP ALL THESE INJUSTICES 
THAT WE'RE FACING AS A COMMUNITY
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 
SYSTEMIC RACISM. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SYSTEMIC 
RACISM, THAT WORD, THAT WORD, 
THERE WAS SUCH A BIG TUG OF WAR 
TO GET PREMIER FRANÇOIS LEGAULT 
TO USE IT TO TALK ABOUT SYSTEMIC
RACISM WHEN IT COMES TO THE 
PROVINCIAL POLICE.
IS THAT PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS 
CONVERSATION DIFFERENT THAN THE 
CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WHEN IT 
COMES TO THIS MOVEMENT?
>> YOU CAN SEE THE PRIME 
MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU TALKING 
ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM AND 
RACISM.
THERE ARE LOTS TALKING ABOUT IT.
OVER HERE IT'S HARD TO HAVE THE 
CONVERSATION.
WE'RE LIVING INTO IT AND 
UNFORTUNATELY LEGAULT IS 
APPEALING TO HIS BASE.
I THINK THERE IS A SHIFT IN THE 
POPULATION AND A SOLIDARITY THAT
IS BUILDING.
PEOPLE ARE BEING MORE AWARE OF 
IT AND WANTING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
THE MAYOR OF MONTREAL HAS BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT IT AS WELL.
HOPEFULLY CHANGE IS GOING TO 
COME FORWARD BECAUSE THE 
POPULATION IS COMING DOWN THE 
STREETS.
WE ORGANIZED A FEW PROTESTS.
THERE WAS MORE THAN 25,000 
PEOPLE THAT CAME DOWN THE 
STREETS.
WE CAN SEE PEOPLE ARE IN 
SOLIDARITY WITH WHAT IS TAKING 
PLACE RIGHT NOW, NOT ONLY IN THE
UNITED STATES, BUT THE REALITY 
WE ARE FACING IN QUEBEC.
>> WILL PROSPER, THANK YOU FOR 
TAKING TIME WITH US.
A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND FILM 
MAKER.
ANDREW, BACK TO YOU.
>> Andrew: THANK YOU, JOANNE.
[♪♪♪] . 
>> MY NAME IS JAB PERSAD.
I'M 21 FROM VANCOUVER, B.C.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BUILD A 
COMMUNITY TOGETHER, TRYING TO 
BUILD A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE TO 
SUPPORT PEOPLE OF COLOUR AND 
OTHER RACES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AS OF LATELY, I'VE BEEN IN 
CHARGE OF LOGISTICAL AND 
STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THESE 
PROTESTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON
THROUGHOUT VANCOUVER.
THE MOTIVATION FOR ME HAS ALWAYS
BEEN WE DO HAVE RACISM AND 
RACIAL PROFILING IN OUR 
COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN'T TOLERATE
ANYMORE.
ME, MYSELF, I WON'T TOLERATE IT.
IF I REQUEST MAKE A DIFFERENCE, 
ONE DIFFERENCE, A STEPPINGSTONE 
TO CHANGE POLICY AND MAKING IT 
EASY FOR MY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF
ALL RACES, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING
TO DO.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF
PEOPLE COMING OUT.
IN A PANDEMIC, THESE ARE HARD 
TIMES.
THERE ARE CALLS FOR MAJOR 
CHANGE.
IF WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO IS 
PUT OUR LIVES ON THE LINE TO 
CATCH THIS PANDEMIC, CASH THIS 
VIRUS, SO WE CAN INFLUENCE 
CHANGE FOR A BETTER FUTURE, I 
LEARNED THAT CANADIANS DURING 
THIS TIME DO CARE AND HAVE THE 
STRENGTH TO UNITE TOGETHER FOR 
CHANGE.
IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S HOPE AND 
FAITH IN OUR FUTURE AND OUR 
GENERATION FOR OUR PEOPLE HERE 
IN CANADA.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD TO 
CALL MYSELF A CANADIAN.
THAT IS THE REAL CANADA AND THAT
IS MY CANADA.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Andrew: AND IT IS NOW MY 
PLEASURE TO BRING INTO THIS 
CONVERSATION JULLY BLACK.
OF COURSE FOLKS AT HOME HAVE 
ALREADY SEEN HER SINGING THE 
NATIONAL ANTHEM MOMENTS AGO.
JULLY, HAPPY CANADA DAY TO YOU.
>> Jully Black: HAPPY CANADA DAY
TO YOU TOO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
>> Andrew: OUR PLEASURE.
WHEN YOU SING THE ANTHEM, WHAT 
GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD?
>> Jully Black: WELL, LATELY, AS
I'VE BEEN KIND OF DISSECTING THE
LYRICS, THE TRUE, NORTH, STRONG,
AND FREE, I START TO WONDER HOW 
FREE AS A BLACK WOMAN I AND MY 
COMMUNITY ACTUALLY ARE.
WITH GLOWING HEARTS WE SEE THEE 
RISE, THE TRUE NORTH, STRONG, 
AND FREE.
THE TRUE NORTH, WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN?
I TOOK A STEP BACK.
SOMEONE ELSE ASKED ME TO BE A 
PART OF ANOTHER CANADA DAY 
MONTAGE AND I DECLINED.
FOR ME TO BE THE ONE BLACK 
WOMAN, IT WAS TOKENISM, SO I 
DECIDED TO SAY NO.
SO THERE'S THINGS NOW 
[Indiscernible] -- 
>> Andrew: SO LET ME ASK YOU 
THIS.
CHANGE, YOU HAVE DEMANDED IT FOR
A LONG, LONG TIME.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S COMING?
>> Jully Black: CHANGE IS NOW.
IT'S NOT COMING.
CHANGE IS NOW.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LINE THAT I 
SAID AS THE CHARACTER CAROLINE, 
SHE SAID, CHANGE COMES FAST, 
CHANGE COMES SLOW, BUT CHANGE 
COMES.
I THINK THE MORE WE MOVE WITH 
INTENTIONALITY AND WITH A 
BOLDNESS AND TO REALLY TEACH ONE
ANOTHER ABOUT EACH OTHER'S 
CULTURE AND PAIN, WE CAN REALLY 
TURN OUR PAIN INTO PURPOSE AND 
THEN REALLY, TRULY MOVE THE DIAL
INTO A BETTER TODAY.
I THINK WE'RE OFTEN LOOKING TO 
THE FUTURE, WE'RE LOOKING TO 
TOMORROW.
BUT THE ONLY TIME WE REALLY HAVE
IS NOW.
SO I SAY, DECIDE.
I SAY, MAKE A DECISION, 
ESPECIALLY WHEN I SPEAK TO MY 
WHITE FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND
PEERS.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE A 
DECISION TO NOT BE LUKEWARM.
WE DON'T WANT LUKEWARM ANY MORE.
WE DON'T WANT COLD COFFEE, HOT 
COFFEE.
WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC, 
DEFINITIVE PLAN FOR WHAT YOU'RE 
GOING TO DO FOR US AS BLACK 
PEOPLE.
I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR 
WHITENESS AND KNOW ABOUT WHAT 
YOUR LIFE WAS LIKE.
THEN TOGETHER WE CAN DO THIS AND
BUILD A BRIDGE BIG ENOUGH FOR 
EVERYONE TO CROSS.
>> Andrew: JULLY, I APPRECIATE 
YOU AND FOR HEARING FROM YOU AND
THE FACT THAT YOU MADE THE TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAPPY 
CANADA DAY.
>> Jully Black: HAPPY CANADA 
DAY.
GETTING TOO HEAVY FOR YOU ALL 
TODAY.
SEE YOU LATER.
BYE.
>> Andrew: TAKE CARE.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE HAVE SOME 
MORE SURPRISES FOR OUR FRONTLINE
WORKERS, BUT WE WANTED TO LEAVE 
YOU WITH MORE OF JULLY'S MUSIC.
♪ WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER 
BECAUSE WE ARE THE PEOPLE ♪
♪ SHARING ALL DIFFERENT RACES 
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL EQUAL ♪
♪ CAN'T FORGET THERE IS A NIGHT 
NOW ♪
♪ WE DON'T NEED A SEQUAL ♪
♪ WE JUST GOT TO KEEP MOVING ♪
♪ THIS IS CRUCIAL ♪
♪ GET READY ♪
♪ I'M RUNNING FOR THE R
. 
>> Andrew: HEY.
WELCOME BACK.
WE ARE JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY 
NOW FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S 
CANADA DAY ADDRESS.
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR HIM SPEAK 
TO TWO MAJOR CRISES IN THIS 
COUNTRY, THE PANDEMIC AND 
RACISM.
AS WE HIT THE TOP OF THE CLOCK, 
WE WANTED TO PLAY FOR YOU O 
CANADA.
HAVE A LISTEN TO THIS.
[♪♪♪] 
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS KAI BRUNO.
I'M GOING TO BE SINGING THE 
NATIONAL ANTHEM IN CREE.
[♪ SINGING O CANADA IN CREE ♪] 
>> Andrew: OH CANADA, INDEED.
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ONLY BECAME
CANADA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM 40 
SHORT YEARS AGO.
ANY MOMENT WE ARE EXPECTING THE 
PRIME MINISTER TO ADDRESS 
CANADIANS LIVE.
OF COURSE NORMALLY THIS HAPPENS 
ON PARLIAMENT HILL.
THESE DAYS THINGS ARE A LITTLE 
DIFFERENT.
YOU CAN THANKS THE PANDEMIC FOR 
THAT, PHYSICAL DISTANCING, AND 
ALSO THE PRIME MINISTER IS WITH 
HIS FAMILY RIGHT NOW AND WILL BE
ADDRESSING THE NATION VIRTUALLY.
OF COURSE THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED 
BY AN ADDRESS FROM THE 
GOVERNOR-GENERAL, JULIE PAYETTE.
WE ARE BROADCASTING LIVE FROM 
THE TORONTO ISLANDS, WHERE IT IS
A PRETTY TEMPERATE MID-20S, 25º.
NORMALLY AT THIS TIME WE WOULD 
BE SURROUNDED BY FOOD TRUCKS, BY
THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS WAVING 
FLAGS.
THERE WOULD BE FREE CONCERTS AND
FIREWORKS OF COURSE IN THE 
EVENING.
VERY DIFFERENT.
THE PRIME MINISTER IS CUED UP 
AND READY TO GO.
LET'S HAVE A LISTEN.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: [Speaking French] 
[Voice of Interpreter] I'M SURE 
MANY OF YOU ARE STILL THINKING 
OF THAT, BUT THIS YEAR IT'S NOT 
THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE ON YOUR 
MIND.
>> FOR OUR FAMILY AS WELL AS FOR
YOURS, CANADA DAY IS JUST NOT 
THE SAME THIS YEAR.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED, OUR LIVES 
HAVE CHANGED, BUT AS ALWAYS, WE 
MAKE IT WORK.
[end of translation] WE ARE WITH
THE OTTAWA FOOD BANK SPENDING 
THE DAY HARVESTING FRESH 
VEGETABLES FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.
JUSTIN AND I AND THE KIDS ARE 
HAPPY TO LEND A HAND.
WE'RE INSPIRING PEOPLE TODAY, 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE TURNED A 
CHALLENGE INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO
UNITE AS CITIZENS AND AS A 
COUNTRY.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: THIS YEAR IS UNLIKE ANY
OTHER, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT 
THE FIRST TIME OUR COUNTRY HAS 
CELEBRATED TODAY DURING TOUGH 
TIMES.
80 YEARS AGO, OUR PARENTS AND 
GRANDPARENTS MARKED THIS DAY 
INTO THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
THEY WERE TOLD THEY WERE LIVING 
IN CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS NO ONE 
WOULD IMAGINE COMING TO PASS.
EIGHT DECADES THAT SOUNDS PRETTY
FAMILIAR.
MAYBE YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEND TODAY
WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, 
SOMETHING NO ONE WILL TAKE FOR 
GRANTED AFTER THIS SPRING.
MAYBE THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR 
YOU.
MAYBE YOU'RE CELEBRATING WITHOUT
SOMEONE YOU LOVE, A MOM WHO IS A
FRONTLINE WORKER, A FRIEND WHO 
ISN'T ABLE TO COME HOME OR A 
LOVED ONE YOU'VE LOST TO THIS 
VIRUS.
THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN 
HARD AND ON THIS CANADA DAY WE 
NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE THERE FOR
EACH OTHER.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] AS CANADIANS, WE 
KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE 
THERE FOR EACH OTHER.
SOLIDARITY IS NOT ONLY PART OF 
OUR IDENTITY, IT'S OUR WAY OF 
LIFE.
WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH TOO MANY 
LONG WINTERS NOT TO HELP A 
STRANGER DIG HIS CAR OUT OF A 
SNOWBANK, BECAUSE IT'S CANADIANS
WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, WE DO NOT 
LOOK INWARD.
WE HELP EACH OTHER AND WE'RE 
THERE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE 
AND THE HARDEST HIT.
WE THINK OF THE PEOPLE WE LOVE, 
BUT ALSO OF THE PEOPLE WE DON'T 
KNOW.
[end of translation] OUR 
COMMUNITIES ARE RESILIENT AND I 
KNOW THAT THEY ARE.
THE REASON CANADA STANDS STRONG 
AND UNITED -- AND I KNOW THAT IT
DOES -- IS THE CHOICES CANADIANS
MAKE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THE NURSES AND DOCTORS WHO 
PROTECT THOSE AROUND THEM, THE 
WOMEN AND MEN IN UNIFORM WHO 
SERVE AT HOME AND OVERSEAS, AND 
THE PEOPLE OF EVERY AGE, FAITH, 
AND CREED WHO STAND BY ONE 
ANOTHER.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] IN RECENT MONTHS, 
RIGHT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, WE 
HAVE JOINED OUR FORCES TO GET 
THROUGH THESE TOUGH TIMES.
WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 
BUILD A BETTER CANADA FOR 
EVERYONE.
THAT IS OUR CHALLENGE IN 2020 
AND IN THE COMING YEARS AND I 
KNOW WE WILL BE UP TO THE TASK.
[end of translation] WHAT MAKES 
CANADA SPECIAL IS NOT THAT WE 
KNOW THIS IS THE BEST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD, BUT THAT WE KNOW IT 
COULD BE.
WE KNOW THAT OUR WORK TOGETHER 
IS NOT YET DONE, NOT UNTIL EVERY
SENIOR HAS A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE,
NOT WHILE ANYONE FACES RACISM OR
INJUSTICE, NOT WHILE WE STILL 
HAVE SO FAR TO GO ON PATH OF 
RECONCILIATION.
WHERE WE GO FROM HERE IS UP TO 
EACH OF US.
>> [Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] WE SAW WHAT IT 
MEANS TO BE GOOD NEIGHBOURS AND 
TO BE A PART OF A COMMUNITY.
WE NOW KNOW THAT WE CAN REALLY 
LEAN ON EACH OTHER.
WE WON'T LOSE OUR FOCUS.
[end of translation] WE HAVE A 
VISION FOR OUR COUNTRY AND WE 
WANT TO GET THERE TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHY WE KEEP EACH OTHER 
MOTIVATED, WE LIFT EACH UP, HAVE
EACH OTHER'S BACKS AND HEARTS.
WE KNOW THAT OUR REPUTATION IS 
STRONG BECAUSE OF OUR DIVERSITY.
THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, 
NOT ONLY IS THE WORLD WATCHING, 
BUT OUR KIDS ARE WATCHING.
TO ALL THE KIDS OUT THERE, 
YOU'VE BEEN SO AMAZING.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.
YOU ARE THE LEADERS OF TODAY AND
TOMORROW.
TOGETHER WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE.
>> Prime Minister Justin 
Trudeau: WHEN THE "TORONTO STAR"
IN 1940 REMARKS THAT PEOPLE WERE
CELEBRATING THIS DAY AT A 
DIFFICULT TIME, THEY SAID THIS, 
IT HAS BECOME CANADA'S CENTURY, 
CANADA'S CENTURY OF OPPORTUNITY 
TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY.
THAT IS THE REALITY OUR PARENTS 
AND GRANDPARENTS WERE CALLED TO 
FACE AND THE CHALLENGE TO WHICH 
THEY ROSE.
THIS IS THE COUNTRY THEY BUILT.
ON THIS CANADA DAY, IT IS OUR 
TURN.
WE MUST NOW RESTART AND REBUILD 
A CANADA FOR THE 21st CENTURY.
MY FRIENDS, I KNOW THAT TOGETHER
WE ARE READY.
[Speaking French] [Voice of 
Interpreter] HAPPY CANADA DAY.
[end of translation]. 
>> HAPPY CANADA DAY, EVERYONE, 
WE LOVE YOU.
>> Andrew: THERE YOU HAVE PRIME 
MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND HIS 
WIFE SOPHIE GRÉGOIRE TRUDEAU 
ADDRESSING CANADIANS LIVE.
THAT'S FROM A FARM IN THE OTTAWA
AREA THAT DONATES PRODUCE TO 
LOCAL FOOD BANKS.
YOU HEARD IN HIS MESSAGE THE 
PRIME MINISTER REALLY TRYING TO 
STRIKE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN 
BEING PROUD OF THIS COUNTRY, 
BEING CELEBRATORY OF WHAT THIS 
COUNTRY HAS ACCOMPLISHED OVER 
THE YEARS AND CONTINUING TO DO 
SO, BUT ALSO BEING MINDFUL AND 
RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS A 
COUNTRY IN THE THROES OF SOME 
VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, 
WHETHER WE TALK ABOUT COVID-19 
OR WHETHER WE TALK ABOUT THE 
ISSUE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND THE
EXTENT TO WHICH IT PERMEATES 
THIS SOCIETY.
JUST BEHIND ME YOU MIGHT HAVE 
HEARD A PLANE ROARING OVERHEAD, 
THAT WAS THE LANCASTER BOMBER 
FLYING RIGHT OVERHEAD.
THERE IS THE SHOT RIGHT THERE.
THERE YOU GO.
OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP MOVING 
BECAUSE IN JUST A MOMENT HERE WE
ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE 
GOVERNOR-GENERAL, HER 
EXCELLENCY, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JULIE PAYETTE.
>> Gov. Gen. Julie Payette: 
HELLO, EVERYONE.
WHEREVER YOU ARE IN OUR GREAT 
COUNTRY, GREETINGS TO YOU ALL.
A SPECIAL SALUTE TO THE MEN AND 
WOMEN WHO SERVE CANADA IN 
UNIFORM AND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
FIRST NATION, THE METIS, AND THE
INUIT.
EVERY YEAR ON THIS FIRST DAY OF 
JULY, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 
SUMMER SEASON, SO SPECTACULAR 
AND SO VITAL IN THESE NORTHERN 
LATITUDES, WE TAKE A MOMENT TO 
THINK ABOUT OUR GOOD FORTUNE AND
TO CELEBRATE WHO WE ARE.
THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT 
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO LOOK OUT 
FOR ONE ANOTHER LIKE NEVER 
BEFORE, BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE'VE 
BEEN TESTED.
WE ARE JUST NOW CAREFULLY 
EMERGING FROM MONTHS OF FIGHTING
A DEADLY, INVISIBLE ENEMY, WITH 
UNPRECEDENTED MEASURES AND 
THANKS TO THE TIRELESS WORK OF 
THOSE WHO HELPED SLOW DOWN THE 
VIRUS AND KEPT THE COUNTRY 
RUNNING.
HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED TODDLERS 
INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER?
THEY WILL OFTEN TRY TO TAKE AWAY
EACH OTHER'S TOYS AND ACT 
SELFISHLY, BUT A PARENT OR A 
CAREGIVER WILL COME ALONG TO 
TEACH THEM TO SHARE AND TO BE 
GENEROUS.
WE ARE TAUGHT THE BASICS OF 
SOCIAL INTERACTION FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
YET, IF YOU OBSERVE FURTHER, YOU
MIGHT SEE SOMETHING ELSE KICK 
IN, A BASIC INSTINCT, ESPECIALLY
IF ONE BABY STARTS CRYING, THE 
OTHER WILL WANT TO CONSOLE AND 
STOP THE HURT.
THE BABY WILL SHOW COMPASSION.
>> THANK YOU, NURSES.
>> Gov. Gen. Julie Payette: SO 
ARE WE BORN WITH COMPASSION OR 
IS IT ACQUIRED IN OUR 
UPBRINGING?
AND IF IT IS WITHIN US, AS WE 
GROW UP AND MATURE, DOES IT GET 
RE-EMPHASIZED OR DOES IT GET 
DESTROYED, DEPENDING ON OUR LIFE
EXPERIENCE?
I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY 
CROSSROADS ALONG THE ROAD OF 
LIFE WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE 
CHOICES AND DECIDE WHICH 
DIRECTION WE TAKE.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE 
WITNESSED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
IN THESE TRYING TIMES.
THE VIRUS BROUGHT PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING AND SOCIAL ISOLATION,
PAIN, AND DEATH.
♪ I HEARD THERE WAS A SECRET 
CARD ♪ 
>> Gov. Gen. Julie Payette: IN 
RESPONSE, CANADIANS CHOSE 
COMPASSION AND SOLIDARITY.
THEY CHOSE TO LIVE WITH ONE EYE 
ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND 
THE OTHER EYE ON THE COMMON 
GOOD.
AND WE WERE QUICK TO REINVENT 
OURSELVES, FROM TELEWORKING TO 
ONLINE CLASSES, FROM VIRTUAL 
ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES TO 
MEETERED SHOPPING.
WE HAVE ADAPTED AND FOUND 
CREATIVE WAYS TO CONNECT, TO 
SUPPORT EACH OTHER, TO REACH 
OUT, TO GRADUATE, TO SHOW 
GRATITUDE, TO PLAY OUTSIDE, TO 
TRAIN, TO PERFORM, AND TO 
INSPIRE.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Gov. Gen. Julie Payette: THE 
PANDEMIC HAS ALSO FORCED US TO 
LOOK BEYOND OURSELVES BECAUSE WE
LOVE EACH OTHER, EVEN AT A 
DISTANCE.
IT HAS FORCED US TO MAKE SURE 
THAT WE SUPPORT WORKERS, 
FAMILIES, AND BUSINESSES, THAT 
WE STAND FOR THE MOST 
VULNERABLE, THE LESS FORTUNATE, 
THAT WE ENSURE THE SECURITY AND 
WELL-BEING OF ALL, AND THAT WE 
DENOUNCE HATRED AND VIOLENCE IN 
ALL ITS FORMS, BECAUSE THE 
INEQUALITIES AND THE RACIAL 
DIVIDES OF OUR SOCIETY 
RESURFACED INTO FURY, EXPOSING 
THE SHORTCOMINGS WE NEED TO 
ADDRESS.
OUR DIVERSITY IS ONE OF OUR 
GREATEST ASSETS, THERE WOULD BE 
NO INVENTION, NO CREATIVITY OR 
FREEDOM IF WE WERE ALL THE SAME.
WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE, OUR 
DIFFERENCES, ARE THE STRENGTH OF
OUR NATION'S BACK.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Gov. Gen. Julie Payette: JUST
LIKE THE TODDLERS GROW INTO 
ADULT, A MATURE 153-YEAR-OLD 
CANADA GREW INTO A CARING 
NATION.
WILL WE REMEMBER THE 2020 
SHOOTING IN NOVA SCOTIA, OF THE 
IMPORTANCE OF RECONCILIATION?
I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE AND 
THAT WE WILL NOT REMAIN 
INDIFFERENT BECAUSE WE CARE.
TODAY, LET US CELEBRATE THE 
GENEROSITY AND THE RESILIENCE OF
EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY,
PROUD AND FREE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CANADA.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Andrew: A MESSAGE FROM THE 
GOVERNOR-GENERAL, JULIE PAYETTE.
JUST A NOTE ABOUT THAT FINAL 
SHOT THAT YOU SAW IN THAT 
MONTAGE, THOSE ARE THE SNOWBIRDS
AND THE FORMATION THEY'RE 
PERFORMING IS A MISSING MAN 
FORMATION.
IT'S A SPECIAL FLY-BY AS AN 
AERIAL SALUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE 
FALLEN IN ACTION.
CERTAINLY A SENTIMENT APPLICABLE
IN A WHOLE RANGE OF 
CIRCUMSTANCES THIS YEAR WHEN YOU
LOOK AT CANADA IN 2020 AND 
PERHAPS, MOST NOTABLY, IN THAT 
CONTEXT TO CAPTAIN JENN CASEY, A
SNOWBIRD WHO DIED EARLIER THIS 
YEAR IN THE MIDST OF THE 
PANDEMIC.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEXT 
FRONTLINE HERO.
[♪♪♪] 
>> MY NAME IS SHELLY VALHASH.
I'VE HAD MY COMMERCIAL LICENCE 
FOR 30 YEARS NOW AND BEEN BEHIND
THE WHEEL OF A BIG TRUCK IN OVER
18.
IN AUGUST MY HUSBAND WAS KILLED 
IN A TRAGIC WORKPLACE ACCIDENT.
AT THAT TIME I WASN'T SURE 
WHETHER OR NOT I WOULD COME BACK
TO TRUCKING.
AFTER DRIVING 16 YEARS AS A 
TEAM, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO 
MAKE THE DECISION OF DRIVING 
SOLO.
WHEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 
STARTED UP, THERE WAS A CALL OUT
FOR DRIVERS.
THEY WERE NEEDED AS ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS TO KEEP DOING THEIR 
GOOD.
I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW FRIENDS WHO
HAVE HAD COVID-19 AND HAVE BEEN 
QUITE SICK WITH IT AND IT WAS 
AFFECTING DRIVERS' LIVES 
EVERYWHERE.
I DECIDED I NEEDED TO COME BACK 
OUT AND DO MY PART.
IF THERE WAS ANY TIME TO GET 
BEHIND THE WHEEL, IT WAS NOW.
MY VERY FIRST TRIP OUT DURING 
THE PANDEMIC WAS TO DELIVER HAND
SANITIZER TO VARIOUS BUSINESSES 
ACROSS CANADA.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM 
DOING MY PART AND OTHER DRIVERS 
OUT HERE ARE DOING OUR PART.
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN WHAT KEEPS THE
ECONOMY MOVING.
I JUST THINK NOW IN THE WAKE OF 
THE CURRENT PANDEMIC, IT'S MADE 
THE GENERAL PUBLIC REALIZE HOW 
MUCH WE ACTUALLY DO AND HOW MUCH
WE ARE NEEDED.
I THINK SOMETHING THAT I'VE 
LEARNED PRETTY MUCH FROM MY TRIP
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS THAT WE 
ALL AS CANADIANS HAVE THE SAME 
GOAL.
WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR EACH 
OTHER AND WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR 
COUNTRY.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
>> Andrew: AND I AM SO HAPPY TO 
BE ABLE TO SAY HELLO TO SHELLY 
LIVE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
HAPPY CANADA DAY RIGHT BACK AT 
YOU, SHELLY.
YOUR LINE OF WORK DOESN'T LOOK 
EASY.
HOW IS YOUR CANADA DAY GOING?
>> IT'S GOOD.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
>> Andrew: A QUICK THING.
I KNOW YOU'RE A HOCKEY FAN, A 
REALLY, REALLY BIG HOCKEY FAN.
I WANT YOU TO MEET SOMEONE WHO 
WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU HIMSELF.
>> HELLO, SHELLY.
WENDEL CLARK OF THE TORONTO 
MAPLE LEAVES.
STORIES LIKE YOURS MAKE ME PROUD
TO BE CANADIAN.
COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT DURING 
THIS TOUGH TIME SHOWS THE 
SELFLESSNESS THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT 
TEAMMATE BECAUSE YOU ARE A 
TORONTO MAPLE LEAVES FAN.
I'M LOOKING FOR A CENTREMAN.
>> Andrew: WELL, YOU'VE GOT ON 
OFFER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE 
I'VE PLAYED HOCKEY, BUT I'M 
WILLING TO GIVE IT A GO. 
>> Andrew: THAT HAS TO FEEL 
PRETTY GOOD FOR WENDEL CLARK TO 
SAY HELLO AND THANK YOU.
>> I'M SO SHOCKED.
>> Andrew: WELL, LISTEN, I WON'T
KEEP YOU ANY LONGER.
I KNOW YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE ARE
BUSY TODAY.
HAPPY CANADA DAY TO YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
HERE ON THE PROGRAM. 
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME AND 
HAPPY CANADA DAY TO ALL MY 
FELLOW CANADIANS.
[LAUGHTER]. 
>> Andrew: ALL RIGHT.
TAKE CARE, SHELLY.
CLEARLY FEW THINGS BRING 
CANADIANS TOGETHER QUITE LIKE 
HOCKEY, SO LET'S GO TO P.E.I. 
WHERE LOUISE MARTIN HAS SOME 
FRIENDS.
>> HELLO.
WELCOME TO TIME VALLEY.
I HAVE TO SAY THE GOOD PEOPLE OF
TIME VALLEY NEED SOMETHING TO 
CELEBRATE.
BEFORE COVID EVEN HIT BACK IN 
DECEMBER, THIS COMMUNITY LOST 
THEIR LOCAL RINK, THE HEART AND 
SOUL OF TYNE VALLEY.
THEN WE WERE WAITING TO HEAR IF 
THEY WERE A FINALIST IN 
HOCKEYVILLE, WHICH GOT CANCELLED
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
HERE WE ARE WHERE 50 PEOPLE CAN 
GATHER.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
ADAM McLELLAN USED TO BE THE 
RINK MANAGER IN TYNE VALLEY.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING, THAT YOU 
CAN HAVE A PARTY ON CANADA DAY?
>> IT FEELS GOOD TO DO 
SOMETHING.
WE'VE HAD A TOUGH TIME IN TYNE 
VALLEY.
WE LOST OUR RINK AND OUR CHANCE 
AT HOCKEYVILLE.
IT'S NICE TO GET BACK TO SOME 
NORMALITY.
>> SOME CELEBRATING GOING ON?
>> WE NEEDED SOMETHING SO THIS 
IS GREAT.
>> TELL ME QUICKLY HOW 
FUNDRAISING IS GOING.
I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME 
DONATIONS HERE TODAY AS WELL.
>> WE HAVE A DONATION BUCKET.
FUNDRAISING HAS REALLY SLOWED 
DOWN SINCE COVID-19 HAS HIT.
WE HAD SOME GREAT INITIATIVES 
BEFORE COVID-19 HIT.
WE HAD SOME LOCAL FUNDRAISERS 
GOING ON.
WE'RE HOPING IN PHASE FOUR IF 
EVERYTHING GOES WELL, WE CAN 
PICK IT BACK UP KRAFT 
HOCKEYVILLE RESTART.
>> THIS IS MAKING UP FOR IT A 
LITTLE BIT, BEING ABLE TO 
CELEBRATE ON CANADA DAY?
>> FOR SURE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO 
THIS.
>> EVERYONE BACK THERE IS HAVING
FUN.
YOU CAN GIVE US A WAVE AND THE 
BAND IS PLAYING.
DESPITE COVID-19 BEING CLOSED 
DOWN SINCE MARCH.
P.E.I., AS I MENTIONED, IS IN 
PHASE FOUR.
THE ABILITY TO GET TOGETHER AND 
TO CELEBRATE CANADA DAY, 50 
PEOPLE INSIDE, 50 PEOPLE OUTSIDE
IS A BIG DEAL IN TYNE VALLEY.
FROM BEAUTIFUL TYNE VALLEY, 
HAPPY CANADA DAY, AND HAVE A 
GREAT DAY.
ANDREW. 
>> Andrew: HAPPY CANADA DAY TO 
YOU TOO, LOUISE, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
LET'S GO TO MEG ROBERTS OVER IN 
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND.
>> HELLO, WE'RE IN THE BEAUTIFUL
ST. JOHN'S HARBOUR.
LARRY DALEY HAS AGREED FOR ME TO
DRIVE THIS BOAT.
NORMALLY THE HARBOUR WOULD BE 
BUSTLING WITH CRUISE SHIPS AND 
OTHER BOATS, BUT WITH COVID-19 
THAT HAS SLOWED DOWN.
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE 
TOURISM INDUSTRY THINKING TODAY?
>> WELL, MEG, I THINK A LOT OF 
NEWFOUNDLANDERS AND LABRADORIANS
ARE HEART BROKEN BECAUSE TOURISM
IS A LOT OF OUR INCOME AND 
LIVELIHOOD SO IT IS HURTING A 
LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> WE ARE WRAPPING IT UP.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO DOCK 
NOW.
WE ARE WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY 
CANADA DAY FROM HERE IN 
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND.
>> Andrew: OH BOY, DRIVE SAFE, 
MEG.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS 
HAPPENING IN TORONTO.
TAKE A LOOK.
THIS IS KENSINGTON MARKET.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE PAINTING 
"BLACK LIVES MATTER" ON THE 
STREET.
WE'LL CHAT WITH THOSE ARTISTS 
AFTER, BUT FIRST HERE IS ANOTHER
CANADIAN ON THE FRONT LINE.
>> MY NAME IS JAKE STANFORD, I'M
AN ADVANCED CARE PARAMEDIC IN 
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.
I'M PART OF AN ASSESSMENT UNIT, 
A UNIT THAT PERFORMS TESTING FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE SUSPECTED TO HAVE
THE COVID-19 VIRUS.
THEY CAN BE TESTED SAFELY IN THE
HOME FOR CERTAIN POPULATIONS 
THAT OTHERWISE WOULDN'T BE ABLE 
TO MAKE IT TO TESTING SITES.
TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF A GROUP
OF PEOPLE TO HELP IN THIS BATTLE
AGAINST THE VIRUS IS AN 
OPPORTUNITY THAT I RELISH AND 
I'M GLAD I CAN BE A PART OF IT.
MOST OF THE INTERACTION I HAVE 
WITH THE PUBLIC IS VERY 
POSITIVE.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF 
STRUGGLES THAT I THINK EVERYONE 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN 
GOING THROUGH LATELY.
I THINK THAT EVERYONE REALLY 
UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE ALL IN 
THIS TOGETHER.
I HAVE A 2.5-YEAR-OLD SON AND MY
WIFE, THIS HAS BEEN A TRYING 
TIME FOR OUR FAMILY AS OTHER 
FAMILIES.
I RELISH THE TIME I CAN SPEND 
WITH THEM.
WE HAVE A TIGHT AND CLOSE 
COMMUNITY HERE IN NOVA SCOTIA.
THERE'S A LOT OF TIGHT FAMILIES 
AND CLOSE FRIENDS.
I KNOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE 
HAVE PARTICULAR ISSUES WE'RE 
FEELING HERE.
I KNOW THAT'S FELT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO BE A PART 
OF CANADA.
I'M A VERY PROUD CANADIAN.
I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PARAMEDIC
FOR THIS COUNTRY, FOR THOSE 
REASONS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN PART OF SUCH A 
LARGE TEAM, WHETHER THAT BE 
SOMEONE THAT'S IN THE PARAMEDIC 
ROLE OR SOMEONE THAT WORKS AT 
THE GROCERY STORE, OR ANY OTHER 
FRONTLINE WORKER.
TO HAVE SUCH A COMMON GOAL 
ACROSS ALL THESE DIFFERENT 
PLATFORMS AND WORK ENVIRONMENTS,
I THINK IT'S A COOL
[♪♪♪] 
>> HI, MY NAME IS JOHN ZELINSKY 
AND I'M A BUS DRIVER FOR THE 
BEAUTIFUL CITY OF MONTREAL. 
>> I'M TATUM CRANE.
>> THE LAST FEW MONTHS CHANGED 
MY JOB QUITE A BIT.
WE HAVE FEWER CUSTOMERS.
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, 
IT WAS PRETTY WORRYING ACTUALLY 
OF PEOPLE GETTING ON THE BUS, 
COUGHING, SNEEZING.
IT WAS PRETTY UNNERVING 
SITUATION.
>> I WAS WORKING ON FRIDAY, 
EASTER, AT NIGHT.
I WAS ALL ALONE.
ONLY MY BUS DRIVERS AND THE 
POLICE, THE AMBULANCE.
MONTREAL IS A CITY THAT MOVES A 
LOT, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD.
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT 
NIGHT. 
>> THE FRONTLINE WORKERS ALSO 
NEED TO GET TO WORK AND BACK 
HOME AGAIN.
SO WE'RE THE FRONTLINE WORKERS 
THAT BRING THE ANGELS BACK AND 
FORTH. 
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE TO BRING THEM 
TO THE HOSPITAL, BRINGING THEM 
TO THE GROCERY STORE.
SOME OF THEM ARE HOMELESS AND 
THEY JUST NEED TO GET OUT OF THE
HOUSE.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE THERE.
>> PEOPLE COME UP AND SEE US AND
THEY WOULD SAY, THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR SERVICE.
IT'S A VERY NICE PAT ON THE 
BACK.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT 
CANADIANS IS WE PULL TOGETHER 
WHEN IT IS THE TIME.
I'M PROUD TO BE A CANADIAN.
>> THE PEOPLE OF QUEBEC AND OF 
CANADA, WE ARE STRONG PEOPLE AND
RESPECTING THE RULES.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE HELPING EACH 
OTHER.
I SAW THAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE 
HELPING EACH OTHER.
I THINK IT'S AMAZING.
SO I WAS VERY PROUD OF WHO WE 
ARE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL 
CANADIANS A VERY, VERY HAPPY 
CANADA DAY, ESPECIALLY TO MY 
MOM, HAPPY CANADA DAY, MOM.
I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> HAPPY CANADA DAY, EVERYONE.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Andrew: AND, HEY, CANADA.
WELCOME BACK.
HAPPY CANADA DAY INDEED.
WE ARE BROADCASTING LIVE FROM 
ONE IN A CHAIN OF MORE THAN A 
DOZEN SMALL ISLANDS JUST 
OFFSHORE OF DOWNTOWN TORONTO.
A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT HERE.
WE'RE NOT ON PARLIAMENT HILL 
TODAY, BUT THIS IS JUST AS GOOD.
ON THIS CANADA DAY, WE ARE 
CELEBRATING CANADIANS WHO HAVE 
BEEN ON THE FRONT LINE OF THE 
PANDEMIC.
HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
>> MY NAME IS MARTHA MORIN, THE 
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS DIRECTOR.
WE ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH 
TRYING TO SHARE INFORMATION 
ABOUT COVID AND DISTRIBUTE 
P.P.E.
SO WHEN WE DID GET OUR FIRST 
CASE, OUR FEARS WERE REALIZED, 
STARTED TO SPREAD FAST.
THEN WE STARTED DISTRIBUTING 
CLEANING KITS AND WE STARTED 
DOING ERRANDS.
THEN SOMETHING REALLY AMAZING 
HAPPENED.
WE STARTED GETTING DONATIONS.
IT WASN'T JUST GROCERIES, IT WAS
TOYS AND THINGS FOR KIDS.
WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE IN 
THIS COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WHO STEP 
UP IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP.
I LOVE HELPING PEOPLE.
MY HOPE FOR CANADA IS THAT WE 
ARE ABLE TO IN TIME TRULY 
RECONCILE WITH INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLE.
MY COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT
FEELS LIKE TO FEEL LESS THAN 
OTHER CANADIANS.
I HOPE THAT SOME DAY IN THE 
FUTURE MY KIDS AND THEIR KIDS 
NEVER HAVE TO FEEL THAT WAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY CANADA
DAY TO MY MOTHER, TO MY TWO 
BOYS, RICKIE AND AARON, TO MY 
COMMUNITY OF LA LOCHE, WE HAVE 
BEEN THROUGH A LOT, EVERY TIME 
WE MAKE IT THROUGH, AND TO THE 
REST OF CANADA, HAPPY CANADA 
DAY.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Andrew: NOW, THERE'S ONE 
OTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW 
ABOUT MARTHA AND IT'S THIS.
>> MY FAVOURITE TORONTO RAPTOR 
IS BRAD VAN VLEET, NUMBER 23.
THANKS.
[LAUGHTER]. 
>> Andrew: NUMBER 23 FRED VAN 
VLEET.
WE GOT A MESSAGE ESPECIALLY FOR 
YOU.
>> HEY, MARTHA, FRED VAN VLEET 
FROM THE TORONTO RAPTORS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
WORK AND WISH YOU A HAPPY CANADA
DAY.
THANK YOU.
>> Andrew: NOW, THAT'S COOL.
COME ON.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE
SHE GETS A CLIP OF THAT.
LET'S GO TO WINNIPEG WHERE CAM 
McINTOSH IS STANDING BY.
>> I'M STANDING BY AT THE FORKS.
HERE ON A NORMAL CANADA DAY WE 
WOULD HAVE THOUSANDS COMING DOWN
TO SEE ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, 
FIREWORKS.
NONE OF THAT IS HAPPENING, BUT 
MANY ARE STILL HERE.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TRADITIONAL
MEETING PLACE, LONG BEFORE THE 
EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT.
THIS IS THE HOME OF THE METIS 
AND THE HEART OF TREATY 1 
TERRITORY AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY WE ASKED INDIGENOUS 
AND METIS ARTISTS TO JOIN US 
TODAY.
A QUESTION WE'RE ASKING TODAY 
IS, QUITE SIMPLY, WHAT DOES IT 
MEAN TO YOU TO BE HERE IN CANADA
TO BE CANADIAN IN 2020, IN THE 
FACE OF EVERYTHING WE'RE FACING 
RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, THERE IS NO PLACE ELSE 
I'D RATHER BE.
I THINK THAT THINGS IN CANADA 
ARE A LITTLE BETTER THAN MOST 
PLACES.
CERTAINLY THERE'S STILL RACISM 
AND MISUNDERSTANDING, BUT I FEEL
WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH TO HEALING 
ALL OF THAT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE 
TALK ABOUT HEALING, YOU'RE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NEW 
SCULPTURE BEHIND US.
WHAT IS IT CALLED AND DOES IT 
REPRESENT?
>> IT'S CALLED EDUCATION IS THE 
NEW BISON BECAUSE THERE ARE NO 
MORE IN NORTH AMERICA.
THE BISON REPRESENTS EDUCATION.
IF YOU READ THE BOOKS AND WATCH 
THE VIDEOS ON THIS BISON, YOU 
WILL GET A TRUER PICTURE OF WHAT
OUR ACTUAL HISTORY HAS BEEN.
IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING SEPTIC OR 
ANGRY ABOUT IT, BUT RECOGNIZING 
IT AND MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ANDREW, BACK TO YOU.
>> Andrew: THANKS SO MUCH, CAM.
OUR NEXT GUEST HAS BEEN SPEAKING
OUT AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM FOR 
A LONG TIME.
ASHLEY CALLINGBULL NO STRANGER 
TO THE SPOTLIGHT.
SHE WAS BORN ON THE CREE NATION 
IN ALBERTA, IS A MISS UNIVERSE 
CANDIDATE AND SHE IS FEATURED IN
A NIKE AD CAMPAIGN TO REPRESENT 
THE NIKE 7 LINE, COLLECTION, 
INSPIRED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
ASHLEY JOINS US NOW.
HELLO, FIRST OF ALL, TO YOU.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU ONE OF THE 
THEMES OF OUR PROGRAM TODAY IS 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTIONS.
SOMETIMES THAT'S ON THE FRONT 
LINES, SOMETIMES THAT'S ON A 
MEDICAL CONTEXT.
AND IN OTHER CASES AND I THINK 
IN YOUR CASE, IT'S SHOWING 
PEOPLE WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS 
ON HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY, 
FIRST OF ALL, WITH NIKE TO 
REPRESENT THEM?
>> Ashley Callingbull: IT'S AN 
AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S 
SUCH A POWERFUL MESSAGE BECAUSE 
IT'S ALL ON AN INDIGENOUS BASIS 
FOR AN INDIGENOUS BRAND.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO
SEE AND MORE INDIGENOUS 
REPRESENTATION.
I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE PART 
OF SOMETHING THAT IS GIVING BACK
TO HEALING AND INDIGENOUS YOUTH.
IT'S MAKING A HUGE IMPACT.
>> Andrew: I DON'T YOU KNOW, THE
WAY IN WHICH CANADA IS 
CONFRONTING THE ISSUE OF 
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND I THINK 
PARTICULARLY OF ANTI-BLACK 
RACISM, THAT'S SOMETHING AS AN 
INDIGENOUS PERSON, YOU HAVE AN 
EMPATHY AND AN UNDERSTANDING FOR
THAT.
EXPLAIN FOR ME, HOW DOES THAT 
CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON 
THINGS?
>> Ashley Callingbull: 
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
FIGHTING FOR YEARS, FIGHTING FOR
WHAT'S RIGHT, FOR OUR TREATIES, 
FOR OUR LAND.
BASICALLY WE HAVE BEEN DEALING 
WITH SYSTEMIC RACISM FOR A LONG 
TIME.
SO I COMPLETELY EMPATHIZE WITH 
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE EXACT 
SAME THING.
SO I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH 
THAT MOVEMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY WAY 
WE'RE GOING TO REALLY MOVE 
FORWARD IS IF PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGE
THE TRUE HISTORY OF CANADA, 
WHERE WE CAME FROM AND 
UNDERSTAND AND EDUCATE 
THEMSELVES AND UNDERSTAND WHY 
WE'RE SAYING WHAT WE'RE SAYING 
AND DOING.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MOVE 
FORWARD.
>> Andrew: TALK TO ME MORE ABOUT
THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR HOPE FOR CANADIANS 
WHO ARE TAKING A MOMENT TO 
REFLECT ON THE WAY AND MAYBE 
EVEN THE REASON WE CELEBRATE 
CANADA DAY.
>> Ashley Callingbull: YOU KNOW,
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL 
CANADIANS TO KNOW THE TRUTH OF 
CANADA.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE THE FIRST
PEOPLES OF THIS LAND AND HOW 
CANADA CAME ABOUT.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A HAPPY 
STORY, BUT I FEEL LIKE ALL 
CANADIANS NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH
AND NEED TO KNOW WHY WE ARE THE 
WAY WE ARE.
IF THEY ARE A PROUD CANADIAN, 
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO READ 
THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION 
REPORT TO SEE HOW THEY CAN MAKE 
CHANGES IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES 
TO WORK TOGETHER.
IT'S IMPORTANT NOW FOR 
NON-INDIGENOUS ALLIES TO USE 
THEIR VOICES, TO SHOW UP, AND TO
USE THEIR POWER AND PRIVILEGE TO
HELP US, BECAUSE AS HUMAN BEINGS
WE'RE ALL EQUAL.
THE ONLY WAY CANADA IS GOING TO 
THRIVE IS IF WE FIGHT AND GROW 
TOGETHER. 
>> Andrew: ASHLEY CALLINGBULL, 
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO 
JOIN US AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.
ALL THE BEST TO YOU.
>> Ashley Callingbull: HAVE A 
GREAT DAY.
>> Andrew: YOU TOO.
LET'S TOUCH BASE NOW WITH TWO 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUND A 
DIFFERENT ARTISTIC OUTLET TO 
CONFRONT A PROBLEM.
TWO ARTISTS ARE TAKING PART IN A
BLACK LIVES MATTER STREET MURAL.
HELLO TO THE TWO OF YOU.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
>> HI, EVERYBODY.
>> HAPPY CANADA DAY.
>> HAPPY CANADA DAY.
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> Andrew: EXPLAIN FOR ME THE 
WORK ON THE PROJECT ON WHICH YOU
HAVE EMBARKED TODAY, WHAT IT IS,
WHAT IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE 
AND HOW YOU'RE INVOLVED.
>> COOL.
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS CANADA DAY 
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU 
KNOW, WE GIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO
THE FIRST PEOPLES ON THE 
TERRITORY AND WE STAND IN 
SOLIDARITY WITH THEM.
TODAY, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE 
PAINTING A BLACK LIVES MATTER 
MURAL IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE 
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT 
INTERNATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY.
>> YEAH, I MEAN -- 
>> Andrew: WHAT INSPIRED YOU 
FOLKS TO DO THIS?
>> YES, IT'S ALL ABOUT BRINGING 
AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S 
ONLY A U.S. ISSUE AND IT'S 
TRULY -- IT'S HAPPENING HERE IN 
CANADA AS MUCH AS IT IS IN THE 
U.S.
IT'S A GLOBAL ISSUE AND WE ALL 
HAVE TO -- WE HAVE TO STAND FOR 
INJUSTICES, FOR RACIAL 
INJUSTICES AND SYSTEMIC RACISM, 
YES.
>> Andrew: SO WHAT'S THE IMPACT 
OF SOMETHING -- WHEN YOU LOOK 
BEHIND YOU AND YOU SEE WHAT YOU 
FOLKS HAVE DONE SO FAR, WHAT DO 
YOU THINK THE IMPACT OF THAT 
WILL BE?
>> SO WE'VE JUST STARTED.
AGAIN, IT'S 16 ARTISTS.
IT'S BLACK ARTISTS AND ARTISTS 
OF COLOUR THAT HAVE COME 
TOGETHER.
SO THAT ALONE FOR A MURAL OF 
COURSE IS VERY POWERFUL IN 
TORONTO AND IN CANADA IN TERMS 
OF THAT STATEMENT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT TO 
KIND OF PUSH FORWARD AND EXPRESS
IS THAT CANADA HAS A 
NO-TOLERANCE LEVEL FOR 
ANTI-BLACK RACISM.
THAT'S THE IMPACT.
>> Andrew: THANK YOU BOTH SO 
MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW
US THAT WORK.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL BE WORKING 
FOR A BIG CHUNK OF TODAY TO 
FINISH THAT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING 
US.
>> Andrew: LET'S CHECK IN AGAIN 
WITH SHAINA LUCK WHO IS STANDING
BY IN HALIFAX.
>> Shaina: HI, ANDREW.
I'M HERE ON THE HALIFAX 
WATERFRONT.
I'M JOINED THIS AFTERNOON BY 
SOMEBODY WHO IS HELPING THIS 
CITY CELEBRATE CANADA DAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
JAMILA.
HE IS PERFORMING AS PART OF 
HALIFAX'S VIRTUAL CANADA DAY 
CONCERT TONIGHT.
ONE OF THE SONGS IS GOING TO BE 
A NEW SINGLE FOR YOU.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN TELL US
ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT 
SONG.
>> THANK YOU, SHAINA, AND CBC 
FOR HAVING ME.
 "CHANT THEIR NAMES" CAME ABOUT 
AS A RESPONSE AND AN OUTCRY 
AGAINST THE POLICE BRUTALITY 
THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING, NOT 
ONLY NOW BUT FOR A VERY LONG 
TIME.
THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS WE HAVE 
CELLPHONES AND EVERYBODY IS 
VIDEOTAPING IT AND WE CAN'T LOOK
AWAY.
 "CHANT THEIR NAMES" IS 
REFLECTING REALITY IN THAT WAY.
I'M REALLY BLESSED TO FEEL LIKE 
A MESSENGER FOR A MESSAGE SO 
STRONG AT THIS TIME IN OUR 
LIVES. 
>> Shaina: AND THAT'S GOING TO 
BE A VIRTUAL CONCERT ON TONIGHT.
I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE 
WATCHING IT.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT,
HOW PEOPLE CAN TUNE IN. 
>> ABSOLUTELY, IT'S GOING TO BE 
ON YOUTUBE AND ALSO STREAMED ON 
EAST LINK.
SO YOU CAN CHECK IN ON THAT IF 
YOU GO TO THE HALIFAX CIVIC 
EVENTS PAGE, YOU'LL FIND THE 
EVENT, OUR HALIFAX CANADA DAY.
YOU CAN SHARE IT FROM THERE OR 
LOG IN FROM THERE. 
>> Shaina: THANK YOU VERY MUCH 
FOR TELLING US ABOUT IT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SONG AND 
THE PERFORMANCE. 
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Shaina: THANK YOU.
ANDREW.
>> Andrew: THANKS SO MUCH, 
SHAINA.
NOW WE WILL HEAD TO THE OTHER 
END OF THE COUNTRY IN VANCOUVER,
WHERE LEUN YEUNG IS STANDING BY.
>> THANKS, ANDREW.
I'M STANDING BY IN ENGLISH BAY.
THIS IS BERNARD ABLESON.
WHAT ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY 
DOING FOR THIS CANADA DAY?
>> AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE OUT 
KAYAKING.
THE FAMILY IS OUT THERE.
WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A 
BEAUTIFUL DAY -- WELL, NOT 
REALLY.
BUT CANADA DAY, A WEEKEND -- 
WEEKDAY BREAK IS ALWAYS A NICE 
THING.
REALLY OUT HERE, GOING TO GO FOR
A BRUNCH LATER, GETTING TOGETHER
WITH SOME SOUTH AFRICANS.
>> YOU IMMIGRATED HERE 12 YEARS 
AGO.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE CANADA?
>> CANADA CHOSE US.
WE WERE BROWSING FOR JOBS AND 
SAW A CANADIAN COMPANY LOOKING 
FOR AN ENGINEER AND WITHIN A 
COUPLE OF DAYS I WAS WORKING.
THE FAMILY ADVENTURE CONTINUES 
12 YEARS LATER AND INTO THE 
FUTURE.
>> WHAT'S IT'S BEEN LIKE 
ADJUSTING WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY 
WITH COVID AND LEARNING WHAT 
IT'S LIKE TO BE A CANADIAN?
>> THANKFULLY WE'RE NOT IN FULL 
LOCKDOWN.
WE ARE ENJOYING THIS 
ENVIRONMENT.
I CALL THIS MY PLAYGROUND AND 
JUST LOVING THE FREEDOM OF BEING
HERE.
>> THAT'S A GREAT REASON TO BE 
HERE IN CANADA.
NOT A BAD PLAYGROUND.
ANDREW, BACK TO YOU.
>> Andrew: THANKS, LIEN.
THE QUESTION THERE, JUST A STATE
OF MIND.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A 
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE ROSEBUD
MOTEL.
FIRST, WATCH THIS.
[♪♪♪] 
>> MY NAME IS J.R. LeBLANC, AN 
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANER IN THE 
I.C.U. UNIT AS AN EXTRA COVID 
CLEANER.
SO I BASICALLY AM WORKING MONDAY
TO FRIDAY, 12:00 TO 8:00.
WHEN I COME TO WORK, I GO AND 
GET A CART TOGETHER AND I START 
TO CLEAN ALL TOUCH SURFACES, 
INCLUDING HANDRAILS, AS WELL AS 
THE SINKS AND THE BATHROOMS, AND
ANYTHING PEOPLE TOUCH AS WELL AS
THEIR ROOMS.
WE MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF 
EACH OTHER, THE DOCTORS, NURSES,
AS WELL AS THE CLEANERS.
I WAS QUITE CONFIDENT THAT I 
COULD GO INTO THERE, BUT I WAS 
NERVOUS FIRST, FOR SURE.
MY CONCERNS ARE I'VE NEVER 
REALLY BEEN AROUND THE COVID 
VIRUS, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO 
DEAL WITH IT.
IT HAS DEFINITELY CHANGED ME 
PERSONALLY.
I'M THE SINGLE DAD OF TWO BOYS, 
16 AND 19 YEARS OLD.
WHEN IT FIRST BEGAN, I HAD TO 
NOT SEE THEM FOR A COUPLE OF 
WEEKS AND THAT WAS TOUGH.
THEY ALSO ARE WORKING IN GROCERY
STORES AS WELL.
I THINK WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE 
BECAUSE WE ALSO INTERACT WITH 
THE PATIENTS AS WELL.
I FIND THAT IN THE UNIT WHEN THE
FAMILY WASN'T ABLE TO COME IN, 
IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR --
MAYBE THEY COULD HEAR US.
MY HOPE FOR CANADA IS TO 
CONTINUE BEING THE TYPE OF 
PEOPLE WE ARE.
WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE SOCIETY.
WE ALSO HAVE WONDERFUL HOSPITAL 
CARE.
WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THE 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WE HAVE.
I JUST HOPE THAT EVERY ONE OF US
APPRECIATES T
[♪♪♪] 
>> HI, MY NAME IS ELSA LEON AND 
I'M A NURSING TEACHER.
DURING THIS COVID PANDEMIC, I 
DECIDED TO COME TO THIS 
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY IN THE 
WEST OF QUEBEC.
AFTER I VOLUNTEERED, MY BROTHER 
WAS VERY VOCAL ABOUT SHARING HOW
HE WAS PROUD OF ME.
AND THEN WHEN HIS WORK BECAME 
MORE QUIET, HE ALSO DECIDED TO 
VOLUNTEER.
WE ENDED UP GETTING STATIONED 
TOGETHER.
WHEN IT STARTED TO GET CLEAR 
THAT I HAD SYMPTOMS THAT COULD 
POSSIBLY BE COVID, I JUST HAD 
THIS SINKING FEELING.
THEN WHEN MY RESULTS CAME BACK 
POSITIVE, I WAS DEVASTATED.
BEING WORRIED ABOUT SPREADING IT
TO MY KIDS AND MY HUSBAND, THAT 
WAS VERY NERVE-RACKING.
ONCE THOSE TWO WEEKS WERE GONE 
AND THEY DID NOT GET SICK AND I 
WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE, I 
JUST FELT COMPLETELY RELIEVED 
AND HAPPY.
IT WAS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT 
WORK, BUT INCREDIBLY REWARDING.
I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER 
WAY.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Andrew: AND WELCOME BACK.
HAPPY CANADA DAY INDEED.
WE ARE BROADCASTING LIVE FROM 
THE BEAUTIFUL TORONTO ISLANDS.
LOVELY WEATHER HERE TOO.
OH MY GOSH, THE SCENERY HERE IS 
TO DIE FOR.
SOME OF US IN FULLER FORCE THAN 
OTHERS.
THAT'S AWESOME.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
I LIKE THAT UMBRELLA.
OKAY.
COVID-19, IT HAS BEEN A REAL 
LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND A FEW 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED ME 
PERSONALLY MUDDLE MY WAY THROUGH
THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SIDE OF IT 
AS MUCH AS OUR NEXT GUEST, 
DR. ISAAC BOGOCH, INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE SPECIALIST.
HEY, DR. BOGOCH, HAPPY CANADA 
DAY TO YOU.
>> Isaac Bogoch: HAPPY CANADA 
DAY TO YOU.
>> Andrew: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS AND THE SENSE OF 
WHERE YOU THINK CANADIANS OUGHT 
TO FEEL ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT 
RIGHT NOW.
>> Isaac Bogoch: YOU KNOW WHAT, 
IT'S A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE 
BECAUSE FROM COAST TO COAST, 
WE'VE CERTAINLY GOT THIS 
INFECTION UNDER PRETTY GOOD 
CONTROL IN MOST OF THE COUNTRY.
CERTAINLY IN MARCH THINGS WERE 
PRETTY ROUGH.
WE CERTAINLY SAW THE EPIDEMIC 
CURVES GO UP.
THANKFULLY WITH THE HARD WORK OF
TRULY EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY 
ADHERING TO SOME VERY DIFFICULT 
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES, WE WERE 
ABLE TO GET THIS EPIDEMIC UNDER 
CONTROL IN THE COUNTRY.
IT'S OKAY TO TAKE A STEP BACK 
AND A SIGH OF RELIEF AND A 
MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES
WE'VE HAD ALONG THE WAY AND TO 
CELEBRATE CANADA DAY IN A 
RESPONSIBLE MANNER.
SADLY, WE KNOW THIS EPIDEMIC 
ISN'T OVER AND WE NEED TO BE 
VIGILANT AND WE CAN'T LET OUR 
GUARD DOWN OTHERWISE IT WILL 
COME BACK.
ON CANADA DAY, ENJOY YOURSELF 
RESPONSIBLY AND TAKE A MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH SACRIFICE WE 
HAD TO DO TO GET CANADA TO WHERE
IT IS NOW. 
>> Andrew: CELEBRATE SAFELY IS 
SUCH AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE WE 
HEARD FROM DR. BONNIE HENRY 
EARLIER TODAY.
PART OF WHAT TODAY INVOLVES IS 
CASTING FORWARD AND LOOKING 
FORWARD AS WELL.
VACCINE IN 2020, TREATMENT IN 
2020, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> Isaac Bogoch: YEAH, I REALLY 
THINK THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME 
TREMENDOUS PROGRESS ON THE 
VACCINE AND TREATMENT FRONT.
CERTAINLY WE HAVE TWO TREATMENTS
CURRENTLY THAT WE KNOW WORK 
DEXIMESISONE AND REMDESIVIR.
FROM THE VACCINE STANDPOINT, 
THERE'S BEEN GOOD PROGRESS ON 
THAT FRONT, OVER 140 VACCINE 
CANDIDATES THAT ARE UNDER 
DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE 50 OR 60 IN HUMAN 
TRIALS.
WE'LL HEAR THE RESULTS OF THE 
FIRST BIG HUMAN TRIAL SOMETIME 
IN JULY OR AUGUST.
ALL ARROWS ARE POINTING IN THE 
RIGHT DIRECTION THAT WE'LL HAVE 
MORE AND MORE OPTIONS FOR 
TREATMENT AND HOPEFULLY SOME 
VACCINES SOONER RATHER THAN 
LATER.
I DON'T WANT TO BE OVERLY 
OPTIMISTIC.
I KNOW IT'S CANADA DAY, BUT IN 
ALL FAIRNESS IT WOULDN'T BE 
OUTLANDISH IF WE HAD A VACCINE 
IN LATE 2020.
>> Andrew: THANK YOU, 
DR. BOGOCH.
HAPPY CANADA DAY TO YOU.
ONE MORE FRONTLINE WORKER WE 
WANT YOU TO MEET WHO HAS RISEN 
TO AN UNEXPECTED CHALLENGE. 
>> MY NAME IS CÉLINE STAMPER, A 
LIEUTENANT, AN OFFICER WITH THE 
CANADIAN ARMED FORCES.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE 
FORCES IN MONTREAL.
I'M A NEW NURSE, JUST GRADUATED 
LAST SUMMER.
THIS IS ALL NEW TO ME.
I NEVER THOUGHT WHEN I GRADUATED
LAST YEAR THAT I WOULD BE 
WORKING IN A PANDEMIC AND AT A 
LONG-TERM CARE HOME WHERE I'M 
NOT FROM.
IT WAS INTERESTING WITH THE CARE
WE GIVE AND THE RESIDENTS WE'VE 
GOTTEN TO KNOW.
THERE WAS A COUPLE WHO SHARED A 
ROOM AND MARRIED FOR OVER 40 
YEARS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO STAY TOGETHER 
IN THE ROOM AND THEY BEAT COVID 
TOGETHER, WHICH WAS REALLY 
AMAZING.
WHEN YOU THINK LONG-TERM CARE, 
SOMETIMES YOU THINK A SLOWER 
PACE.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL.
THE STAFF WAS SO APPRECIATIVE 
THAT WE WERE THERE.
IT TOOK A LOAD OFF THEIR 
SHOULDERS AND WE WERE ABLE TO 
HELP OUT WHERE WE COULD.
GOING INTO A PROVINCE WHERE WE 
DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, THE 
TEAM AND I ARE ALL ANGLOPHONES.
EVERYONE WAS SO WELCOMING AND 
APPRECIATIVE.
PEOPLE ON THE STREET WOULD THANK
US FOR WHAT WE WERE DOING.
IT'S JUST THE WELCOMING 
COMMUNITY OF CANADA.
WHAT'S BEEN MOTIVATING ME 
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC IS HAVING 
THE SUPPORT OF MY SPOUSE.
MY SPOUSE IS IN PETAWAWA, SO WE 
GET ON THE PHONE EVERY FEW DAYS.
MY DOG IS ON THE CALL WAGGING 
HIS TAIL.
I ALSO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY 
TEAM AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO 
IT WITHOUT THE SOCIAL SUPPORT.
TO EVERYONE, HAPPY CANADA DAY.
[♪♪♪] 
>> Andrew: AND CANADA I'M SURE 
SAYS HAPPY CANADA DAY RIGHT BACK
TO YOU, CÉLINE.
CÉLINE, I KNOW YOU'RE JOINING US
FROM QUARANTINE RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE WAITING THOSE PRECIOUS 
FEW MORE DAYS TO SEE YOUR OWN 
FAMILY.
LET ME DO TO PUT A BIGGER SMILE 
ON YOUR FACE.
I UNDERSTAND BEYOND WHAT WE SAW 
ON THE VIGNETTE IS THERE'S A 
PARTICULAR SHOW ON TV THAT YOU 
SPENT A LOT OF TIME WATCHING.
WHAT IS THAT?
>> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME 
WATCHING SCHITT'S CREEK.
>> Andrew: WATCH THIS.
>> HAY, CÉLINE, THIS IS NOAH  
REID FROM "SCHITT'S CREEK" 
THROWN INTO THE DEEP END AS A 
RECENT GRADUATE AND A RELATIVELY
NEW NURSE.
I'M SURE THERE'S NO REAL 
TRAINING THAT PREPARES YOU FOR 
WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE 
LAST LITTLE WHILE AND ALL THE 
P.P.E. AND THE CHALLENGES OF 
TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE IN VERY 
DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.
MY PARTNER IS A NURSE, A PSYCH 
NURSE, BUT I REMEMBER FROM HER 
DAYS IN NURSING SCHOOL THAT 
GERIATRIC CAN BE A DIFFICULT AND
CHALLENGING POPULATION.
IT CAN BE EMOTIONALLY DRAINING, 
IT CAN BE PHYSICALLY DRAINING.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON BEHALF 
OF EVERYONE ON OUR SHOW, 
"SCHITT'S CREEK," THANK YOU FOR 
EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT 
THE SHOW HAS BEEN PROVIDING SOME
KIND OF RELIEF.
I'M SURE YOU'RE READY TO GET 
BACK TO YOUR PARTNER AND YOUR 
DOG AND SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY.
I JUST WANTED TO REACH OUT AND 
SAY HAPPY CANADA DAY AND THANK 
YOU SO MUCH.
>> Andrew: WELL, MISSION 
ACCOMPLISHED.
THAT'S A SMILE THAT'S GOT TO 
MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
>> YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[LAUGHTER]. 
>> Andrew: HAPPY CANADA DAY TO 
YOU AND ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND 
YOUR FAMILY.
HERE ON NATIONAL TV.
BEFORE WE GO, YEAH, HAPPY CANADA
DAY.
BEFORE WE GO, HERE IS THE 
HERITAGE MINISTER IN AN 
INTERVIEW WITH THE CBC'S VASSY 
KAPELOS, ABOUT HOW CANADIANS CAN
STILL PARTICIPATE IN THE CANADA 
DAY FESTIVITIES.
>> Vassy: THIS IS ABOUT AS 
DIFFERENT AS CANADA DAY THAT I 
HAVE EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFETIME.
I KNOW YOU IN YOUR ROLE AS 
MINISTER WOULD BE UP ON 
PARLIAMENT HILL.
I WOULD BE UP THERE COVERING IT.
OF COURSE THAT WON'T BE THE CASE
THIS YEAR.
TELL US WHAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS DOING INSTEAD.
>> WELL, QUICKLY WE REALIZED 
THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HOLD
THE CANADA CELEBRATIONS AS WE 
HAD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, SO WE 
HAD TO GO TO PLAN B.
PLAN B WILL BE VERY INTERESTING 
AND PERHAPS AS INTERESTING AS 
THE REAL THING OR AS CLOSE AS WE
CAN GET.
WE'LL HAVE ACTIVITIES DURING THE
DAY.
WE'RE INVITING PEOPLE TO GO TO 
THE Canada.ca WEBSITE TO FIND 
OUT ALL SORTS OF ACTIVITIES THEY
CAN DO.
PEOPLE WILL BE SUGGESTING 
CULINARY EXPERIENCES AND 
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR TODAY 
AND THE REST OF THE SUMMER, TO 
DISCOVER ABOUT THE HISTORY AND 
THE PEOPLE LIKE FIRST NATIONS 
WHO HELPED SHAPE IT.
WE WILL HAVE OBVIOUSLY 
CELEBRATIONS DURING THE EVENING 
WITH ARTISTS WHO WILL BE 
CONTRIBUTING FROM COAST TO COAST
TO COAST TO CANADA DAY IN A 
DIFFERENT WAY THAN WHAT WE'RE 
USED TO OBVIOUSLY.
>> Andrew: SO THERE YOU HAVE IT.
ON THAT NOTE, THAT'S IT FOR US 
TODAY.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING US ON CBC 
TELEVISION, THE DAY DOES 
CONTINUE WITH A CBC RADIO-CANADA
SPECIAL WITH SERENA RYDER AND 
PIERRE YVES LORD.
WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN, YOU'VE 
SHOWED US HOW YOU'RE 
CELEBRATING.
THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE 
OUT THE PROGRAM.
HAPPY CANADA DAY, CANADA.
♪ O CANADA ♪  
♪ OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND ♪ 
♪ TRUE PATRIOT LOVE ♪ 
♪ IN ALL OF US COMMAND ♪ 
♪ CAR TON BRAS SAIT PORTER 
L'ÉPÉE ♪ 
♪ IL SAIT PORTER LA CROIX ♪ 
♪ TON HISTOIRE EST UNE ÉPOPÉE ♪ 
♪ DES PLUS BRILLANTS EXPLOITS ♪ 
♪ GOD KEEP OUR LAND GLORIOUS AND
FREE ♪ 
>> HAPPY CANADA DAY!
♪ O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD 
FOR THEE ♪ 
♪ O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD 
FOR THEE ♪♪
>> HAPPY CANADA DA
