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>> David: GOOD EVENING, I'M
DAVID COMMON.
IAN IS AWAY.
>>> TONIGHT, CORONAVIRUS SURGES
TO AN ALL-TIME HIGH IN THE U.S.
>> CLEARLY WE HAVE OPENED UP TOO
FAST, TOO SOON.
>> David: AS SEVERAL STATES DO
A 180 TO MITIGATE THE
DAMAGE, AND CANADIANS WATCH
NERVOUSLY.
>> WHAT IS GOING ON THROUGH NEXT
DOOR CAN CREEP THROUGH THE
BORDERS.
>> David: AN INFECTIOUS
DISEASES SPECIALIST ON WHAT
THOSE SPIRALLING U.S. NUMBERS
MEAN FOR THIS COUNTRY.
>>> CANADA'S BIGGEST AIRLINES
ARE RESUMING NORMAL SEATING, AS
IN FILLING ALL THOSE SEATS.
>> WE'RE TOLD TO KEEP
MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING AS
MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND HERE YOU HAVE
AIRLINES THAT ARE STILL WANTING
TO PACK PEOPLE IN LIKE SARDINES.
>> David: SOME TRAVELLERS
AREN'T SO SURE ABOUT IT EITHER.
>>> AND TORONTO WAS SUPPOSED TO
LOOK LIKE THIS TODAY BEFORE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> HAPPY PRIDE!
WOO!
>> David: THE PRIDE PARADE
GOES ONLINE WITH A MESSAGE OF
PROTEST AND PROGRESS.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> AFTER MONTHS OF GLOBAL
EFFORTS TO CONTAIN COVID-19, THE
DEADLY VIRUS CONTINUES TO
SPREAD, THREATENING THE FRAGILE
PROGRESS MADE SO FAR.
AND TODAY THERE ARE NEW MARKERS
OF A GRIM TRAJECTORY IN THE U.S.
AND A BRUTAL INDICATOR OF THE
DAMAGE DONE AROUND THE WORLD.
109 DAYS INTO THE PANDEMIC, A
NEW MILESTONE TODAY, 10 MILLION
RECORDED CASES.
OVER HALF A MILLION OF THEM
FATAL.
HERE IN CANADA WE'RE CLEARLY
FLATTENING THE CURVE AS ARE
OTHER COUNTRIES EVEN HARDER HIT,
ITALY, U.K., SPAIN ONCE
OVERWHELMED AND NOW THOUGH
THROUGH THE WORST OF IT.
BUT IN THE UNITED STATES THINGS
ARE GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
TINA LOVGREEN BEGINS OUR
COVERAGE TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT
HOW BAD IT'S BECOME.
>> Reporter: JUST WEEKS AFTER
THEY REOPENED, THEY WERE FORCED
TO SHUT DOWN.
>> WE DID EVERYTHING.
OUR STAFF WERE WEARING MASKS.
WE HAD HAND SANITIZING STATIONS.
WE DID WEEKLY TESTS.
>> Reporter: BUT ALL BARS IN
FLORIDA NOW BANNED FROM SELLING
ALCOHOL AFTER A RECORD SPIKE IN
CASES.
ON SUNDAY, 8,500 NEW CONFIRMED
INFECTIONS.
THE DAY BEFORE OVER 9,500.
SHATTERING PREVIOUS SINGLE-DAY
TOTALS.
YOUNG ADULTS BLAMED FOR IGNORING
PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND TOLD TO
STAY HOME.
MIAMI'S FAMOUS BEACHES CLOSED
FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND,
ANYONE NOT WEARING A MASK WILL
BE FINED.
>> WE NEED OUR RESIDENTS TO
COOPERATE WITH US.
WE'RE ASKING THEM TO PLEASE HELP
US.
>> Reporter: THE SURGE OF
CASES MOST PRONOUNCED IN THE
HANDFUL OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
STATES THAT REOPENED EARLIER AND
MORE AGGRESSIVELY.
DESPITE THE WARNINGS BY HEALTH
OFFICIALS TO WAIT.
>> CLEARLY WE OPENED UP TOO
FAST, TOO SOON.
IN MY DISTRICT, IN THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY WE HAD A 700%
INCREASE IN JUST THE LAST 30
DAYS.
>> Reporter: DAYS AFTER
TOUTING OPTIMISM ABOUT THE U.S.'
RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC, VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE CANCELLED
RALLIES IN FLORIDA AND ARIZONA
DUE TO A SURGE IN NUMBERS.
THOUGH STILL ATTENDED A
SCHEDULED RALLY AT A
DALLAS CHURCH, TRYING TO KEEP
THE FAITH.
>> WE'LL SEE OUR WAY THROUGH
THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.
WE WILL RESTORE OUR NATION'S
HEALTH.
WE WILL RENEW OUR FREEDOM.
>> Reporter: A MESSAGE TAKEN A
LITTLE TOO SOON IN ARIZONA THIS
WEEKEND AS THE U.S. CONTINUES ON
A DARK TRAJECTORY, WITH THE
HIGHEST KNOWN DEATH TOLL OF ANY
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON NEXT DOOR CAN
CREEP THROUGH THE BORDERS.
WE HAVE TO BE VERY VIGILANT
ABOUT TRAVEL AND VERY VIGILANT
ABOUT BORDER CROSSINGS.
>> Reporter: AS AMERICA GEARS
UP TO CELEBRATE ITS 244th
BIRTHDAY, STILL VERY MUCH IN THE
GRIPS OF A CRISIS.
TINA LOVGREEN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> David: OF COURSE THE BORDER
IS LARGELY CLOSED BUT CANADIANS
MAY BE UNDERSTANDABLY WORRIED
ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING SOUTH
OF THE BORDER.
AND SO WE HAVE
DR. ISSAC BOGOCH WITH US RIGHT
NOW.
DR. BOGOCH, SHOULD WE AS
CANADIANS REALLY BE CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING SOUTH OF
THE BORDER?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE KNOW THAT THINGS ARE GETTING
WORSE IN MANY PARTS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
THIS INFECTION IS TAKING OFF IN
MANY OF THE SOUTHERN STATES, BUT
IT IS
CERTAINLY AFFECTING OTHER STATES
AS WELL.
GIVEN THAT WE SHARE A HUGE LAND
BORDER WITH THEM, WE HAVE TO BE
VERY CONCERNED THAT IF THIS
BORDER IS EVER OPENED THAT WE'LL
REIMPORT CASES INTO CANADA AND
UNDO A LOT OF THE HARD WORK THAT
WE'VE DONE IN CANADA IN GETTING
THIS
INFECTION UNDER CONTROL HERE.
>> David: YOU SAY THAT IT'S
UNDER CONTROL BUT WE HEAR ABOUT
10 MILLION CASES WORLDWIDE.
IT DOES SEEM IN SPITE OF THE
PROGRESS
HAPPENING HERE, THAT THINGS ARE
GETTING WORSE AND NOT BETTER
WORLDWIDE?
>> SADLY THAT'S THE CASE.
THINGS ARE REALLY GETTING WORSE
AND WORSE ON A GLOBAL
STANDPOINT.
AND THAT IS LARGELY RELATED TO
EITHER POOR POLICY AND POOR
PLANNING OR NOT IMPLEMENTING THE
POLICY AND, OF COURSE, SADLY, WE
KNOW THAT SOME PLACES JUST DON'T
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE
CASES SUCH AS OTHER HIGH-INCOME
COUNTRIES.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE MAIN
REASONS WHY THIS IS GETTING
WORSE ON A GLOBAL SCALE.
>> David: SOMETHING FOR US TO
WATCH OUT FOR.
DR. ISSAC BOGOCH, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> ANYTIME.
>> David: WELL, IF YOU LIKE
THE IDEA
OF FLYING NEXT TO AN EMPTY
MIDDLE SEAT, TOO BAD, BECAUSE
CANADA'S TWO LARGEST AIRLINES
HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY'RE ENDING
PHYSICAL DISTANCING ON PLANES.
THAT'S AS OF JULY 1st.
AS ASHLEY BURKE EXPLAINS, THAT'S
MAKING SOME CUSTOMERS
UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR
TEMPERATURE.
>> Reporter: FLYING DURING A
PANDEMIC COMES WITH A HOST OF
NEW SAFETY MEASURES.
BUT ONE IS ABOUT TO END --
BLOCKING OFF MIDDLE SEATS.
>> WE BOTH FEEL PRETTY UNEASY
ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: SARAH AND HER
HUSBAND, ANTONIO,
BOOKED A SIX-HOUR FLIGHT FOR A
CRUCIAL BUSINESS TRIP NEXT
MONTH.
THEY ONLY BOOKED IT BECAUSE
WESTJET'S WEBSITE ASSURED THEM
THAT THE MIDDLE SEAT WOULD BE
EMPTY.
>> SO WE TOOK SOME COMFORT IN
THIS OPTION AND SEEING THAT ME
AND MY HUSBAND ARE FROM
THE SAME HOUSEHOLD WE THOUGHT
THAT WOULD BE GREAT, WE'LL HAVE
THE ROW TO OURSELVES.
I'LL TAKE THE WINDOW, YOU TAKE
THE AISLE, AND WE'LL HAVE THE
WHOLE ROW.
>> Reporter: BUT WESTJET AND
AIR CANADA ANNOUNCED THEY'RE
ENDING THE PRACTISE ON
JULY 1stST.
A MOVE IN LINE WITH OTHER
AIRLINES, INCLUDING FLARE.
THE CARRIER SAY THAT NEW
FILTRATION MAKES THE RISK LOW.
BUT COST OF BLOCKING OFF MIDDLE
SEATS IS HIGH.
BUT IT'S A MOVE THAT COULD BACK
BACKFIRE
FOR CUSTOMERS.
>> FOR SOME PASSENGERS IT IS A
BIG DEAL AND THEY WILL, IN FACT,
MOVE TO OTHER AIRLINES THAT DO
OFFER THAT MIDDLE SEAT OR DELAY
THEIR TRAVEL.
>> Reporter: TRANSPORT CANADA
HAS REMEMBERED THAT AIRLINES
PHYSICALLY DISTANT WHEN POSSIBLE
TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
BUT IT'S NOT MANDATORY.
>> YOU HAVE TO WEAR YOUR FACE
MASK AT ALL TIMES.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS SAY
THOUGH IT'S SAFER TO FLY NOW
IT ISN'T RISK-FREE.
>> WE NOW KNOW THAT BEING NEAR
SOMEBODY FOR LONGER PERIODS OF
TIME THAT INCREASES YOUR RISK,
EVEN IN AN OFFICE SETTING, FOR
EXAMPLE.
SO, THEREFORE, THE SHORTER
FLIGHT, THE LESS RISKY.
WHEREAS THE LONGER FLIGHTS YOU
MAY HAVE A CHANCE OF BREATHING
IN THE VIRUS.
>> Reporter: AIR CANADA SAID
THAT THE ADJACENT SEAT POLICY
WAS MEANT TO BE A TEMPORARY
MEASURE.
AND LIKE WESTJET, THEY'RE
COUNTING ON NEW
PROTOCOLS TO KEEP THE PASSENGERS
SAFE.
MEANWHILE, MANY CUSTOMERS ARE
STILL ANGRY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
REFUNDED FOR FLIGHTS CANCELLED
DUE TO COVID-19.
ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> David: AN UPDATE NOW ON THE
COVID-19 OUTBREAK CONNECTED TO A
KINGSTON, ONTARIO, NAIL SALON.
THE CITY'S CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
NOW
REPORTS 21 CONFIRMED CASES BUT
SAYS THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
MUCH WORSE.
>> IF WE HADN'T CAUGHT THIS
EARLY, YES, WE COULD HAVE HAD
WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY AMONGST THE
VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> David: HUNDREDS OF
RESIDENTS VOLUNTARILY WENT TO
KINGSTON'S MOBILE TESTING SITE
AGAIN TODAY.
THE OUTBREAK WAS DECLARED LAST
THURSDAY, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS
AFTER KINGSTON MOVED INTO STAGE
TWO OF ITS REOPENING.
>>> A FEW HUNDRED KILOMETRES
WEST IN THE HEART OF ONTARIO'S
FARMING COUNTRY, COVID-19
REMAINS A MUCH GREATER DANGER.
OUTBREAKS AMONG MIGRANT FARM
WORKERS HAVE NOW KILLED AT LEAST
THREE PEOPLE.
AND THE MOST RECENT VICTIM WAS
LAID TO REST JUST TODAY.
TALIA RICCI LOOKS AT THE GROWING
ANGER OVER THE SITUATION.
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>> Reporter: JUAN LOPEZ
CHAPARRO'S MEMORIAL MASS WAS
STREAMED ONLINE TODAY SO HIS
FAMILY IN MEXICO COULD TAKE
PART.
THE FATHER OF FOUR DIED OF
COVID-19 WORKING ON A FARM IN
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO.
>> WE KNOW THAT HE CAME HERE TO
WORK AND TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE
FOR HIS CHILDREN.
BUT NOW THEY WILL NOT BE SEEING
THEIR FATHER AGAIN.
>> Reporter: HE'S THE THIRD
MIGRANT WORKER IN ONTARIO TO DIE
FROM THE VIRUS AND ONE OF
HUNDREDS WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
ON THE SAME DAY AS THIS SERVICE,
DOZENS TOOK TO STREETS IN
LEAMINGTON DEMANDING BETTER
PROTECTION FOR WORKERS.
>> [CHANTING]
>> Reporter: THE SITUATION IS
BAD ENOUGH THAT LEAMINGTON AND
KINGSVILLE ARE STILL EFFECTIVELY
LOCKED DOWN.
THE GROUP SAYS THAT A LOT OF THE
CRISIS HAS TO DO WITH LIVING
CONDITIONS.
>> YOU CAN TEST AS MANY WORKERS
AS YOU WANT TO TEST, BUT IT'S
NOT GOING TO STOP THE VIRUS FROM
SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE, WHEN
THEY LIVE
LIKE 10 TO 20 MEN TO ONE HOUSE.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK PREMIER
DOUG FORD PROMISED RESOURCES FOR
MIGRANT WORKERS AND SAYING THAT
THEIR JOBS ARE SAFE.
>> I WANT TO SEND A CLEAR
MESSAGE TO THE TEMPORARY WORKERS
-- NO ONE WILL LOSE THEIR JOB IF
YOU HAVE COVID-19.
>> Reporter: AT NATURE FRESH
FARMS, MORE THAN 30 TEMPORARY
WORKERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID.
BUT THE PRESIDENT AND THE C.E.O.
THERE SAYS THAT ONLY A COUPLE
ARE SHOWING SYMPTOMS.
>> WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PLAN
NOW AND IT WILL BE -- THE PEOPLE
WILL BE ISOLATING.
BELIEVE ME, THE FARMING INDUSTRY
DOES NOT WANT THE REST OF THE
COUNTY TO SUFFER.
>> Reporter: BUT PROTESTERS
SAY THAT THE VIRUS IS SIMPLY
SHINING A BRIGHTER SPOTLIGHT ON
ISSUES THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR
YEARS.
>> WE WANT TO GET TO THE
UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT HAVE
EXISTED FOR DECADES NOW.
>> Reporter: ADVOCATES HOPING
THAT THIS IS THE LAST FUNERAL
UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
TALIA RICCI, CBC NEWS,
LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO.
>> David: TO OTHER NEWS NOW.
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE BELIEVES
THAT U.S.
SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN
AFGHANISTAN AFTER RUSSIA OFFERED
BOUNTIES TO THE TALIBAN.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE
"WASHINGTON POST."
DONALD TRUMP DENIES KNOWING
ANYTHING ABOUT THE FINANCIAL
REWARD, BUT HIS FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR AND NOW CRITIC
JOHN BOLTON ISN'T BUYING IT.
>> HIS FUNDAMENTAL FOCUS IS NOT
THE SECURITY OF OUR FORCES, BUT
WHETHER HE LOOKS LIKE HE WASN'T
PAYING ATTENTION.
SO HE'S SAYING, WELL, NOBODY
TOLD ME, THEREFORE, YOU CAN'T
BLAME ME.
>> David: "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
REPORTS THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
BRIEFED MONTHS AGO.
BOTH THE TALIBAN AND THE FOREIGN
MINISTRY DENY THE STORY.
WHILE TRUMP RIVAL JOE BIDEN SAYS
THAT IF THERE'S ANY TRUTH TO IT
THAT THE LACK OF ACTION IS
SHOCKING.
EVEN A REPUBLICAN SENATOR WAS
SHOCKED BY A TRUMP RE-TWEET THIS
MORNING FEATURING VIDEO OF A
SUPPORTER YELLING OUT "WHITE
POWER."
IT CAME DURING THE LATEST
WEEKEND OF PROTESTS AGAINST
ANTI-BLACK RACISM.
PAUL HUNTER HAS THE WHITE HOUSE
REACTION.
>> Reporter: LISTEN CAREFULLY
TO THE MAN IN THE BLUE T-SHIRT.
>> WHITE POWER!
>> Reporter: WHITE POWER, A
RALLYING CRY FOR WHITE
NATIONALISTS, SHOUTED BY AN
APPARENT SUPPORTER OF DONALD
TRUMP IN AN ANGRY BACK-AND-FORTH
WITH
THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE PRESIDENT.
BUT IT WAS TRUMP HIMSELF WHO
TODAY TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL,
RE-TWEETING THAT VIDEO AND
THANKING HIS SUPPORTERS IN IT,
UNTIL
WHEN CRITICIZED, THE TWEET WAS
DELETED.
SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE THAT TRUMP
NEVER HEARD THE PART ABOUT WHITE
POWER.
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
>> Reporter: THIS WEEKEND AMID
MORE PRESSURE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
FOR BLACK AMERICANS, AND AS
LEGISLATORS IN MISSISSIPPI ACTED
TO NOW REMOVE THE CONFEDERATE
SYMBOL FROM ITS STATE FLAG,
PUSHBACK AGAINST THE VIDEO THAT
TRUMP RETWEETED, INCLUDING FROM
THE ONLY BLACK REPUBLICAN IN THE
U.S. SENATE.
>> THE ENTIRE THING WAS
OFFENSIVE.
CERTAINLY, THE COMMENT ABOUT THE
WHITE POWER WAS OFFENSIVE.
>> Reporter: TRUMP'S HEALTH
SECRETARY ALEX AZAR FRAMED IT
THIS WAY.
>> NEITHER THE PRESIDENT, NOR
HIS ADMINISTRATION NOR I WOULD
DO ANYTHING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF
WHITE SUPREMACY OR ANYTHING THAT
WOULD SUPPORT DISCRIMINATION OF
ANY KIND.
>> STOP RIGHT THERE.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE,
ANOTHER POLICE VIDEO HAS MOVED
INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.
>> STOP, I HAVE A RIGHT TO STOP
YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING
SUSPICIOUS.
>> Reporter: FROM LAST YEAR.
AND A YOUNG BLACK MAN, ELIJAH
McLEAN WALKING HOME FROM A
CORNER STORE IN COLORADO,
WEARING A MASK, IS STOPPED BY
POLICE.
>> [indiscernible]
>> Reporter: McLEAN SEEMS
PERPLEXED AND AFRAID.
HE APPEARS TO STRUGGLE.
POLICE USE A CHOKEHOLD.
PARAMEDICS SEDATE HIM WITH A
NEEDLE.
HE DIED A WEEK LATER.
POLICE AT THE TIME WERE CLEARED
OF ANY WRONGDOING, BUT AS THE
U.S. RECKONS WITH THEIR RACIAL
DIVIDE THERE'S RENEWED ANGER AND
FRESH DEMANDS FOR JUSTICE.
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE BEING
REINVESTIGATED.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> David: A MAN HAS BEEN
CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER A
DEADLY SHOOTING AT A PROTEST IN
KENTUCKY.
>> WE CAN'T LET THIS ONE
SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE SLOW
OR HALT WHAT THE PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS ARE DEMANDING IN OUR
CITY.
>> David: IT HAPPENED AT A
PROTEST AGAINST THE POLICE
SHOOTING DEATH OF BREONNA TAYLOR
LAST NIGHT.
ONE PROTESTER WAS KILLED,
ANOTHER INJURED.
THE SUSPECT HAD BEEN ASKED TO
LEAVE
THE AREA EARLIER IN THE DAY FOR
BEING DISRUPTIVE.
>>> RACIST INCIDENTS ARE ALSO
COMING TO LIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY.
IN TORONTO FOR THE THIRD TIME
THIS MONTH, A NOOSE WAS FOUND AT
A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE, VERY SAD.
SOME HUMAN BEINGS, THEY THINK
THAT IT'S FUNNY.
AND THIS IS COOL AND THIS MAKES
THEM PROUD.
THIS IS NOT HUMAN.
>> David: A TORONTO COMMUNITY
GROUP HELD THIS DEMONSTRATION TO
SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE USE OF
THAT HATEFUL SYMBOL.
>> VERY FRANKLY, IT SHOOK ME TO
MY CORE.
I WAS IN TEARS.
>> David: TORONTO POLICE HAVE
MADE AN ARREST AFTER A HOSPITAL
WORKER SAYS THAT SHE WAS
VERBALLY ACCOSTED ON THE SUBWAY
ON FRIDAY.
SHE SAYS THAT THE WOMAN THEN
TOOK HER YOUNG DAUGHTER'S MARKER
TO WRITE A RACIAL SLUR ON THE
WALL.
THAT SUSPECT NOW FACES TWO
CHARGES INVOLVING MISCHIEF TO
PROPERTY AND HARASSMENT.
MEANWHILE, A BLACK VANCOUVER
BUS DRIVER SAYS THAT A PASSENGER
TOLD HIM TO HANG HIMSELF THIS
WEEK WITH THIS PIECE OF ROPE
LEFT ON THE BUS.
>>> NINE BLACK POLICE OFFICERS
IN MONTRÉAL ARE NOW BREAKING
RANKS TO DECLARE THAT THERE'S
SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THEIR FORCE.
SIMON NAKONECHNY SHOWS US WHY.
>> Reporter: IT'S A BOLD
STATEMENT IN A CULTURE KNOWN FOR
SILENCE.
NINE BLACK MONTRÉAL POLICE
OFFICERS CALLING OUT THEIR UNION
PRESIDENT FOR DOWNPLAYING
SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE FORCE.
THIS FORMER RCMP OFFICER SPEAKS
ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP CALLED
THE SPDM9.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A DEFICIENT
SYSTEM THIS ALLOWS FOR THE BAD
APPLES, NOT ONLY TO FLOURISH,
BUT ALSO TO INFECT OTHERS AND
EVEN GET PROMOTED THROUGH THE
SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: FOR YEARS
MONTRÉAL'S BLACK COMMUNITY SAYS
THEY'VE BEEN THE TARGET OF
RACIAL PROFILING.
SOMETIMES WITH LETHAL
CONSEQUENCES.
NAMES LIKE ANTHONY GRIFFIN AND
NICHOLAS GIBBS STILL LOOM LARGE.
BUT IN INTERVIEWS THAT FOLLOWED
THE POLICE KILLING OF GEORGE
FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS, THE UNION
PRESIDENT WARNED AGAINST STRONG
PARALLELS.
ON FRIDAY RESPONDING TO THE
BLACK OFFICERS' LETTER HE
DEFENDED HIS POSITION AND SAYING
THE WORD SYSTEMIC SUGGESTS THAT
ALL OFFICERS ARE IMPLICATED IN A
DELIBERATELY RACIST SYSTEM.
DEBATE OVER THE WORD IS NOT NEW
TO THE PROVINCE.
THE PREMIER HAS REPEATEDLY
DENIED SYSTEMIC RACISM EXISTS IN
QUÉBEC.
>> I THINK THAT THERE IS SOME
DISCRIMINATION IN QUÉBEC, BUT
THERE'S NO SYSTEMIC
DISCRIMINATION.
>> Reporter: THAT SENTIMENT
HAD BEEN ECHOED BY THE CITY'S
POLICE BRASS, BUT
THE CHIEF CHANGED HIS MESSAGE
AFTER A SCATHING PUBLIC
CONSULTATION AND REPORT.
HE HELPED TO FORCE THOSE
CONSULTATIONS.
THE FORMER MONTRÉAL ALOUETTES'
CORNERBACK SAYS THAT THERE'S A
LOT OF PROOF THAT SYSTEMIC
RACISM EXISTS.
>> WE KNOW THAT IT IS TRUE.
LAST YEAR A REPORT CAME OUT THAT
ESTABLISHED THAT BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE FOUR TO
FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE
CARDED BY THE SPVM.
>> Reporter: THE UNION
PRESIDENT SAYS THAT HIS DOOR IS
OPEN IF THE BLACK OFFICERS WANT
TO DISCUSS THIS IMPORTANT
CHALLENGE.
WE'LL SEE HOW FAR THAT WILL GO
IF THEY ANTI-EVEN DEGREE ON WHAT
SYSTEMIC RACISM MEANS.
SIMON NAKONECHNY, CBC NEWS,
MONTRÉAL.
>> David: THE EDMONTON ESKIMOS
RELEASED A WIDE RECEIVER OVER A
HOMOPHOBIC TWEET.
HE SENT IT OUT YESTERDAY.
IT WAS THE SAME DAY AS MANY
PRIDE CELEBRATIONS.
CHRISTION JONES TWEETED OUT HIS
OPPOSITION TO GAY AND LESBIAN
RELATIONSHIPS.
IT WAS QUICKLY
CONDEMNED AS HATEFUL AND THE
TEAM RELEASED HIM TODAY.
AND THE CFL RELEASED A STATEMENT
SAYING THAT THERE'S NO PLACE IN
THE LEAGUE FOR COMMENTARY LIKE
THAT.
JONES HAS SINCE APOLOGISED.
>>> HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS
CRITICISING ITS EDMONTON CHAPTER
BECAUSE 57 FAMILIES WHO SIGNED
UP FOR AN AFFORDABLE PATH TO
HOMEOWNERSHIP ARE NOW IN COURT
FIGHTING EVICTION.
IT'S BECAUSE THE CASH-STRAPPED
LOCAL CHAPTER CHANGED THE TERMS
OF THEIR DEAL.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN HAS MORE ON
THE LOW-INCOME TENANTS FEELING
DESPERATE.
>> Reporter: HER FAMILY WERE
NOT EXPECTING TO PACK BOXES THIS
SUMMER.
>> THE PROGRAMME IS GOOD FOR US,
NO DOWN PAYMENT, NO INTEREST.
>> Reporter: THAT PROGRAMME IS
PART OF THIS HOUSING PROJECT FOR
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.
THE IDEA -- VOLUNTEER 500 HOURS
OF YOUR TIME WITH HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY IN EXCHANGE FOR TENANCY
AND EVENTUALLY INTEREST-FREE
HOMEOWNERSHIP.
BUT LAST FALL HABITAT EDMONTON
CHANGED THEIR AGREEMENT.
SAYING THAT FAMILIES WOULD BE
CHARGED A
SPLIT MORTGAGE, ONE OF WHICH
WOULD BE INTEREST-FREE AND THE
OTHER WITH INTEREST.
THE CHARITY SAID THAT IT WAS
HEAVILY IN DEBT AND THAT THIS
WAS A MATTER OF SURVIVAL.
>> WE PROBABLY WON'T BE HERE
LONGER THAN THREE YEARS.
>> IF I APPROVED FOR A HOUSE
FROM THE BANK, I WOULDN'T APPLY
TO HABITAT.
>> Reporter: NOW HABITAT
INTERNATIONAL SAYS THAT EDMONTON
SHOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED THE
AGREEMENT.
IT ASKED THEM TO FIND AN
INDEPENDENT MEDIATOR AND TO
DELAY FURTHER ACTIONS WITH THE
FAMILIES.
>> WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT HABITAT
WILL HEED THE ADVICE OF HABITAT
INTERNATIONAL.
>> Reporter: THIS LAWYER HAS
BEEN WORKING WITH NEARLY 60
TENANTS HOPING TO LAUNCH A
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT.
HE RECENTLY LOST AN INJUNCTION
TO DELAY
THE REMOVAL OF TENANTS WHO DON'T
SIGN THE NEW AGREEMENT.
HABITAT ANNUAL REPORTS SHOW THAT
THE JUDGE IN THAT CASE MADE TWO
DONATIONS TO HABITAT EDMONTON
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THIS WATCHDOG SAYS THAT'S A
CONCERN.
>> THE OLD SAYING IS JUSTICE HAS
TO BE NOT ONLY DONE, BUT SEEN TO
BE DONE.
AND THAT MEANS THAT IT HAS TO
APPEAR THAT IT'S IMPARTIAL
COURT.
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT,
THE COURT SAID THAT IT COULD NOT
COMMENT ON ONGOING PROCEEDINGS.
HABITAT EDMONTON HAS DENIED ANY
CONFLICT OF INTEREST, SAYING
THAT IT WASN'T AWARE OF THE
DONATIONS.
IT IS NOW SAYING THAT IT'S OPEN
TO DISCUSSING MEDIATION WITH THE
FAMILIES.
>> COVID IS AROUND EVERYWHERE.
IF WE END UP IN THE SHELTER, AND
MY KIDS CAN GET SICK, I CAN GET
SICK.
>> Reporter: WITHOUT
MEDIATION, THE TENANTS WHO
REFUSE THE NEW MORTGAGE MODEL
COULD FACE EVICTION BY THE END
OF JULY.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS,
EDMONTON.
>> David: WITH COVID-19 CASES
CLIMBING AROUND THE WORLD,
HITTING NEW MILESTONES, TONIGHT
A SUCCESS STORY.
>> WE ARE LIVING WITH
CORONAVIRUS.
>> David: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," NO LOCKDOWN, LIMITED
TESTING, SO HOW DID JAPAN MANAGE
TO FLATTEN THE CURVE SO QUICKLY?
>> Adrienne: SO NICE TO SEE
YOU THERE.
>> David: AND ADRIENNE CHECKS
IN WITH OUR REPORTERS IN THE
FIELD.
THE CHALLENGES AND SURPRISES OF
COVERING A PANDEMIC.
>> BUT IT WAS SO RAW, ADRIENNE,
LIKE, SHE COULD SEE MY EYES, I
COULD SEE HER EYES.
>> David: AND CANADA'S BIGGEST
PRIDE PARADE GOES VIRTUAL.
>> HAPPY PRIDE!
>> David: WE'RE BACK IN JUST A
MOMENT.
(*)
>> David: INDIA REPORTED MORE
THAN 19,000 NEW COVID-19 CASES
TODAY, ITS HIGHEST DAILY JUMP.
THE SITUATION HAS PROMPTED
HEALTH AUTHORITIES THERE TO OPEN
UP ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST
HOSPITALS.
STORES AND HAIR SALONS REOPENED
THIS WEEKEND IN RIO de
JANEIRO, DESPITE BRAZIL
REPORTING AN ADDITIONAL 35,000
INFECTIONS JUST TODAY, MAKING IT
THE SECOND WORST HIT COUNTRY
AFTER THE U.S.
>>> JAPAN SAW ITS HIGHEST DAILY
NUMBER OF COVID CASES TODAY
SINCE EARLY MAY WITH 99 NEW
INFECTIONS REPORTED.
MANY OF WHICH CAN BE TRACED BACK
TO
BARS OR NIGHTCLUBS IN TOKYO.
STILL, JAPAN HAS BEEN SEEING A
CORONAVIRUS SUCCESS STORY, EVEN
AFTER FACING AN EARLY THREAT OF
THE VIRUS AND CRITICISM OVER ITS
HANDLING OF THE DIAMOND PRINCESS
QUARANTINE.
THE COUNTRY HAS MANAGED TO KEEP
ITS EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL AND
IT'S DONE SO WITHOUT IMPOSING
LOCKDOWNS.
SASA PETRICIC EXPLAINS.
(*)
>> Reporter: FOR TWO MONTHS HE
PLAYED MUSIC IN HIS TOKYO BAR
WITH NO ONE TO LISTEN TO IT.
THE BAR WAS CLOSED, NOT BECAUSE
OF ANY OFFICIAL ORDER, JUST THE
GOVERNMENT ADVICE.
AND HE SAYS DUTY TO HIS
CUSTOMERS.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
WE DON'T KNOW.
WE ARE NOT SURE.
SO WE CANNOT GAMBLE OUR LIVES.
>> Reporter: DRIVEN BY SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND HARSH
PENALTIES, SO FAR JAPAN SEEMS TO
HAVE DODGED THE WORST OF THE
PANDEMIC.
EVEN WITH A POPULATION THREE
TIMES CANADA'S, THE DEATH TOLL
IS LESS THAN AN EIGHTH.
FEWER THAN A THOUSAND.
THIS DESPITE THE DELAYED BORDER
CLOSINGS, LIMITED TESTING AND NO
LOCKDOWN.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: UNLIKE
WESTERNERS, WE'RE USED TO
WEARING MASKS, HE SAYS.
LANGUAGE].
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: AVOID THE THREE
Cs, HE SAYS.
NO CLOSE FACES AND NO CROWDS AND
NO CLOSE CONTACT.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
NO MORE FEAR OF VISITING
REOPENED ATTRACTIONS LIKE
TOKYO'S OBSERVATION TOWER OR
GOING OUT TO STORES AND
RESTAURANTS WHERE IT'S ALMOST
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
INDEED, THE PRIME MINISTER'S
MAIN FEAR NOW IS THAT JAPAN
WON'T REOPEN QUICKLY ENOUGH.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: WE NEED TO
CONTROL INFECTIONS WITH AS FEW
RESTRICTIONS AS POSSIBLE, SAYS
SHINZO ABE, TO PROTECT OUR
LIVELIHOODS.
SINCE JAPAN REALIZES THAT IT
CAN'T KILL THE VIRUS, IT HAS
DECIDED TO CONTAIN IT.
>> SO FROM THE BEGINNING WE HAVE
THE SORT OF THE UNDERSTANDING
THAT WE ARE LIVING WITH
CORONAVIRUS.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER KEY
ELEMENT IS TARGETED CONTACT
TRACING INSTEAD OF MASS TESTING
THROUGH SOME 800 LOCAL HEALTH
CENTRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MEANWHILE IN JAPAN'S STADIUMS,
CHEERLEADERS LEAD EMPTY STANDS
AND PLAYERS PLAY ONLY FOR THE
CAMERAS.
IT'S THE PICTURE OF LIVING WITH
A PANDEMIC.
SASA PETRICIC, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> David: NEXT OUR TEAM OF
REPORTERS REFLECT ON COVERING
THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
>> WHEN IT CHANGED, EVERYTHING
CHANGED -- LIKE EVERYTHING
STOPPED.
>> David: FROM THE PANDEMIC TO
THE PROTESTS.
THE STORYTELLING CHALLENGES AND
THE MOMENTS THAT STICK WITH
THEM.
BUT FIRST, AS WE GO TO BREAK --
>> * YOU DON'T NEED TO HIDE 
* WHAT YOU FEEL INSIDE 
>> David: PRIDE LOOKED
DIFFERENT AROUND THE WORLD THIS
YEAR, INCLUDING IN TORONTO
TODAY, WHERE THE COUNTRY'S
LARGEST PARADE WAS MOVED ONLINE
FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF
COVID-19.
>> HELLO, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME TO PRIDE!
>> David: THE USUAL RAINBOW
FLOATS WERE REPLACED WITH ZOOM
DANCE PARTIES AND D.J.s
WITHOUT A CROWD.
>> WOO!
(*)
>> HAPPY PRIDE!
>> David: A NEW NORMAL FOR
PRIDE, BUT WITH THE ENDURING
MESSAGE.
>> IT MEANS FAMILY AND, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK
STILL TO BE DONE.
>> David: A CHANCE FOR THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY TO COME
TOGETHER, TO BE SEEN AND HEARD
DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
>> * ALL ABOARD 
(*)
>> David: AND A MOMENT OF
RECKONING AGAINST ANTI-BLACK
RACISM.
>> NO ONE GROUP HAS TO CARRY THE
BURDEN OF INJUSTICE ON THEIR
OWN.
>> David: THAT MESSAGE ALSO
ECHOED OFFLINE AT A NO-PRIDE AND
POLICING RALLY IN FRONT OF
TORONTO'S CITY HALL CALLING FOR
CUTS TO THE CITY'S POLICE
BUDGET.
THIS PRIDE MONTH ENDED WITH A
RETURN TO ITS 
(*)
>> HI THERE, I'M KELLY, AND I
LIVE
IN VAUGHAN, ONTARIO.
DURING THE PAST SIX WEEKS I HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON AN INITIATIVE
BECAUSE I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
SPECIAL FOR THE CLASS OF 2020
GRADUATES.
AND I CAME UP WITH AN IDEA OF
MAKING LAWN SIGNS TO HONOUR
THEM.
AND ALL OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO
KIDS'
HELP PHONE.
EVERYTHING THAT THE KIDS HAVE
BEEN WORKING TOWARDS IS BEING
TAKEN AWAY, THEIR RITES OF
PASSAGE INCLUDED.
MANY ARE FEELING VERY ANXIOUS,
DISAPPOINTMENT, DEPRESSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> AND I FELT LIKE THE KIDS'
HELP PHONE WAS MADE FOR THIS
PANDEMIC BECAUSE THEY COULD BE
REACHED BY PHONE, BY TEXT, AND
ONLINE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK.
I HAVE BEEN DELIVERING AND
INSTALLING CLOSE TO 700 SIGNS AT
THIS POINT.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> A GOAL WHEN I FIRST BEGAN
THIS ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO WAS TO
RAISE A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT
I ACTUALLY ENDED UP RAISING A
BIT OVER $10,000 AT THIS POINT.
YAY!
THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND
KINDNESS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED
HAS TRULY MADE THIS THE MOST
REWARDING SUCCESS EVER.
>> David: PRETTY AMAZING.
>>> WELL, THESE PAST FEW MONTHS
HAVE BEEN UNPRECEDENTED FOR
EVERYONE, AND AS JOURNALISTS
WE'VE HAD TO ADAPT HOW WE TELL
STORIES, WHERE WE CAN GO, WHERE
WE CAN'T.
BUT THE PACE OF NEWS HAS ALSO
BEEN HISTORIC FROM A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC TO A GLOBAL MOVEMENT.
SO ADRIENNE ASKED SOME OF US TO
SHARE WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE TO
REPORT ON THIS MOMENT.
(*)
>> THERE WE GO.
YOU'RE QUITE HANDY THERE.
>> WE'RE ROLLING.
(*)
>> Reporter: STILL LIFE IN THE
BRITISH CAPITAL, THE U.K. TRYING
TO SLOW ITSELF DOWN AND BRINGING
WITH IT A SENSE OF DISTORTION,
DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET USED
TO.
>> Adrienne: WE GOOD?
EVERYBODY HAPPY?
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
SO NICE TO SEE YOU THERE.
CAN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT
WHAT YOUR LONDON WAS LIKE BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC AND THEN IN THE
WEEKS SINCE?
>> I THINK THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF
THE WEIRDEST THINGS ABOUT
LONDON.
WHEN THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN
OVERNIGHT BECAME EMPTY, IT FELT
REALLY DISTANT AND ALIENATING.
AND I REMEMBER BEING IN THE
CENTRE OF TOWN IN THE EARLY DAYS
AND YOU JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS A
CITY HOLLOWED OUT.
(*)
>> IT WAS REMARKABLE IN THE
SUDDENNESS.
AND I SUPPOSE HIGHLIGHTED BY THE
CONTRAST OF WHAT WASHINGTON WAS
LIKE BEFORE.
IT'S A SIDEWALK CULTURE TOWN AND
EVERYBODY WALKS, EVERYBODY GOES
OUTSIDE.
BUT WHEN IT CHANGED, EVERYTHING
CHANGED.
LIKE, EVERYTHING STOPPED WITH NO
WARNING.
WE'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO
GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND
REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO GO INTO
PEOPLE'S OFFICES ANYMORE.
AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF THIS
INDUSTRY IS BASED ON HUMAN
CONTACT TO NO SMALL DEGREE.
I MEAN, I'M TALKING NOW INTO A
COMPUTER THAT IS STACKED ON TOP
OF FOUR BOOKS, YOU KNOW, IN A
STERILE STUDIO SOMEWHERE.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT YOU TALK
TO PEOPLE.
BUT IT IS THE WAY THAT WE TALK
TO PEOPLE NOW.
AND YOU LOSE SOMETHING IN THAT.
>> AND I WANTED TO GO BACK IN
FOR MY DAD, BUT I'M WORRIED FOR
MYSELF AND MY SON.
>> Reporter: KELLY IS STAYING
IN AS A PRECAUTION AFTER TENDING
TO HER 81-YEAR-OLD FATHER WHO
LIVES AT THE LYNN VALLEY CARE
CENTRE.
>> Adrienne: IT LOOKED
NERVE-RACKING, IT WAS SAD, IT
WAS SO STRANGE TO SEE YOU
TALKING TO PEOPLE BEHIND GLASS.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH, LIKE,
THE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU HAD TO
HAVE AS A CREW AND WITH THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU WERE TALKING TO
IN THOSE EARLY DAYS?
>> IT WAS ABOUT FIGURING OUT
WHAT CAN WE DO.
AND I REMEMBER THAT WE SHOWED UP
AT HER DOOR, KELLY'S DOOR, AND I
WAS LIKE DO YOU HAVE A WINDOW.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE NOBODY IN THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M THE MOST
WORRIED ABOUT.
I'M SORRY.
>> IT WAS STRANGE.
BUT IT WAS SO RAW, ADRIENNE,
LIKE SHE COULD SEE MY EYES, I
COULD SEE HER EYES.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE WERE, YOU
KNOW, NOT IN THE SAME ROOM,
THERE WAS THE GLASS BARRIER
BETWEEN US, LIKE, I WAS HOLDING
ON TO EVERY WORD AND I THINK
THAT WE STILL HAD THAT
CONNECTION.
AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
SHE WAS GOING THROUGH THAT TO ME
IT DIDN'T FEEL WORLDS APART,
EVEN IF IT LOOKED PHYSICALLY
WORLDS APART.
THE HARDEST PART IS WALKING AWAY
FROM A CONVERSATION WITHOUT
SHAKING SOMEONE'S HAND, WITHOUT
BEING, YOU KNOW, TO PUT A HAND
ON THEIR SHOULDER.
AND YOU JUST HAVE TO GET IN YOUR
CAR AND DRIVE AWAY.
THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART, LIKE,
ONE DAY I'LL BE BACK AND ONE DAY
WE'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW,
SHAKE EACH OTHER'S HAND AND HUG
EACH OTHER.
THAT'S THE STRANGEST PART.
>> IT RELIEVES THE BOREDOM, HEY,
WHEN WE'RE ALL LOCKED DOWN LIKE
THIS.
>> YOU'RE THE CANADIAN?
>> I'M THE CANADIAN.
>> Adrienne: IT WAS A
COMPLETELY BEAUTIFUL THING TO
SEE HIM STANDING THERE.
>> YOU KNOW, HE WAS SOMEONE WHO
OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF HIS AGE WAS
VERY CAREFUL, HE'S 97.
SO WE WERE MASKED AND APPROACHED
WITH TREPIDATION AND CARE.
AND HE WAS SO FULL OF GOOD
CHEER.
HE ADMITTED THAT HE HAD A HARD
TIME BEING ALONE.
I ASKED HIM WHAT DO YOU DO TO
CHEER YOURSELF UP.
AND HE SAID, WELL, I LIKE TO
SING.
>> * WE'LL MEET AGAIN 
* DON'T KNOW WHERE 
* DON'T KNOW WHEN 
>> HE'S A SPECIAL MAN AND I
THINK THAT HE WAS A REAL
OPTIMIST.
LIKE THEM ALL, THEY REMIND US
OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TERRIBLE
THINGS HUMANITY IS CAPABLE OF
AND WHAT GREAT COURAGE AS WELL.
>> * OH, WON'T YOU PLEASE SAY
HELLO TO THE FOLKS THAT I KNOW *
(*)
>> THE DOZENS OF DEAD AT ORCHARD
VILLA CAN NO LONGER BE SAVED,
BUT THERE REMAIN QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHETHER THEY MIGHT HAVE LIVED.
LONG-TERM CARE HAS LONG BEEN
NEGLECTED.
IT'S ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO ME THAT
MANY CARE HOMES WERE ALREADY ON
THE EDGE OF A CLIFF, AND COVID
CAME ALONG AND
PUSHED IT RIGHT OFF.
WE STARTED TO SEE -- YEAH, IT'S
A TRICKY QUESTION BECAUSE YOU
ACTUALLY WEREN'T SEEING IT AND
THE REASON THAT YOU WEREN'T
SEEING IT BECAUSE THESE HOMES
WERE
LOCKING DOWN.
THEY WEREN'T LETTING OUTSIDERS
IN.
BUT IT WAS TRICKLE, TRICKLE,
TRICKLE BITS OF INFORMATION AND
THEN IT GOT TO WHAT WE HAD IN
DEATHS.
CAN THEN THAT STARTED TO
GO UP, UP, UP.
AND THEN YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, 30
PEOPLE DEAD.
AND THEN 50.
AND THEN IT STARTS RAPIDLY
GETTING INTO THE THREE DIGITS.
AND THEN WE PASS A THOUSAND
PEOPLE DEAD ACROSS CANADA IN
LONG-TERM CARE.
(*)
THAT IS A COMMON SCENE FOR
FAMILIES GATHERING OUTSIDE
ORCHARD VILLA, CALLING OUT THE
NAMES OF THE LOST.
>> RUTH CRAMER.
>> JACK FARREN.
>> GERRY WALSH.
>> ANGELA...
>> I HAVE FOUND IT FRUSTRATING
AT TIMES THAT ACTION ON THINGS
THAT WE KNEW WERE PROBLEMATIC AS
A SOCIETY, THAT THAT ACTION
WASN'T TAKEN SOONER BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC.
WE COULD HAVE CREATED THE
CONDITIONS THAT MADE THIS MUCH
MORE SURVIVABLE IN LONG-TERM
CARE.
BUT WE CHOSE AS A SOCIETY NOT
TO.
AND IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT COVID.
WE HAVE MADE THE FINAL DAYS,
MONTHS, YEARS, OF YOUR LIFE MUCH
LESS DIGNIFIED.
WE HAVE MADE THEM MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT.
WE WAREHOUSED OUR ELDERLY.
I FIND THAT VERY FRUSTRATING.
(*)
>> Ian: NEW YORK IS WHERE STEVEN
D'SOUZA IS RIGHT NOW.
STEVEN, WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> Reporter: IAN, FOR THOSE
VIEWERS THAT WERE WATCHING US
EARLIER THIS NIGHT, WE WERE WITH
A GROUP THAT WAS PLAYING A
CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME, MARCHING
THROUGH THE STREETS.
WE CAME BACK ON THE SECOND NIGHT
OF THE PROTESTS.
AND I DESCRIBE IT IN THE WAY
THAT YOU HAVE SEEN DISASTER
MOVIES WHERE
THERE'S FIRES BURNING IN THE
CITY AND HELICOPTERS FLYING
OVERHEAD AND RIOTS IN THE
STREETS.
AND PEOPLE ARE IN FRONT OF THEIR
HOUSE FRANTICALLY PACKING A
MINIVAN TO DRIVE AWAY AND GET
OUT OF THERE.
WE WERE DOING THE OPPOSITE.
WE WERE ARRIVING IN THE MINIVAN
TO THAT SCENE BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN NEW YORK
THAT NIGHT.
THE EMOTION AND THE ANGER I
THINK IS TIED SO MUCH TO THE
PANDEMIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE WERE IN THEIR HOMES FOR
ALMOST TWO MONTHS.
AND THEY WERE SEEING SOME OF THE
VIOLENCE HAPPENING IN OTHER
PLACES, THE SHOOTING OF AHMED
ARBERY AND WHAT HAPPENED TO
GEORGE FLOYD, BUT THEY ALSO SAW
THE IMPACT OF THE VIRUS ON THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
THEY SAW LOWER-INCOME
NEIGHBOURHOODS HIT HARDER BY
THIS.
>> SO WHAT IS HAPPENING IS DOWN
THAT STREET THEY'RE COMING THIS
WAY.
WE'LL HAVE TO GO AROUND THIS
WAY.
SO WHAT IS HAPPENING, IAN,
POLICE ARE TRYING TO CLEAR THE
AREA.
THERE WE GO RIGHT THERE.
IT IS A REVOLUTION THAT HAS
HAPPENED, AND IT IS IMPERATIVE
NOT TO GO THERE, NOT TO TELL
THOSE STORIES.
YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION HAS BEEN
ASKED WHY THIS, WHY NOW FOR
THESE DEMONSTRATIONS.
>> GEORGE FLOYD!
GEORGE FLOYD!
>> Reporter: AND WE CAN TALK
ABOUT THE SORT OF THE
VISCERALNESS OF THAT VIDEO, HUGE
FACTOR.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THREE YEARS
INTO THE PRESIDENCY OF DONALD
TRUMP, NO SMALL FACTOR.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT A LITANY OF
OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE KIND OF
THING THAT HAPPENED IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
AND THEN TO THAT COMES COVID --
IN FACT, POLICE ARE COMING THIS
WAY SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY MOVE
ON.
IT'S ORDERLY, IAN, BY AND LARGE,
AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES
TONIGHT, PEACEFUL.
BUT THEY'RE GETTING REVVED UP BY
THE MINUTE.
IN THIS DEMONSTRATION AND THE
DAYS AND WEEKS OF IT, I'M
TELLING YOU, IT FELT DIFFERENT.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER!
>> Reporter: IT FELT LIKE A
CRITICAL MASS HAD BEEN REACHED,
THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO GO
AWAY.
>> SO AS A DAD AND A REPORTER,
HOW DID YOU EXPLAIN THIS TO YOUR
KIDS?
>> Reporter: MY 18-MONTH-OLD
SON CAN SAY THE WORD HELICOPTER
REALLY WELL NOW BECAUSE IT'S
FLYING OVER OUR HEAD EVERY
NIGHT.
AND MY DAUGHTER, SHE'S 5 YEARS
OLD, SO SHE'S COMING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO WE HAVE EXPLAINED TO HER
ABOUT RACE AND HOW PEOPLE SEE
OTHERS DIFFERENTLY AND JUDGE
THEM BASED ON THE COLOUR OF
THEIR SKIN.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE, WHAT DO
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW, THIS IS
MORE ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD.
>> WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE
FUTURE.
WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT, AND FOR
EVERYBODY TO
HAVE A RIGHT TO EXIST IN THIS
COUNTRY AS EQUAL PEOPLE.
>> IS THERE SOMETHING THAT GIVES
BEEF TO THE IDEA THAT MAYBE
THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT?
>> Reporter: THE ONE THING
THAT YOU CAN SAY FOR SURE IS
THAT PEOPLE ARE ENERGIZED AND
PEOPLE FEEL THEY ARE IN A
MOMENT.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK TO PEOPLE
LINING THE ROUTES FOR GEORGE
FLOYD'S FUNERAL PROCESSION.
THE LAST MILE WAS A HORSE-DRAWN
CARRIAGE AND PEOPLE WERE WAITING
FOR HOURS IN THE 100-DEGREE
HEAT.
AND A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL TOLD US,
THIS IS ME, I WANT TO BE HERE
BECAUSE THIS IS A MOMENT IN
HISTORY.
>> LIKE, THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS
CHANGING THE WORLD.
AND I'M JUST GLAD
THAT WE CAN BE OUT HERE AND TO
BE PART OF IT.
>> Reporter: IT IS SO
POWERFUL, IT'S THERE, IT'S THIS
GIANT TERM THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO
SO MANY.
IT MIGHT BRING CHANGE.
RIGHT THERE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE, RIGHT IN FRONT
OF THAT CHURCH WHERE SO MUCH HAS
HAPPENED.
AND PEOPLE ARE STANDING AROUND
IT AND LOOKING AT IT AND TAKING
PICTURES AND TAKING SELFIES OF
THEMSELVES NEAR IT.
IT'S JUST A SYMBOL.
BUT WHAT A SYMBOL, RIGHT?
AND PEOPLE WERE CLIMBING UP ON
MAILBOXES TO GET CLOSE TO IT AND
SO PEOPLE DOWN BELOW COULD TAKE
PICTURES NEAR IT.
IT CHANGED THE WHOLE VIBE.
EVERYBODY FELT, OKAY, THIS ISN'T
GOING TO CHANGE OUR LIVES, BUT
IT CHANGES SOMETHING.
>> David: WE WILL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH A MUCH DIFFERENT
STORY.
WORKING UNDERGROUND.
WHY ARE PARTS OF CALIFORNIA
LITERALLY SINKING AND WHAT IT
COULD MEAN FOR THE FOOD ON YOUR
TABLE.
(*)
>> David: IN CALIFORNIA THEY
TALK ABOUT THE MEGA-DROUGHT.
FOR TWO DECADES, DRY, HOT
CONDITIONS HAVE COOKED PARTS OF
THE STATE TO A CRISP.
THE PROBLEM IS ESPECIALLY DIRE
FOR THE STATE'S FARM.
LOOK AT THE COMING SUMMER, THE
DARKER COLOUR PUNCTUATES THE
LACK OF PRECIPITATION AND THE
WAY THAT MANY CALIFORNIA FARMS
GET THEIR WATER HAS A PRETTY
RADICAL IMPACT.
AS KIM BRUNHUBER SHOWED US
EARLIER THIS SEASON, A LARGE
PART OF THE STATE IS SINKING.
>> UM, THAT'S VERY GOOD.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU WALK
THROUGH JEANNIE WILLIAMS' SUNNY
ORCHARD YOU DON'T NOTICE
ANYTHING WRONG BUT THE PROBLEM
IS THERE, UNDERFOOT.
THE LAND AROUND HER, ABOUT 250
SQUARE KILOMETRES, IS SINKING.
>> WE GET EVERYTHING FROM THE
WELL AND I KNOW THAT THE WATER
IS CLEAN.
WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH
E-COLI AND THINGS LIKE THAT
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT COMES
STRAIGHT FROM THE GROUND.
>> Reporter: HER WELL IS SMALL
AND SHALLOW, BUT THIS IS
CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY THAT
REDUCES ABOUT A QUARTER OF
AMERICA'S FOOD SUPPLY AND A
LARGE PART OF $3.5 BILLION OF
PRODUCE THAT CALIFORNIA EXPORTS
TO CANADA.
FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY,
FARMINGERS HAVE BEEN PUMPING
WATER OUT OF THE GROUND.
SO MUCH SO THAT THE
LAND AROUND HERE IS SLOWLY
HAVING A PROCESS KNOWN AS
SUBSIDENCE.
IN LESS THAN A HUNDRED YEARS
IT'S DROPPED 8.5 METRES.
>> THAT IS FRIGHTENING BECAUSE
IT
MAY NOT COME BACK.
IF WE DO GET A GOOD WATER YEAR,
IS THE LAND GOING TO COME BACK
UP?
>> Reporter: CORCORAN, THE
SELF-PROCLAIMED FARMING
COMMUNITY OF CALIFORNIA.
NO COINCIDENCE IT'S ALSO THE
STATE'S SUBSIDENS CAPITAL.
FOR YEARS
NASA HAS USED SATELLITES TO SEE
HOW MUCH THE LAND IS SINKING.
THE DARKER THE COLOUR, THE MORE
THE LAND HIS SUNK.
THAT DARK PURPLE AREA AROUND
CORCORAN IS ALL FARM COUNTRY.
>> SOME AREAS ARE SINKING ONE TO
TWO FEET A YEAR.
SO THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT.
>> Reporter: AND THE REGION IS
ALREADY FEELING THE EFFECTS.
GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGIST MICHELLE 
SNEED SAYS THAT THIS WAS A WET
YEAR, AND STILL THE GROUND SANK
MORE THAN 2.5 CENTIMETRES.
THAT IS STILL QUITE A BIT.
>> IT IS QUITE A BIT WHEN YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE
IMPACT TO CANALS.
>> Reporter: LIKE THIS ONE,
IT'S A 250-KILOMETRE LONG
AQUADUCT
THAT DELIVERS WATER TO 15,000
FARMS, BUT THE SYSTEM DEPENDS ON
GRAVITY.
AND THE GROUND HAS SUNK
SO MUCH IN SOME SPOTS THAT THE
WATER NOW HAS TO TRAVEL UPHILL,
BASICALLY TURNING THE CANAL INTO
A DEEP POOL.
>> IT CAN ONLY TRANSMIT ABOUT
40% OF THE WATER THAT IT WAS
DESIGNED TO TRANSMIT.
>> Reporter: SUBSIDENCE
DOESN'T JUST AFFECT
INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE BRIDGES AND
ROADS AND CANALS, IT ALSO
REDUCES THE ABILITY
OF THE EARTH ITSELF TO STORE
WATER.
AND ONCE THAT CAPACITY IS LOST,
EXPERTS SAY THAT YOU CAN'T GET
IT BACK.
BUT THE PROBLEMS DON'T END
THERE.
IN THE TINY COMMUNITY OF
ALLENSWORTH, NO ONE THERE HAS
BEEN DRINKING FROM THE TAP.
ISRAEL SANCHEZ SPENDS ABOUT $200
A MONTH ON BOTTLED WATER.
>> WE HAVE TO GO BUYING ALL THE
TIME IN THE TOWN.
>> Reporter: SO THE WATER THAT
BASICALLY GOES TO YOUR HOUSE
HERE, YOU CAN'T DRINK THAT?
>> NO, NO.
>> Reporter: THAT'S BECAUSE
THE WATER IS DANGEROUSLY
POLLUTED WITH ARSENIC.
SUBSIDENS IS KIND OF LIKE
SQUEEZING A SPONGE.
THE SINKING GROUND PRESSES
CONTAMINANTS LIKE
ARSENIC OUT OF THE SOIL AND INTO
THE GROUNDWATER.
10% OF THE WATERS TESTED HERE
IN THIS AGRICULTURAL HOTSPOT
HAVE SHOWN DANGEROUS LIVES OF
ARSENIC.
ACROSS FROM SANCHEZ'S HOUSE, A
CAUTIONARY TALE.
HISTORIC ALLENSWORTH, IN THE
EARLY 1900s, A THRIVING
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
BY THE 1960s AN EMPTY TOURIST
ATTRACTION.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS
TOWN WAS EVENTUALLY ABANDONED?
ARSENIC.
>> THE MORE HUMANS USING THE
WATER.
THE WATER NOT BEING
REPLENISHED AND THE
CONCENTRATIONS WILL GET HIGHER.
THEY DID DEEM THE WELLS IN THE
1960s AS POISONOUS AND
UNDRINKABLE.
>> Reporter: WITH THE ADDED
THREAT OF DROUGHT DUE TO CLIMATE
CHANGE, EXPERTS SAY THAT MORE
NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CURB WATER
USE RIGHT NOW OR THE GROUND WILL
KEEP SINKING AND THE AQUIFERS
WILL KEEP SHRINKING.
>> THE FARMERS ARE NOW
COMING TO TERMS WITH THAT AND
THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO PUMP LESS.
>> Reporter: BUT MANY FARMERS
SAY THAT'S NOT LIKELY UNLESS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA BUILDS MORE
RESERVOIRS.
UNTIL THEN?
>> FARMERS HAVE NO CHOICE TO
PUMP IT OUT OF THE GROUND, THAT
OR WE DON'T GROW CROPS.
AND PEOPLE NEED TO EAT.
>> Reporter: YOU DON'T HAVE TO
GO FAR TO LOOK FOR PROOF.
JUST NEXT DOOR HER NEIGHBOUR IS
DIGGING A NEW WELL FOR HIS FARM.
IT'S BIG AND IT'S DEEP.
KIM BRUNHUBER, CBC NEWS, NEAR
CORCORAN, CALIFORNIA.
>> David: STAY WITH US, WE'LL
BE RIGHT BACK WITH TONIGHT'S
"MOMENT."
>> David: OVER THE LAST MONTH
TORONTO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
HAVE DISCOVERED NOOSES AT
SEVERAL
CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE MOST RECENT WAS FOUND ON
FRIDAY.
OLD SCHOOL GENERAL STORE, ONE
PART COMMUNITY CENTRE AND ONE
PART RETAIL SPACE, LED THE WAY
IN DENOUNCING THOSE RACIST ACTS
AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PUT UP
MESSAGES OF LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR
THE BLACK COMMUNITY AT ONE OF
THE SITES.
THIS IS TONIGHT'S "MOMENT."
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>> AS SOON AS WE HEARD ABOUT
THIS, WE KNEW THAT WE COULD NOT
LET THIS GO UNCHALLENGED AND
THAT WE HAD TO SPEAK UP.
AND IMMEDIATELY WE ORGANIZED AN
ACTION WHERE WE AS A COMMUNITY
HAVE GONE AND PUT UP MESSAGES,
SIGNS, ART ON THE CONSTRUCTION
SITE WHERE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
WALK IN TO SHOW THAT WE ARE IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS HATE CRIME.
THAT WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE
HATRED.
THAT BLACK LIVES DO MATTER.
THAT DISGUSTING SYMBOL OF
LYNCHING WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE CALLING IT ART
ACTIVISM, SO ARTIVISM.
THAT'S GONE UP ON THE
CONSTRUCTION SITE.
IT'S TIME -- IT'S TIME FOR OUR
COUNTRY TO DEAL WITH THE RACISM
THAT'S EMBEDDED ALL AROUND US.
>> David: KUDOS TO ZARA BUT
ALSO
KUDOS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR
TAKING A HATEFUL DISGUSTING ACT
AND TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING
THAT WAS THERE TO BRING THE
COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
A TEACHABLE MOMENT.
YOU CAN SEE THE KIDS THERE
RIDING ON THEIR BIKES, COMING TO
LEARN AND TO UNDERSTAND.
AND THAT'S GREAT.
A GREAT MOMENT.
>>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
TONIGHT, JUNE 28th.
I'M DAVID COMMON.
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