(*)
>> Nil: GOOD EVENING, I'M NIL
KÖKSAL.
IAN IS OFF.
>>> COVID-19 MAKES A COMEBACK IN
THE MARITIMES.
>> WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE
ACTIVE CASES IN THE LAST 48
HOURS.
>> Nil: WHERE THE NEW CASES CAME
FROM AND WHAT THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY CAN LEARN FROM THEM.
>> President Donald Trump: WE
ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF
DEFEATING THE RADICAL LEFT, THE
MARXISTS, THE ANARCHISTS.
>> Nil: THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S
2020 PLANS LAID BARE AND HIS
DANGEROUS MESSAGE ON COVID-19.
>> IT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
CHANGE IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN
ONE DAY.
YOU NEED TO KEEP GOING AND GOING
AND GOING UNTIL CHANGE FINALLY
HAPPENS.
>> Nil: PROTESTERS MAKE THEIR
VOICES HEARD IN TORONTO AND
MONTRÉAL.
>>> AND TWO FILMMAKERS REFLECT
ON ANTI-ASIAN RACISM IN THE TIME
OF COVID.
>> WHEN PEOPLE TREAT YOU LIKE
YOU'RE STRANGE OR, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE SOMETHING OTHER THAN A
NORMAL CANADIAN, IT CAN WEAR
DOWN ON YOU.
>> Nil: THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
(*)
>>> IN THE BATTLE AGAINST
COVID-19, IT WAS ALL QUIET ON
THE EASTERN FRONT UNTIL THIS
WEEKEND.
THERE'S A FRESH OUTBREAK NOW IN
ATLANTIC CANADA.
THE REGION'S HANDFUL OF ACTIVE
CASES WERE CONFINED TO NOVA
SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK, BUT
SINCE SATURDAY, THEY'VE MORE
THAN DOUBLED THANKS TO FIVE NEW
CASES IN P.E.I.
THE FIRST CONFIRMED ON THE
ISLAND SINCE APRIL.
AND, REMEMBER, THE ATLANTIC
PROVINCES ONLY JUST OPENED UP TO
EACH OTHER.
A BUBBLE OF QUARANTINE-FREE
MOVEMENT FUELLED BY THE DOWNWARD
TREND.
IN AN INSTANCE AND HOPEFULLY FOR
JUST A MOMENT, THAT TREND HAS
REVERSED.
BRIAR STEWART SHOWS US WHAT THAT
MEANS FOR P.E.I. AND ITS
NEIGHBOURS AND THE REST OF
CANADA, OPENING UP LOOKING FOR
SOME SEMBLANCE OF NORMAL WHILE
THE VIRUS IS STILL OUT THERE.
>> Reporter: AN EMPLOYEE OF
THIS LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY HAS
ONE OF THE LATEST CASES OF
COVID-19 ON P.E.I.
THAT'S WHY ALL OF THE RESIDENTS
AND STAFF HERE WERE TESTED.
THE RESULTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE,
BUT EVERYONE WILL BE TESTED
AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK.
ALL IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO LIMIT
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AFTER
FIVE CASES WERE DETECTED ON THE
ISLAND.
>> THIS CLUSTER OF CASES IS A
CLEAR REMINDER THAT COVID-19 IS
STILL VERY MUCH PRESENT IN OUR
PROVINCE AND WE MUST REMAIN
VIGILANT.
>> Reporter: P.E.I. HADN'T HAD
A NEW CASE OF COVID-19 FOR TWO
MONTHS UNTIL THIS WEEKEND.
FOUR OF THE CASES, INCLUDING THE
CARE HOME WORKERS, ARE PART OF A
CLUSTER.
IT APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED WHEN
A YOUNG MAN FROM P.E.I. WENT TO
NOVA SCOTIA AND VISITED SOMEONE
WHO RECENTLY TRAVELLED TO THE
U.S.
THEN HE RETURNED TO THE ISLAND.
>> OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS, WE
HAVE CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE CONTACT
TRACING.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS POINTED
OUT THAT THESE CASES WERE SPREAD
BEFORE FRIDAY WHEN THE ATLANTIC
BUBBLE CAME INTO EFFECT.
RESIDENTS CAN NOW TRAVEL FREELY
BETWEEN THE FOUR PROVINCES
WITHOUT HAVING TO SELF-ISOLATE.
>> THINGS SHOULD GO RELATIVELY
SMOOTHLY.
>> Reporter: THIS
EPIDEMIOLOGIST SAYS THAT PEOPLE
SHOULDN'T FEEL TOO ANXIOUS ABOUT
LIMITED TRAVEL AS LONG AS THEY
FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO BE
WEARING MASKS INDOORS.
AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCE
WHENEVER THEY CAN.
I THINK THAT THESE THINGS ARE --
CAN'T BE UNDERESTIMATED, QUITE
FRANKLY.
>> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY AS
THE ECONOMY AND MORE PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY OPEN UP, MORE
CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE EXPECTED.
EVEN IN AREAS WHERE THERE WERE
VERY FEW BEFORE.
THAT'S WHY CONTACT TRACING IS
KEY.
>> WHAT'S NEEDED IS TO BE ABLE
TO DESCEND ON THOSE HANDFUL OF
CASES AND PREVENT THEM FROM
BECOMING OUTBREAKS.
ONE OR TWO CASES IS NOT AN
OUTBREAK.
AND PREVENT THAT OUTBREAK FROM
BECOMING A PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter: THE FAILURE TO
TRACE AND
ISOLATE CASES LIKE THE ONES ON
P.E.I. MEAN THAT THE ONLY OPTION
TO STOP THE SPREAD IS ANOTHER
LOCKDOWN.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Nil: THIS COMING WEDNESDAY
THE GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTED TO
DELIVER A FISCAL UPDATE.
AND THE OPPOSITION IS CALLING
FOR A FULL
LOOK AT CANADA'S FINANCES AND
ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING
THAT CAME IN RESPONSE TO
COVID-19.
>> WE NEED THE GOVERNMENT TO
TELL US NEXT WEEK HOW BIG IS THE
DEFICIT, HOW BIG IS THE DEBT?
STOP HIDING THE MESS.
>> Nil: THE CONSERVATIVES ALSO
WANT MORE FUNDING FOR THE
AUDITOR GENERAL SO SPENDING CAN
BE BETTER AUDITED.
AND A BONUS PAYMENT FOR WORKERS
SO THAT THEY
DON'T LOSE THE SERVE BENEFITS
COMPLETELY WHEN THEY RETURN TO
WORK.
>>> WELL, NEARLY FOUR MONTHS
AFTER DECLARING THE CORONAVIRUS
A PANDEMIC, THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGINISATION SAYS THAT THE PACE
OF NEW INFECTIONS IS NOW HIGHER
THAN EVER.
DETECTED CASES ARE NOW JUMPING
BY MORE THAN 200,000 A DAY.
INDIA ADDED NEARLY 25,000 NEW
CASES.
SOUTH AFRICA, 10,000.
BRAZIL ADDED MORE THAN 40,000
NEW CASES.
AND THE UNITED STATES ADDED MORE
THAN 50,000 NEW CASES.
WITH NUMBERS LIKE THOSE, THE
NEED FOR VACCINES AND THERAPIES
IS ALL THE MORE URGENT.
THIS WEEKEND THE W.H.O.
OFFICIALLY BACKED AWAY FROM
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE CITING A LACK
OF EFFECTIVENESS.
BUT AS JAELA BERNSTIEN REPORTS,
HOPE FOR OTHER TREATMENTS IS
VERY MUCH ALIVE.
>> Reporter: AT MONTRÉAL'S
MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE,
A TEAM OF EXPERTS IS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAVE PATIENTS
WITH COVID-19.
AND DR. MATTHEW CHANG IS GLAD
HIS TEAM IS FINISHED WITH
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
>> IT WASN'T SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
IT DIDN'T SHOW MARKED
IMPROVEMENT AND THERE WERE
POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERNS SO
WE'D RATHER MOVE ON.
>> Reporter: CHANG FELT THAT
THE POLITICALIZATION OF THAT
TREATMENT WAS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
>> BECAUSE IF THERE WASN'T SUCH
A
POLITICAL UNDERCURRENT THAT
WOULD PUSH PEOPLE TO TAKE
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE WE COULD HAVE
COMPLETED THESE TRIALS MUCH
FASTER, WE WOULD HAVE ANSWERS
MUCH SOONER.
AND WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
GENERATION OF TREATMENT TRIALS
TO ACTUALLY HAVE A HOPE OF
HELPING PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: NOW HIS TEAM ARE
TRYING NEW MEDICATION.
>> SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD TWO NEW
AGENTS THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED
ABOUT.
AND THE FIRST IS REMDESIVIR, AND
IT'S BASICALLY AN ANTI-VIRAL
THAT HELPS TO STOP THE VIRUS
FROM REPLICATING IN THE BODY.
AND THE SECOND IS AN AGENT THAT
REALLY HELPS TO BALANCE THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT DOESN'T GO INTO OVERDRIVE.
>> Reporter: WHILE HUNDREDS OF
POSSIBLE TREATMENTS ARE BEING
RESEARCHED AROUND THE WORLD,
RESEARCH INTO
POSSIBLE VACCINES CONTINUES AS
WELL, INCLUDING ONE ALREADY
APPROVED FOR HUMAN TRIALS IN
CANADA.
EARLIER THIS WEEK THE U.S.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
DIRECTOR SAID A VACCINE COULD BE
DEVELOPED BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR.
>> BY EARLY 2021, 300 MILLION
DOSES OF A VACCINE.
>> IN GENERAL VACCINES TAKE AT
LEAST 10 YEARS TO GO THROUGH
THIS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
BUT BECAUSE COVID-19 IS SUCH A
RELENTLESS DISEASE WITH
INCREDIBLY HIGH NUMBERS, ONCE
THERE'S A VACCINE CANDIDATE,
THAT TESTING WILL BE ABLE TO BE
DONE
A LOT MORE QUICKLY THAN IT WOULD
HAVE EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
>> Reporter: SO THERE'S A LOT
OF WORK TO DO BETWEEN FINDING A
SUCCESSFUL VACCINE AND MASS
PRODUCING IT AND, OF COURSE,
THERE'S THE MATTER OF MAKING
SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO
ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES.
JAELA BERNSTIEN, CBC NEWS,
MONTRÉAL.
>> Nil: CANADIAN ACTOR NICK
CORDERO HAS DIED FROM
COMPLICATIONS AFTER CONTRACTING
COVID-19.
HE WAS JUST 41 YEARS OLD.
CORDERO WAS A TONY-NOMINATED
BROADWAY STAR.
HE WAS HOSPITALIZED THREE MONTHS
AGO.
HIS LEG HAD TO BE AMPUTATED AND
HE HAD A PACEMAKER IMPLANTED AS
WELL.
HE LEAVES BEHIND A 1-YEAR-OLD
SON AND HIS WIFE AMANDA WHO
ANNOUNCED HIS PASSING ONLINE
WRITING, QUOTE, HE WAS
SURROUNDED IN LOVE
BY HIS FAMILY SINGING AND
PRAYING AS HE GENTLY LEFT THIS
EARTH."
>>> THERE ARE FEARS THAT THE
FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY IN THE
U.S. WILL SOON TRIGGER A SPIKE
IN COVID-19 CASES THERE, BUT
THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING IN
SOME PARTS OF THAT COUNTRY.
FLORIDA AND TEXAS ARE AMONG THE
STATES THAT SET SINGLE-DAY NEW
CASE RECORDS, JUST ON SATURDAY
ALONE.
OFFICIALS THERE AS WELL AS IN
ARIZONA ARE SAYING REOPENING
HAVE LED TO THIS SPIKE IN CASES.
OVERALL SEVEN-DAY NEW CASE
AVERAGES HAVE BEEN SETTING
RECORDS FOR 27 STRAIGHT DAYS.
DONALD TRUMP CALLS COVID-19 THE
INVISIBLE ENEMY, BUT NOW HE'S
SWITCHING HIS FOCUS TO WHAT HE'S
CALLING "THE ENEMY WITHIN."
PAUL HUNTER TELLS US JUST WHO
TRUMP IS TALKING ABOUT.
>> [CHANTS]
>> Reporter: AGAIN TODAY ANGER
ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA,
DEMONSTRATING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
IN PHILADELPHIA.
IN BALTIMORE YESTERDAY, A STATUE
OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WAS
PULLED DOWN AND TOSSED INTO THE
HARBOUR.
AND IN WASHINGTON LAST NIGHT,
JUST A BLOCK FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE, THE BURNING OF A U.S.
FLAG ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.
>> WE WILL NEVER ALLOW AN ANGRY
MOB TO TEAR DOWN OUR STATUES --
>> Reporter: IN HIS
INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH LAST
NIGHT,
DEFIANCE AND DIVISIVENESS FROM
DONALD TRUMP, WHO MADE NO
MENTION THAT MANY OF THE STATUES
BEING TORN DOWN COMMEMORATE
THOSE WHO PROFITED FROM SLAVERY.
INSTEAD, BRANDING THE
DEMONSTRATORS AS EXTREMISTS.
>> President Donald Trump: WE
ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF
DEFEATING THE RADICAL LEFT, THE
MARXISTS, THE ANARCHISTS, THE
AGITATORS, THE LOOTERS.
>> Reporter: THEN THERE'S THE
COVID CRISIS.
TRUMP DIDN'T DWELL ON IT, EVEN
AS THE U.S. LEADS THE WORLD IN
INFECTIONS AND DEATH.
AND AS AMERICANS PACKED BEACHES
THIS WEEKEND IN THE FACE OF
CALLS TO KEEP PHYSICALLY
DISTANT, TRUMP MADE THIS
REMARKABLE CLAIM.
>> President Donald Trump: BUT
NOW WE HAVE TESTED ALMOST
40 MILLION PEOPLE.
BY SO DOING WE SHOW CASES, 99%
OF WHICH ARE TOTALLY HARMLESS.
>> Reporter: HE OFFERED NO
EVIDENCE OF THAT, AND ITS
CONTRARY TO PRETTY MUCH ALL
MEDICAL EXPERTISE.
SAY CRITICS, A DANGEROUS SIGNAL
TO THOSE WHO MIGHT HEAR IT AND
LET DOWN THEIR GUARD.
MEANWHILE, THE WHITE HOUSE
TONIGHT ANNOUNCED ANOTHER BIG
POLITICAL RALLY FOR DONALD TRUMP
NEXT WEEKEND MID-PANDEMIC IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
SAID THE WHITE HOUSE, IT WILL
PROVIDE HAND SANITIZER AND MASKS
FOR ALL WHO TURN OUT.
A CROWD IT DESCRIBES AS
"FREEDOM-LOVING PATRIOTS."
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Nil: BACK HERE AT HOME,
PROTESTERS WERE BACK IN THE
STREETS TODAY PUSHING FOR
CHANGES TO POLICING IN MONTRÉAL
AND IN TORONTO.
TALIA RICCI TAKES US THERE.
(*)
>> Reporter: THE PROTEST WAS
LIVELY, BUT THE DEMANDS FROM THE
CROWD SPOKE TO SOMETHING MUCH
MORE SERIOUS.
>> WE REALLY WANTED TO GET TO
DEFUND POLICE AND FIGURE OUT A
DIFFERENT WAY TO DEAL WITH
SITUATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> Reporter: AMONG THE
SPEAKERS TODAY AT THIS
ANTI-BLACK RACISM PROTEST IN
TORONTO, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
HAVE LOST LOVED ONES AFTER
CALLING POLICE FOR HELP.
INCLUDING THE NEPHEW OF EJAZ
CHOUDRY.
THE 62-YEAR-OLD HAD
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND WAS SHOT AND
KILLED IN HIS MISSISSAUGA,
ONTARIO, APARTMENT LAST MONTH.
>> WE HAVE BEEN DOING RALLIES.
WE HAVE BEEN GETTING LEGAL HELP
AND WE HAVE RETAINED
LEGAL COUNSEL AND STILL NOT
GIVEN ANY ANSWERS.
I AM SUPPOSED TO VISIT MY
UNCLE'S GRAVEYARD AND JUST GO
AND GRIEVE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GRIEVE
FOR 50 DAYS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
OUT DOING THIS.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK TORONTO
CITY COUNCIL VOTED IN FAVOUR OF
REFORMS THAT COULD
CHANGE THE FUTURE OF POLICING IN
THE CITY.
INCLUDING THE CREATION OF A
NON-POLICE RESPONSE TEAM FOR
MENTAL HEALTH CALLS.
HOWEVER, THE CHANGES DID NOT
INCLUDE A REDUCTION TO THE
POLICE BUDGET.
WHICH MANY PEOPLE HERE ARE STILL
HOPING TO SEE.
>> WE SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
TAKING AWAY 10% --
>> Reporter: AND SHIFTING THAT
MONEY FROM THE POLICE BUDGET TO
COMMUNITY SERVICES.
>> HOW CAN WE REALLOCATE THIS
MONEY TO THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE?
SO IF YOU MAKE A CALL BECAUSE
YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE THAT IS IN
A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, THE
PERSON YOU CALL MIGHT NOT KILL
THEM.
>> Reporter: IN MONTRÉAL
TODAY, DEMONSTRATORS USED A
CONVOY OF LUXURY CARS TO SEND
THEIR MESSAGE TO POLICE.
THE PROTEST CALLED "DRIVING
WHILE BLACK" DENOUNCED RACIAL
PROFILING.
JUST BEFORE THE POLICE THERE ARE
EXPECTED TO REVEAL A NEW POLICY
ON STREET CHECKS.
>> I HAVE BEEN STOPPED SO MANY
TIMES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE
A ROUTINE.
I FEEL THEY ARE RACIAL PROFILING
ME, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY
REASON THAT I CAN SEE.
>> Reporter: AS PEOPLE
CONTINUE SPEAKING OUT IN
DIFFERENT WAYS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, THOSE PARTICIPATING SAY
THAT PERSISTENCE WILL PREVAIL.
>> YOU NEED TO KEEP GOING, KEEP
GOING, KEEP GOING, UNTIL FINALLY
CHANGE HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: TALIA RICCI, CBC
NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Nil: IN JANUARY, ONTARIO
BECAME THE FIRST PROVINCE TO
REQUIRE ALL POLICE SERVICES TO
COLLECT RACE-BASED DATA.
ANYTIME AN OFFICER PULLS A
WEAPON OR USES OTHER FORCE.
AS INAYAT SINGH EXPLAINS, THAT
DATA
COULD PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHT
BUT IT COMES WITH QUESTIONS TOO.
>> Reporter: PROTESTERS ACROSS
CANADA ARE CALLING FOR POLICE TO
ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM WITHIN
THEIR RANKS.
>> I WANT CHANGE.
CHANGE IS HERE, IT IS NOW, THIS
IS THE TIME.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW AFFECTS WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT.
>> Reporter: STUDIES SHOW THAT
BLACK AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOUR
IN CANADA ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE
STOPPED BY POLICE.
>> BY COLLECTING RACE DATA YOU
CAN PROVIDE A BASELINE FOR A
RATIONAL CONVERSATION.
>> Reporter: BUT SO FAR ONLY
ONTARIO REQUIRES POLICE FORCES
TO COLLECT RACE-BASED DATA.
AND ONLY WHEN AN OFFICER USES
FORCE.
>> WHAT DO WE WANT?
>> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN A
FEW RACE-BASED PILOT PROJECTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, HALIFAX POLICE
TRACKED WHO THEY WERE STOPPING
FOR STREET CHECKS.
THE DATA FOUND THAT BLACK PEOPLE
WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETED
AND STREET CHECKS WERE BANNED IN
NOVA SCOTIA.
>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
COLLECTING RACE-BASED DATA IN
POLICING, IT'S REALLY ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS WITH THAT DATA.
WHO OWNS THE DATA.
HOW THE COMMUNITY INFORMS ABOUT
THIS INFORMATION.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION USED TO
INFORM POLICIES, BUT ALSO TO
INFORM PRACTICES.
>> I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WE'RE
VICTIMS.
I CAN SEE IT AND MANY PEOPLE CAN
SEE IT TOO.
>> Reporter: SAMUEL'S VIOLENT
ARREST IN LAVAL, QUÉBEC, WENT
VIRAL AFTER HE WAS PULLED OVER
BY POLICE.
WE AGREED TO NOT USE HIS LAST
NAME BECAUSE HE FEARS
HARASSMENT.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO SHOW
US WHAT THEY WANT TO SHOW US.
AND NOT WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO
-- TO SEE, YOU KNOW?
>> Reporter: SYSTEMIC RACISM
IS WHAT ONTARIO WANTS TO
IDENTIFY AND MONITOR.
THEY WILL MAKE THEIR FINDINGS
PUBLIC NEXT YEAR, PERHAPS
PROVIDING AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER
PROVINCES TO FOLLOW.
INAYAT SINGH, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Nil: POLICE IN NEWFOUNDLAND
RESPONDED TO A CALL BEFORE DAWN
THIS MORNING AND FOUND A MAN'S
BODY IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET
IN ST. JOHN'S.
POLICE ASKED PEOPLE IN THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD TO STAY INSIDE AS
THEY SEARCHED THE AREA AND WENT
DOOR-TO-DOOR ASKING QUESTIONS.
POLICE REOPENED THE STREET TO
TRAFFIC LATE AFTERNOON.
IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT THOUGH
ABOUT TWO HOURS FROM ST. JOHN'S,
SOME CLARENVILLE RESIDENTS WERE
ALSO ASKED TO STAY INSIDE AS
POLICE INVESTIGATED AN
UNSPECIFIED INCIDENT THERE.
>>> A SECOND UNDERAGE TEENAGER
HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN WINNIPEG
AFTER FOUR SEPARATE SHOOTINGS IN
THAT CITY LAST WEEK.
ONE OF THEM FATAL.
THE TWO FACE A CHARGE RARELY
LEVELED AGAINST UNDERAGED
SUSPECTS -- FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
AUSTIN GRABISH LAYS OUT HOW IT
HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: DANIELLE COTÉ WAS
A MOM WHO HAD OVERCOME PERSONAL
TRAUMA AND FAMILY GRIEF.
THE 27-YEAR-OLD WAS GUNNED DOWN
ON CANADA DAY.
>> THE TWO SUSPECTS WERE
ACQUAINTANCES,
ESSENTIALLY FRIENDS WITH EACH
OTHER.
AND IT'S STILL IMMEDIATELY
UNCLEAR WHAT PROMPTED THESE
SUSPECTS.
-- INCIDENTS.
>> Reporter: THE SUSPECTS ARE
BOYS, 14 AND 15 YEARS OLD.
TOGETHER NOW CHARGED WITH
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
AND OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO
FOUR SHOOTINGS IN ALL.
>> IT'S PRETTY RARE I THINK THAT
WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: THIS DEFENCE
LAWYER SAYS THAT THE
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES ARE
SIGNIFICANT.
AND NOT JUST BECAUSE THE
SUSPECTS ARE SO YOUNG.
>> MOST MURDERS IN WINNIPEG ARE
SECOND DEGREE, GIVEN THAT IT
REQUIRES PLANNING AND
DELIBERATION AS AN ELEMENT FOR
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T OFTEN
SEE.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY THAT
COTÉ WAS FATALLY SHOT WHILE
WALKING WITH HER COUSIN.
IT HAPPENED LESS THAN AN HOUR
AFTER
A MAN WAS HIT BY A CAR IN
WINNIPEG'S CENTRAL PARK AREA.
POLICE LATER FOUND OUT THAT HE
TOO HAD BEEN SHOT AND SENT TO
HOSPITAL.
THEN JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT,
ANOTHER SHOOTING.
THIS TIME AT THE FORKS.
A POPULAR CITY TOURIST
DESTINATION.
A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SHOT AND
ANOTHER MAN INJURED.
AS POLICE STARTED INVESTIGATING
THEY LEARNED ABOUT A FOURTH
UNREPORTED SHOOTING THAT INJURED
A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE
TERRIFYING AND CONCERNING FOR A
LOT OF WINNIPEG.
THE FACT THAT WE WOULD HAVE SO
MUCH VIOLENCE AND COMMITTED BY
SUCH YOUNG INDIVIDUALS, I THINK
THAT IT'S SHOCKING FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: WINNIPEG POLICE
HAVEN'T SAID IF THESE SHOOTINGS
COULD BE GANG RELATED OR
PROVIDED ANY POSSIBLE MOTIVE.
BUT DO SAY THEY DON'T EXPECT TO
MAKE ANYMORE ARRESTS.
AUSTIN GRABISH, CBC NEWS,
WINNIPEG.
>> Nil: THE BODY OF A 9-YEAR-OLD
WINNIPEG BOY WAS PULLED FROM THE
RED RIVER THIS AFTERNOON TWO
DAYS AFTER HE WENT MISSING.
>> THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IS GOING
TO BE DOING THE BODY FOR THE
NEXT FEW DAYS.
SO THE FAMILY CAN'T BE ABLE TO
SEE HIM UNTIL AFTER THAT POINT.
AND THE MOTHER IS VERY
DISTRAUGHT.
>> Nil: DARIUS BEZECKI WAS
SWIMMING WITH HIS BROTHERS ON
FRIDAY.
THEY ALERTED THE FAMILY WHO
STOOD WATCH ON THE RIVERBANK
UNTIL THE NEWS CAME TODAY.
SOMEONE FOUND THE LITTLE BOY'S
BODY WHILE THEY WERE FISHING.
>>> WELL, THREE TORNADOES
TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHERN
SASKATCHEWAN ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
ENVIRONMENT CANADA CONFIRMED
THAT NUMBER TODAY.
IT ALL HAPPENED AFTER A STORM
SYSTEM PELTED THE PROVINCE WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAILSTONES.
>>> COVID-19 HAS CLEARLY
REVEALED THE RISK FOR MIGRANT
FARM WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY.
THREE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS
IN ONTARIO DIED AFTER
CONTRACTING THE VIRUS.
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE
CHALLENGES IN BRINGING WORKERS
TO CANADA IS LEADING TO A LABOUR
CRUNCH.
TINA LOVGREEN VISITS THE SOUTH
OKANAGAN WHERE THE CHERRIES ARE
NOW PEAKING, BUT THERE'S A
SHORTAGE OF HANDS TO PICK THEM.
>> Reporter: IN B.C.'S
OKANOGAN THE SKIES HAVE CLEARED
UP JUST IN TIME TO GET SOME WORK
DONE.
>> AFTER THE RAIN IT'S SO HARD.
WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GO FAST
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO FALL.
>> Reporter: BUT THE HARVEST
SEASON IS OFF TO A ROUGH START.
>> EVERY TIME IT RAINS AND THE
SUN COMES OUT, THE CHERRIES
SPLIT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.
THAT'S HOW FRAGILE THE FRUIT IS.
>> Reporter: ON TOP OF THAT,
THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND THE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THEY NEED TO
PICK THE FRUIT BEFORE IT SPOILS.
>> USUALLY AT THIS POINT I'D
HAVE 80, 90 PEOPLE PHONE AND
ASKING WHEN SHOULD I COME CHERRY
PICK ON SATURDAY.
I HAD LIKE FOUR PEOPLE CALL.
I KNOWLEDGE SOME OF IT IS JUST
THE TRAVEL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
SOME IS PEOPLE ARE SCARED,
EVERYONE IS JUST SCARED RIGHT
NOW.
OR CAN'T GET HERE BECAUSE OF
BORDER CLOSURES, WITH FEWER
WORKERS FROM PLACES LIKE MEXICO.
TRADITIONALLY 1,500 YOUNG PEOPLE
FROM QUÉBEC MAKE THE JOURNEY TO
B.C. BUT NOT THIS YEAR.
>> EVERY DAY THERE ARE PEOPLE
SHOWING UP AND ASKING FOR
WORKERS WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
AND I GET OFFERED THREE
DIFFERENT JOBS EVERY DAY.
>> IT'S A REALLY BAD SEASON WITH
THE COVID AND EVERYTHING.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR
EVERYBODY, LIKE THE FARMERS AND
US.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE NEW
SAFETY PROTOCOLS INSIDE
PROCESSING PLANTS AND THEN WHEN
THE WORKERS ARE IN THE FIELD
IT'S EASY TO STAY APART.
THE WORRY COMES WHEN THEY'RE
DONE FOR THE DAY.
FOR MANY WORKERS FINDING CLEAN
AND SAFE ACCOMMODATION CAN BE A
CHALLENGE AT THE BEST OF TIMES.
IT'S EVEN MORE OF A CONCERN NOW
WITH COVID-19.
SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ARE
CONSIDERING CAMPGROUNDS TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE, LIKE THIS ONE WHERE
PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND OTHER
MEASURES CAN BE ENFORCED.
THERE HAVE BEEN WORRIES ABOUT
PEOPLE DRIVING FROM QUÉBEC WHERE
COVID RATES ARE MUCH HIGHER.
>> WE WELCOME THEM BUT WE WANT
THEM TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE
COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING
IN AND OUR CITIZENS.
AND I HAVE FOUND THAT THEY ARE.
>> Reporter: AFTER ALL, THESE
WORKERS ARE DEEMED AN ESSENTIAL
SERVICE.
AND THEY NEED THEM TO COME BACK
NEXT YEAR.
TINA LOVGREEN, CBC NEWS, OLIVER,
B.C.
>> Nil: A BIG MILESTONE THIS
WEEKEND AS THE U.K. CONTINUES TO
RELAX ITS PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS.
NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL," PACKED
STREETS AND CROWDS IN LONDON AS
PUBS START POURING AGAIN.
>>> AND LATER ON IN THE SHOW FOR
YOU, HOW TWO FILMMAKERS ARE
FIGHTING ANTI-ASIAN RACISM.
>> PEOPLE ARE STILL SURPRISED
THAT I WRITE EXTREMELY WELL OR
I'M VERY WELL SPOKEN.
OR, YOU KNOW, MY ENGLISH IS
REALLY GOOD.
>> Nil: AND "THE NATIONAL"
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN IRVING,
BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND
RELATIVELY NEW CANADIAN.
>> THIS IS A VERY CONSCIOUS
CHOICE.
I WANT TO LIVE HERE.
I LOVE IT HERE.
>> Nil: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
(*)
>> HELLO, I AM A BROADCAST
JOURNALIST IN PAKISTAN.
WE HAVE BEEN BRINGING STORIES
ABOUT THE PANDEMIC.
OF HOW IT'S AFFECTING PEOPLE IN
PAKISTAN.
AND HOW THE LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN
EXTREMELY POLITICAL.
I THINK THAT IN SOME WAY I GOT
TO SEE PAKISTAN AND THINGS CAME
OUT OF THE WOODWORK THAT I WOULD
NOT HAVE SEEN OTHERWISE.
WE WANT TO REMAIN OPEN AND
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CONGREGATED
IN ONE PLACE
WITHOUT ANY SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND THEY BECAME THE SUPER
SPREADER OF COVID-19.
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS CONVINCED
THAT IF YOU DO THE LOCKDOWN THAT
THE RICH WILL SURVIVE AND THE
POOR WILL JUST DIE.
NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, DURING THIS
COVID CRISIS, THE MILITARY HAD A
20% INFECTION RATE.
SO IF ANYTHING I WOULD SAY THAT
THE SITUATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT
MAYBE LIKE [indiscernible] AND
I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL
BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
THE REGULAR PAKISTANIS WERE THE
HEROES OF THE LOCKDOWN.
AND I HOPE THEY KNOW THAT OUR
REAL ENEMY IS NOT GOING TO BE
WARS AS CONVENTIONAL WARS, IT
HAS TO BE POVERTY.
I HOPE THAT POLITICIANS WILL
HAVE A MEETING OF HOW THEY WANT
TO PRESENT THEMSELVES AND WHAT
THEIR GUIDANCE IS AND WHAT
PEOPLE WANT FROM THEM.
>> Nil: MORE POLITICIANS IN THE
U.K. ARE GIVING SOME PEOPLE
THERE WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT SOME
HAVE BEEN THIRSTING FOR FOR
THREE MONTHS.
PUBS REOPENED THIS WEEKEND.
IT'S THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST STEP
OUT OF PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS
YET.
>> YES, IT'S NICE TO BE OUT AND
ABOUT AGAIN, AND IT FEELS LIKE
THINGS ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT
BACK TO NORMAL.
>> Nil: THERE WERE CONCERNS
ABOUT OVERINDULGING BUT
OVERCROWDING SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN
THE MORE SERIOUS ISSUE.
PUB-GOERS WERE SPILLING OUT ON
THE LONDON STREETS AS YOU CAN
SEE LAST NIGHT AT CLOSING TIME.
TODAY BRITAIN'S HEALTH MINISTER
SAID THAT DESPITE SCENES LIKE
THESE, HE WAS NOT OVERLY
CONCERNED.
>> THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
FOLLOWED THE RULES, DID THE
RIGHT THING, AND, OF COURSE,
WE'LL TAKE ACTION WHEN WE NEED
TO, IF THE MINORITY BREAK THE
RULES.
>> Nil: THE HEALTH MINISTER IS
SATISFIED WITH THE EASE OF THE
LOCKDOWN, BUT HE'S URGING THE
BRITISH PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO
OBSERVE PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
>>> WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN A
ROUGH FEW MONTHS FOR VENICE,
ITALY.
FIRST THE TOURISTS WERE DRIVEN
AWAY BY DEVASTATING FLOODS IN
NOVEMBER.
THEN THE CORONAVIRUS KEPT THEM
AWAY.
NOW MANY VENETIANS SAY THAT IT'S
TIME FOR THE CITY TO WEAN ITSELF
OFF OF MASS TOURISM AND FIND
OTHER
WAYS TO FUEL ITS ECONOMY.
AS MEGAN WILLIAMS EXPLAINS, ONE
SOLUTION FOR THE FUTURE OF
VENICE MAY BE IN ITS PAST.
>> Reporter: EVEN WITH NO
PASSENGERS, GONDOLAS STILL NEED
CARE.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: NORENZA AND HIS
SON ALBERTO ARE MORNING THE FEW
STILL
USING CENTURIES OLD BUILDING AND
REPAIR TECHNIQUES.
LANGUAGE]
>> Reporter: BUT HE SAYS THAT
HE FEARS WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT
INVESTMENT IN VENICE'S RICH AND
VARIED ARTISANAL WORKSHOPS THAT
THE OLD KNOWLEDGE IS DESTINED TO
DISAPPEAR.
HE RUNS A NETWORK THAT PROMOTES
THE VENETIAN ARTISANS AND
ARTISTS.
SHE SAYS FOR THE FRAGILE CITY TO
BECOME RESILIENT DURING THE
CRISIS, IT HAS TO DIVERSIFY ITS
ECONOMY, AND INVEST IN ARTISANS
WHO WERE ONCE THE PULSE OF
VENICE.
>> IF YOU SAVE AN ARTISAN YOU'RE
SAVING THE TRADITIONS AND THE
CULTURE.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE
COMMUNITY STICK AROUND.
AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE
INVOLVED IN THE WORK OF THE
ARTISANS.
>> Reporter: LIKE THIS
200-YEAR-OLD SILK WEAVING
WORKSHOP THAT SELLS ITS TEXTILES
TO CLIENTS AROUND THE WORLD,
INCLUDING THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WORKS IN
THIS ACTIVITY.
AND NOW WE ARE THE LAST OF THEM.
>> Reporter: IT'S GONE FROM A
BUSTLING THREE-STOREY OPERATION
A CENTURY AGO, TO JUST SEVEN
WEAVERS
NOW, MOSTLY YOUNG AND DETERMINED
TO PASS THE KNOWLEDGE ON.
>> [Speaking Foreign Language]
>> Reporter: LIKE VALERIA, WHO
BECAME A GOLD DIAGNOSE SMITH
AFTER HER FAMILY SOLD HANDMADE
JEWELLERY FOR MORE THAN A
CENTURY.
SHE GIVES FREE WORKSHOPS IN
SCHOOLS AND WORKS IN HER SHOP SO
PEOPLE CAN SEE THE CRAFT IS
STILL ALIVE.
>> THE SHOPPER SHOWS THE PIECE,
BUT NOT THE WORK BEHIND, WHICH
IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING.
SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO PUT
MY BENCH HERE AND THE WORK IS TO
BE SHOWN, BECAUSE IT'S THE
MESSAGE.
>> Reporter: THE MESSAGE THAT
VENICE'S ARTISANAL TRADITIONS
WHICH HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO THE
WORLD, CONTINUE TO GIVE MEANING
AND LIFE TO THOSE WHO LIVE HERE.
MEGAN WILLIAMS, CBC NEWS,
VENICE.
>> Nil: WELL, COMING UP NEXT FOR
YOU, CONFRONTING ANTI-RACISM
DURING COVID-19.
>> WHEN I GO OUTSIDE IN THE
PUBLIC, I'M SCARED TO COUGH.
>> Nil: TWO FILMMAKERS SHARE
THEIR EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS HOW
THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS
BOTH ON SCREEN AND OFF.
AND LATER...
[laughter]
>>> HUGS FOR THE 80-YEAR-OLD
BIRTHDAY GIRL.
A SAFE SURPRISE AND A MOMENT OF
JOY IN TONIGHT'S "MOMENT."
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
>> Nil: THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS
NOT JUST CREATING A HEALTH
CRISIS, BUT IT'S INTENSIFYING
AND AMPLIFYING SOCIAL ISSUES AS
WELL, INCLUDING ANTI-ASIAN
RACISM IN CANADA AND BEYOND.
BUT ALSO IN THE FILM INDUSTRY.
SLURS AND STEREOTYPES
AGAINST ASIANS WERE CONSTANT
LONG BEFORE THE VIRUS CAME INTO
FOCUS.
TONIGHT WE TALK TO TWO DIRECTORS
OF ASIAN DESCENT ABOUT THEIR OWN
EXPERIENCES AND THE ONES THEY'RE
EXPOSING ON SCENE.
-- ON SCREEN.
>> TAKE ONE.
>> JUST LOOK RIGHT INTO THE
CAMERA LENS RIGHT HERE AND TELL
US YOUR NAME.
>> MY LAST NAME IS LEE.
BRUCE LEE.
>> MY NAME IS BAO NGUYEN AND I
AM A VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN
FILMMAKER.
MY MOST RECENT PROJECT "BE
WATER" IS A DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT BRUCE LEE.
>> BE STRONG, FOCUS LIKE WATER.
THAT WATER CAN FLOW OR IT CAN
CRASH.
BE WARNED, MY FRIEND.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S
BEEN A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT BRUCE
LEE BY AN ASIAN-AMERICAN.
THE IDEA OF BRUCE LEE AND HIS
ASIAN-AMERICAN IDENTITY IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO EXPLORE
BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS KIND OF
STRUGGLING BETWEEN HIS AMERICAN
IDENTITY AND HIS ASIAN IDENTITY.
AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF
IMMIGRANT AMERICANS -- FOR ME
IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF FIGURING OUT
WHERE I BELONG.
>> YOU STILL THINK OF YOURSELF
AS CHINESE OR DO YOU THINK OF
YOURSELF AS NORTH AMERICAN?
>> YOU KNOW I WANT TO THINK OF
MYSELF AS A HUMAN BEING.
>> WAR REFUGEES LEFT VIETNAM IN
THE
LATE 1970s AND THEY WERE ON A
BOAT FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE
FINDING THEIR WAY ON TO THE
SHORE IN HONG KONG.
THEY GOT SPONSORED TO COME TO
AMERICA.
I WAS BORN A FEW YEARS AFTER
THAT.
>> WE HAD BIG DREAMS, BIG
ASPIRATIONS.
>> AMERICA WAS NOT READY FOR AN
ASIAN HERO.
>> THE STRUGGLE THAT BRUCE LEE
FACED IN TERMS OF
PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION AND
IDENTITY ARE ISSUES THAT WE
STILL FACE TODAY AS A COMMUNITY,
ESPECIALLY DURING, YOU KNOW,
COVID PANDEMIC AND A LOT OF
ANTI-ASIAN RACISM FROM NOT JUST
PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH
STRANGERS ON THE STREET, BUT TO
THE TOP LEVELS OF THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT IN MANY WAYS.
THE IDEA OF A SHADOW PANDEMIC IS
REALLY INTERESTING TO ME.
FOR A FEW MONTHS, AND EVEN NOW,
LIKE, WHEN I GO OUTSIDE IN
PUBLIC I'M SCARED TO COUGH
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE
WILL LOOK AT ME IN A WEIRD WAY
IMMEDIATELY AND RUN AWAY.
IT'S KIND OF THE WEIGHT OF
LIVING IN A MULTICULTURAL
DIVERSE COUNTRY.
>> THE REASON THAT WE'RE ALL
HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THE
APRIL CHEN'S FINAL ESSAY.
>> MY MOVIE "STEALING SCHOOL" IS
ABOUT A YOUNG
ASIAN IMMIGRANT IN A PRESTIGIOUS
UNIVERSITY IN TORONTO THAT GETS
DRAG INTERESTED A PLAGIARISM
TRIBUNAL IN HER LAST WEEK OF
SCHOOL.
IF SHE'S FOUND TO BE CHEATING ON
HER LAST ESSAY SHE WILL NOT
RECEIVE HER DEGREE.
>> YOU'RE A GOOD KID.
YOU MADE A MISTAKE, AND I CAN
FORGIVE YOU.
AS LONG AS YOU ADMIT WHAT YOU
DID AND APOLOGISE.
>> APOLOGISE?
>> YES.
>> I'M NOT A CHEATER.
>> MY NAME IS LEE DONG.
I'M A FILMMAKER.
AND I WAS BORN IN CHINA AND I
MOVED TO
CANADA WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD.
YES, I DID WANT TO MAKE THE
MOVIE TO REFLECT A CERTAIN
EXPERIENCE THAT ASIANS HAVE TO
DEAL WITH HERE IN TORONTO.
PEOPLE HAVE A NATURAL SUSPICION
OF YOU SOMETIMES.
THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT ASIANS
TEND TO CHEAT MORE.
>> THAT IS IDENTICAL WORDING AS
TO WHAT IS IN THIS ESSAY RIGHT
HERE.
>> SO ARE YOU GOING TO ACCUSE ME
OF PLAGIARIZING MYSELF?
>> SHE IS NATURALLY PERCEIVED TO
NOT BE A
GOOD ESSAY WRITER OR ENGLISH
ESSAY WRITER, AND THAT'S JUST A
STEREOTYPE THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF
HER.
AND IT LEADS TO HER BEING
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST LATER IN
THE MOVIE.
THAT'S A REAL THING THAT I HAVE
DEALT WITH.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS AN ENGLISH
MAJOR,
AND I GRADUATED WITH HONOURS,
PEOPLE ARE STILL SURPRISED THAT
I WRITE EXTREMELY WELL OR I'M
VERY WELL SPOKEN.
OR THAT MY ENGLISH ARE REALLY
GOOD.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT I STILL
HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AND THEY'RE NOT OUTWARDLY
DAMAGING IN A WAY THAT IS
MEASURABLE.
BUT AS I TRIED TO SHOW IN THE
MOVIE WHEN PEOPLE TREAT YOU LIKE
YOU'RE STRANGE OR, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE SOMETHING OTHER THAN A
NORMAL CANADIAN, IT CAN WEAR
DOWN ON YOU.
I TRIED TO STAY FURTHER THAN TWO
METRES AWAY FROM PEOPLE AT THE
GROCERY STORE BECAUSE EVEN IF
I'M TWO METRES AWAY FROM THEM
THEY STILL THINK THAT I'M A
LITTLE BIT TOO CLOSE.
AND I HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVELY
TOLD TO LIKE BACK AWAY.
>> ALL OF THE INSTANCES OF
ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AND THE
HARASSMENT THAT IS GOING ON
AROUND AMERICA AND ALL OVER THE
WORLD REALLY, MAKES
US RETHINK IN SOME WAY ARE WE
ACCEPTED IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> WHEN BRUCE MOVES TO THE U.S.
HIS IDENTITY IS SUDDENLY A
MINORITY, A CHINESE MINORITY IN
A WHITE COUNTRY.
HE HAS TO FACE THE CONUNDRUM
THAT ALL IMMIGRANTS FACE.
WHO AM I GOING TO BE?
WHAT IS MY IDENTITY?
HOW DO I EXPRESS MYSELF?
AND HOW IN U.S. SOCIETY CAN I
EVEN BE SEEN?
>> HOLLYWOOD IS RACIST BECAUSE
AMERICA IS RACIST AND IT'S A
VICIOUS CYCLE.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY TRUE
BECAUSE, YEAH, WHEN WE SEE
NEGATIVE PORTRAYALS ON SCREEN OF
OURSELVES, THAT'S HOW PEOPLE
TREAT US IN REAL LIFE, IN
SOCIETY.
AND WHEN PEOPLE SEE US LIKE THAT
IN SOCIETY, AND THEN THEY'RE NOT
WILLING TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO
BE SOMETHING MORE ON SCREEN.
>> THE THING THAT WAS MOST
HURTFUL WAS THAT THEY WERE VERY
ONE-DIMENSIONAL.
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I TRIED
TO DO VERY DIFFERENTLY IN MY
MOVIE.
>> YOU WANT PEOPLE TO FIND OUT
WHO YOU REALLY ARE.
>> I'M OKAY WITH WHO I REALLY
AM.
ARE YOU?
>> I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT YOU
IMPROVE THE PERCEPTION OF A
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED
POORLY ON SCREEN FOR SO LONG IS
JUST TO ADD LAYERS OF COMPLEXITY
TO IT.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
MAKING CHARACTERS LIKE BETTER OR
GOOD OR LIKE STRONG AND POWERFUL
AND CONFIDENT AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO
MAKE THEM MORE INTERESTING AND
COMPLEX AND MORE LIKE A FULL
HUMAN BEING, LIKE WE ALL ARE.
>> Nil: WELL, COMING UP NEXT,
NOVELIST AND RELATIVELY NEW
CANADIAN JOHN IRVING ON LIFE,
WRITING AND DONALD TRUMP.
>> HIS VULGARITY, HIS BRAZEN
AWFULNESS, MAY BE NEW.
>> Rosemary: BUT DON'T FEEL
THAT YOU HAVE
TO HOLD BACK OR ANYTHING.
>> Nil: "THE NATIONAL" INTERVIEW
IS NEXT.
(*
>> Nil: CANADA DAY WAS
PARTICULARLY SPECIAL THIS YEAR
FOR ONE OF
AMERICA'S FAMOUS STORYTELLERS.
JOHN IRVING CELEBRATED BECOMING
A CANADIAN.
HE JUST BECAME A CITIZEN OF THIS
COUNTRY SIX MONTHS AGO AND SOON
AFTER THAT HE INVITED ROSEMARY
BARTON TO SIT DOWN FOR A CHAT.
IN AN INTERVIEW THAT WE BROUGHT
YOU EARLIER THIS SEASON, THE
WRITER TALKS ABOUT BECOMING A
CANUCK, BUT ALSO HOW HE FEELS
ABOUT THE U.S. IN THE TIME OF
TRUMP.
>> Rosemary: JOHN IRVING IS
ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT WRITERS,
A LITERARY PHENOMENON.
HIS 14 BOOKS HAVE MADE HIM A
WORLDWIDE CELEBRITY.
>> AND THE OSCAR GOES TO JOHN
IRVING FOR "THE CIDER HOUSE
RULES."
>> Rosemary: HE'S EVEN WON AN
OSCAR FOR HIS STORYTELLING.
>> WELL, YOU MUST BE TRYING TO
GET ME
TO RECONSIDER MY DAY JOB.
>> Rosemary: A MASTER
NOVELIST, HE'S KNOWN FOR
HIS LAYERED STORYLINES AND
CHARACTERS AND TACKLING THE MOST
DIVISIVE ISSUES OF OUR TIME.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE ACADEMY
FOR THIS HONOUR TO FILM ON THE
ABORTION SUBJECT.
[Applause]
>> Rosemary: FOR YEARS HE'S
BEEN CALLING CANADA HIS SECOND
HOME.
NOW, DISENFRANCHISED WITH THE
POLITICS OF TRUMP AND WHAT HE
CALLS AN INCREASINGLY ANGRY AND
MISINFORMED AMERICAN ELECTORATE
-- IRVING RECENTLY, ALONG WITH
83 OTHERS, CHOSE TO PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO CANADA.
>> WELCOME TO YOUR CITIZENSHIP
CEREMONY.
* O CANADA 
>> Rosemary: TO FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT HIS DECISION ON BECOMING A
CANADIAN CITIZEN, I MET UP WITH
JOHN IRVING AT HIS WRITING
STUDIO IN TORONTO.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, LETTING
US COME.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> OH, MORE THAN WELCOME.
>> Rosemary: SEE, THAT'S
ALREADY VERY CANADIAN, THAT
REACTION.
[laughter]
>> I'M TRYING.
I'M STILL LEARNING.
>> Rosemary: HOW DOES IT FEEL?
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE MARRIED TO A
CANADIAN.
YOU'VE BEEN LIVING HERE ON AND
OFF FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT DOES IT FEEL DIFFERENT?
>> IT DOES FEEL DIFFERENT BUT
IT'S MAINLY BOTH GRATIFYING AND
MOVING BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING
THAT I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT FOR A
LONG TIME.
IT'S A MOVE KIND OF LIKE THE
TRAJECTORY OF MY NOVELS THAT
TAKES A LOT OF HOMEWORK AND A
LITTLE TIME.
[laughter]
IN FACT, THE PROCESS OF BECOMING
A CANADIAN CITIZEN IS VERY
APPROXIMATE TO HOW LONG IT TAKES
ME GENERALLY TO WRITE A NOVEL.
>> Rosemary: BUT IT'S WORTH
IT, JUST LIKE YOUR NOVELS.
>> WELL, I THANK YOU FOR SAYING
SO.
IT CERTAINLY FEELS WORTH IT.
>> Rosemary: WAS THERE
SOMETHING ABOUT THE CURRENT
STATE OF POLITICS OF THE UNITED
STATES THAT -- WAS PART OF THAT
DECISIONMAKING?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> Rosemary: NO?
>> I SAID TO MY FRIENDS IN THE
U.S. AND HERE IN CANADA THAT
THIS IS A LOVE STORY, NOT A
POLITICAL STORY.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I MET AND FELL
IN LOVE WITH A CANADIAN WOMAN
AND SHE'S FROM HERE.
>> Rosemary: UM-HMM.
>> THIS IS A VERY CONSCIOUS
CHOICE.
I WANT TO LIVE HERE.
I LOVE IT HERE.
IF ANYTHING, I FEEL SOMEWHAT
REMISS TO LEAVE MY BIRTH COUNTRY
AT A TIME WHEN I FEEL SO
CRITICAL OF IT.
>> Rosemary: SO HOW DO YOU
VIEW YOUR HOME COUNTRY RIGHT NOW
AND THE STATE IT'S IN?
>> WELL, I'M ANXIOUS, VERY
ANXIOUS, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NOW.
I'M VERY CRITICAL OF MY FELLOW
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS.
SIX AND A HALF MILLION DEMOCRATS
WHO
VOTED FOR MR. OBAMA IN 2012 DID
NOT SHOW UP FOR MRS. CLINTON IN
2016.
I HOLD MY FELLOW DEMOCRATS WHO
WOULD NOT SUPPORT MRS. CLINTON
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE AWFUL MAN IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
MR. TRUMP HAD FEWER VOTES IN THE
2016 ELECTION THAN ROMNEY HAD IN
2012, EVEN FEWER THAN McCAIN
IN 2008.
HE NEEDED THE HELP OF DEMOCRATS
WHO DIDN'T VOTE IN ORDER TO BE
ELECTED.
AND SO I'M VERY MUCH ON THAT
BANDWAGON.
I'M DISGUSTED BY THE CRAVEN
REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE ALL LIKE
SHEEP LINED UP IN LOCKSTEP WITH
MR. TRUMP.
I WISH ALL THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR
NOMINATION WOULD VOW RIGHT NOW
THAT THEY WILL 100% ENDORSE
WHICHEVER ONE OF THEM WAS THE
-- WINS THE NOMINATION.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WENT WRONG
THE LAST TIME.
AND MR. TRUMP'S NARCISSISM, HIS
VULGARITY, HIS BRAZEN AWFULNESS,
MAY BE NEW.
>> Rosemary: DON'T FEEL YOU
HAVE TO HOLD BACK OR ANYTHING.
[laughter]
YEAH, I KNEW THAT YOU HAD THINGS
TO SAY.
>> WELL, OF COURSE I DO.
I'VE ALSO SAID HERE I THINK THAT 
-- IT'S ARGUABLE AT MY AGE IF I
WILL EVER LIVE HERE LONG ENOUGH
TO FEEL AS COMFORTABLE BEING
CRITICAL OF MY NEW COUNTRY.
I THINK THAT'S A CITIZEN'S
RESPONSIBILITY IN EVERY
DEMOCRACY.
YOU HAVE TO PARTICIPATE.
AND IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE, YOU
HAVE TO OBSERVE, YOU HAVE TO PAY
ATTENTION, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE
PAINS TO LEARN, KEEPING ABREAST
AND INFORMED AND ENGAGED
POLITICALLY.
AND, BOY, DOES THAT EVER BEGIN
WITH VOTING.
>> Rosemary: DOES IT MAKE IT
HARDER WATCHING THE UNITED
STATES NOW KNOWING THAT SOME OF
THE VERY THINGS THAT YOU CARE SO
MUCH ABOUT -- WOMEN'S RIGHTS,
SEXUAL EQUALITY -- THOSE
SPECIFIC THINGS ARE UNDER
ATTACK?
>> WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT TO SAY
THAT.
I THINK THE SUBJECT OF SEXUAL
POLITICS, ESPECIALLY OF SEXUAL
HATRED, SEXUAL INTOLERANCE, NOT
JUST INTOLERANCE OF SEXUAL
MINORITIES, THOUGH CHIEFLY THAT,
BUT INTOLERANCE OF SEXUAL
DIFFERENCES.
IF PEOPLE CAN TREAT WOMEN AS IF
WE ARE SEXUAL MINORITIES,
IMAGINE HOW MUCH WORSE THEY FEEL
ENTITLED TO TREAT GAY MEN,
LESBIAN WOMEN AND TRANSGENDER
MEN OR WOMEN.
YEAH, IT HASN'T CHANGED.
>> Rosemary: IS THERE
SOMETHING, UM, YOU WOULD WANT
CANADA TO SORT OF WATCH OUT FOR?
YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST
CHALLENGES IS LIVING SO CLOSE TO
THE UNITED STATES, FOR ALL SORTS
OF REASONS.
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE
POSSIBILITY THAT WHAT WE SEE IN
THE UNITED STATES BLEEDS OVER.
IN FACT, IT PROBABLY HAS.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU
WOULD WANT THIS COUNTRY TO BE
WARY OF?
>> I JUST THINK THAT WE ALL NEED
TO BE AWARE THAT WITH OUR
DIVERSITY AND WITH OUR LIVING IN
AN INCREASINGLY GLOBAL WORLD, WE
MUST RESIST THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DEMONIZE AND PUT DOWN OTHERS.
THAT'S, I THINK, WHERE THE
UGLINESS REALLY COMES.
MY OLD FRIEND, MARGARET ATWOOD,
CONGRATULATED ME ON MY
CITIZENSHIP.
AND SHE SENT ME A PAIR OF
HANDMADE  TALE SOCKS.
[laughter]
WHICH I'M VERY HAPPY WITH.
[laughter]
>> Rosemary: SEEMS
APPROPRIATE.
>> SEEMS VERY APPROPRIATE.
AND, YOU KNOW --
>> Rosemary: YOU ALMOST CAME
VERY CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO VOTE
IN OUR ELECTION, BUT YOU MISSED
IT.
[laughter]
>> YEAH.
>> Rosemary: YOU WOULD VOTE
THOUGH IN THE NEXT ELECTION?
YOU LOOK FORWARD TO IT?
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
I WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.
>> Rosemary: WHAT IS YOUR
FAVOURITE THING ABOUT CANADA?
AND YOU CAN'T SAY YOUR WIFE.
[laughter]
BECAUSE THAT'S A GIVEN.
>> OKAY.
>> Rosemary: JUST TO SAVE YOU
THAT ONE.
>> I GET A SENSE HERE -- NOT
THAT PEOPLE NEVER GET ABUSED OR
EVER GET HURT -- BUT WHEN PEOPLE
ARE ABUSED OR DO GET HURT OR
TREATED UNFAIRLY, I GET THE
SENSE THAT THERE IS A KIND OF
PUBLIC OUTRAGE ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD
BE.
>> Rosemary: OKAY, LET ME END
ON THIS -- PEOPLE WILL KILL ME
IF I DON'T ASK YOU IF THE BOOK
IS ALMOST DONE.
LIKE, THAT'S PROBABLY THE WORST
QUESTION TO ASK AN AUTHOR.
>> I BEGAN THIS NOVEL ON
CHRISTMAS
EVE OF 2016.
IF I WERE TO FINISH IT THIS
CHRISTMAS EVE, WHICH I WON'T,
THAT WOULD BE -- THAT WOULD BE
THE FASTEST NOVEL I EVER WROTE.
>> Rosemary: RIGHT.
>> SO I'M HOPING I WILL COME TO
THE END OF THIS MANUSCRIPT SOME
TIME IN THE END OF THE WINTER,
EARLY SPRING.
THAT'S MY HOPE.
>> Rosemary: I'M NOT GOING TO
HOLD YOU TO THIS.
[laughter]
>> NO.
ALAS, I PROBABLY WON'T HOLD
MYSELF TO IT EITHER, BUT THAT'S
MY --
>> Rosemary: IT ALREADY LOOKS
VERY LONG.
>> YES, AND I'M CONSIDERING
THAT.
YEAH.
>> Rosemary: MR. IRVING, THANK
YOU, WHAT A PLEASURE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Nil: WELL, 30 PLUS YEARS --
30 PLUS SINCE I BECAME A CITIZEN
OF THIS COUNTRY.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB, MR. IRVING.
>>> COMING UP FOR YOU, GRANDMA
GETS HER
>> Nil: HUGS, REMEMBER THOSE?
SOMETHING SO MANY OF US HAVE
BEEN MISSING AS PHYSICAL
DISTANCING RULES FORCE US TO
STAY APART.
WELL, THE FAMILY OF ONE KELOWNA
GRANDMOTHER DID NOT LET THE
PANDEMIC STOP THEM FROM GRANTING
HER WISH FOR HER 80th
BIRTHDAY, TO BE ABLE TO HUG THE
PEOPLE SHE CARES ABOUT THE MOST.
THAT IS OUR "MOMENT."
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>> I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM MY
DAUGHTER TRACY WHO LIVES NEXT
DOOR.
AND SHE SAID THERE'S SOMETHING
ON YOUR FRONT STEP FOR YOU.
I WENT TO THE DOOR IN MY PYJAMAS
AND THEN I SEE THIS BIG
CONTRAPTION.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS I'LL BE
ABLE TO HUG PEOPLE AGAIN.
ALL I WANTED TO DO SINCE MARCH
13th IS HUG PEOPLE.
>> I SAW THIS FUN IDEA ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
AND I JUST KIND OF TUCKED IT
AWAY.
AND MY MOM'S 80th BIRTHDAY
COMES UP
AND A WEEK BEFORE THINKING WHAT
COULD WE DO.
WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T THROW A PARTY
FOR HER.
SO THIS CAME TO MIND.
>> THROUGH THAT PLASTIC I COULD
FEEL THEIR WARMTH AND, YOU KNOW,
TOTALLY FEEL THE HUG.
>> Nil: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISS
COOK, FOR STARTERS.
SHE DOES NOT LOOK 80 YEARS OLD.
I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON
THAT.
AND WE ALL WANT ONE OF THOSE
HUGGING CONTRAPTIONS TOO.
>>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
YOU FOR THIS SUNDAY, JULY 5th.
I'M NIL KÖKSAL.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
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