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>> GOOD EVENING, I'M DAVID 
COMMON.
IAN IS AWAY.
TONIGHT, MORE FAMILY TIES 
BETWEEN THE LIBERAL CABINET AND 
A BIG CHARITY THAT GOT A 
SOLE-SOURCE FEDERAL CONTRACT.
>>> THE LETTER IS STUPID.
CANADIANS HAVE SAID IT'S 
RIDICULOUS ON ITS FACE. 
>> David: JUSTIN TRUDEAU IS IN 
THE SPOTLIGHT.
NOW BILL MORNEAU IS TOO.
>>> WOMEN ARE STILL LAGGING IN 
TERMS OF RECOVERY OF THE JOBS.
>> David: AN OLD PATTERN IN THE 
NEW JOBS NUMBERS, BUT SIGNS OF 
HOPE AS WELL.
>>> IT'S A PROBLEM THAT CAN COME
TO CANADA, EVEN IF IT'S NOT MADE
IN CANADA.
>> David: WITH MORE PANDEMICS ON
THE WAY, WHAT THE WORLD COULD DO
ABOUT IT.
>>> AND A GLOBAL DESIGNATION FOR
A NOVA SCOTIA LANDMARK.
>> SO THIS IS REALLY THE 
CREATION OF THE MODERN WORLD 
HERE, 200 MILLION YEARS AGO.
>> David: NOW IT'S ONE OF TWO 
NEW CANADIAN GEOPARKS.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> THE PRIME MINISTER IS UNDER 
FIRE AND FACING NEW QUESTIONS 
TONIGHT FOR AN APPARENT CONFLICT
OF INTEREST.
TODAY THE OPPOSITION CALLED FOR 
A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BECAUSE
THE We CHARITY WAS GRANTED A 
LARGE FEDERAL CONTRACT WITH NO 
COMPETITIVE BIDDING AFTER JUSTIN
TRUDEAU'S MOTHER AND BROTHER 
WERE PAID A TOTAL OF NEARLY 
$300,000 TO APPEAR AT We 
RALLIES.
NOW FINANCE MINISTER BILL 
MORNEAU HAS ALSO BEEN SHOWN TO 
HAVE A FAMILY LINK TO THE GROUP.
HERE'S DAVID COCHRANE ON A 
TROUBLESOME DAY FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: THEY'VE ALREADY 
CALLED IN THE ETHICS 
COMMISSIONER.
NOW THE CONSERVATIVES SAY IT'S 
TIME TO CALL IN THE POLICE.
>> ON THE QUESTION OF IF IT'S 
CRIMINAL, THAT'S FOR THE RCMP TO
DECIDE.
ON WHETHER IT'S STUPID, I THINK 
THAT, YOU KNOW, CANADIANS HAVE 
SAID THAT THIS IS RIDICULOUS ON 
ITS FACE.
>> Reporter: STUPID IS HOW MANY 
LIBERALS ARE PRIVATELY 
DESCRIBING THIS.
DISMAYED THAT AFTER BEING CITED 
FOR ETHICAL VIOLATIONS TWICE 
BEFORE, THE PRIME MINISTER COULD
BE FACING A HAT TRICK.
FROM AN IMPROPER VACATION ON THE
AGA KHAN'S ISLAND, TO IMPROPER 
MEDDLING IN SNC-LAVALIN, TO NOW 
PLAYING A DIRECT ROLE IN 
AWARDING A CONTRACT TO A CHARITY
THAT MADE DIRECT DEPOSITS TO 
DIRECT FAMILY MEMBERS.
>> I WANT PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU
AND THE LIBERAL CABINET TO WAIVE
ALL CONFIDENTIALITY, DISCLOSE 
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED AROUND 
IT, BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST FAR 
TOO MANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE 
UNANSWERED.
>> Reporter: NOW REVEALED 
ANOTHER DIRECT TIE BETWEEN 
CABINET AND THE We ORGANIZATION.
FINANCE MINISTER BILL MORNEAU'S 
DAUGHTER IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE 
CHARITY.
LIKE THE PRIME MINISTER, MORNEAU
DID NOT RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THE 
DECISION TO HAND THE GRANTS 
PROGRAM OVER TO We.
>> AS YOU KNOW, WE GET ADVICE 
FROM OUR NON-PARTISAN GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE.
WE TOOK THAT RECOMMENDATION.
>> Reporter: CABINET MINISTERS 
STUCK TO TALKING POINTS WHEN 
ASKED ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY AND 
WHETHER THEY KNEW THE TRUDEAU 
FAMILY HAD BEEN PAID.
>> WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTRACT 
THAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO, ANY 
DISCUSSIONS THAT TAKE PLACE IN 
CABINET, AS YOU'RE FULLY AWARE 
OF, ARE SUBJECT TO CABINET 
CONFIDENTIALITY.
>> Reporter: THERE WAS NOTHING 
NEW FROM THE PRIME MINISTER OR 
HIS OFFICE.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAD NO PUBLIC 
EVENTS, NO AVAILABILITY TO TAKE 
QUESTIONS, OF WHICH THERE ARE 
MANY.
>> David: A LOT GOING ON THERE, 
DAVID.
SO WHERE IS ALL THIS HEADING?
>> Reporter: YEAH, THE CALLS FOR
DISCLOSURE, THOSE ARE GOING TO 
GROW AND CONTINUE.
IT'S NOT CLEAR YET WHAT ANSWERS 
WE'RE GOING TO GET, THOUGH.
EARLIER TONIGHT ON "POWER & 
POLITICS" I SPOKE WITH PABLO 
RODRÎGUEZ, THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE 
LEADER.
I ASKED HIM, DID YOU AND THE 
REST OF CABINET KNOW ABOUT THESE
FINANCIAL CONNECTIONS WITH THE 
TRUDEAU FAMILY WHEN YOU AWARDED 
THE CONTRACT.
HE SAID AT CABINET CONFIDENCE, 
-- HE CITED CABINET CONFIDENCE, 
DIDN'T ANSWER.
I SAID WILL THE DOCUMENTS BE 
RELEASED CONNECTED WITH THIS 
CONTRACT?
HE SAID THE ONES THAT CAN BE 
RELEASED WILL BE, BUT NOT 
NECESSARILY ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
SO THE LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY, 
NOT YET CLEAR.
THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY, PRETTY 
HIGH.
THE LIBERALS YOU TALK TO, THEY 
SAY THEY ARE ANGRY.
THEY SAY THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED.
THEY SAY THEY ARE DISMAYED THAT 
HERE THEY ARE YET AGAIN IN 
ANOTHER ETHICS INVESTIGATION 
INVOLVING THE PRIME MINISTER AND
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSEST TO 
HIM, AND THEY FEAR THAT THIS IS 
REALLY GOING TO STICK TO JUSTIN 
TRUDEAU BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT 
MONEY FOR HIS FAMILY.
IT'S SIMPLE AND EASY TO 
UNDERSTAND.
IT'S NOT THE SNC-LAVALIN 
CONTROVERSY, AND THE BIG FEAR IS
THAT ALL OF THIS COULD JUST UNDO
SOME OF THE GOODWILL THEY HAVE 
EARNED FOR LARGELY GOOD WORK 
DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
>> David: YOU'LL KEEP DIGGING 
AND WE'LL KEEP WATCHING.
DAVID COCHRANE, THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
>> David: TO SOME BREAKING NEWS 
NOW FROM THE WORLD OF HOCKEY.
AFTER FOUR MONTHS OFF THE ICE, 
THE NHL HAS NOW LAID OUT ITS 
OFFICIAL PLAN TO RETURN TO PLAY 
THIS SUMMER, AND ALL THAT PLAY 
WILL BE ON CANADIAN ICE.
BEGINNING IN EARLY AUGUST, 
EDMONTON AND TORONTO WILL SERVE 
AS HUB CITIES HOSTING ALL THE 
TEAMS AND GAMES.
THOSE WILL START JUST DAYS AFTER
THE PLAYERS ARRIVE IN EACH 
LOCATION.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN'S OUTSIDE ONE
OF THOSE LOCATIONS, ROGERS 
PLACE, IN EDMONTON TONIGHT.
SO RAFFY, QUESTIONS OF COURSE 
ABOUT HOW TO MAKE ALL THIS SAFE.
WHETHER IT WILL BE.
FIRST, THOUGH, HOW IS THE ACTUAL
HOCKEY GOING TO WORK?
>> Reporter: DAVID, IN A WAY THE
NHL AND THE PLAYERS SAY WILL BE 
SAFE AND WILL BE HEALTHY, THEY 
DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME 
NEGOTIATING ALL THIS, SO 
EDMONTON WILL HOST THE 12 
WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS.
TORONTO WILL HOST THE 12 TEAMS 
IN THE EAST.
THE PLAYOFFS WILL GO UNTIL EARLY
OCTOBER, AND THEN EDMONTON'S 
EXPECTED TO HOST THE CONFERENCE 
FINALS AS WELL AS THE STANLEY 
CUP ITSELF, SOMETHING THIS CITY 
HASN'T DONE SINCE 2006, AND THIS
TIME IT WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT 
THE OILERS ARE AT THAT FINAL.
AND OF COURSE NOBODY WILL BE IN 
THE ARENAS EXCEPT THE PLAYERS 
AND STAFF THEMSELVES. 
>> David: AND YET, RAFFY, ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER, PLAYERS, 
COACHES, TEAMS, OFFICIALS, 
DURING A PANDEMIC, WHAT HAS TO 
HAPPEN TO EDMONTON AND TORONTO 
TO AVOID INFECTION?
>> Reporter: WELL, IN BOTH 
CITIES, PLAYERS AND THEIR 
FAMILIES WILL BE STAYING IN WHAT
ARE BEING CALLED BUBBLES.
SO IN EDMONTON, THAT MEANS IN 
HOTELS AROUND THE ARENA, AND 
THEY WILL BE EXPECTED TO USE 
AMENITIES CLOSE TO THE ARENA AS 
WELL.
THE PLAYERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
GET TESTED EVERY DAY FOR 
COVID-19.
IN FACT, EVERYONE IN THEIR 
ENTOURAGE IS, AND THE PLAYERS 
ARE ALSO NOT SUPPOSED TO GO TO
EACH OTHER'S HOTEL ROOMS.
SOME ARE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THAT.
>> YOU'RE 21 YEARS OLD, RIGHT, 
AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SIT IN 
YOUR ROOM AND WATCH NETFLIX?
I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME 
BELIEVING THAT IT WILL HAPPEN.
BUT EVEN IF THEY CAN KEEP 
EVERYTHING EXACTLY ACCORDING TO 
PLAN, YOU STILL WORRY THAT THERE
WILL BE BREACHES.
>> Reporter: NOW, DAVID, KEEP IN
MIND VANCOUVER WAS STARTING OFF 
AS A CANDIDATE FOR A HUB CITY 
THEMSELVES AND ULTIMATELY THEY 
DROPPED OUT, CITING SAFETY 
CONCERNS.
>> David: ABSOLUTELY.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, THANKS VERY 
MUCH.
>>> NOW TO NEWS ABOUT CANADA'S 
ECONOMY FROM INSIDE STATSCAN'S 
LATEST JOB REPORT.
AFTER THE PANDEMIC PUSHED CANADA
TO RECORD HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT IN 
MAY, NEARLY 1 MILLION MORE 
PEOPLE WERE WORKING IN JUNE, AND
THOSE JOBS WERE GAINED IN EVERY 
PROVINCE.
BUT THE OVERALL RECOVERY IS 
SLOW.
THERE ARE STILL 1.8 MILLION 
FEWER JOBS IN JUNE THAN IN 
FEBRUARY.
AS JACQUELINE HANSEN TELLS US, 
SOME OF THE HARDEST-HIT 
INDUSTRIES, LIKE HOSPITALITY, 
ARE FINDING IT HARD TO BOUNCE 
BACK.
>> Reporter: WHEN THE PANDEMIC 
HIT, HOTELS LIKE THIS ONE 
CLEARED OUT.
>> WE LITERALLY JUST WATCHED OUR
BUSINESS WALK OUT THE DOOR. 
>> Reporter: OCCUPANCY FELL AS 
LOW AS 3%.
>> WHICH IS JUST A COUPLE ROOMS 
A NIGHT.
THIS IS UNHEARD OF IN THE 
INDUSTRY.
>> Reporter: THE CEO WAS FORCED 
TO CLOSE A FEW OTHER LOCATIONS 
AND LAY OFF STAFF, BUT AS OF 
JUNE 1, REOPENED AND STARTED 
RE-HIRING.
OCCUPANCY IS PICKING UP, THOUGH 
IT'S STILL FAR BELOW NORMAL, SO 
THE COMPANY IS RELYING ON THE 
FEDERAL WAGE SUBSIDY TO HELP PAY
WORKERS. 
>> IF THAT GOES AWAY, I DO FEAR 
THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO START TO 
RE-EVALUATE OUR HOTELS, FOR 
SURE. 
>> Reporter: THE ACCOMMODATION 
AND FOOD SERVICES SECTOR NOW HAS
TWO THIRDS OF THE JOBS IT DID IN
FEBRUARY.
STILL, THAT LAGS BEHIND THE 
RECOVERY OF OTHER SECTORS.
NEW GRADUATE MADELYN LEMIEUX 
WORRIES ABOUT SEARCHING FOR A 
JOB IN TOURISM ALONGSIDE 
INDUSTRY VETERANS. 
>> THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 15 
YEARS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN LET GO
OF THEIR JOBS, AND THEN THERE'S 
ME WHO'S BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR 
A WHOLE MONTH NOW.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S BIG 
COMPETITION. 
>> Reporter: FOR NOW SHE FEELS 
LUCKY SHE HAS A 10-WEEK POSITION
FUNDED BY THE CANADA SUMMER JOBS
PROGRAM.
IT'S PART OF A SHIFT FROM URGENT
RELIEF LIKE THE CERB TO THE 
SUPPORT THAT HELPS RE-START THE 
ECONOMY.
>> IF PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO 
WORK, I THINK WE WILL SEE MORE 
UPTAKE ON THAT WAGE SUBSIDY. 
>> Reporter: ALMOST 2 MILLION 
PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS 
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC ARE 
STILL OUT OF WORK.
AND OVERALL WOMEN AREN'T 
RECOVERING JOBS AS QUICKLY AS 
MEN.
>> WHERE FEMALES ARE MORE 
DOMINANT IN TERMS OF LABOUR, IT 
IS FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION 
SERVICES.
IT IS TOURISM.
IT IS RETAIL TRADE, AND THOSE 
INDUSTRIES, BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING ARE REALLY LAGGING 
THE MORE MALE-DOMINATED 
INDUSTRIES, LIKE CONSTRUCTION 
AND MANUFACTURING.
>> Reporter: THE RECOVERY OF 
HOSPITALITY IS FURTHER LIMITED 
BY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, 
ESPECIALLY AT THE U.S. BORDER. 
>> I FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT THE 
MERCY OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS, AND 
THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT'S SAFE. 
>> Reporter: STILL OPTIMISTIC 
THAT AT LEAST THE WORST IS OVER.
JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS, 
TORONTO.
>> David: WITH COVID-19, CANADA 
HAS LARGELY MOVED FROM A POSTURE
OF CRISIS TO VIGILANCE.
FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY, 
THE COUNTRY DETECTED MORE THAN 
300 CASES, THANKS IN PART TO AN 
UPTICK IN QUEBEC.
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AT LEAST 80 CASES HAVE NOW BEEN 
TRACED TO TWO HOUSE PARTIES HELD
SOUTH OF MONTREAL AND TO THIS 
NIGHT SPOT WHERE PARTYGOERS 
LATER CONGREGATED.
B.C. OFFICIALS HAVE TRACED 
SEVERAL CASES TO RECENT PARTIES 
IN THE KELOWNA AREA AND ARE 
URGING PEOPLE TO WATCH FOR 
SYMPTOMS AND GET TESTED.
MEANWHILE, NEWFOUNDLAND DETECTED
ITS FIRST CASE IN NEARLY 40 
DAYS, A MAN WHO HAD RETURNED 
FROM TRAVEL TO THE U.S. 
BUT THOSE INCIDENTS ARE 
REMINDERS THAT THE RISK OF A 
SECOND WAVE LOOMS, AND AS EVAN 
DYER EXPLAINS, FROM THE 
BEGINNING, CANADA'S BEEN PLAYING
CATCH-UP WITH ONE CRITICAL 
RESOURCE, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT.
>> WE ARE IN AN URGENT SCRAMBLE 
TO SECURE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT, AND WE WILL NOT LET 
UP UNTIL THAT TASK IS 
ACCOMPLISHED.
>> Reporter: CANADA'S 
PROCUREMENT MINISTER SAYS P.P.E.
IS POURING INTO THE COUNTRY.
>> WE HAVE HAD 97 FLIGHTS FROM 
OUR WAREHOUSE IN CHINA COMING IN
TO CANADA.
>> Reporter: BUT IN THE NATION'S
CAPITAL, 30 PARAMEDICS HAVE HAD 
TO BE REASSIGNED AWAY FROM THE 
FRONT LINES BECAUSE OF A LACK OF
N-95 MASKS. 
>> WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER 
WHERE THAT NEXT PIECE OF 
EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO COME FROM.
>> Reporter: THEIR UNION SAYS 
SOME MANAGERS WANT PARAMEDICS TO
WEAR SUBSTANDARD RESPIRATORS. 
>> WE DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
WE THINK FOR 17 YEARS THE GOLD 
STANDARD OF MASK HAS BEEN N-95 
MASKS.
>> Reporter: GUIDELINES VARY 
WIDELY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
>> HOW COME THAT FILTERS DOWN SO
DIFFERENTLY ACROSS 13 
JURISDICTIONS?
THAT SORT OF SETS UP A SENSE OF 
MISTRUST.
ONE OF US IS NOT BEING TOLD THE 
TRUTH, NOT BEING ALLOWED THE 
RIGHT EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: IN THIS CALGARY 
HOSPITAL, STAFF WERE URGED TO 
CONSERVE PRECIOUS N-95s.
>> THERE IS VALUE IN HAVING 
STOCKPILES AND THERE IS VALUE IN
HAVING YOUR OWN DOMESTIC CONTROL
OVER THINGS.
I'M HOPING THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE
VALUE OF BEING MASTERS OF OUR 
OWN DOMAIN. 
>> Reporter: 6,000 CANADIAN 
MANUFACTURERS HAVE COME FORWARD 
WITH BIDS. 
>> AND WHAT THAT SUGGESTS IS 
THAT THERE IS CAPACITY IN THE 
CANADIAN ECONOMY TO BECOME 
SELF-SUFFICIENT IN THE AREA OF 
P.P.E.
>> Reporter: 44 CENTS OF EVERY 
DOLLAR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
SPENDS ON P.P.E. ARE NOW GOING 
TO CANADIAN COMPANIES, LIKE THIS
ONE IN OSHAWA.
>> THEY WERE DOING A GREAT JOB 
AT THAT, BUT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE 
HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO DO THAT IF WE
HAD ADEQUATE STOCKPILES.
>> Reporter: SOMETHING POSITIVE 
CAN COME OF THIS, EXPERTS SAY, 
AS CANADA REALLY BECOMES 
SELF-SUFFICIENT, BUT THE 
GOVERNMENT HAS NO EXCUSE TO EVER
BE CAUGHT NAPPING AGAIN.
EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, CHELSEA, 
QUEBEC. 
>> David: THE COVID-19 SITUATION
IN THE U.S. SEEMS TO BE MOVING 
FROM BAD TO WORSE.
TODAY ALONE IT REGISTERED NEARLY
60,000 NEW CASES, YET ANOTHER 
RECORD HIGH.
AND REMEMBER, THIS IS A COUNTRY 
THAT WAS ALREADY RAVAGED BY A 
SURGE IN CASES MONTHS AGO.
BACK THEN, NEW YORK WAS AMONG 
THE WORST HIT.
THIS IS WHAT THE STATE'S CURVE 
LOOKED LIKE FROM MID MARCH TO 
MID APRIL.
THOUSANDS OF DEATHS FOLLOWED.
NOW LOOK AT TEXAS OVER THE PAST 
MONTH, AND HERE'S FLORIDA, TWO 
MAJOR HOTSPOTS.
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS FEAR THEY'VE 
SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE, BUT AS 
SALIMAH SHIVJI SHOWS US, THE 
U.S. PRESIDENT SEEMS TO BE 
WATCHING SOMETHING ELSE -- THE 
POLL NUMBERS. 
>> Reporter: A BUSY DAY FOR THE 
PRESIDENT.
>> President Donald Trump: NOT A
VERY GOOD STOP.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
>> Reporter: HEADING TO MIAMI 
DADE COUNTY, THE HEART OF 
VIRUS'S FLORIDA EPICENTRE.
FLIRTING WITH INFECTION RECORDS 
DAILY, DOZENS OF HOSPITALS AT 
CAPACITY.
>> BACK IN APRIL, AND THIS IS 
NOW -- THIS IS HOW MANY 
ADMISSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO 
OUR HOSPITAL. 
>> Reporter: THE LINES TO GET 
TESTED, IMPOSSIBLY LONG, AND IN 
THIS PART OF THE STATE, MORE 
THAN 33% ARE COMING BACK 
POSITIVE.
COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEM AT 
I.C.U. AFTER I.C.U. 
>> WHEN YOU LOSE A 49-YEAR-OLD 
WHO CAME IN, TOLD THE NURSE ON 
DAY ONE, I DON'T THINK I'M 
LEAVING THIS HOSPITAL, AND HE 
WAS RIGHT, IN ALL HONESTY, WE 
DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE MOVING 
ANYWHERE POSITIVE IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION.
>> Reporter: BUT THAT'S NOT THE 
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE WHILE 
COURTING FLORIDA'S ALL-IMPORTANT
LATINO VOTE, DOWNPLAYING THE 
VIRUS.
>> President Donald Trump: WE'RE
STILL FIGHTING IT, AND WE'RE 
GOING TO DO VERY WELL.
WE'RE TESTING AT A LEVEL THAT 
NOBODY'S EVER TESTED BEFORE.
>> Reporter: OR AT A VISIT TO 
TALK UP DRUG ENFORCEMENT, TRYING
TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT ENTIRELY.
>> President Donald Trump: WE'RE
SETTING RECORDS ON JOBS.
WE'RE SETTING RECORDS ON MANY 
DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
TO AVOID.
GREETED BY MASKS AT EVERY TURN, 
NOT WEARING ONE HIMSELF, 
DIRECTLY CONTRADICTING THE 
ADVICE OF HIS OWN HEALTH 
OFFICIALS.
>> WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE 
UNIFORM USE OF MASK IN ALL 
METROS AND IN ALL AREAS WITH 
RISING NEW INFECTIONS, 
PARTICULARLY COUNTIES AND METROS
WITH OVER 5% POSITIVITY. 
>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC IS 
SEEPING INTO THE PRESIDENT'S 
PLANS, DESPITE HIS BEST EFFORTS.
PLANS FOR A WEEKEND CAMPAIGN 
RALLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE NIXED 
OFFICIALLY BECAUSE OF THE 
WEATHER, BUT AMID CONCERNS A 
STORM OF NEW INFECTIONS COULD 
FOLLOW IN ONE OF THE FEW STATES 
WHERE THE THREAT OF THE VIRUS IS
STILL STABLE.
SALIMAH SHIVJI, CBC NEWS, 
WASHINGTON.
>> David: AND A NEW DEVELOPMENT 
TO TELL YOU ABOUT TONIGHT.
THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS COMMUTED 
THE SENTENCE OF HIS LONG-TIME 
FRIEND AND ADVISOR ROGER STONE.
IT COMES JUST DAYS BEFORE STONE 
WAS DUE TO REPORT TO PRISON.
HE HAD BEEN SENTENCED IN 
FEBRUARY FOR CRIMES RELATED TO 
THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS STONE WAS A
VICTIM OF A HOAX.
DEMOCRATS DENOUNCED TRUMP'S 
INTERVENTION, CALLING IT 
OFFENSIVE TO THE RULE OF LAW.
>>> ACCORDING TO THE WORLD 
HEALTH ORGANIZATION, TODAY 
MARKED A NEW RECORD WITH MORE 
THAN 228,000 NEW COVID-19 CASES 
WORLDWIDE.
THE W.H.O. HAS ALSO LAUNCHED A 
PROBE LOOKING INTO THE 
PANDEMIC'S ORIGINS.
>> ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS TO 
LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT IT JUMPED
FROM SPECIES TO HUMAN AND WHAT 
SPECIES IT JUMPED FROM.
>> David: AN ADVANCE TEAM IS 
HEADED TO CHINA TO ORGANIZE THE 
INVESTIGATION.
SCIENTISTS BELIEVE COVID-19 
EMERGED IN NATURE BEFORE IT 
BEGAN AFFECTING HUMANS AT A 
MARKET IN WUHAN LATE LAST YEAR. 
>>> MARGARET EVANS TELLS US 
ABOUT THE WILDLIFE ADVOCATES WHO
SAY THAT PROTECTING THE HEALTH 
OF NATURE WILL HELP PROTECT US.
>> Reporter: THE FACE OF A 
PANDEMIC REPEATING ACROSS THE 
GLOBE AND DESTINED TO DO SO 
AGAIN AND AGAIN UNLESS HUMANKIND
RESCUES ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH 
THE NATURAL WORLD.
THAT'S THE WARNING FROM AUTHORS 
OF A U.N. REPORT THIS WEEK ON 
ZOONOTIC DISEASES, THE ONES THAT
CAN JUMP BETWEEN ANIMALS AND 
HUMANS, THINGS LIKE SARS, EBOLA 
AND COVID-19.
>> OUT OF THESE NEW DISEASES 
WHICH ARE EMERGING AT THE 
INTERFACE OF PEOPLE, OF 
WILDLIFE, OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS, 
OF ENVIRONMENTS, I THINK WE NEED
MORE AND BETTER COORDINATION.
>> Reporter: 75% OF EMERGING 
INFECTIOUS DISEASES COME FROM 
ANIMALS, ACCORDING TO THE 
REPORT, AND THE MORE WE EXPLOIT 
THEM AND DESTROY ECOSYSTEMS, IT 
SAYS, THE MORE THERE WILL BE.
IT URGES A ONE HEALTH APPROACH, 
HUMAN, ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
TO STOP THE NEXT ONE.
THIS VETERINARIAN IS AN EARLY 
ADVOCATE.
SHE FOUNDED AN N.G.O. IN UGANDA 
CALLED CONSERVATION THROUGH 
PUBLIC HEALTH AS MUCH TO PROTECT
THE GREAT APES FROM HUMANS AS 
THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
>> YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE SHARE 
OVER 98% GENETIC MATERIAL IT'S 
VERY LIKELY [INDISCERNIBLE]. 
>> Reporter: SHE ALSO BELIEVES 
CURBING THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE 
TRADE IS KEY.
>> THE EXPLOITATION, GOING INTO 
THE WILD, PICK ANIMALS, HABITAT 
DEGRADATION TO A WAY IN WILDLIFE
SHOULDN'T BE. 
>> Reporter: OTHER FACTORS 
MENTIONED INCLUDE POPULATION 
GROWTH, A RISE IN MASS AND 
UNSUSTAINABLE FARMING, AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE.
CONSERVATIONISTS CAUTION 
AGAINST TREATING COVID-19 AS A 
HEALTH ISSUE ALONE.
>> I DO WISH ALSO THAT IT WILL 
BE TAKEN AS AN ENVIRONMENT 
ISSUE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY 
YOU CAN DEAL WITH THIS IN THE 
LONG TERM.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER MESSAGE NO 
COUNTRY CAN AFFORD TO TURN A 
BLIND EYE. 
>> IT'S A PROBLEM THAT CAN COME 
TO CANADA EVEN IF IT'S NOT MADE 
IN CANADA.
>> Reporter: A SAD TRUTH, 
PERHAPS, THAT IT MIGHT TAKE A 
THREAT TO HUMANKIND TO SAVE THE 
SPECIES WE SHARE THE PLANET 
WITH.
MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS, 
LONDON.
>> David: AN AMBER ALERT REMAINS
IN EFFECT IN QUEBEC TONIGHT FOR 
A PAIR OF GIRLS AND THEIR 
FATHER.
POLICE ARE STAYING OPTIMISTIC.
>> WE ARE STILL THINKING THAT 
THE THREE PERSON, MARTIN 
CARPENTIER AND THE TWO GIRLS 
NORAH AND ROMY ARE STILL ALIVE.
>> David: CARPENTIER'S 
GIRLFRIEND MADE THIS TEARFUL 
APPEAL FOR HIM TO MAKE CONTACT 
AND REASSURE THE FAMILY.
11-YEAR-OLD NORAH CARPENTIER AND
6-YEAR-OLD ROMY CARPENTIER WERE 
LAST SEEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THEY WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE FLED 
A CAR CRASH SOUTH OF QUEBEC 
CITY.
PREMIER FRANÇOIS LEGAULT SAYS 80
PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THE 
SEARCH.
>>> POLICE IN OTTAWA ARE 
APOLOGIZING FOR THEIR HANDLING 
OF THIS 911 CALL. 
>> YOU'RE INTIMIDATING HER, SIR.
CAN YOU JUST STAND TO THE SIDE?
>> I'M STANDING TO THE SIDE.
I'M NOT INTIMIDATING HER. 
>> David: WHEN A WHITE WOMAN 
ENCOUNTERED A BLACK MAN ON A 
CITY PARK BRIDGE THIS WEEK, SHE 
CALLED THE POLICE WHEN HE 
REFUSED HER DEMAND TO MOVE.
THE WOMAN WANTED HIM TO GET OFF 
THE BRIDGE SO SHE COULD PASS 
FROM A DISTANCE.
>> I AUTOMATICALLY KNEW THAT SHE
WAS TRYING TO USE THAT AS A 
WEAPON AGAINST ME.
>> David: THAT MAN SAID HE WAS 
RESTING AT THE BRIDGE AFTER A 
BIKE RIDE AND THAT THERE WAS 
ENOUGH DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM FOR
HER TO CROSS SAFELY.
POLICE APOLOGIZED TODAY AND SAID
THE WOMAN USED 911 
INAPPROPRIATELY.
>>> OTTAWA'S INTEGRITY 
COMMISSIONER SAYS LOCAL 
COUNCILLOR RICK CHIARELLI SHOULD
FACE THE MOST SEVERE PENALTY FOR
HIS ALLEGED BEHAVIOUR.
HE'S RECOMMENDING THE SUSPENSION
OF NINE MONTHS' SALARY, MORE 
THAN $79,000.
CBC NEWS INVESTIGATION LAST FALL
SPOKE TO MANY WOMEN WHO ACCUSED 
THE VETERAN POLITICIAN OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT.
>>> A WORLD-CLASS DESIGNATION 
TONIGHT FOR A QUARTER OF NOVA 
SCOTIA.
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK 
EVERYONE WHO BELIEVED AND 
EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTED THIS 
DREAM.
>> David: AHEAD TONIGHT, THE 
CLIFFS OF FUNDY GET THEIR SPOT 
ON THE WORLD STAGE.
>>> AND THE RECORD-SETTING 
TROPICAL STORM WITH MILLIONS IN 
ITS PATH.
>> IT WAS, LIKE, WRATH OF GOD.
IT WAS LIKE NOTHING I'VE EVER 
SEEN.
>> David: AND LATER, THE LITTLE 
BOY WHO FEARED THE POLICE 
BECAUSE HE WAS INDIGENOUS.
UNTIL HE MET HIS NEW FRIEND.
>> IF HE DIDN'T COME INTO MY 
LIFE, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN
A LOT MORE SCARED.
>> David: A MOMENT OF FEAR 
SPARKS A LIFE-CHANGING 
FRIENDSHIP.
WE'RE BACK IN TWO.
>> David: TROPICAL STORM FAY 
MADE LANDFALL NEAR NEW JERSEY 
TODAY BRINGING HEAVY RAIN, 
FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS.
IT'S THE STORM WE MENTIONED 
EARLIER THAT PROMPTED THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN TO POSTPONE A SATURDAY 
RALLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IT'S EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TOMORROW
AS IT MOVES NORTH, BUT THERE IS 
A CHANCE IT WILL BRING SOME 
WEEKEND IMPACTS TO PARTS OF 
EASTERN CANADA.
>>> CHURCH, MOSQUE, MUSEUM.
THE HISTORIC HAGIA SOPHIA HAS 
SEEN IT ALL, A SYMBOL OF SECULAR
TURKEY, IT ATTRACTS MILLIONS OF 
VISITORS EACH YEAR.
NOW, AS RENÉE FILIPPONE TELLS 
US, IT'S GOING BACK TO BEING A 
MOSQUE, AND THAT'S CAUSING A 
RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL DIVIDE.
>> Reporter: THE HAGIA SOPHIA 
HOLDS THE STORY OF TURKEY'S 
PAST.
FOUNDED IN THE 6TH CENTURY AS A 
CATHEDRAL, IT WAS CONVERTED TO A
MOSQUE IN THE 15TH CENTURY AND A
MUSEUM IN THE 20TH.
TODAY THE COURT RULED IT SHOULD 
BE A MOSQUE AGAIN.
WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS 
NEWS FOR A LONG TIME, SAYS THIS 
WOMAN.
SHE HAS PLANS TO PRAY AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN 
SAYS IT WILL OPEN FOR PRAYERS IN
TWO WEEKS.
HE SEES THE CHANGE AS AN 
OPPORTUNITY FOR TURKEY TO 
EXERCISE ITS SOVEREIGN RIGHTS, 
BUT IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL ONE 
THAT HITS AT THE HEART OF THE 
COUNTRY'S RELIGIOUS SECULAR 
DIVIDE.
>> IT'S NOT JUST AN INCREDIBLE 
PLACE OF WORSHIP, BUT IT HAS 
IMAGES OF JESUS CHRIST AND MARY 
AND NAMES OF MOHAMMED IN ARABIC 
ALL IN THE SAME PLACE. 
>> Reporter: THIS TURKISH 
JOURNALIST AND WRITER WORRIES 
ABOUT THE MESSAGE IT SENDS TO 
THE CHRISTIAN MINORITY, CALLING 
IT A POLITICAL MOVE BY A 
POPULOUS LEADER. 
>> IT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT THAT 
HE'S DOING THIS RIGHT AT THE 
TIME THAT HIS SUPPORT IS GOING 
DOWN TO SOME EXTENT BECAUSE OF 
THE DISCONTENT IN TURKEY, A BAD 
ECONOMY, A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OF 
CORRUPTION AND AUTHORITARIANISM.
THERE ARE A FEW NEW PARTIES THAT
ACTUALLY APPEAL TO THE RELIGIOUS
VOTERS THAT ARE CHALLENGING 
ERDOGAN.
>> Reporter: THE MOVE HAS BEEN 
CONDEMNED BY THE HEAD OF THE 
EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH, AND BY 
NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES LIKE 
GREECE.
EVEN ERDOGAN'S ALLY, RUSSIA, 
SAYS IT'S A MISTAKE.
>> HE IS GOING TO PLAY THAT UP 
AS SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL A
STRONG LEADER, I DON'T CARE WHAT
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 
SAYS, I'M STANDING UP TO, YOU 
KNOW, FOREIGN POWERS.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT SAYS
HAGIA SOPHIA WILL STILL WELCOME 
TOURISTS AND CHRISTIANS, BUT 
UNESCO CALLS TURKEY'S DECISION 
REGRETTABLE AND SAYS IT WILL BE 
REVIEWING ITS STATUS AS A WORLD 
HERITAGE SITE.
RENÉE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS, 
LONDON.
>> David: UNESCO HAS MADE A 
DECISION ABOUT TWO SPOTS IN 
CANADA.
AHEAD ON "THE NATIONAL," WE'LL 
TAKE YOU TO CANADA'S NEW GLOBAL 
GEOPARKS.
>>> BUT FIRST, THE DOCTOR 
ANSWERS YOUR PANDEMIC QUESTIONS,
INCLUDING THIS ONE: "RIGHT NOW 
IT'S TOO HOT TO EXERCISE 
OUTDOORS, ESPECIALLY FOR 
SENIORS.
ARE AIR CONDITIONED MALLS A SAFE
OPTION IF I MAINTAIN SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND WEAR A MASK?"
THE ANSWER, RIGHT AFTER THE 
BREAK.
*
>> David: WELCOME BACK.
IT'S TIME TO ANSWER YOUR 
COVID-19 QUESTIONS.
AS WE APPROACH FOUR MONTHS OF 
THE PANDEMIC, THE QUESTIONS 
YOU'RE ASKING ARE EVOLVING, SO 
LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.
WITH ME TONIGHT, INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES SPECIALIST DR. SUSY 
HOTA.
GOOD EVENING, DR. HOTA.
>> GOOD EVENING.
>> David: SO FIRST QUESTION HERE
HAS TO DO WITH MASKS AND 
BREATHING.
MY FRIEND SAYS OXYGEN IS 
IMPORTANT TO KEEP UP YOUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM AND MASKS REDUCE YOUR 
OXYGEN LEVELS, WHICH MAKES THEM 
DETRIMENTAL.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> WELL, OXYGEN IS IMPORTANT TO 
SUPPORT ALL YOUR BODILY 
FUNCTIONS.
IT'S ACTUALLY HOW YOUR CELLS 
MAKE ENERGY.
BUT THAT SAID, I HAVEN'T SEEN 
ANY MEDICAL OR SCIENTIFIC 
EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT WEARING
A MASK DEPLETES YOUR BODY OF 
OXYGEN OR LET'S ANY HARMFUL 
GASES LIKE CARBON DIOXIDE BUILD 
UP.
NOW YOU MIGHT FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE
IF YOU'RE WEARING A MASK FOR A 
WHILE.
YOU MIGHT GET HOT, OR BECOME 
MORE AWARE OF YOUR BREATHING, 
BUT IT'S NOT DANGEROUS, AND I 
CERTAINLY CAN ATTEST TO IT AS A 
HEALTH CARE WORKER HAVING WORN A
MASK FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME 
OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY.
>> David: ABSOLUTELY.
LET'S GO ON TO OUR NEXT 
QUESTION.
RIGHT NOW IT'S TOO HOT TO 
EXERCISE OUTDOORS, ESPECIALLY 
FOR SENIORS, SO ARE AIR 
CONDITIONED MALLS A SAFE OPTION 
IF I MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING 
AND WEAR A MASK?
>> I WOULD SAY YES.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT 
PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT 
MAINTAINING THEIR PHYSICAL 
ACTIVITY AND HEALTH THROUGH THE 
PANDEMIC, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE 
YOU TO TAKE WALKS WITHIN AIR 
CONDITIONED BUILDINGS LIKE 
MALLS.
IT'S SAFER THAN DOING EXERCISE 
OUTDOORS WHEN IT'S REALLY HOT.
AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE ABLE TO 
DISTANCE FROM PEOPLE AND IT'S 
NOT A CROWDED BUILDING, IT WOULD
BE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY
IS JUST BE AWARE OF HOW OLD THE 
BUILDING IS, BECAUSE THE 
VENTILATION SYSTEM MAY NOT BE AS
GOOD IN AN OLDER BUILDING, OR AS
WELL MAINTAINED.
AND YOU WANT TO HAVE GOOD AIR 
CIRCULATION THROUGH THAT 
BUILDING.
>> David: HERE'S A QUESTION I 
WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST TODAY IN
THE GROCERY STORE.
HERE IS A VIEWER ASKING: ARE 
FACE SHIELDS AN ACCEPTABLE 
ALTERNATIVE TO MASKS INDOORS?
ARE THEY ONLY HELPFUL AS AN 
ADDITIONAL PRECAUTION?
>> SO FACE SHIELDS ARE PRESENTED
BY THE W.H.O. AS AN ALTERNATIVE 
TO FACE MASKS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE JUST
NOT THAT WELL STUDIED YET.
THAT RESEARCH IS VERY ACTIVE 
RIGHT NOW, SO THERE'S STUDIES 
UNDER WAY, AND THE ADDED BENEFIT
OF WEARING A FACE SHIELD IS YOU 
CAN ACTUALLY COVER YOUR EYES AS 
WELL, AND YOU CAN GET COVID-19 
IF INFECTIOUS DROPLETS LAND ON 
YOUR EYE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE POSITIVES.
ONE OF THE NEGATIVES OF FACE 
SHIELDS, HOWEVER, IS THEY DON'T 
FIT YOUR FACE LIKE A MASK DOES.
YOU COULD BE POTENTIALLY EXPOSED
FROM BELOW OR IF IT SHIFTS YOUR 
MOUTH MIGHT GET EXPOSED.
>> David: JUST A FEW SECONDS 
LEFT FOR ONE MORE QUESTION.
IF I PUT MY DISPOSABLE GLOVES 
AND PAPER MASKS IN SEPARATE 
PAPER BAGS AFTER I'VE GROCERY 
SHOPPED, CAN I RE-USE THEM?
AND IF SO, HOW LONG DO I NEED TO
WAIT?
>> I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF WEARING 
GLOVES IN PUBLIC.
I THINK WHAT IT DOES IS PEOPLE 
GET A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.
I'D RATHER YOU INVEST IN HAVING 
HAND SANITIZER AND USING THAT 
FREQUENTLY WHEN YOU'RE TOUCHING 
SURFACES.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR 
GLOVES, YOU SHOULD DISPOSE OF 
THEM RIGHT AFTER YOU'VE USED 
THEM.
WITH MASKS, IF YOU'RE WELL 
TRAINED IN THEM, YOU CAN RE-USE 
THE DISPOSABLE MASKS, EVEN 
THOUGH THEY ARE MEANT TO BE 
SINGLE USE, AS LONG AS THEY ARE 
NOT WET OR DON'T GET DIRTY AND 
STILL IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUT YOU HAVE TO REALLY KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE DOING TO DO THAT 
CAREFULLY AND SAFELY.
>> David: DR. SUSY HOTA, 
APPRECIATE IT.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
>> BYE.
>>> WE'RE ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS 
ABOUT COVID-19 AS OFTEN AS 
POSSIBLE, SO SEND US THE 
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
YOU CAN MESSAGE US DIRECTLY ON 
INSTAGRAM AT @CBCTHENATIONAL OR 
EMAIL US AT COVID@cbc.ca.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, AN 
ENCOUNTER WITH CALGARY POLICE 
THAT FOREVER CHANGED ONE MAN'S 
LIFE.
>> THE WAY HE ENTERED MY LIFE.
>> David: LEFT IN THE COLD AND 
BEATEN, WHY FIVE YEARS LATER HIS
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE ISN'T OVER.
>> David: IT'S BEEN 46 DAYS 
SINCE GEORGE FLOYD DIED AFTER A 
POLICE OFFICER KNEELED ON HIS 
NECK FOR NEARLY NINE MINUTES.
HARDLY THE FIRST TIME POLICE 
BRUTALITY HAS BEEN SO RAW FOR 
ALL TO SEE.
IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY FROM CBC 
DOCS POV SHEDS LIGHT ON CASES 
HERE IN CANADA.
THEY FOUND STORIES OF MEN AND 
THEIR FAMILIES WHO ALLEGE 
EXCESSIVE FORCE AND ABUSE OF 
POWER BY CALGARY POLICE 
DETAILING THEIR PAINSTAKING AND 
UNEQUAL SEARCH FOR JUSTICE.
TONIGHT YOU'LL HEAR ONE OF THOSE
STORIES.
HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM "ABOVE 
THE LAW."
*
>> SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES, YOU 
KNOW.
THERE'S JOBS, THERE'S -- LIFE 
WAS GOOD BEFORE THE WHOLE 
INCIDENT.
I KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING.
I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING IN MY 
LIFE.
BUT THEN AFTER THE INCIDENT 
EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF WENT 
DOWNHILL.
*
*
>> THIS POLICE PULLED UP BEHIND 
THE CAR.
THEY CAME OUT, TOLD US TO PUSH 
THE CAR, SO I SAID, HEY, LOOK, 
WE TRIED TO PUSH THE CAR.
IF YOU CAN'T HELP US IN ANY WAY,
JUST LEAVE US ALONE.
TO MY SURPRISE, THEY WRESTLED ME
TO THE GROUND.
THEY PUT HANDCUFFS ON ME, PUT ME
IN THE BACK OF THE POLICE CAR.
I WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU 
GUYS DOING?
I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
WHERE ARE YOU GUYS TAKING ME?
THEY JUST KEPT ON DRIVING.
THEY GOT TO EAST RIDGE.
THEY STOPPED THERE.
THEY TOOK MY HANDCUFFS OFF AND 
THEY TOLD ME TO BEAT IT.
SO THEY JUST DROVE OFF.
SO I'M STUCK AT THIS LOCATION.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M AT.
I'M FROM AFRICA.
WHERE I'M FROM, YOU DON'T SEE 
NONE OF THIS, -25, -30, WE DON'T
SEE NONE OF THAT.
I WAS JUST WEARING A TRACK SUIT.
I DIDN'T HAVE GLOVES OR IN TOQUE
OR ANYTHING.
THERE WAS NO BUILDING TO STAY 
WARM.
I WAS SCARED.
I WAS PANICKING.
I WAS FEARING FOR MY LIFE.
AND I SAW CONSTRUCTION.
I COULDN'T CALL A TAXI AT THAT 
TIME BECAUSE MY PHONE WAS DEAD.
BUT I HAD A FRIEND'S PHONE THAT 
HE HAD DROPPED WHEN I WENT TO GO
PICK THEM UP.
MY ONLY OPTION WAS TO CALL 911.
>> WHAT'S THE ADDRESS OF YOUR 
EMERGENCY?
>> OKAY, THE COPS PICKED ME UP 
FOR NO REASON AND JUST LEFT ME 
HERE.
>> LEFT YOU WHERE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE.
THEY JUST LEFT ME HERE.
THEY TOLD ME [INDISCERNIBLE] 
SERVICE, SO THEY HANGED UP ON ME
AND I CALLED AGAIN.
*
*
I WALKED ALL ACROSS TO WHERE I 
W
WAS, TOLD ME TO STOP [BEEP] 
CALLING THEM AND ASKING FOR HELP
AND STUFF.
I GOT UP, TRIED TO RUN AWAY FROM
HIM.
HE CAME ON ME SO QUICK.
HE PUT HANDCUFFS ON ME, AND JUST
STARTED BEATING ME UP, PUNCHING 
ME IN THE FACE, KNEES TO THE 
BACK.
*
AND THIS IS WHERE HE ALMOST 
ENDED MY LIFE, RIGHT HERE.
*
*
THEY PUT ME IN A POLICE VAN, 
READ ME MY RIGHTS AND SAID I WAS
BEING CHARGED FOR ASSAULTING A 
POLICE OFFICER.
AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T REALLY 
HAVE MUCH TO SAY TO THEM.
LIKE, I WAS JUST SO WEAK AND, 
LIKE, SO BROKEN DOWN, YOU KNOW?
LIKE, JUST IN SO MUCH PAIN.
THEY FINALLY TOOK ME OUT.
I GOT ON THE TRAIN.
I'M ALL BRUISED UP, YOU KNOW.
BUSTED UP.
I'M BLEEDING.
AND PEOPLE ARE JUST LOOKING AT 
ME, LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, 
YOU KNOW?
I CALLED MY FRIEND.
AS SOON AS HE WALKED IN, HE'S 
LIKE, HOLY SHIT, WHAT HAPPENED 
TO YOU, MAN?
AND WE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, AND
WHEN WE GOT THERE, I WAS IN SO 
MUCH PAIN, I COULD BARELY STAND.
SO I STAYED AT MY FRIEND'S HOUSE
FOR, LIKE, ALMOST A WEEK, 
BECAUSE I WAS SCARED TO COME 
HOME BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHERE I 
LIVED.
[INDISCERNIBLE] THE IMAGES JUST 
KEEPS REPEATING ITSELF IN MY 
HEAD, YOU KNOW?
SO I WAS JUST TERRIFIED, MAN.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GO HOME.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ALONE, I 
GUESS.
I WAS LIKE, MAN, I GOT TO DO 
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
I CAN'T [INDISCERNIBLE]. 
AFTER [INDISCERNIBLE] LIKE A 
YEAR OR SO I SPOKE TO MY LAWYER.
SHE'S LIKE, YEAH, THIS IS GOING 
TO GO TO TRIAL, SO GET READY.
>> THE ONLY BASIS BY WHICH 
GODFRED WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
WAS THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF 
GESTURE.
THERE WAS NEVER AN ALLEGATION 
THAT HE PUSHED ANYBODY OR HIT 
ANYBODY OR HAD ANY PHYSICAL 
CONTACT.
OF COURSE I'VE HEARD BEFORE 
STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A 
POLICE OFFICER AND SAID THEY 
WERE, IN FACT, THE ONES 
ASSAULTED.
IT WASN'T ANYTHING NEW TO ME, 
BUT HIS DEMEANOR REALLY DREW MY 
ATTENTION.
HE KEPT SAYING IT'S A 
CONSTRUCTION SITE, THERE'S GOT 
TO HAVE BEEN SOME VIDEO THERE.
SOMEBODY HAD TO HAVE HAD A 
CAMERA THERE.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE CAMERAS 
AND SHOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, 
AND SO THAT WAS REALLY 
REMARKABLE FOR ME.
WHY WOULD HE BE ENCOURAGING ME 
TO TRY AND GET EVIDENCE OF WHAT 
HE WAS TELLING ME IF HE WERE 
MAKING SOMETHING UP.
*
*
>> SO WE'RE BACK IN COURTROOM 
1008.
THIS IS THE VERY COURTROOM WHERE
GODFRED WAS PROSECUTED.
THE DAY OF THE TRIAL, I FELT 
SCARED FOR GODFRED.
THREE UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICERS 
STANDING UP UNDER OATH AND 
TELLING THEIR VERSION OF EVENTS 
AND GODFRED STANDING ON HIS OWN.
I DIDN'T FEEL CONFIDENT, AND I 
FELT SCARED FOR HIM.
THE TRIAL COMMENCED WITH 
CONSTABLE DENOKLEY.
HE CONCEDED THAT HE HAD THROWN 
GODFRED TO THE GROUND.
THAT EVENT ENDED WITH HIM 
PUTTING GODFRED INTO A POLICE 
VEHICLE, AND THEN FOR NO LOGICAL
REASON DROVE AWAY FROM THAT 
SCENE AND JUST LEFT HIM OFF ON A
STREET CORNER WEARING A LITTLE 
SWEAT JACKET AND A PAIR OF SWEAT
PANTS.
THIS WAS -28 IN FRIGID CALGARY 
WEATHER, AND HE JUST LEFT HIM 
THERE, WITH NO REGARD AT ALL FOR
HIS SAFETY.
*
*
LOOKING AT THE VIDEO, I SEE 
GODFRED HANDCUFFED.
THE POLICE OFFICER'S DRAGGING 
HIM ALONG, AND HE KIND OF FALLS 
OR MAYBE HE IS TRYING TO STAND 
UP, BUT ULTIMATELY HE FALLS TO 
HIS BACK, AND THEN WE SEE THE 
POLICE OFFICER PUNCHING HIM IN 
THE HEAD.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S KNEELING ON 
ONE KNEE AND STRIKING HIM WITH 
HIS OTHER KNEE REPEATEDLY AROUND
THE HEAD AND CHEST AND UPPER 
BODY AREA.
AND THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY THAT
GODFRED IS IN ANY WAY RESISTING 
OR ATTACKING.
HE'S ON THE GROUND, ON HIS BACK 
WITH HIS HANDS CUFFED PULLED UP 
ABOVE HIS HEAD, AND THERE'S NO 
ESCAPE.
THERE IS NO ESCAPE FOR THAT KID.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]. 
>> WITH ALL THIS EVIDENCE, WITH 
ALL THIS VIDEOS AND EVERYTHING, 
THEY STILL WENT TO TRIAL, AND 
THEY ACTUALLY TRIED TO LOCK ME 
UP FOR DOING NOTHING.
>> EMS. 
>> NEGATIVE.
>> MAKES ME FEEL LIKE HE'S LIKE 
PROFILING ME, YOU KNOW?
LIKE, YOU GUYS DID THIS TO ME.
WHO'S THE BAD GUY?
THE GUY WHO PUTS AN INNOCENT GUY
IN HANDCUFFS, TASER HIM, BEAT 
HIM UP FOR NO REASON?
OR THE GUY THAT NEEDED HELP AND 
GOT TORTURED.
WHO'S THE BAD GUY?
>> THE JUDGE FOUND THAT THE 
POLICE OFFICERS WERE NOT 
CREDIBLE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO 
FIND IN ANY WAY THAT GODFRED 
ASSAULTED THE POLICE OFFICER, 
AND GODFRED WAS ACQUITTED.
HAD WE NOT HAD A VIDEO 
RECORDING, WE WOULD HAVE HAD 
GODFRED STANDING UP IN COURT AND
SAYING THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE 
LYING, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY 
JUDGE GOING OUT ON A LIMB AND 
SAYING, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S YOU 
THAT'S TELLING THE TRUTH.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY HARD
SELL FOR GODFRED.
*
*
>> I GREW UP IN GHANA, 
[INDISCERNIBLE] STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND CAME TO CANADA, WANTED TO BE
A HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO, BUT 
AFTER THIS INCIDENT, I 
[INDISCERNIBLE] BECAUSE I MEAN 
HOW AM I GOING TO BE A HEAVY 
DUTY MECHANIC [INDISCERNIBLE], 
RIGHT?
PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT I DIDN'T 
HAVE NO HEALTH ISSUES.
I WAS STRONG AND HEALTHY AND I 
WAS A GO-GETTER, YOU KNOW?
BUT AFTER THE BACK INJURIES AND 
ALL THIS STUFF, IT JUST, I DON'T
KNOW, SLOWED ME DOWN.
I FILED A COMPLAINT FIVE YEARS 
AGO AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE 
ABOUT IT.
ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE 
STILL WORKING.
WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT
THERE.
>> David: THE OFFICER WHO STRUCK
GODFRED IS NOT WORKING.
CONSTABLE TREVOR LINDSAY IS 
CURRENTLY SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY.
HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BUT OVER 
ANOTHER INCIDENT WHERE HE BEAT 
AND THREW A MAN IN HANDCUFFS TO 
THE GROUND.
INCIDENTS LIKE THIS CAN BRING UP
THE ARGUMENT THAT THESE ARE THE 
RESULT OF INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS.
HERE'S CALGARY'S POLICE CHIEF ON
THAT.
>> I THINK FOR TOO LONG 
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DONE THIS, 
WHERE WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG,
THEY HANG OUT AN INDIVIDUAL TO 
DRY AND THEN THEY SAY, WELL, YOU
KNOW, THERE WE GO, WE DEALT WITH
THAT.
BOB WAS BAD AND WE DEALT WITH 
BOB AND NOW WE'RE GOOD.
BUT I THINK THIS BAD APPLES VERY
BAD BARREL.
THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT THINGS, 
AND I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS GOT TO 
BE LOOKING AT THE BARREL TO MAKE
SURE IT'S NOT THE BARREL THAT IS
ACTUALLY TAINTING THE APPLES.
>> David: YOU'LL HEAR MORE OF 
THAT IN THE FULL DOCUMENTARY 
"ABOVE THE LAW" WHICH AIRS 
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8 P.M. ON CBC 
TELEVISION, OR YOU CAN STREAM IT
NOW ON CBC GEM.
>>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL," A 
NOVA SCOTIA LANDMARK GETS A 
GLOBAL DESIGNATION.
>> THIS IS JUST SO AMAZING.
IT CAN'T BE JUST KEPT TO 
YOURSELF.
>> David: THE CLIFFS OF FUNDY, 
ONE OF CANADA'S NEWEST GEOPARKS,
>> David: NEWFOUNDLAND AND 
LABRADOR'S BONNA VISTA PENINSULA
AND NOVA SCOTIA'S CLIFFS OF 
FUNDY PARK HAVE BEEN HONOURED BY
UNESCO FOR THEIR NATURAL AND 
CULTURAL VALUE.
THE DESIGNATION AS PART OF A 
GEOPARK COMES AS THE TOURISM 
SECTOR STRUGGLES UNDER COVID-19.
KAYLA HOUNSELL SHOWS US WHAT 
MAKES THE CLIFFS OF FUNDY SO 
SPECIAL.
>> Reporter: THE TOWERING CLIFFS
OF FUNDY ARE STRIKING, BUT THEY 
ALSO TELL A STORY.
RYAN HIBBERT MAKES HIS LIVING 
TELLING THAT STORY.
>> ALL THE LAVA SPEWED UP 
THROUGH, AND THIS IS WHAT'S 
LEFT.
>> Reporter: TODAY WE'RE ALONG 
FOR THE TOUR, BUT FOR HIBBERT, 
IT'S MORE LIKE A TREASURE HUNT.
HE'S SEARCHING FOR CRYSTALS.
>> SEE INSIDE!
>> WHOA!
>> WE'RE FINDING SOMETHING THAT 
NOBODY'S EVER SEEN BEFORE, THAT 
GETS REALLY EXCITING.
IT'S KIND OF ADDICTIVE.
>> Reporter: UNESCO GEOPARKS 
HAVE TO HAVE GEOLOGY AND CULTURE
OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
THE BAY OF FUNDY IS HOME TO THE 
HIGHEST TIDES IN THE WORLD, AND 
SCIENTISTS SAY THESE ISLANDS AND
THE ROCK THAT FORMS THEM ARE 
EVIDENCE OF THE MOMENT THE 
WORLD'S SUPER CONTINENT BROKE 
APART, DRIFTING INTO THE 
POSITIONS THE CONTINENTS ARE IN 
TODAY. 
>> SO THIS IS REALLY THE 
CREATION OF THE MODERN WORLD 
HERE 200 MILLION YEARS AGO. 
>> Reporter: JOHN CALDER STARTED
THE WORK TO TURN THE COASTS OF 
FUNDY INTO A GEOPARK YEARS AGO.
THERE ARE NOW FIVE IN CANADA AND
ONLY 161 ON THE PLANET.
>> IF YOU'RE A GEOLOGIST AND YOU
WORK IN PLACES LIKE THIS, YOU 
CAN'T HELP BUT WANT TO SHARE THE
STORY WITH NOVA SCOTIANS, WITH 
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, 
BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO AMAZING.
IT CAN'T BE JUST KEPT TO 
YOURSELF.
>> Reporter: THE UNESCO 
DESIGNATION LIKELY MEANS MANY 
PEOPLE ARE ABOUT TO DISCOVER 
THIS AREA, BUT THE MI'KMAW HAVE 
ALWAYS KNOWN THE VALUE OF THIS 
PLACE.
IT WASN'T CALLED A GEOPARK THEN,
BUT THEY WERE THE FIRST 
GEOLOGISTS, SELECTING ROCKS FOR 
THEIR TOOLS AND FOR CEREMONIAL 
USE IN SWEAT LODGES. 
>> YOU'RE ANCESTORS FOR HAVE 
HEEN FOR YEARS. 
>> Reporter: IT'S ALSO WELCOME 
NEWS FOR THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN 
THE PARK.
ONE OF WHICH IS PORTAPIQUE, 
WHERE A SHOOTING SPREE THAT LEFT
22 PEOPLE DEAD BEGAN.
>> WE FULLY RECOGNIZE ALL THE 
HARDSHIP AND THE TRAGEDY AND THE
GRIEVING THAT IS GOING ON.
I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE PART OF 
THE HEALING PROCESS.
>> THESE CRYSTALS RIGHT THERE 
ARE REALLY REMARKABLE.
>> Reporter: FOR BRIAN HIBBERT, 
THE UNESCO DESIGNATION IS A 
BOOST DURING A TIME WHEN TOURISM
OPERATORS ARE STRUGGLING.
>> IT'S HARD TO TALK.
>> Reporter: FOR JOHN CALDER, 
IT'S A PASSION PROJECT REALIZED.
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK 
EVERYONE WHO BELIEVED AND 
EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THIS 
DREAM.
>> Reporter: ONE MAN'S DREAM NOW
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A REGION 
READY TO EMBRACE POSITIVE 
CHANGE.
KAYLA HOUNSELL, CBC NEWS, AT THE
CLIFFS OF FUNDY GLOBAL GEOPARK.
>> David: TERRIF
>> David: AS KIDS IN GALLANT 
WATCHED THE RECENT PROTESTS AND 
RIOTS ON THE NEWS, THE 
10-YEAR-OLD WHO IS INDIGENOUS 
GOT SO SCARED HE DIDN'T WANT TO 
LEAVE HIS HOUSE FOR FEAR OF 
POLICE.
SO HIS MOM REACHED OUT TO THE 
LOCAL POLICE STATION TO SEE IF 
AN OFFICER WOULD COME BY AND 
HAVE A CHAT.
SOMEONE DID, AND THE FRIENDSHIP 
THAT FORMED IS OUR "MOMENT."
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>> I SEEN GEORGE FLOYD AND A 
WHOLE BUNCH OF BLACK LIVES 
MATTER, AND I WAS SCARED.
I'M INDIGENOUS, AND OUR FAMILY 
HAS A LONG HISTORY ABOUT POLICE 
NOT BEING ON OUR SIDE.
I TOLD MY MOM ABOUT IT, AND I 
TOLD HER I WAS AFRAID OF THE 
POLICE, AND SHE CALLED THE 
POLICE STATION, AND SHE ASKED 
FOR AN OFFICER TO COME.
PETER CAME, AND AT FIRST I WAS 
INTIMIDATED.
I WAS LIKE, WHOA, VERY TALL, 
IT'S A POLICE OFFICER.
AND THEN WE GOT TO TALKING AND 
PLAYING SOME BASKETBALL.
AND HE EXPLAINED TO ME WHY THERE
IS SOME BAD PEOPLE IN THE WORLD,
BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE GOOD 
PEOPLE, AND POLICE ARE HERE TO 
HELP YOU.
>> HE'S LIKE MY BUDDY.
WE HAVE COMMON INTERESTS AS 
WELL.
HE'S A BIG BASKETBALL FAN.
I JUST ENJOY THE KID.
I GOT A KID NAMED KINGSTON, IT 
JUST KIND OF WORKED OUT THAT 
WAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND I KNOW 
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, BUT I WANT 
HIM TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, 
THAT HE SHOULD FEEL SAFE, THAT I
WANT HIM TO FEEL SAFE.
>> IF HE DIDN'T COME INTO MY 
LIFE, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN
A LOT MORE SCARED ABOUT POLICE, 
AND HE ALSO CHANGED MY 
PERSPECTIVE OF THE POLICE TOO.
>> David: NICE TO SEE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT 
GOING TO BE WHAT SOLVES ALL THE 
SYSTEMIC ISSUES, BUT IT IS STILL
LOVELY TO SEE THESE TWO GET 
TOGETHER AND THROW SOME HOOPS 
AROUND.
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL."
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
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