>> Ian: GOOD EVENING.
I'M IAN.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THIS APP CAN HELP
PREVENT FUTURE OUTBREAKS OF
COVID-19.
>> Ian: NOW THERE'S AN APP FOR
THAT.
HOW IT WORKS AND THE CHALLENGES.
THE LONG WEEKEND IS ARRIVED FOR
MOST CANADIANS.
AND HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE HOPING
IT DOESN'T LEAD TO A SPIKE.
>> SUMMER DOESN'T MAKE THE VIRUS
GO AWAY.
IT'S RIGHT THERE WAITING FOR AN
INVITATION FOR A PARTY OR
GATHERING.
>> Ian: SMALL BUSINESSES ARE
FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS IN
MANY CANADIAN COMMUNITIES.
>> SMALL BUSINESS SURVIVAL
DEPENDS ON A BETTER, MORE
INCLUSIVE RENT RELIEF PROGRAMME.
>> Ian: HOCKEY IS BACK.
GARY BETTMAN ON PLAYERS SAFETY,
FAN ENERGY, AND RACIAL INJUSTICE
IN THE LEAGUE.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF A PLAYER
WANTS TO KNEEL DURING THE
ANTHEM?
>> Ian: THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
AS FOR BUSINESSES IN THIS
COUNTRY REOPEN, AND MORE
CANADIANS GATHER AND TRAVEL, A
NEW PHONE APP IS BEING ROLLED
OUT TO TRY TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF
THE CORONAVIRUS.
THE APP IS CALLED COVID ALERT TO
LET YOU KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN
CLOSE TO SOMEONE THAT TESTS
POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
WHILE IT'S MEANT TO GO NATIONAL,
IT ISN'T THERE YET.
THOMAS DAIGLE EXPLAINS HOW IT
WORKS.
>> Reporter: THAT DEVICE THAT
MANY CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT, COULD
HELP FIGHT THE VIRUS WE CAN'T
WAIT TO LIVE WITHOUT.
THAT IS IF CANADIANS INSTALLED
THE NEW APP.
MEANT TO ALERT THEM OF POTENTIAL
CONTACT.
THE USERS AND CHIEF BOOSTERS IS
THE PRIME MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: NOW THAT WE HAVE THE
SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING IN ONTARIO
IN OUR LARGEST PROVINCE, IT WILL
HOPEFULLY BE UP AND RUNNING FOR
LOCAL PUBLIC-HEALTH AGENCIES
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE
COMING WEEKS.
>> Reporter: HERE IS HOW IT
WORKS, THE COVID ALERT APP LOGS
WHEN ANOTHER USER SPENDS AT
LEAST 15 MINUTES LESS THAN TWO
METRES AWAY.
IT USES BLUE TOOTH TECHNOLOGY
AND DOESN'T TRACK LOCATION DATA.
WHEN SOMEONE TESTS POSITIVE
THEY'RE ASKED TO ENTER A CODE,
LETTING OTHERS KNOW THEY MAY
HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.
THIS CYBERSECURITY.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO PRIVACY
ELEMENTS, THIS IS ONE OF THE
BEST APPS CONTRACT TRACING APPS
I'VE SEEN.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE PLENTY
AROUND THE WORLD TO COMPARE IT
TO.
THE PROBLEM IS, IN MAJOR
COUNTRIES, THE APPS HAVE BEEN
DOWNLOADED BY FEWER THAN 1/10
PEOPLE ON AVERAGE AND THE
SOFTWARE IS USE LESS WITHOUT
USERS.
WHAT'S THE TARGET HERE?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN TELL
YOU PRECISELY BUT OBVIOUSLY THE
MORE PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP TO USE
OR DOWNLOAD THE APP, THE MORE
USEFUL IT WOULD BE.
>> Reporter: ALBERTA TRIED ITS
OWN APP BUT IT SUFFERED FROM
LESS SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY.
IN ONTARIO, IT COULD BOLSTER
CONTACT TRACING EFFORTS OR
PROVIDE A FALSE SENSE OF
SECURITY TO SOME.
>> IT CAN ADD TO THE FACT OF
EXPOSURE, MAYBE HELP US WHEN WE
ARE DOING THE ACTUAL HARD WORK
OF CONTACT TRACING TO PREVENT
FURTHER EXPOSURE BUT IT DOES NOT
KEEP YOU SAFE.
>> Reporter: THE APP MIGHT HELP
BUT IT CAN'T REPLACE
HANDWASHING, MASKING AND
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: MOST CANADIANS ARE
HEADING NO A LONG WEEKEND AND IN
THE TIME OF COVID-19, RELAXATION
FOR THE PUBLIC CAN MEAN TENSION
FOR PUBLIC-HEALTH OFFICIALS.
>> THE VIRUS IS THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES, CRASHING YOUR BACK
YARD GATHERING AND AFFECTING THE
HEALTH OF YOUR FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY.
SO THIS WEEKEND, PLAN TO KEEP IT
SMALL AND DON'T LET YOUR GUARD
DOWN.
>> Ian: IF WE LOOK AT AVERAGE
CASES, IN QUEBEC AND B.C. TWO
WEEKS AFTER CANADA DAY, THEY
START TODAY CREEP UP.
THE SOURCES OF INFECTIONS VARY
BUT AT LEAST SOME WERE LINKED TO
PRIVATE PARTIES.
TODAY, B.C. ANNOUNCED THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF NEW INFECTIONS
IN A SINGLE DAY SINCE APRIL AND
GREG RASMUSSEN SHOWS US HOW IT'S
TO AVOID A BIGGER INCREASE
DRIVEN BY THE LONG WEEKEND.
>> Reporter: SUN, SAND,
FOOTBALL, ENOUGH TO MAKE IT ALL
SEEM ALMOST NORMAL.
BUT THESE 18-YEAR-OLDS ARE
KEEPING TO A SMALL BUBBLE.
>> IN PUBLIC WE'RE NOT GOING UP
TO STRANGERS AND WITHIN OUR
FRIEND GROUP, WE'RE PRETTY
LIBERAL.
>> Reporter: IT'S CHALLENGING
BUT YOU ADOPT TO IT.
>> SOME ARE WORRIED ABOUT
GREATER RISK.
>> WE BUILT UP ALL THESE GOOD
SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES AND
PRECAUTIONS AND IT'S JUST GONE.
IT'S UPSETTING BECAUSE, I KNOW
WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND IT JUST
SEEMS LIKE OTHERS DON'T.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS FEAR THE
COMBINATION OF A SUNNY, LONG
WEEKEND AND THE LURE OF LARGE
SOCIAL GATHERINGS, WILL CAUSE
PEOPLE TO DROP THEIR GUARD.
>> LET'S MAKE THIS LONG WEEKEND
A DIFFERENT ONE THAT WE SAW IN
JULY.
>>
>> Reporter: A LARGE BEACH PARTY
FOR TONIGHT AS B.C.'S HEALTH
MINISTER UPSET.
>> PEOPLE NEED TO GIVE THEIR
HEAD A SHAKE A LITTLE BIT HERE.
>> Reporter: THE CITY OF KELOWNA
IS PUTTING TEAMS ON THE STREETS.
>> WE'RE JUST ENSURING
EVERYBODY'S SAFETY RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: USING REMINDERS
RATHER THAN FINES OR ARRESTS.
>> IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE TO
HAVE ENFORCEMENT OR BY-LAW
OFFICERS EVERYWHERE WHERE PEOPLE
ARE GATHERING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: WHILE SOME ARE
CALLING FOR A CRACK-DOWN,
SOFTER, EDUCATIONAL NUDGES MAY
BE MORE EFFECTIVE.
>> IF YOU LEAD WITH ENFORCEMENT
THAN YOU PUSH THE BEHAVIOUR
UNDERGROUND AND THE WORSE THING
WE CAN DO IS CAUSE AN OUTDOOR
PARTY TO MOVE INDOORS.
THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE
DANGEROUS.
>> Reporter: AT THE BEACH, A
CALL FOR VIGILANCE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING THE
RIGHT THINGS AND TRYING TO MAKE
THE EFFORT TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
THAT JUST IGNORING EVERYTHING
AND DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
AND PRETENDING LIKE COVID IS
OVER BUT IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, A
REALITY WE NEED TO FACE
EVERYDAY.
>> Reporter: A REALITY THAT WILL
LAST FAR LONGER THAN THIS LONG
WEEKEND.
GREG RASMUSSEN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: THE PRIME MINISTER FACED
TOUGH QUESTIONS AGAIN TODAY
ABOUT THE DEAL HIS GOVERNMENT
STRUCK WITH WE CHARITY.
WHICH HAS TIES TO THE TRUDEAU'S
AND BILL MORNEAU.
AS EVAN DYER, TODAY HE DEFENDED
HIS FINANCE MINISTER.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: TODAY, I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON A NUMBER
OF IMPORTANT ITEMS.
>> Reporter: ONE DAY AFTER A
RAUCOUS COMMITTEE APPEARANCE,
THE FIRST VIA SITTING PRIME
MINISTER IN MANY YEARS, THIS
MORNING THE PRIME MINISTER WAS
READY TO TURN THE PAGE.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: IN JUST THE PAST WEEK,
WE'VE SEEN COVID-19 CASES RISING
IN MANY COMMUNITIES.
>> Reporter: REPORTERS STILL
WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WE.
AND THE PRIME MINISTER REPEATED
HIS CLAIMS THAT HE INITIALLY
OPPOSED THE IDEA OF GIVING THE
STUDENT GRANT PROGRAMME TO THE
WE ORGANIZATION.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: I PUSHED BACK.
I SHOULD HAVE, IN HINDSIGHT,
PULLED AWAY AND SAID, I DON'T
WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AT
ALL, I SHOULDN'T, BECAUSE OF
FAMILY CONNECTIONS.
>> Reporter: YESTERDAY THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE THE P.M. WAS
PRESS BESIDE WHO SHOULD TAKE THE
FALL FOR THE AFFAIR.
>> SOMEONE IN CABINET SHOULD BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
WHICH MINISTER WILL YOU FIRE?
>> Reporter: TRUDEAU DIDN'T
RESPOND.
BUT NEITHER HE NOR HIS
CHIEF-OF-STAFF MADE A PUBLIC
DEFENSE OF THEIR FINANCE
MINISTER, WHO IS UNDER ATTACK
FOR ACCEPTING $41,000 WORTH OF
TRAVEL FROM WE CHARITY FOR TWO
TRIPS IN 2017.
TODAY, TRUDEAU SEEMED MORE
PROTECTIVE OF MORNEAU.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: HE APOLOGIZED AND HE
SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED THE
ELEMENTS OF THAT THAT WERE GIFTS
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE WORK
THAT WE'RE DOING, THE WORK THAT
HE HAS DONE AND BEING THERE FOR
CANADIANS.
AS I TALKED ABOUT TODAY.
>> Reporter: AND TRUDEAU ALSO
DEFENDED THE FINANCE MINISTER'S
DECISION TO ACCEPT FOREIGN TRIPS
FOR HIS FAMILY AS WE VOLUNTEERS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: I THINK OBVIOUSLY
THERE'S QUESTIONS FOR
MR. MORNEAU HE HAS ALREADY
ADDRESSED.
THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE ON THEIR
PERSONAL VACATION WOULD CHOSE TO
SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE OR GET
INVOLVED IN HELPING MAKE THE
WORLD A BETTER PLACE, IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD REJECT
OR TURN AWAY FROM.
>> Reporter: OF COURSE THE
FINANCE MINISTER IS NOT UNDER
FIRE FOR VOLUNTEERING TO BUILD A
SCHOOL IN EQUADOR BUT RATHER FOR
LETTING WE PAY FOR THAT TRIP AND
ANOTHER ONE FOR HIS WIFE AND
DAUGHTER TO KENYA.
BUT TODAY THE PRIME MINISTER
SEEMS TO SIGNAL HE IS HOPING
BILL MORNEAU CAN SURVIVE IN HIS
POST AT LEAST FOR THE TIME
BEING.
EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, GATINEAU.
>> Ian: THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT
WILL NOT RENEW THE CONTRACT WITH
WE CHARITY AFTER IT ANNOUNCED
$250,000 FOR A WE PROGRAMME TO
NURTURE 'E EMPATHY IN STUDENTS.
THEY WILL INVESTIGATE WHAT HAS
BEEN SPENT UP UNTIL NOW.
AS SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST WE RAISE
QUOTE, SERIOUS QUESTIONS.
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED
EXTENSIONS TO SEVERAL COVID
BENEFITS PROGRAMMES INCLUDING
THE CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE
BENEFIT, WHICH IS SET TO FIND
DOWN IWINDDOWN IN THE COMING WEEKS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: OUR GOAL IS TO
TRANSITION EVERYONE ON THE CERB
TO EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T QUALIFY FOR
E.I. RIGHT NOW, LIKE GIG OR
CONTRACT WORKERS, WE'LL CREATE A
TRANSITIONAL PARALLEL BENEFIT
THAT IS SIMILAR TO EMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE.
>> Ian: IT INCLUDES ACCESS TO
TRAINING AND THE ABILITY TO WORK
EXTRA HOURS WITHOUT HAVING
PAYMENTS REDUCED.
8 MILLION CANADIANS HAVE
RECEIVED CERB BENEFITS SO FAR
AND ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY, MORE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HARD-HIT
GUEST WORKERS, ESSENTIAL TO
CANADA'S FOOD SUPPLIES.
>> Ian: OUR GOVERNMENT IS
INVESTING $59 MILLION TO PROTECT
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF MIGRANT
WORKERS.
IT WILL PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF
WHEN NEEDED AND IMPROVE THE OVER
ALL LIVING CONDITIONS ON FARMS.
>> Ian: THIS MONEY IS ON TOP OF
THE $100 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR
THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR BACK IN
MAY.
TRUDEAU SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS
ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE
THE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS
PROGRAMME.
INCLUDING MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
FOR BETTER LIVING STANDARDS,
1100 MIGRANT WORKERS HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 IN
ONTARIO.
THREE HAVE DIED.
>>> THE GOVERNMENT EXTENDED THE
RENT RELIEF PROGRAMME FOR SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS TODAY AS WELL.
IT HAS BEEN HEAVILY CRITICIZED
FOR PUTTING THE ONUS ON
LANDLORDS TO A SUPPLY.
INSTEAD OF GIVING MONEY TO
TENANTS, MANY OF WHOM SAY
THEY'LL GO UNDER WITHOUT RADICAL
CHANGES.
PETER ARMSTRONG EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: GEORGE CARTER IS
ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.
A BUSINESS IS OPEN AND HER
LANDLORD A EMPLOYED FOR RENT
RELIEF.
CARTER IS ONLY DOING A FRACTION
OF THE BUSINESS SHE NORMALLY
WOULD DO.
SO THE RENT RELIEF HAS BEEN
CRUCIAL.
>> RIGHT NOW WE'RE OPERATING ON
A PART-TIME BASIS.
THAT'S A HUGE IMPACT FOR US.
AND THE RENT REDUCTION PROGRAMME
IT DEFINITELY ELIMINATES A LOT
OF THAT PRESSURE.
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE WHO
ACCESS IT, THE PROGRAMME HAS
BEEN A LIFELINE.
ONLY A SMALL HANDFUL OF
BUSINESSES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN
GIVEN A BREAK ON RENT.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM REQUIRES
APPLICANTS TO PROVE THEY'VE LOST
70% OF THEIR REVENUE AND IT PUTS
ALL THE POWER IN THE HANDS OF
THE LANDLORDS.
MANY OF WHOM JUST HAVEN'T
BOTHERED TO APPLY FOR THE
PROGRAMME, LEAVING THEIR TENANTS
WITHOUT ANY OPTIONS.
>> SMALL BUSINESS SURVIVAL
REALLY DEPENDS ON A BETTER MORE
INCLUSIVE PROGRAMME BEING ROLLED
OUT QUICKLY.
ONE THAT HELPS TENANTS GET
RELIEF EVEN IF LANDLORDS HAVEN'T
COOPERATED AND WON'T EVER.
>> Reporter: HALF A MILLION
BUSINESSES SHOULD QUALIFY.
BUT JUST 63,000 HAVE ACTUALLY
RECEIVED MONEY.
SO, HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF
BUSINESS OWNERS ARE WATCHING THE
BILLS PILEUP, WITH NO RELIFE IN
SIGHT.
>> COVID AND THE LANDLORD
REFUSED, I JUST DECIDE TO GIVE
UP.
>> Reporter: SHE RUNS THE
CHINESE ARTS AND CRAFTS STORE.
A MAINTAIN OF VANCOUVER'S CHINA
TOWN.
THE LANDLORDS DEMANDING MONTHS
WORTH OF RENT AND SHE'S ONLY
JUST REOPENED.
>> I CRY.
I CRIED MANY TIMES.
IT'S SAD.
NO ONE CAN HELP ME.
>> Reporter: COMMUNITY ADVOCATES
LIKE MICHAEL TAN SAY THIS IS A
GROWING PROBLEM.
HE SAYS SMALLER BUSINESSES DON'T
HAVE LOBBYISTS AND LAWYERS TO
HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM
AND EVEN SHOW SHOPS HAVE
REOPENED HARDLY ARE OPERATING AT
FULL CAPACITY.
>> THE NEED IS URGENT.
WE'VE SEEN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
CHINESE ART CRAFTS WILL CLOSE IN
SEPTEMBER AND THAT LEAVES US TWO
MONTHS TO FIND SOME SORT OF
REMEDY FOR THEM OR ELSE THEY'LL
BE THE FIRST OF MANY.
>> Reporter: IF THERE'S A WAVE
OF CLOSURES, THE SMALL SHOPS
LIKE THESE THAT MAKE UP THE
FABRIC OF TOWNS AND
NEIGHBOURHOODS THAT WILL BE THE
FIRST TO GO.
PETER ARMSTRONG, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: THERE IS LITTLE DEBATE,
EVEN IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT
THE COUNTRY IS STRUGGLING WITH
COVID-19.
IT CONTINUES TO SPREAD AT A PACE
REPORTED NOWHERE ELSE IN THE
WORLD.
SINCE A LULL BACK IN MID JUNE,
DAILY NEW CASES IN THE UNITED
STATES HAVE TRIPLED TO AN
AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 60,000.
THE PACE OF DEATHS FROM THE
DISEASE RISING NOW TO MORE THAN
A THOUSAND LIVES LOST DAILY.
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THE DEATH
SLIDE CASES BY SEVERAL WEEKS.
IF WE SHIFT DEATHS BACK SAY A
MONTH, THE SIMILARITY IN TREND
LINES UNDERSCORES CONCERNS ABOUT
HOW MUCH WORSE THIS COULD GET.
BUT STEVEN D'SOUZA SHOWS US
WASHINGTON IS NO CLOSER TO A
UNIFIED RESPONSE TO THE VIRUS OR
ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT.
>> Reporter: HE IS THE FACE THAT
AMERICANS HAVE COME TO TRUST TO
GIVE THEM THE STRAIGHT GOODS ON
THE CORONAVIRUS.
TODAY, HE ADDRESSED THE LACK OF
A FEDERAL RESPONSE TO IT.
>> IT WAS SUCH A DIVERSITY OF
RESPONSE IN THIS COUNTRY FROM
DIFFERENT STATES, THAT WE REALLY
DID NOT HAVE A UNIFIED BRINGING
EVERYTHING DOWN.
>> Reporter: HE SPENT MOST OF
THE HEARING AVOIDING ATTEMPTS BY
BOTH SIDES, TO USE HIM TO MAKE
PARTISAN POINTS.
>> THE GOVERNMENT LIMIT THE
PROTESTING?
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S RELEVANT.
>> Reporter: HE OFFERED HOPEFUL
NEWS ABOUT A VACCINE.
>> WE FEEL OPTIMISTIC WE'LL HAVE
A VACCINE IN THE END OF THE YEAR
AND 2021.
>> Reporter: TESTING PROBLEMS
PLAGUE CITIES ACROSS THE U.S.
OFFICIALS BLAMED HIGH DEMAND AND
WARNED INCREASE TESTING A HOPED
ISN'T ENOUGH.
>> WE CANNOT TEST OUR WAY OUT OF
THIS OR ANY OTHER PANDEMIC.
TESTING DOES NOT REPLACE
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
>> Reporter: FOR SOME, THE ISSUE
WITH TESTING IS A SYMPTOM OF A
LARGER PROBLEM?
>> WE'RE FOUR MONTHS INTO THIS
THING, AND I THINK OUR
GOVERNMENT AND OUR PRIVATE
SECTOR ARE FAILING US.
>> Reporter: THE FAILURE FOR
MANY AMERICANS IS NOT JUST A
HANDLING OF THE VIRUS, BUT THE
ECONOMIC FALLOUT.
TONIGHT, THE FIRST BATCH OF
RELIEF MEASURES WILL EXPIRE.
SO CLOSE TO 30 MILLION AMERICANS
WILL LOSE A $600 UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE PAYMENT.
AND EVICTION PROTECTION.
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS POLITICS
AS USUAL FROM DEMOCRATS UP ON
CAPITOL HILL.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE
BLAMED DEMOCRATS FOR THE LACK OF
PROGRESS ON A NEW RELIEF BILL.
DEMOCRATS SAY REPUBLICANS HAVE
BEEN ARGUING AMONGST THEMSELVES
FOR WEEKS.
>> WE PASSED A BILL 10 WEEKS
AGO.
IT WAS BIPARTISAN.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE IN
HART-HIT FLORIDA, THEY DIDN'T
MENTION A FINANCIAL AID PACKAGE
BUT ABOUT SPEAK ABOUT THE
FINANCIAL FINANCES.
WITH THE MINI RALLY AND
FUNDRAISERS PLANNED, TRUMP'S
VISIT TO THE VITAL STATE SHOWS
JUST WHERE HIS PRIORITIES LIE.
STEVEN D'SOUZA, CBC NEWS, NEW
YORK.
>> Ian: A U.S. FEDERAL APPEALS
COURT OVERTURNED THE DEATH
SENTENCE OF THE BOSTON MARATHON
BOMBER.
HE WILL GET A NEW SENTENCING
HEARING.
THE COURT RULE HIS 2015 TRIAL
DIDN'T MEET THE STANDARD OF
FAIRNESS.
IN 2013 BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS
KILLED THREE PEOPLE AND INJURED
MORE THAN 260.
HE IS BEING HELD IN COLORADO.
>>> FORMER EDMONTON NIGHTCLUB
CONSULTANT, MATTHEW MCKNIGHT WAS
SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN
PRISON TODAY.
IT WAS LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT
THE PROSECUTION SOUGHT.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN WITH THE
REACTION.
>> Reporter: I GENUINELY HAD
THIS CRAZY HOPE THAT MAYBE THIS
IS, YOU KNOW, JUST -- I JUST HAD
HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.
>> Reporter: MATTHEW MCKNIGHT'S
VICTIMS THOUGHT THEY WOULD GET
JUSTICE TODAY.
>> THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
HOW HE IS A FIRST OFFENDER,
RIGHT.
>> Reporter: FOR YEARS, HE
WORKED AS A PROMOTER INSIDE THIS
NOW DEFUNCT EDMONTON NIGHTCLUB.
13 WOMEN ALLEGE HE SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED THEM, OFTEN APPEARING
BUYING THEM DRINKS AND TAKING
THEM TO HIS NEARBY CONDO.
THE JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF
FIVE COUNTS.
THE CROWN WANTED HIM TO FACE 22
YEARS OF JAIL TIME.
>> IT WAS A CAREFULLY CONSIDERED
DETERMINATION ABOUT WHAT A FIT
SENTENCE WOULD BE.
>> Reporter: A JUSTICE CITED
MCKNIGHT'S A PARENT REMORSE,
ABILITY TO REHABILITATE, AND AN
ASSAULT HE SUFFERED WHILE IN
REMAND, AS REASONS TO OFFER THE
LIGHTER SENTENCE OF EIGHT YEARS.
>> SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE
THE SANDWICHES AND THE ORANGES
IN PRISON AND CRYING THAT HE WAS
ABUSED IN PRISON, HOW THAT ON
THE SHOULDERS OF THE VICTIMS.
>> Reporter: FROM MCKNIGHT'S
DEFENCE LAWYER, RELIEF, EVEN AS
HIS CLIENT IS PUT BACK BEHIND
BARS.
>> IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT THIS IS
PART OF A PATTERN OF PREDATORY
CONDUCT, RATHER, IT WAS FIVE
SEPARATE TIMES OVER SIX YEAR
PERIOD.
>> Reporter: ADVOCATES WARN THIS
SENTENCE WILL HAVE NEGATIVE
IMPACTS.
>> I THINK IT IS GOING TO
ACTUALLY INCREASE DISTRUST IN
THE CRIMINAL-JUSTICE SYSTEM.
IT'S GOING TO PREVENT SURVIVORS
FROM COMING FORWARD.
>> Reporter: STILL, THIS ALLEGED
VICTIM, ONE MCKNIGHT WAS NOT
FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULTING, SAYS
THAT THERE IS REASON FOR HOPE.
>> THE FIRST TIME NOW IT'S WE'RE
STARTING TO HAVE A VOICE AND
MAYBE THIS ISN'T A WIN BUT IT'S
STILL SHOWING THE REALITY OF
WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE SPOTLIGHT ON
THESE WOMEN MAY NOT FADE QUITE
YET.
AS THE CROWN SAYS, IT WILL
CONSIDER AN APPEAL.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS,
EDMONTON.
>> Ian: JULIE PAYETTE ADDRESSED
HER STAFF THE FIRST TIME AFTER
REPORTS OF BULLYING AND
HARASSMENT AT RIDEAU HALL.
CBC NEWS OBTAINED AN INTERNAL
MEMO WHERE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
SAYS I AM LISTENING AND I REMAIN
COMMITTED TO OUR TEAM AND OUR
MISSION.
SHE ALSO SAID IT IS IMPERATIVE
TO STAY UNITED AND WORK TOGETHER
TO FIND A SOLUTION.
RIDEAU HALL'S WORKPLACE
ENVIRONMENT IS UNDERWAY BY THE
PRIVY OFFICE AND FOLLOWS A
REPORT WHERE A DOZEN SOURCES
ALLEGED PAYETTE AND HER OFFICIAL
SECRETARY, CREATED A TOXIC WORK
ENVIRONMENT.
>>> AHEAD TONIGHT, "THE
NATIONAL" INTERVIEW WITH GARY
BETTMAN.
>> NOTHING IS RISK FREE.
>> Ian: THE NHL COMMISSIONER ON
THE RETURN OF HOCKEY, KEEPING
PLAYERS SAFE AND RACIAL
INJUSTICE IN THE LEAGUE.
>> RACISM IS UNACCEPTABLE.
>> Ian: EID LOOKS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
WITH LINE-UPS STRETCHING
KILOMETRES TO CELEBRATE SAFELY.
>> EVERYBODY WAS DESPERATE TO
FEEL GOOD AND FEEL THAT THEY
BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> Ian: AND BEYONCE'S NEW VISUAL
ALBUM, WHY "BLACK IS KING" IS A
GAME CHANGER FOR FANS.
>> WE WILL NO LONGER APOLOGIZE
FOR BEING B
>> Ian: THREE HOUR DRIVE
SOUTHWEST OF ANCHORAGE.
A STATE LAWMAKER, AMONG THOSE
KILLED, HE WAS PILOTING A PLANE.
THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS.
>>> U.K.'S PLANS TO FURTHER EASE
ITS CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN
TOMORROW HAD BEEN POSTPONED
BECAUSE OF A RISE IN THE RATE OF
INFECTIONS.
>> WE CANNOT BE COMPLACENT AND I
WON'T STAND BY AND ALLOW THIS
VIRUS TO THREATEN TO CAUSE MORE
PAIN AND MORE HEARTACHE IN OUR
COUNTRY.
>> Ian: FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS,
BUSINESSES WHERE THERE'S CLOSE
CONTACT MUST REMAIN CLOSED.
INCLUDING CASINOS, BOWLING
ALLEYS AND WAITING RECEPTIONS,
FACE COVERINGS WILL BE MANDATORY
IN MORE PLACES.
>>> AMID A SURGE IN COVID-19
CASES, HONG KONG HAS MOVED TO
POSTPONE LOCAL ELECTIONS SET TO
TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER.
AS SASHA PETRICIC TELLS US,
PRO-DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGNERS SAY
THE PANDEMIC IS BEING USED TO
SUPPRESS OPPOSITION.
>> Reporter: LATE ON FRIDAY IN
HONG KONG, ALONG WITH THE RAIN,
THE POLITICAL STORM INTENSIFIED.
WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY
GOVERNMENT LEADER, CARRIE LAM.
LEGISLATION ELECTIONS TO BE
DELAYED BY A YEAR DO MAKE THE
VOTE SAFE FROM COVID SHE SAYS.
INFECTIONS HERE HAVE DOUBLED IN
THE PAST MONTH BUT THEY STILL
SIT AT JUST OVER 3,000.
LOW COMPARED TO MUCH OF THE
WORLD.
FOR MANY IN HONG KONG, IT'S JUST
AN EXCUSE.
THEY SUSPECT POLITICAL MOTIVES
BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY,
LAM'S BACKERS IN BEIJING.
I KNEW THE GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T
LET US VOTE SHE SAYS.
IT'S DISAPPOINTING.
AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF
PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS, BEIJING
IS SPOOKED BY THE PROSPECT OF A
BIG WIN BY OPPOSITION
CANDIDATES, GIVING THEM A
LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY.
THEY'VE ALREADY DIS RESULTED
GOVERNMENT PLANS AND THEY HAVE
SUPPORT AMONG VOTERS WHO CAME
OUT ON MASS IN RECENT PRIMARIES.
SO NOW, BEIJING IS USING A TOUGH
NEW NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
IMPOSED ON HONG KONG A MONTH
AGO, TO CRACK-DOWN.
DIS QUALIFYING A DOZEN POPULAR
OPPOSITION CANDIDATES.
>> HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO SAFE THE
FUTURE, HONG KONG WILL NOT
SURRENDER AND OUR RESISTANCE
WILL CONTINUE.
>> Reporter: ARRESTING STUDENT
LEADERS IN THE LITTLE OF THE
NIGHT ISSUING WARNINGS AND THOSE
WHO HAVE FLED TO OPPOSE CHINA
FROM ABROAD.
>> I'M JUST REPRESENTING FROM A
LARGE PORTION OF HONG KONG
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF OUR
AUTONOMY AND DEMOCRACY.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN CONDEMNED
BY THE U.S., THE U.K. AND OTHERS
BUT AS FAR AS CHINA IS
CONCERNED, WHATEVER IT DOES IN
HONG KONG, IS NO LONGER ANYONE
ELSE'S BUSINESS.
SASHA PETRICIC, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: NHL HOCKEY RETURNS
TOMORROW.
TONIGHT WE TALK TO GARY BETTMAN.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD
TO WIN THE CUP.
>> Ian: THE NHL COMMISSIONER ON
PLAYING IT SAFELY AND WHAT DOES
IT MEAN LIKE A SEASON LIKE ANY
OTHER.
AND UNUNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP OUT OF
EDMONTON THAT COULD BE STRAIGHT
>> JUMPING UP IS MORGAN RILEY.
NICE PASS TO TAVARES AND IN
FRONT.
AND HE SCORES!
>> Ian: CAN YOU TELL LEAFS' FANS
PUT T THAT TOGETHER.
LIGHT REEL GOALS AND THEIR
FAVOURITE PLAYERS BACK ON THE
ICE.
UP UNTIL NOW THE GAMES HAVE BEEN
EXHIBITIONS SO THE COUNT DOWN IS
ON FOR THE PUCK TO DROP IN JUST
A FEW HOURS.
GETTING TO THIS POINT, HOWEVER,
HAS NOT BEEN EASY.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A WELCOME
DIVERSION FOR LIFE IN A PANDEMIC
AND COVID IS NEVER FAR AWAY.
>> EVERY SINCE THE FIRST HOME
RUN OF THE SEASON.
>> Reporter: MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL WAS AFTER THE SEASON
STARTED.
THE MARLINS DECIMATED POSITIVE
TESTS, LEADING TO POSTPONE GAMES
AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S
PRACTICAL TO TEAMS TO TRAVEL
FROM CITY TO CITY.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS FOR AWFUL
THEM TO PLAY IN ONE PLACE, WHICH
THE NBA IS DOING IN ORLANDO.
THE BUBBLE ISN'T ISOLATING THEM
FROM A BIG STORY OF THE SUMMER,
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST RACIAL
INJUSTICE, REFLECTED ON OPENING
NIGHT.
TOMORROW, THE NHL BEGINS PLAYING
GAMES THAT MATTER.
ALL THE THE TEAMS INSIDE BUBBLES
IN EDMONTON AND TORONTO.
AND IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO
PLAN, THE STANLEY CUP WILL BE
HANDED OUT UNTIL OCTOBER.
SO, IS THE NHL'S PLAN WORKING?
EARLIER TODAY I SPOKE WITH THE
LEAGUE COMMISSIONER, GARY
BETTMAN.
>>
>> MR. BET MAN, THANK YO GARY BETTMAN, THA
NK YOU
FOR DOING THIS.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Ian: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COVE
HERCOVIDHERE IN CANADA AND IN THE
STATES, TWO WORDS COME UP,
UNPREDICTABLE AND UNPRECEDENTED
AND WITH THAT IN MIND, THE COUNT
IN THE NHL, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> I'M FEELING FORTUNATE THAT
WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE PLACE THAT
WE ARE.
OUR PLAYERS AND OUR FANS WERE
TELLING US OVERWHELMINGLY, OVER
THE LAST 140 DAYS, THAT THEY
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT
REPRESENTING A RETURN TO
NORMALCY IF WE COULD CONCLUDE
THE 19-20 SEASON AND WE'VE BEN
ABLE TO PUT OURSELVES IN A
POSITION BY CREATING TWO
BUBBLES, TWO HUBS, ONE IN
TORONTO AND ONE IN EDMONTON
WHERE WE THINK WE CAN BE SAFE,
WE CAN BE HEALTHY, AS CAN THE
COMMUNITIES WE'RE PLAYING IN AND
HEALTH AND SAFETY HAS ALWAYS
BEEN PARAMOUNT IN WHAT WE'VE
BEEN FOCUSED ON.
HAVING SAID THAT, IN THIS
UNPREDICTABLE, AS YOU SAID,
ENVIRONMENT, NOTHING IS RISK
FREE BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY
HARD WITH OUR OWN PEOPLE WITH
THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES AT ALL
LEVELS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WERE DOING EVERYTHING SENSIBLE,
PRACTICAL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WERE TAKING CARE OF HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
>> Ian: WHAT HAPPENS IN A
PLAYERS TESTS POSITIVE FOR
COVID?
>> WELL, IT APPEARS, AND
ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL BE
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PEOPLE AND
THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES, THAT
PERSON WILL BE IMMEDIATELY
ISOLATED AND WILL DO SOME
CONTACT TRACING AND FIGURE OUT
WHO WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON
GOING FORWARD.
THE ANTICIPATING YOUR NEXT
QUESTION, HOW MANY IS TOO MANY,
FRANKLY I'D LIKE NOT TO SEE ONE,
AND IN EFFECT, WE RAN 2500 TESTS
ON 800 PLAYERS AND THERE WERE NO
POSITIVES AND AS WE GOT INTO THE
BUBBLE, THERE HAVE BEEN TESTS ON
EVERYBODY EVERYDAY, SO WE'RE
INTO THE THOUSANDS OF TESTS AND
THEY'VE ALL BEEN NEGATIVE.
I'M SEEN THE PLAYER POSTED AS
SAYING, BEING IN THE BUBBLE IS
THE SAFEST HE HAS FELT SINCE MID
MARCH.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO
ANTICIPATE EVERY EVENT DUALITY
AND WANTED TO REACT TO A
WHATEVER WE NEEDED TO DO.
>> Reporter: SO COVID, ONE OF
THE BIG STORIES OBVIOUSLY OF
2020, THE OTHER BIG STORIES IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAS
BEEN DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST
ANTIBLACK RACISM.
THE NHL HAS ANNOUNCED THERE'S
SOME SOCIAL JUSTICE ELEMENT
TOMORROW DURING THOSE OPENING
GAMES FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHY DO
THAT?
>> WELL, WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
RACISM IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHERE WE
STAND ON THAT ISSUE.
WE WANT OUR GAME, IT'S PART OF
OUR DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLE AND
OUR VALUES, WE WANT OUR GAMES TO
BE WELCOMING TO EVERYONE, TO BE
DIVERSE, TO CREATE A FRIENDLY
ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE EXTENT
THAT RACISM HAS BEEN OR IS AN
ISSUE WITH THE GAME AT ANY
LEVEL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT OUR GAME STANDS FOR AND WE
WANT PEOPLE WHO PLAY HOCKEY AT
EVERY LEVEL TO FEEL WELCOME AND
WE ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT OUR CLUBS AND OUR PLAYERS
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS
THEMSELVES OR NOT EXPRESS
THEMSELVES, AS THEY SEE FIT.
>> Reporter: WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF A PLAYER OR TEAM CAME TO YOU
AND SAID THAT A PLAYER WANTS TO
KNEEL DURING THE ANTHEM.
>> WE HAVE NOT -- LIKE SOME OF
THE OTHER MAJOR LEAGUES, WE'VE
NEVER HAD A RULE THAT SAYS YOU
CAN.
PLAYERS ARE FREE TO EXPRESS
THEMSELVES OR NOT EXPRESS
THEMSELVES.
IT'S INDIVIDUAL CHOICE.
>> EVANDER KANE, A MEMBER OF THE
SAN JOSE SHARKS, A CANADIAN,
BLACK MAN, IS A MEMBER OF A
HOCKEY DIVERSITY ALLIANCE WHICH
HAS OTHER PLAYERS OF COLOUR AND
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH TSN HERE IN
CANADA, HE SAID AND I'LL READ
YOU THE QUOTE, THE NHL CAN PUT
BLACK LIVES MATTER ALL OVER THE
RINK, SHOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER
FROM THE MOUNTAINS, IT'S ALL
GOING TO FALL ON DEAF EARS WITH
ME AND EVERY OTHER PERSON IN THE
HDA, THE ALLIANCE, BECAUSE THE
LEAGUE HAS MADE NO EFFORT TO
SUPPORT ITS OWN BLACK PLAYERS.
IN THAT TSN ARTICLE, HE SAYS HE
HAS MADE QUESTIONS T REQUESTS AND THE LEAG
UE
WHICH HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED OR
SATISFIED.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
>> WELL, TWO THINGS, ONE, I HAVE
THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR EVANDER
KANE BUT HE IS REALLY NOT
PARTICULARLY WELL-VERSED ON ALL
THE EFFORTS WE'VE MADE THE PAST
COUPLE DECADES TO MOVE FORWARD,
AND I DO THINK WE NEED TO DO
BETTER.
THE HOCKEY ALLIANCE IS A NEW
ORGANIZATION AND IT MAY BE AT
LEAST, IN TERMS OF ITS COMING TO
US, A MONTH OLD.
THEY FORMED IT, WE KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT IT, WHICH WAS FINE.
THEY ANNOUNCED IT AND WE DIDN'T
KNOW THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS
GOING TO BE MADE AND THEY'VE
ASKED TO ENGAGE.
WE'VE BEEN IN A DIALOGUE BECAUSE
FRANKLY, OUR GOALS AND THE GOALS
OF THE HOCKEY DIVERSITY ALLIANCE
ARE IDENTICAL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO
RACISM IN OUR SPORT.
THE METHODOLOGY TO GET THERE, IS
SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
AND LOOKING AT WAYS TO WORK
TOGETHER.
>> Ian: SO GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.
WE ALL OBVIOUSLY AGREE WITH THE
STATEMENT OR PLATITUDE THAT
THERE MUST NOT BE RACISM.
IT'S A FAR DIFFERENT THING TO
TRY TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF
HOCKEY FROM THE NHL ALWAYS WAY
DOWN TO A COMMUNITY RINK
SOMEWHERE IN RURAL CANADA, THE
UNITED STATES.
GIVE ME ONE SORT OF EXAMPLE OF
HOW WE CHANGE THAT?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE NODE
TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE
APPROPRIATELY EDUCATED IN TERMS
OF BEING MORE AWARE OF WHAT IS
IMPORTANT TO OUR BLACK PLAYERS,
NOT JUST OUR BLACK PLAYERS BUT
BLACK PLAYERS AT ANY LEVEL OF
THE GAME AND FRANKLY ANY PEOPLE
OF COLOUR OR ANYBODY WITH ANY
BACKGROUND AND SO, WE MUST
UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE
DIFFERENCES.
WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT ACTS THAT
ARE INAPPROPRIATE ARE
INTOLERATED AND WE HAVE A
HISTORY OF THAT.
PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR
SAYING INAPPROPRIATE THINGS AND
IN FACT SO HAVE SOME EXECUTIVES.
SO, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS SET A
GOOD EXAMPLE AND MAKE SURE
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS AND ISN'T
ACCEPTABLE.
PART OF THAT IS HAVING THE
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS SO WE
CAN ALL UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT
WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT
ISSUES HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED FOR
OUR BLACK PLAYERS AND ADDED FOR
BLACK PLAYERS AT ANY LEVEL OF
THE GAME.
>> SOME PEOPLE ONLINE ARE
WONDERING IF THERE'S ASTERISK.
>> BECAUSE IT'S HARDER TO WIN
THAN ANY OTHER TIME OF MODERN
AGE.
OUR PLAYERS AND WE'VE GOT TO
TAKE YOUR HATS OFF AND TIP YOUR
HAT TO THEM, ADD MEASURING THEIR
PASSION FOR THE GAME BECAUSE THE
ULTIMATE CHAMPION WILL HAVE BEEN
IN THE BUBBLE FOR OVER TWO
MONTHS, AWAY FROM FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WHEN
WE HAD THE RETURN TO PLAY
DISCUSSIONS, WITH THE PLAYERS,
WE SAID, MAYBE WE SHOULD SHORTEN
ITS TO YOU ARE NOT AWAY AS MUCH
IF YOU ARE THE ULTIMATE CHAMPION
SO LET'S PLAY THE FIRST AND
SECOND ROUNDS AFTER THE PLAY IN
ROUND BEST OF FIVE AND THE
PLAYERS SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE SAME
RIG ORS THAT WOULD BE IN A
NORMAL YEAR, BEST OF SEVEN FOR
ALL FOUR ROUNDS.
SO THAT TELLS YOU HOW MUCH THE
COMPETITIVENESS AND THE
INTEGRITY OF WINNING THE STANLEY
CUP MEANS TO OUR PLAYERS AND
ULTIMATELY TO OUR FANS.
>> WELL A LOT OF HOCKEY FANS IN
THIS COUNTRY AS YOU KNOW AND
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
TOMORROW MORNING HERE ON THE
WEST COAST.
MR. GARY BETTMAN, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND
EVERYBODY PLEASE BE SAFE AND
STAY HEALTHY.
>> Ian: AS THE NHL KICKS OFF AT
9:00 A.M. TOMORROW PACIFIC TIME,
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WILL MARK
ITS SECOND WEEK OF MEANINGFUL
GAMES MANY OF AS YOU HERDS, THE
LEAGUE IS DEALING WITH A GROWING
OUTBREAK WHICH SIDELINED ANOTHER
TEAM TODAY.
TWO PLAYERS ON THE ST. LOUIS
CARDINALS ARE THE LATEST TO TEST
POSITIVE.
THEIR GAME TONIGHT AGAINST
MILWAUKEE HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
THAT MAKES A TOTAL OF 15 GAMES
DELAYED BECAUSE OF COVID-19 AND
COUNTING.
AS MANY AS 20 MEMBERS OF THE
MIAMI MARLINS AND TWO IN THE
PHILADELPHIA PHILLY ORGANIZATION
TESTED POSITIVE THIS PAST WEEK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, CELEBRATING
EID DURING A PANDEMIC.
>> I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.
>> A MUCH NEEDED GATHERING AFTER
SPENDING MONTHS APART.
A COMMUNITY'S COLLECTIVE MOMENT
>> Ian: THIS IS THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND FOR MANY CANADIANS BUT
FOR MUSLIMS, IT IS EID.
A TIME FOR DEVOTION AND
GATHERING.
ELLEN MAURO TELLS US HOW THAT
TRADITION HAS CHANGED IN THE AGE
OF COVID-19.
>> Reporter: A DAY OF JOY.
CHANGED BUT NOWHERE NEAR
DAMPENED BY COVID-19.
>> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
>> I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE
TODAY.
>> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF CARS
LINED UP TO SNAKE THROUGH THIS
MOSQUE PARKING LOT.
MOBILE FESTIVITIES WITH SCHOOL
TREATS, A JUGGLER, EASTBOUND EVEN ANIMALS
AS IT SHARED A COLLECTIVE
MOMENT, SEPARATE IN THEIR
VEHICLES.
BUT STILL TOGETHER, CELEBRATING
EID.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS
IN THE MUSLIM CALENDER.
>> WE ARE LIKE VERY LUCKY TO
HAVE IT MAKING DRIVE-THRU.
>> Reporter: THIS CELEBRATION IS
ALL THE MORE NEEDED, SAYS THIS
FATHER.
>> IT'S FOR KIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE
SO BORED STAYING AT HOME FOR
SUCH A LONG TIME.
SO NOW, LIKE, TO GET OUT AND TO
HAVE FUN, YOU KNOW, AND
ESPECIALLY IN THIS OCCASION SO
IT'S VERY FOR SURE VERY HAPPY
FOR THEM.
>> Reporter: A SIMILAR EVENT WAS
HELD IN MONCTON, WHERE
8-YEAR-OLD ZECHARIAH CELEBRATED
WITH HIS DAD.
>> IT'S COOL.
I DO MISS THE OTHER TIMES BUT WE
HAVE TO DO THIS FOR SAFETY.
>> Reporter: AND IN YELLOWKNIFE,
TO MARK THE OCCASION, A
PHYSICALLY DISTANCED BARBECUE.
>> AT THIS TORONTO MOSQUE,
FRIDAY PRAYERS TOO CAME WITH
COVID PRECAUTIONS AS WORSHIPERS
REFLECTED ON THE MEANING OF THE
DAY.
>> THE MESSAGE OF HOPE, THE
MESSAGE OF RESILIENCY AND WE'RE
REALISING WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO
US AND WHAT MATTERS TO US.
THIS PANDEMIC DOES LOTS OF
CHALLENGES.
>> Reporter: MANY OF THOSE
CHALLENGES REMAIN BUT TODAY, AT
LEAST WAS A HAPPY REPRIEVE.
ELLEN MAURO, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: 9,000 CANADIANS WITH
COVID-19 HAVE DIED.
CBC NEWS IS TELLING THEIR
STORIES THROUGH A SPECIAL
PROJECT CALLED "LIVES
REMEMBERED."
TONIGHT TONY REMEMBERS HIS
MOTHER.
>> Reporter: MY NAME IS TONY.
I LOST MY MOTHER, THELMA, TO
COVID-19 APRIL 17th, 2020.
SHE WAS 86-YEARS-OLD.
MY MOM WAS BORN IN WHITNEY PEER,
SID KNOW, CAPSYDNEY, CAPE BRETON.
SHE LEFT CAPE BRETON AND WENT TO
HALIFAX.
SHE ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN
NAVY RESERVES.
TO ME THAT SAYS A LOT.
A YOUNG, BLACK WOMAN AT THE AGE
OF 16, TO TAKE THAT STEP OF THE
SHE WAS THE FIRST.
SHE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE.
SHE BECAME THE BASE COMMANDER'S
SECRETARY.
SHE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN
ADVOCATING FOR PROPER PENSIONS
FOR THOSE THAT WORKED IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS SHE HAD
DONE THAT SURPRISES ME.
[*]  
>> Reporter: MY MOM ALWAYS LOVED
MUSIC.
AFTER SHE RETIRED, SHE JOINED
THE NOVA SCOTIA MASS CHOIR.
FROM THE '90s UP UNTIL ABOUT
FOUR YEARS BEFORE HER DEMENTIA
HIT.
MY MOM JUST LOVED IT.
WHEN SHE WAS DOING THE MASS
CHOIR, YOU COULD SEE HER FACE
LIGHT UP.
AS A MEMBER OF THE SAINT THOMAS
BAPTIST CHURCH, SHE ENJOYED SHER
MASSES.
AND I'LL STOP THERE BECAUSE I'M
STARTING TO GET EMOTIONAL
THINKING ABOUT HOW -- THAT
FILLED HER UP WITH JOY.
I HAD A MOM THAT WAS THERE FOR
ME NO MATTER WHAT.
HER INFLUENCES MAKE ME THE MAN I
AM THAT TODAY.
WHO I AM, IS ESSENTIALLY -- I'M
MY MOTHER'S SON.
>> Ian: WE HAVE MORE STORIES AT
CBC.CA/REMEMBERED.
>>> AHEAD TONIGHT, CALLING ON
SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE CANADIAN
FILM INDUSTRY BUT FIRST --
[*]  
>> Ian: THE MESSAGE BEHIND
BEYONCE'S NEW VISUAL ALBUM.
SUPER FANS ON "BLACK IS
[*]  
>> Ian: BEYONCE IS RELEASED A
VIDEO ALBUM CELEBRATING BLACK
CULTURE AND ANTIBLACK RACISM.
BUT WHILE SOME QUESTION WHETHER
BLACK IS KING WILL HAVE THE
POWER TO CHANGE THINKING, ELI
GLASSNER TELLS US IT'S AN
EAGERLY AWAITED BY HER LOYAL
FANS.
>> SHE HAS A STAGE PRESENCE THAT
IS SECOND TO NONE.
>> Reporter: BEYONCE'S SUPER
FAN, ANDRE GORDON, HAS SEEN HIS
QUEEN IN CONCERT TWICE.
AND HAS BIG PLANS FOR TODAY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO POP OUR
POPCORN AND BRING OUR SNACKS AND
WINE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY BRING
OUR BEYONCENESS.
>> Reporter: WHAT BEYONCE
BROUGHT THEM IS A CELEBRATION OF
AFRICAN CULTURE INSPIRED BY HER
WORK ON THE LION KING.
>> YOU CAN'T WEAR A CROWN WITH
YOUR HEAD DOWN.
>> THE QUESTION IS, WHO ARE YOU?
>> BETTER UNDERSTAND BEYONCE,
WRITER-PRODUCER PLAYED ME SOME
OF HER FAVOURITE JAMS.
>> WE ARE HERE, WE'VE ARRIVED.
WE CANNOT TAKE US OUT OF THIS
SPACE WE'RE ON.
AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS BEE SO BEYONCE
HAS A HISTORY OF USING HER MUSIC
TO SEND A MESSAGE.
>> TALKING ABOUT BLACK WOMEN'S
LIBERATION, BLACK MOTHERHOOD,
AND INJECTING FEMINIST LYRICS
AND WORKS INTO HER WORKS, WHICH
I THINK IS UNPRECEDENTED.
[*] 
>> Reporter: BEYONCE IS OFTEN
USED HER CELEBRITY TO LIFT UP
OTHER ARTISTS.
>> SHE MADE SURE THAT HER
"VOGUE" COVER WAS SHOT BY A
BLACK MAN.
>> Reporter: THE FACT SHE'S SO
UNIQUE, SAYS A LOT.
>> IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HER
PARTICULAR SKILLS AND IT'S A
TESTAMENT TO THE KIND OF FEMALE
BLACKNESS THAT THE WORLD IS
WILLING TO ACCEPT.
>> FOR THIS SUPER FAN, BEYONCE
IS REDEFINING WHAT IS MEANS TO
BE BLACK.
>> IT'S FINALLY TIME THAT AFRICA
HAS A VOICE AND WE HAVE THIS
LOVELY PIECE OF HISTORY TO LOOK
BACK ON AND THINK OH MY GOD, IT
WASN'T ALWAYS THE HARD TIME, WE
HAVE BEAUTY AND WE HAVE
INTELLECT.
>> Reporter: AT A TIME WHEN THE
PANDEMIC IS EFFECTING PEOPLE OF
COLOUR, WHAT FANS ARE GETS
ASKING A BOOSTER SHOT OF BLACK
PRIDE.
ELI GLASSNER, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: BLACK FILMMAKERS ARE
STANDING UP AGAINST ANTIBLACK
RACISM.
THEY'RE UNDER FENDED COMPARED TO
THEIR PEERS.
A JAELA BERNSTEIN TELLS US
THEY'RE STANDING IN AND OUT A
BID TO PRODUCE CHANGE.
>> IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE FILM
AND TELEVISION IN CANADA AS A
BLACK REEIGHT OR.
>> Reporter: VARIOUS AWARDS AND
ACCOLADES, JENNIFER SAYS GETTING
FUNDING ISN'T GETTING EASIER.
>> I'M THE MOST SENIOR BLACK
FILMMAKER IN THE COUNTRY.
I HAVE $45,000 IN DEVELOPMENT.
THEY GIVE UP $40 MILLION A YEAR.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT INSPIRED
HER TO DEMAND CHANGE.
>> WE'VE ALL BEEN PUNCHING IT
OUT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND
THESE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS, NO ONE
NOTICED AND NO ONE SEEMED TO
CARE AND WE FELT LIKE WE HAD TO
SAY SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: IT WAS THIS LETTER
SIGNED BY FILMMAKERS AND SENT TO
THE HER DAMAGE MINISTER.
IT CALLS OUT ANTIBLACK RACISM IN
THE CANADIAN CREAN-BASED
INDUSTRY AND THE CREATION OF A
BLACK SCREEN OFFICE, THEY MET
WITH THE MINISTER THIS WEEK.
AFTERWARDS, STEPHEN GILL BEAU'S
OFFICE ISSUED THIS STATEMENT
CALLING THE MEETING AN IMPORTANT
STEP IN OUR COMMITMENT TO CREATE
MORE SPACE FOR DIVERSE STORIES
AND PERSPECTIVES IN ORDER TO
MAKE LASTING CHANGES.
TELE FILM CANADA IS ALSO
PLEDGING TO DO BETTER.
>> DO YOU THINK THERE'S
ANTIBLACK RACISM IN CANADIAN
SCREEN BASED INDUSTRIES IN
GENERAL.
DO YOU THINK IT'S A PROBLEM THAT
EXISTS.
>> I THINK IT DOES AND THE
EXISTENCE OF THAT SYSTEMIC
RACISM.
>> Reporter: THERE'S BEEN RECENT
CALLS FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY ON
WHICH FILMMAKERS ARE GETTING
MORE FUNDING.
>> WE WATCHED DATA TO SHOW IN
FACT, SYSTEMIC RACISM HAS KEPT A
LOT OF FILMMAKERS OUT OF SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: IT'S GOING TO SHARE
MORE ABOUT HOW IT'S FUNDING IS
ALLOCATED AND DO MORE TO HIRE
AND SUPPORT PEOPLE FROM UNDER
REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.
>> >> IT'S A GENUINE COMMITMENT
AND THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION
WITH THEM.
>> Reporter: SHE'S HOPEFUL AND
SHE HAS A LOT TO COVER AS A FILM
MAKER  AND HOPE TO SEE THE
BARRIERS IN HER WAY BROKEN DOWN.
JAELA BERNSTEIN, CBC NEWS,
MONTREAL.
>> Ian: NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
A STORY THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
DISNEY CLASSIC.
THIS FOX AND HOUND AND THEY'RE
UNLIKELY FRI
Ah, I love music!
Announcer: From their homes...
Gotta get in shape for this.
Gotta record that one.
Announcer: ..to yours...
Go east coast!
Man: I can now say I'm working
 from home.
How Canadian was this?
Announcer: Junos 365
Songwriter's Circle.
>> Ian: THE FOX AND THE HOUND
MIGHT SOUND LIKE THE TITLE OF AN
OLD MOVIE BUT IN ALBERTA, IT'S
REAL.
HANK THE DOG, AND WILLOW THE
FOX, ARE BEST FRIENDS.
THEIR UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP FORMED
SUDDENLY AND IT'S OUR "MOMENT."
ONE DAY SHE APPEARED AND IT'S
BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS NOW SO SHE
JUST FOLLOWS THE DOG EVERYWHERE.
HE IS AN INSIDE DOG BUT WHEN WE
LET HIM OUT, THEY'RE STUCK
TOGETHER.
I WAS LIKE OH MY GOSH, SHE'S
ADORABLE.
SO OF COURSE, SHE'S JUST A PUP.
WHEN WE FIRST SAW HERRERS SHE
WAS JUST FOLLOWING HIM AND I
JUST CALLED MY HUSBAND AND I WAS
LIKE LOOK, THEY'VE BEEN
INSEPARABLE.
I'VE CALLED HER WILLOW SO IF I
GIVE HER A YODELL, SHE'S POP UP
AND LOOK FOR HIM.
HE GETS DOWN AND THEY PLAY AND
CHASE EACH OTHER BACK AND
FOURTH.
I HAVE ANIMALS AND I'M OUT HERE
ALL THE TIME WITH THEM SO THEY
FOLLOW ME AROUND AND SHE JUST
TAGS ALONG.
I LIKE HAVING HER AROUND.
>> Ian: WENDY SAYS WILLOW CAN
STICK AROUND AS LONG AS WILLOW
WANTS UNLESS, AND YOU DRAW THE
LINE SOMEWHERE, UNLESS WILLOW
KILLS ONE OF THOSE GOATS.
AND THEN WILLOW HAS TO GO.
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
JULY 31ST, GOOD NIGHT.
