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>>> Interview: OH, MY GOD,
DUDE!
>> Wendy: CHASED FROM THEIR
HOMES BY FAST-MOVING FLAMES.
>>> GOOD EVENING, I'M WENDY
MESLEY, AND THIS IS "THE
NATIONAL."
>>> MORE THAN 200 WILDFIRES ARE
NOW BURNING IN B.C.
>> Interview: WE ALL HAD TO
GO.
>> Wendy: MORE HELP IS ON THE
WAY.
>>> IN QUÉBEC, A DRAMATIC RESCUE
AT A SUSPICIOUS SENIORS HOME
FIRE.
>>> DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS
TO BATTLE CYBERSECURITY BY
TEAMING UP WITH RUSSIA.
YEP, THE COUNTRY ACCUSED OF
HACKING THE U.S. ELECTIONS.
>>> AND DOES OMAR KHADR DESERVE
A $10 MILLION SETTLEMENT?
(*)
>>> BRITISH COLUMBIA IS ON HIGH
ALERT TONIGHT AS A GROWING
NUMBER OF WILDFIRES RAGE ACROSS
THE PROVINCE.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
BEEN FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES
WHILE MANY MORE AWAIT WORD TO
PACK UP AND LEAVE AT A MOMENT'S
NOTICE.
THIS IS THE CURRENT SITUATION...
220 ACTIVE FIRES ARE BURNING
ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
THAT'S ABOUT 50 MORE THAN
YESTERDAY.
MANY ARE OUT OF CONTROL WITH NO
RELIEF IN SIGHT.
TODAY THOUGH PROVINCIAL AND
FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED MORE
HELP IS ON THE WAY.
ANITA BATHE STARTS OUR COVERAGE
TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: WINDY CONDITIONS
MEAN LITTLE PROGRESS, IF ANY,
HAVE BEEN MADE IN FIGHTING THE
GROWING NUMBER OF WILDFIRES.
THE SITUATION IS LIKELY TO GET
WORSE WITH THE HOT AND DRY
WEATHER.
>> Interview: THE SERVICE
CREWS WITH HELICOPTERS AND
BOMBERS BOMBING THE WEST SIDE OF
THE RIVER TO KEEP THE FIRE FROM
SPREADING ACROSS THE RIVER AND
ALSO TO SAVE ONE OF THE HOUSES
ACROSS THE RIVER HERE ON THE
RESERVE.
>> Reporter: ESTHER WAS FROM
THE ASHCROFT IRNDIAN RESERVE.
>> Interview: WE HAD TO GO
REALLY FAST TO GET AWAY FROM MY
HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS COMING UP
THE VALLEY, UP THE GULLY OR
WHATEVER.
AND IT'S JUST -- WE ALL HAD TO
GO, RUN FAST, GET OUT OF THERE.
>> Reporter: SPYE HAD TO FLEE
HER HOME WITHOUT HER CAT, SOCKS.
>> Interview: HE WOULDN'T COME
OUT AND I COULDN'T GET HIM, HE
WAS SCARED AND I DON'T KNOW IF
HE'S ALIVE OR ANYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS.
>> Reporter: IN WILLIAMS LAKE,
THE SITUATION IS DIRE, WITH MORE
EVACUATIONS AND NOW REPORTS OF
LOOTING FROM PEOPLE'S ABANDONED
HOMES.
>> Interview: THEY TOOK THE
MEAT OUT OF OUR FREEZER AND THEY
TOOK I BELIEVE OUR 42-INCH FLAT
SCREEN TV OUT OF OUR LIVING ROOM
AND THE PORTABLE D.V.D. PLAYER
AND THEY TOOK MY HUSBAND'S
SHOTGUNS AND I THOUGHT HOW CAN
YOU DO THAT TO SOMEBODY WHO IS
GOING THROUGH SUCH TRAUMA RIGHT
NOW AND COME TAKE THEM WHEN
THEY'RE MOST VULNERABLE AND TAKE
THEIR STUFF.
LIKE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH
ENOUGH.
>> Reporter: TODAY
PREMIER-DESIGNATE JOHN HORGAN
TOURED SOME OF THE WORST HIT
AREAS.
OUTGOING PREMIER CHRISTY CLARK
IS MAKING $100 MILLION AVAILABLE
TO THE RED CROSS AS WELL AS $600
IMMEDIATELY FOR EACH REGISTERED
EVACUEE.
>> Interview: WE ARE GOING TO
BE I THINK DEPLOYING CANADIAN
ARMED FORCES TO SUPPORT US IN
ANY EVACUATIONS SHOULD IT BE
REQUIRED.
SO THEY'RE STANDING READY TO --
STANDING READY TO JUMP IN IF WE
NEED THEM.
>> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS ARE
ON THEIR WAY FROM OTHER
PROVINCES TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE
EXHAUSTED CREW MEMBERS WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK.
THE SENSE IS THOUGH THIS FIGHT
IS NOWHERE NEAR OVER.
ANITA BATHE, CBC NEWS, KAMLOOPS.
>> Wendy: TO GET A SENSE OF
WHAT THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE UP
AGAINST, I SPOKE TO B.C.'S CHIEF
FIRE INFORMATION OFFICER EARLIER
TONIGHT.
KEVIN SCREPNIK IS IN KAMLOOPS.
SO, KEVIN, TRYING TO GET A SENSE
OF HOW HORRIFIC THIS IS.
AND CANADIANS ARE SO FAMILIAR
WITH THE FIRES IN FORT
McMURRAY, IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT COULD EQUAL THAT KIND OF
HORROR?
>> Interview: WHAT WE'RE
SEEING IS NOT YET AT THE LEVEL
OF FORT McMURRAY IN TERMS OF
THE SIZE AND THE POPULATIONS
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT GIVEN
THE AMOUNT OF FIRE THAT WE HAVE
ON THE LAND SCAPE RIGHT NOW AND
THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING
ANY REPRIEVE IN TERMS OF THE
WEATHER, CERTAINLY FOR THE NEXT
THREE TO FIVE DAYS, THERE'S
POTENTIAL OUT THERE FOR THIS TO
GET QUITE A BIT WORSE.
HAVING SAID, THAT I DON'T WANT
TO SPECULATE ON ANYTHING THAT'S
HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND WE'RE
DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO
PROTECT THESE COMMUNITIES AND
KEEP THE HIGHWAYS AND THE
TRANSPORTATION ROUTES OPEN AND
TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE ABREAST OF
WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> Wendy: WHAT IS THE SCARIEST
THING, IS IT THE WEATHER?
>> Interview: THE WEATHER IS
THE DRIVING FORCE HERE, WENDY.
WE HAD TWO TO THREE WEEKS OF HOT
AND DRY CONDITIONS, UNACCEPTABLY
WARM HERE IN B.C. AND THAT'S SET
THE STAGE FOR WHERE WE ARE TODAY
AND IT KICKED OFF FRIDAY WHEN WE
HAD A REALLY INTENSE WEATHER
SYSTEM COME THROUGH AND
THOUSANDS OF STRIKES OF DRY
LIGHTNING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PART OF THE PROVINCE AND THAT'S
WHAT SET THE STAGE FOR WHERE
WE'RE AT TODAY.
YOU KNOW, ALMOST A DOZEN MAJOR
INTERFACE FIRES BURNING ACROSS
THE PROVINCE AND EARNTIRE
COMMUNITIES EVACUATED AND A LOT
OF HIGHWAYS AFFECTED AND,
UNFORTUNATELY IT LOOKS LIKE FROM
THE WEATHER PERSPECTIVE THAT
WE'RE IN FOR MORE OF THE SAME
FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
>> Wendy: SO I KNOW THAT THE
FIRES AREN'T UNDER CONTROL BUT
IS THE FIREFIGHTING EFFORT WHAT
YOU WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE?
>> Interview: GIVEN THIS LEVEL
OF ACTIVITY, IF THIS TEMPO IS
GOING TO CONTINUE, IT IS GOING
TO START TO STRETCH OUR
RESOURCES SO WE'RE LOOKING
AHEAD, ONE TO TWO WEEKS IN TERMS
OF HOW LONG THIS LEVEL OF FIRE
COULD CONTINUE.
SO WE ARE BRINGING IN RESOURCES
FROM OUT-OF-PROVINCE AND WE'RE
REACHING OUT TO OUR PARTNER
AGENCIES ACROSS CANADA, IN THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF 300 PERSONNEL
STARTING TO ARRIVE MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE FOREST
INDUSTRY HERE IN B.C. AND
THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF TRAINED
CREWS IN FIREFIGHTING.
WE'RE MOVING OUR OWN RESOURCES
AROUND AS WELL TO PRIORITY AREAS
OF THE PROVINCE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'VE GOT AS MANY RESOURCES
WHERE THEY CAN DO THE MOST GOOD.
FURTHER TO THAT, BRINGING IN
MORE AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT AS
WELL, REALLY, SO WE CAN BRING IN
AS MANY RESOURCES TO BEAR IN
TERMS OF ADDRESSING THIS
SITUATION.
>> Wendy: KEVIN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THIS AND GOOD LUCK TO
YOU ALL.
>> Interview: THANK YOU.
MY PLEASURE.
>> Wendy: AND TONIGHT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED
THAT IT WILL SEND IN THE
MILITARY TO HELP.
THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE
HAS DEPLOYED TWO PLANES, FIVE
HELICOPTERS, AND PERSONNEL TO
SUPPORT CREWS FIGHTING THE
FIRES.
>>> SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO FLED THE
FIRES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED WORD
THAT THEIR PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED.
INCLUDING SUSAN SMITH WHO LIVED
IN THE BOSTON FLATS TRAILER
PARK.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE NOW
STAYING WITH FRIENDS IN
KAMLOOPS.
>> Interview: WE LOST
EVERYTHING AND SO DID EVERYBODY
ELSE IN THE TRAILER PARK.
LIKE, ALL OF THE TRAILERS AND
EVERYTHING ARE JUST LAYING FLAT.
WE PROBABLY WON'T EVEN BE ABLE
TO SAVE A PICTURE.
WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD
GET TO OUR TRAILER PARK, YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE OH, THIS WON'T
HAPPEN TO ME.
BUT, GUESS WHAT, IT DID.
THERE'S SO MANY OF US, NOT JUST
GARY AND I, THERE'S, WHAT, 40,
50 HOMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
IN THE TRAILER PARK.
AND EVERYBODY IS OUT NOW, YOU
KNOW, LIKE THE WHOLE TRAILER
PARK IS GONE.
>> Wendy: SUSAN SMITH.
ONE LAST NOTE TO GIVE YOU AN
IDEA OF THE SIZE OF SOME OF
THESE FIRES.
IF YOU ARE TO ADD UP THE SIXTH
LARGEST FIRES, THEY WOULD COVER
A COMBINED AREA OF ABOUT 15,000
HECTARES OR 150 SQUARE
KILOMETRES.
THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF
APPROXIMATELY 37 STANLEY PARKS.
>>> TO OTHER NEWS NOW... THERE
WAS A DRAMATIC RESCUE OPERATION
IN SUBURBAN MONTREAL THIS
MORNING AFTER A HUGE FIRE RIPPED
THROUGH A SENIORS HOME.
DOZENS OF RESIDENTS WERE PULLED
TO SAFETY BUT ONE PERSON HAS NOW
DIED.
AND AS MATT DEMURE REPORTS,
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER
THE FIRE WAS DELIBERATELY SET.
>> Reporter: NEIGHBOURS WERE
STARTLED AWAKE BY THIS... A FIRE
RAGING THROUGH THE OASIS SENIORS
RESIDENCE.
FIREFIGHTERS WORKED THROUGH THE
NIGHT RESCUING RESIDENTS AND
TRYING TO GET THE FLAMES UNDER
CONTROL.
THIS NEIGHBOUR SAYS HE HELPED A
WOMAN TO GET OUT.
>> Interview: SO WE CAME
OUTSIDE AND MY SON CALLED 911
RIGHT AWAY AND THEN HE CAME AND
HELPED TO TAKE -- GETTING SOME
PEOPLE OUT.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, IT STARTED
IN THE BASEMENT.
WWITHIN TWO MINUTES THE FLAMES
WERE RIGHT UP TO THE ROOF.
>> Reporter: EYEWITNESSES SAY
THAT A MAN ON THE TOP FLOOR OF
THE RESIDENCE WAS SCREAMING OUT
OF HIS WINDOW FOR HELP AND THE
FIREFIGHTERS HADN'T ARRIVED ON
THE SCENE AND THERE WERE NO
LADDERS, SO POLICE PUSHED THIS
TRAMPOLINE OVER THE FENCE AND
PLACED IT UNDER THE WINDOW AND
TELLING THE MAN TO JUMP OUT BUT
HE SAID HE COULDN'T BECAUSE HE
WAS PARALYSED.
FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED MINUTES
LATER AND WERE ABLE TO RESCUE
THE MAN WITH A LADDER.
POLICE SAY THAT 45 PEOPLE WERE
RESCUED.
11 PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO
HOSPITAL.
THREE HAD SERIOUS INJURIES,
INCLUDING A 94-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
WITH SERIOUS BURNS WHO LATER
DIED.
AND WHAT IS EVEN MORE SHOCKING
THIS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AN
ACCIDENT.
>> Interview: SOME SUSPICIOUS
ELEMENTS WERE FOUND BUT I WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU MORE
DETAILS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
SUSPICIOUS COMPONENT BECAUSE OF
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING THIS
WAS WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE
BUILDING.
CHARRED WOOD, TWISTED METAL AND
A CAVED IN ROOF.
A PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL SAYS THAT
SPRINKLERS WERE BEING INSTALLED
IN THE RESIDENCE BUT SHE DOESN'T
KNOW IF THEY WENT OFF.
SHE DID SAY THAT THE SYSTEM WAS
SCHEDULED TO BE TESTED IN THE
COMING DAYS.
MATT DEMURE, CBC NEWS,
TERREBONNE.
(*)
>> Wendy: COMING UP... IRAQ
DECLARES A MAJOR VICTORY AGAINST
ISIS BUT IS THIS WHAT WINNING
LOOKS LIKE?
>>> PLUS, DENOUNCED IN THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS AND LATER GIVEN THE
ORDER OF CANADA.
>> Interview: WHAT A GREAT
COUNTRY, EH.
>> Wendy: THE MAN BEHIND
AISLIN, TERRY MOSHER.
>>> FOR SOME, WATCHING THE G20,
DONALD TRUMP'S MEETING WITH
RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS
HEAVY ON COOPERATION AND TOO
LIGHT ON CONFRONTATION AND TODAY
TRUMP MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE SEES
THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND IT'S
TIME, QUOTE, TO MOVE FORWARD.
IN WASHINGTON TONIGHT AMID A NEW
TWIST IN THE SCANDAL OVER HIS
CAMPAIGN'S ALLEGED LINKS TO
RUSSIA, HE'S ONLY RAISED MORE
QUESTIONS.
EVAN DYER HAS MORE.
(*)
* MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP
GAVE HIMSELF GREAT REVIEWS FOR
HIS PERFORMANCE IN HAMBURG AND
THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY RELEASED A
VIDEO SHOWING THE PRESIDENT
SURROUNDED BY ADMIRING FOREIGN
LEADERS AND DONALD TRUMP TWEETED
OUT... BUT IT WAS HIS PROPOSAL
TO SET UP A CYBERSECURITY UNIT
WITH RUSSIA, THE VERY COUNTRY
THAT AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES SEE AS THE MAIN THREAT
TO U.S. CYBERSECURITY, THAT DREW
THE STRONGEST REACTIONS,
INCLUDING FROM HIS OWN PARTY,
SENATOR MARCO RUBIO WROTE THAT
"PARTNERING WITH PUTIN ON A
CYBERSECURITY UNIT IS AKIN TO
PARTNERING WITH ASSAD ON A
CHEMICAL WEAPONS UNIT."
>> Interview: THE MORE YOU DO
THIS THE MORE PEOPLE ARE
SUSPICIOUS ABOUT YOU AND RUSSIA.
>> Reporter: PROPOSAL SEEMED
TO CEMENT A VIEW, EVEN AMONG
SOME REPUBLICANS, THAT IT WAS
PUTIN WHO EMERGED VICTORIOUS
FROM THE LONG-AWAITED SITDOWN AS
MANY WARNED WOULD HAPPEN.
ASH CARTER SAID THAT TRUMP HAD
BEEN PLAYED.
>> Interview: THIS IS LIKE THE
GUY WHO ROBBED YOUR HOUSE AND
PROPOSING A WORKING GROUP ON
BURGLARY.
IT'S THEY WHO DID THIS.
>> Reporter: IT'S CERTAIN TO
ANGER THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES WHO HAVE NO ABILITY TO
SHARE SENSITIVE INFORMATION.
>> Interview: HE'S THROWING
THEM UNDER THE BUS SO IF YOU'RE
IN THE F.B.I. AND THE C.I.A. AND
IF YOU'RE PART OF THIS, THIS IS
SETTING UP AN INCREDIBLE TENSION
THAT I CAN'T RECALL ANY MODERN
U.S. PRESIDENT HAVING.
>> Reporter: FORMER C.I.A.
DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN EVEN USED
THE WORD "TREASON."
>> Interview: THE PROCESS OF
COMMITTING TREASON AGAINST ONE'S
COUNTRY TAKES PLACE IN AN
UNWITTING FASHION IN THE EARLY
STAGES.
>> Reporter: AS "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" HAD DETAILS ABOUT A
MEETING HELD LAST YEAR BETWEEN
DONALD TRUMP JR., AND JARED
KUSHNER, AND PAUL MANAFORT AND A
KREMLIN CONNECTED RUSSIAN
LAWYER.
DONALD TRUMP JR. SAID THAT
LAWYER HAD PROMISED DAMAGING
INFORMATION ABOUT HILLARY
CLINTON BUT IT ALL CAME TO
NOTHING.
AS FOR THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF,
TRUMP'S LAWYERS DENY HE KNEW
ABOUT THE MEETING.
EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> Wendy: DONALD TRUMP
BACKTRACKED ON THE NOTION OF A
JOINT CYBERSECURITY UNIT WITH
RUSSIA AND HE TWEETED, QUOTE,
THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN
AND I DISCUSSED THE
CYBERSECURITY UNIT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT I THINK IT CAN HAPPEN -- IT
CAN'T, BUT A CEASEFIRE CAN AND
DID.
AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
CEASEFIRE IN SYRIA.
>>> WHATEVER COOPERATION THAT
TRUMP THINKS HE CAN GET IN OTHER
AREAS, ON RUSSIA'S INVOLVEMENT
IN UKRAINE, THEY ARE INTENT ON
STANDING FIRM.
SOMETHING THAT THE U.S.
SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON
UNDERLINED TODAY IN KYIV.
>> Interview: IT IS NECESSARY
FOR RUSSIA TO TAKE THE FIRST
STEP TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION
IN THE EAST PART OF UKRAINE.
>> Wendy: TILLERSON SAID THAT
SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA FOR ITS
INVASION OF CRIMEA AND
ACTIVITIES IN EASTERN UKRAINE
WON'T BE LIFTED UNTIL RUSSIA
WITHDRAWS.
THEY CALLED TILLERSON'S TRIP TO
KYIV, QUOTE, A CLEAR SHOW OF
SUPPORT.
TILLERSON DIDN'T STOP THERE AND
HE FLEW ON TO ISTANBUL TO MEET
WITH TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTER
AND REASSURE THAT ALLY.
TURKEY IS CURIOUS OVER U.S.
RELIANCE ON KURDISH FORCES TO
FIGHT ISIS IN SYRIA.
ANKARA SAYS THOSE FORCES HAVE
LIFICS TO TERRORIST GROUPS
INSIDE TURKEY.
ISTANBUL ALSO HOSTED A MASSIVE
PROTEST RALLY.
DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE
TURKISH GOVERNMENT'S ARREST OF
TENS OF THOUSANDS AFTER LAST
YEAR'S FAILED COUP.
PROTEST WAS A CULMINATION OF AN
OPPOSITION PARTY'S 450-KILOMETRE
MARCH FROM ANKARA TO ISTANBUL.
ORGANIZERS SAY THAT MORE THAN A
MILLION PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO THE
RALLY.
>>> THE GRUELING CAMPAIGN TO
LIBERATE MOSUL FROM ISIS HAS
TAKEN MORE TIME AND TAKEN MORE
LIVES THAN MANY ANTICIPATED, BUT
TODAY IRAQ'S PRIME MINISTER
THANKED HIS TROOPS IN PERSON FOR
THEIR VICTORY, A SIGN THAT THE
FIGHT AGAINST ISIS HAS MOVED
INTO A NEW PHASE.
REBECCA COLLARD HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE IRAQI
FORCE'S VICTORY MARCH, HOISTING
GUNS AND FLAGS, THEY PARADE
THROUGH THE STREETS OF MOSUL.
THE IRAQI PRIME MINISTER ARRIVED
IN MOSUL TODAY TO CONGRATULATE
HIS FORCES ON LIBERATING THE
CITY FROM ISIS.
BUT THERE IS STILL FIGHTING IN
MOSUL.
ISIS FORCES ARE STILL HOLED UP
INSIDE THE OLD CITY AND ARE
PUTTING UP FIERCE RESISTANCE IN
THE FEW STREETS THEY STILL
CONTROL.
IT TOOK ISIS JUST DAYS TO TAKE
MOSUL IN 2014, BUT IT HAS TAKEN
MORE THAN EIGHT MONTHS OF HARD
FIGHTING FOR IRAQI FORCES TO
TAKE THE CITY BACK.
>> Interview: [speaking
foreign language].
>> Reporter: ISIS DEPLOYED
SNIPERS ON THE ROOFS AND THE
BUILDINGS, AND THEY TARGETED
THEM, HE SAYS.
ISIS IS TO BLAME FOR THE
DESTRUCTION AND DAMAGE IN THE
CITY.
MOSUL IS IN RUINS.
SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
MORE THAN 900,000 PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN DISPLACED BY THE FIGHTING
AND IT'S UNLIKELY THAT MANY WILL
BE RETURNING HOME ANYTIME SOON.
THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS
CELEBRATING TAKING BACK THE
COUNTRY'S SECOND LARGEST CITY
FROM ISIS.
BUT THE BATTLE AGAINST THE
MILITANTS ISN'T OVER.
ISIS STILL CONTROLS TERRITORY
SOUTH AND WEST OF MOSUL.
AND THEY'RE LIKELY TO PUT UP
MORE TOUGH RESISTANCE AS IRAQI
FORCES ADVANCE.
>> Interview: THIS IS THE END
OF THE SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE,
THE CALIPHATE BUILDING PROJECT.
THEIR ATTEMPT TO KIND OF CREATE
A STATE.
IT'S CERTAINLY THE END OF THAT
BUT IS THIS THE END OF ISIS?
NO.
THE ORGINISATION WILL CONTINUE
TO EXIST.
IT'S CHANGED ITS STRATEGY AND
IT'S CHANGED IT STRUCTURES.
>> Reporter: MEANING THAT ISIS
CAN RETURN TO ITS ROOTS AS A
GUERRILLA INSURGENCY.
THE REGION HAS MANY MORE HARD
MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS AHEAD.
REBECCA COLLARD, CBC NEWS,
IRBIL, NORTHERN IRAQ.
>> Wendy: STRAIGHT AHEAD ON
THE "SUNDAY TALK," THE
$10 MILLION PAYOUT THAT IS
PROVOKING STRONG REACTIONS
ACROSS THE COUN
* ["The National" theme]
And this is something else that's in use now,
and will one day be a part of every home.
It's called the video phone.
It's very simple to use.
Pick up the dial, punch the buttons...
And I just press a button and here I see Lloyd, hi!
Hi, Sandy.
And how are you?
I'm fine, thank you. I can't see you yet.
You can't see me? You can just punch up a button.
Oh, there you are, there you are.
See, I'm right in front of the lens.
Beautiful, mhm.
Very good, but I can control this.
if I'm off centre, you can't see me anymore.
So...
You'd only want to do that if you weren't properly dressed,
though, wouldn't you?
Right, so there'll be no peeking at ladies
when they're dripping wet and fresh from the tub.
* [eerie, futuristic]
Say, what's going on here?
Hey, what's your name, what are you doing?
Je m'appelle William Liberman, et je prends le Français.
Oh, he says he's Willy Liberman,
and he's learning how to speak French.
Well, tell me how this little machine works, Willy.
Well, this is a teaching machine, and it's very simple.
Even an adult could use it. [chuckles]
You see, in this box on magnetic tapes
are 22 15-minute French lessons.
Mhm.
So say I want lesson number five.
I turn the dial and pull the switch.
Yes.
Now, after each phrase in French, there's a pause
so if I want, I can repeat the phrase
into this microphone right here.
Mhm.
And it will be recorded on another channel.
Later, I can turn back and hear both myself and the teacher
and I can check my pronunciation.
That's great.
Say, Willy, how would you like to have
a nice, juicy hot dog?
Oh, oui monsieur!
Oui? Bon, très bien! Sandy, can we use your oven?
By all means, get right in there.
[speaking French]
Lloyd, Willy's machine is not experimental,
it's actually being used in schools today.
Lloyd: Well now, here, Sandy, I see a very old
and a very beautiful painting.
It looks great, but I don't quite see the point.
What's this got to do with the future?
Well it is very beautiful, I agree, and it's real.
It was painted by Aelbert Cuyp.
And it was painted in the 17th century,
and now hangs in the art gallery in Toronto.
It's worth about $20,000.
You see, some things won't change.
Ovens and telephones and teaching aids
may get newer and more progressive,
but this painting represents something
which is very dear to us-- and that something,
in a word, is art.
* ["The National" theme]
>> Sometimes I think how lucky
I would be to have me
as my father.
I would look up at me
and say, "Thank you, me,
for allowing me
to become such a great you."
(*)
>> Wendy: TIME NOW FOR THE
"SUNDAY TALK" WHERE WE TAP INTO
THE DEBATE OF THE WEEK.
DOES OMAR KHADR DESERVE A
$10.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT?
(*)
BORN IN CANADA, OMAR KHADR'S
CHILDHOOD WAS STEEPED IN AL
QAEDA IDEOLOGY.
HIS FATHER, A FRIEND OF OSAMA
BIN LADEN, TOOK HIM TO
AFGHANISTAN TO FIGHT.
WHEN THE U.S. INVADED AFTER
9/11, 15-YEAR-OLD KHADR WAS SHOT
AND CAPTURED, ACCUSED OF
THROWING A GRENADE THAT KILLED
AMERICAN SOLDIER CHRISTOPHER
SPEER.
HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST DETAINEE
AT THE NOTORIOUS U.S. PRISON IN
GUANTANAMO.
HE WAS SUBJECTED TO SLEEP
DEPRIVATION AND DENIED LEGAL
COUNSEL.
>> Interview: HE WAS A VICTIM
AND HE WASN'T A MASTERMIND AND A
PERPETRATOR OF ANYTHING.
>> Wendy: THE CANADIAN SUPREME
COURT RULED KHADR'S HUMAN RIGHTS
WERE VIOLATED AND THAT CANADA
SHARED THE BLAME.
AFTER HE PLED GUILTY TO WAR
CRIME, KHADR WAS ALLOWED TO
SERVE THE REST OF HIS TIME IN
CANADA, BUT LATER RECANTED HIS
CONFESSION, SAYING THAT HE'D
BEEN UNDER DURESS.
HE SUED THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
FOR $20 MILLION.
ALL ALONG KHADR HAS BEEN A
POLARIZING FIGURE.
>> Interview: OMAR KHADR IS A
LONG-TIME SUPPORTER OF THE CADE
TERRORIST NETWORK AND A
CONVICTED TERRORIST.
>> Wendy: CONSERVATIVES TRIED
TO KEEP HIM BEHIND BARS BUT AN
ALBERTA COURT RELEASED HIM ON
BAIL.
THEY SETTLED THE CASE PAYING HIM
$10.5 MILLION.
>> Interview: A CANADIAN
CITIZEN'S CHARTER RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED.
AS A RESULT, THE GOVERNMENT OF
CANADA WAS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A
REMEDY.
>> Interview: THIS PAYOUT IS A
SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE MEN AND
WOMEN IN UNIFORM WHO FACE
INCREDIBLE DANGER EVERY DAY TO
KEEP US SAFE.
>> Wendy: I'M JOINED BY OUR
PANELISTS, A TALK RADIO HOST
FROM TORONTO AND JONATHAN KAY,
AN AUTHOR AND FREELANCE
COLUMNIST, AND ASHLIN KAREN
WITH iPOLITICS.
SO THIS IS REALLY DIVIDED, THE
MEDIA IS DIVIDED ANDA I AND CANADIANS
IN GENERAL.
WAS THAT RIGHT OR WRONG?
>> Interview: I THINK THAT IT
WAS WRONG AND AS YOU SAID THERE
WAS A VIOLATION OF OMAR KAD AD'S
RIGHTS FOUND BY THE SUPREME
COURT.
DOES THAT ENTITLE HIM TO
$10.5 MILLION, THAT'S A QUESTION
TO LOOK AT HERE AND THERE'S NO
MONETARY AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THE
SUPREME COURT'S DECISION.
IT WAS NOT IN A CIVIL PROCEEDING
BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT
LETTING CIVIL PROCEEDING PLAY
OUT HERE AND THEY'RE SAYING WE
FIGURED WE WOULD LOSE SO LET'S
CUT OUR LOSSES, ESSENTIALLY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COURT
WOULD HAVE FOUND AND WE ALSO
DON'T KNOW IN THIS CASE, YOU
KNOW, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO
OMAR KHADR'S CLAIM IN THE UNITED
STATES, THAT HIS CONVICTION
SHOULD BE OVERTURNED AND HE DID
SAY THIS UNDER DURESS AND SO THE
COURT HAS NOT RULED ON THAT
EITHER.
SO IT'S HYPOCRITAL FOR THIS
GOVERNMENT THAT IS PURSUING
OTHER CASES FOR VETERANS'
PENSIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT SENT
PAYING OUT ADDITIONAL SUMS TO
FIRST NATIONS CHILDREN WHO ARE
FOUND TO HAVE THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATED BY THE COURTS AS WELL,
TO SUDDENLY CAPIPT OU CAPITULATE IN THIS
CASE.
>> Interview: AND THEY ARE
DECIDING WHICH TO PROCEED ALL
THE WAY BUT I DISAGREE THAT THIS
IS VERY MUCH, OH, WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND WE HAVE
NOW A BUNCH OF RULINGS BY THE
SUPREME COURT THAT SAY THAT HIS
RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED AND WE KNOW
THAT THE CHARTER DOES APPLY TO
CANADIANS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT
TERRITORY YOU FIND YOURSELF ON,
AS A CANADIAN AND A CANADIAN IS
A CANADIAN.
AND THOUGH MORALLY AND POLITICAL
WE WE MIGHT NOT LIKE THE
JUDGMENT BUT LEGALLY I THINK
THAT IT'S SOUND.
>> Wendy: WHAT DO YOU THINK,
JOHN, DOES HE DESERVE IT, AND
THE ARGUMENT IS MADE THAT HE'S A
CHILD SOLDIER.
>> Interview: MOST FORMS OF
LITIGATION END IN A SETTLEMENT
OR PLEA BARGAIN AND IT'S HARDLY
UNUSUAL THAT THIS WOULD BE
SETTLED BEFORE A CASE GOES ITS
FULL LENGTH.
FROM A MORAL POINT OF VIEW, I
THINK THAT HE DESERVES IT AND HE
WAS A 15-YEAR-OLD CHILD AS
MENTIONED AND HE WAS THE
YOUNGEST DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO
AND IT WAS, YO YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
TO GO BACK TO THE SECOND WORLD
WAR TO FIND AN INSTANCE WHERE
SOMEONE THAT YOUNG WAS TREATED
THE WAY THAT OMAR KHADR WAS
TREATED AND IT WAS COMPLETELY
UNUSUAL.
EVEN GIVEN THE LACK OF DUE
PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE AT
GUANTANAMO AND IN AFGHANISTAN
DURING THAT PERIOD, THIS STOOD
OUT AS A PARTICULARLY EGREGIOUS
EXAMPLE VIOLATING THE RIGHTS OF
SOMEONE WHO IS A CHILD AND WHO
IS PROGRAMMED FROM YOUTH TO BE A
TERRORIST.
I DON'T THINK THAT HE HAD THE
SAME MORAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR
HIS ACTIONS THAT SOMEONE LIKE
HIS DAD DID OR THE OTHER
DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO.
>> Wendy: YOU WROTE A PIECE
THIS WEEK SUGGESTING THAT HE WAS
SCAPEGOATED, WHAT DO YOU THINK,
BEYOND THE LEGAL ARGUMENTS HERE?
>> Interview: IT SEEMS THAT
KHADR IS THE LIGHTNING POST FOR
A LOT OF THE FRUSTRATION THAT IS
FELT BY THE RIGHT IN TERMS OF
HOW THIS GOVERNMENT HAS HANDLED
A BUNCH OF ISSUES AND I THINK
THAT THEY ARE SCAPEGOATING HIM
AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE
WILLINGLY MISLEADING THE PUBLIC
EVEN IN TERMS OF HAVING PETER
MacKAY, THE FORMER ATTORNEY
GENERAL, HE SHOULD KNOW FULL
WELL THAT THE CHARTER APPLIES TO
CANADIANS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE
FOUND IN CANADA OR NOT.
AND YET YOU HEAR HIM SPEWING OUT
TALKING POINTS AND I SAY THAT
ERIN O'TOOLE HAS GONE OUT THERE
ON MURKY WATER WHO BY HIMSELF IS
ALSO A LAWYER AND SO HE SHOULD
KNOW BETTER AND THAT'S WHAT I
FIND TROUBLING ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS NOT JUST FEELINGS BUT
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LAW.
>> Interview: THE CHARTER DOES
APPLY AND I WOULDN'T GO AS FAR
AS THE POLITICIAN WHOSE SAY THAT
IT'S JUST A MORAL OUTRAGE AND
THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE SHOULD
IGNORE THE CHARTER.
I THINK THAT THE CHARTER DOES
APPLY BUT THE ISSUE IS, LIKE I
SAID, THERE'S THE ISSUE OF THE
QUANTUM AND THERE'S THE ISSUE
ALSO OF THE FACT THAT KHADR
HIMSELF NOW WITH THIS MONEY HAS
THIS GONE TO THE LAWYERS,
PROBABLY.
APPARENTLY SPLIT THE MONEY WITH
THE LAWYERS AND THAT'S THE
REPORTS OUT THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING
THE MOTIVATIONS AS WELL HERE AND
HE'S GOING TO BE BENEFITING FROM
A SUM OF MONEY AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT
MONEY AS WELL, IS IT GOING TO GO
TO HELP TO DEFEND HIS SISTER
ZAINAB, IN CUSTODY FOR ALLEGEDLY
TERRORIST RELATED ACTIVITIES AS
WELL?
>> Wendy: IN TURKEY.
>> Interview: IN TURKEY,
EXACTLY.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE OF
HIS FAMILY CONNECTIONS AND I
HEAR THAT HE WAS PROGRAMMED FROM
CHILDHOOD AND ONE COULD SAY THAT
HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT DID HE HAVE
NO CHOICE TO THROW THAT GRENADE
THAT HE ADMITTED THROWING THAT
KILLED PRIVATE SPEER?
THAT FACT THAT HE ADMITTED HAS
NOT BEEN RAISED.
>> Interview: IT WASN'T IN A
PROPER COURT OF LUAND AN
ADVERSERIAL PROCEDURE --
>> Interview: BUT THE COURT
HAS TO RULE ON IT AND THEY HAVE
NOT DONE SO.
>> Interview: HE DID ADIN
TOYOTA THROWING THE GRENADE BUT
IT COMES BACK TO THE FACT THAT
IT WASN'T A BATTLEFIELD.
WHEN YOU VIEW THE TERM TERRORIST
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
BLOW UP BUSES AND RESTAURANTS
AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SERGEANT SPEER, WHO WAS THE
VICTIM, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY
HORRIBLE THAT HE DIED BUT HE
DIED DOING WHAT HE WAS TRAINED
TO DO.
HE DIED IN A PITCHED FIREFIGHT
IN AFGHANISTAN.
AND IT'S NOT -- WHEN PEOPLE SAY
HE WAS A TERRORIST, YES, HE WAS
TRAINED TO BE A TERRORIST BUT IT
WAS ACTUALLY A MILITARY
ENGAGEMENT IN WHICH THIS TOOK
PLACE.
AND I SHOULD SAY --
>> Interview: WELL, IN THE
MILITARY TRIBUNAL -- YOU'RE
SAYING IT'S A MILITARY
ENGAGEMENT -- BUT THE RULES
SHOULD APPLY.
>> Interview: THE RULES OF DUE
PROCESS AT A MILITARY TRIBUNE
ARE NOT THE SAME AS IN CANADA
AND IT'S CLEAR THAT CHILDREN
WERE SUBJECT TO SUBJECT
EXEMPTIONS IN THOSE MILITARY
TRIBUNES.
>> Wendy: WE HAVE THREE
LAWYERS HERE SO THIS COULD GET
VERY DEEP.
BUT A LOT OF CANADIANS, THEY
DON'T GET IT.
AND YOU TWEETED TODAY, JOHN,
THAT A LOT OF YOUR JOURNALIST
FRIENDS AGREE WITH YOU BUT THAT
REGULAR PEOPLE DON'T.
IS THE GOVERNMENT -- I'M SURE
THAT YOU THINK THEY ARE, TASHA,
IS THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF TOUCH
ON THIS QUESTION?
>> Interview: I MEAN --
>> Wendy: DO YOU THINK THAT HE
DESERVES IT AND THAT PEOPLE CAN
UNDERSTAND THAT?
>> Interview: I THINK THERE'S
A VERY GOOD REASON WHY PEOPLE
ARE ANGRY AND I DON'T FAULT
PEOPLE FOR BEING ANGRY ABOUT THE
SITUATION BUT THE REALITY IS
THAT HAD PREVIOUS LIBERAL AND
CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENTS NOT
FAILED KHADR'S RIGHTS ABROAD WE
WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION
AND THE FACT IS THAT THE HARPER
GOVERNMENT TOOK THIS TO COURT AS
LONG AS THEY COULD AND EVEN WHEN
THE 2010 RULING DID COME OUT
FROM THE SUPREME COURT THEY
WAITED ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO
ACTUALLY REPATRIATE HIM.
>> Interview: YES, AND THERE'S
NO QUESTION, YES, THEY WAITED
THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
IS THAT THE VIOLATION THAT IS
BEING FOUND HERE BY THE SUPREME
COURT?
NO, THE SUPREME COURT SAID THAT
IT WAS CANADA'S INVOLVEMENT IN
SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH THE
UNITED STATES AND --
>> Wendy: BUT BEYOND THE LEGAL
ARGUMENT, TASHA, DO YOU THINK
THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS MISREAD
CANADIANS?
>> Interview: ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER
CASES OUT THERE, OTHER
SITUATIONS, WHERE THEY HAVE
CHOSEN TO PURSUE CASES AT
TAXPAYER EXPENSE.
>> Interview: IF I CAN JUST IN
THOUGH -- I THINK THAT THE --
PERHAPS THE TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT
UNDERESTIMATED HOW MUCH PEOPLE
WOULD OBJECT TO THIS.
BUT SOMETIMES IT IS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENTS TO
DO UNPOPULAR THINGS.
AND I SHOULD SAY TWO THINGS THAT
MIGHT EXPLAIN THE POPULAR
RESPONSE.
ONE, ONCE YOU LABEL SOMEONE A
TERRORIST IT'S A MAGIC DEZ
DESIGNATION SAYING THAT YOU CAN
DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH THEM,
AND I REJECT THAT AND THERE'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T AND THEY
SAY THAT KHADR IS A TERRORIST
AND THROW THE BOOK AND IT
DOESN'T MATTER.
AND THERE'S THE CYNICAL TALKING
POINT THAT YOU OFTEN SEE ON
TWITTER, WELL, THIS IS A SLAP IN
THE FACE TO THE MEMORY OF
SERGEANT SPEER.
YOU CAN MOURN SERGEANT SPEER BUT
SAY THAT SERGEANT SPEER WAS
KILLED BY SOMEONE WHO WAS
PROGRAMMED TO KILL AS A CHILD
AND HE WAS MISTREATED IN PART --
>> Interview: BUT THEY TRY
CHILDREN AS ADULTS IN CERTAIN
CASES, WE DO.
WE DON'T ASCRIBE NO
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> Interview: BUT DUE PROCESS,
WHICH WASN'T THE CASE --
>> Interview: JOHN, WE DON'T
KNOW, YOU WEREN'T THERE, AND I
THINK THAT THE FACT THAT IN THIS
CASE -- THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE
IS THE OPTICS OF IT.
SERGEANT SPEER, HIS WIDOW,
TABITHA SPEER, AT THIS POINT
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT
FOR HER BECAUSE THE PAYOUT HAS
BEEN DONE TO ACCESS ANY OF THIS
MONEY.
AND I THINK THAT IS ALSO PART OF
IT IS THE SENSE THAT THERE'S
BEEN A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IN
THAT THERE WAS AN APPLICATION
FILED TO GET WHATEVER
COMPENSATION THAT COULD BE
OBTAINEOBTAINED AND THIS WAS RUSHED
THROUGH, AND THE PAYOUT WAS MADE
WHICH --
>> Interview: THIS IS LIKE A
10-YEAR ORDEAL.
>> Interview: AND IT WAS FILED
ON 2-8 BY TABITHA SPEER'S
LAWYERS.
>> Wendy: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
THE WAY THAT THIS WAS HANDLED
AND THE PRIME MINISTER WAS OUT
OF THE COUNTRY AND WE STILL
DON'T KNOW DETAILS.
>> Interview: THEY PAID OUT
OTHER PEOPLE WHOSE RIGHTS HAVE
BEEN VIOLATED AND WE DON'T KNOW
THE DETAILS AND WE DON'T KNOW
THE DETAIL OF ANY OF THESE DEALS
THAT GO DOWN.
>> Interview: MAHER ARAR --
>> Interview: THERE'S THREE
MEN IN MARCH WHO WERE PAID OUT
AND THE GENERAL SECRECY AROUND
THESE DEALS STANDS AND I AGREE
THAT IT'S NOT EQUIVALENT
SITUATIONS BUT I THINK THAT
ULTIMATELY WHEN YOU HAVE A
GOVERNMENT THAT IS STANDING UP
TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN THE
FACE OF, YOU KNOW, OUTRAGE, I
THINK THAT AS JOHN POINTED OUT
THEY DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
AND THE RESPONSIBILITY ISN'T TO
FEELINGS AND HOW WE FEEL ABOUT
THINGS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY IS
TO THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF
RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.
>> Interview: AND THE EXACT
SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE OBJECTING
SAYING THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
INFORMATION AND IF THEY WERE
PROVIDED WITH ALL OF THE
INFORMATION THEY WOULD OBJECT
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE
SOMEONE LABELLED A TERRORIST TO
GET THE MONEY.
>> Interview: I AGREE WITH YOU
BUT PEOPLE LIKE MAHER ARAR WAS
IN PRISON FOR A YEAR AND HE DID
NOTHING WRONG AND THERE YOU CAN
SAY THAT HIS RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED AND COMPENSATION WAS
PROVIDED.
IS THERE AN EQUIVALENCY THERE?
NO.
AND STEVEN TRESTRESCOTT GOT
$6.5 MILLION FOR HIS 10 YEARS IN
JAIL.
>> Wendy: WELL, THE RELEASE OF
THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER
WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OUT OF
THE THE COUNTRY, ONE, YOU COULD
SUSPECT THAT THE LIBERALS ARE
HOPING THAT THIS WILL BLOW OVER.
>> Interview: IT WILL BLOW
OVER AND ULTIMATELY FOR THEM --
>>> Interview: I DON'T THINK
THAT IT WILL BLOW OVER AT ALL.
>> Interview: YEAH, PEOPLE TWO
YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THEY GO TO
VOTE AREN'T GOING TO THINK ABOUT
THE KHADR PAYMENT AND THEY'LL
THINK ABOUT HOW THE ECONOMY IS
AND --
>> Interview: I'M NOT AN
EXPERT AS I HAVE DEMONSTRATED IN
THE PAST, HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY
THAT KHADR'S NAME WILL BE USED
AS A DOG WHISTLE.
AND IT WILL BE TO SAY THAT
TRUDEAU IS SOFT ON TERRORISM AND
HE'S GOING TO LET GUYS LIKE THIS
INTO THE COUNTRY.
>> Wendy: WE ARE OUT OF TIME,
I'M SORRY, I KNOW THAT WE COULD
GO ON, THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A
POLITICAL WEEK FOR A HOT DAY IN
JULY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE'LL SEE
YOU SOON.
>>> COMING UP, MY CONVERSATION
WITH A CANADIAN WHO HAS
LAMPOONED MORE THAN OF HIS
SHARES OF PRIME MINISTERS.
>> Interview: PEOPLE THINK
THAT I HATE MULRONEY, IT'S NOT
TRUE AT ALL.
>> Wendy: POLITICAL CARTOONIST
TERRY MOSHER, A.K.A., AISLIN,
NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL."
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>> Wendy: THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN POLITICAL CARTOONISTS
SERVED A ROLE NOW LARGELY FILLED
BY LATE-NIGHT COMEDIANS.
IT WAS A SHARP-EYED SATIRIST
WITH A PEN WHO SKEWERED
POLITICIANS.
IN THIS COUNTRY THERE AREN'T
MANY SHARPER THAN TERRY MOSHER,
A.K.A. AISLIN.
HE'S WORN PRAISE AND SCORN FOR
MOCKING CANADA'S ELITE FOR
DECADES.
EARLIER THIS YEAR I CAUGHT UP
WITH AISLIN IN MONTREAL, AND THE
AGE OF TRUDEAU NAVIGATING TRUMP
WE THOUGHT IT FITTING TO SHARE
THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN.
CANADA MAY HAVE A REPUTATION OF
BEING BORING AND BEAUTIFUL.
(*)
BUT OUR HISTORY MAY BE MORE SEX,
DRUGS AND ROCK 'N ROLL THAN MANY
THINK.
FEW STORYTELLERS HAVE STIRRED UP
AS MUCH CONTROVERSY OR HAD AS
MUCH FUN COVERING OUR COUNTRY AS
CARTOONIST TERRY MOSHER, A.K.A.
AISLIN.
>> Interview: I HAVE A KIND OF
NERVOUS-LOOKING PAUL MARTIN.
>> Wendy: HE LAMPOONS EVERY
POLITICIAN, EVERY MOMENT WE
LOVED OR HATED OVER THE PAST 50
YEARS, FROM THE ARRIVAL OF
SEPARATISTS TO TRUDEAU-MANIA
ROUND ONE.
TO OUR RELIGIOUS FERVOR OVER
HOCKEY.
HIS DRAWINGS HAVE SKEWERED JUST
ABOUT EVERYONE.
>> Interview: IT'S SO EASY TO
POKE FUN AT THESE PEOPLE WHEN
THEY SORT OF PRETEND TO HAVE ALL
OF THE ANSWERS.
OH, SHIT.
HELLO, YOU KNOW.
>> Wendy: THESE DAYS
EVERYTHING IS FAIR GAME.
BUT NOT SO 50 YEARS AGO.
THE QUEEN WAS OFF LIMITS UNTIL
AISLIN CROSSED THAT LINE.
HE DETAILS IT ALL IN HIS NEW
BOOK "FROM TRUDEAU TO
TRUDEAU: 50 YEARS OF CARTOONING"
I MET UP WITH TERRY MOSHER,
AISLIN, AT THE THEATRE IN
MONTREAL WHERE AN XC EXHIBIT IS
CELEBRATING HIS LIFE'S WORK.
SO 50 YEARS OF CARTOONING,
MOSTLY MONTREAL-BASED, HOW MUCH
HAS THE COUNTRY CHANGED, HOW
MUCH HAS QUÉBEC CHANGED?
SO MUCH IS ABOUT QUÉBEC AND
CANADA.
>> Interview: I GOT TO CARTOON
IN THE HEYDAY OF THOSE WONDERFUL
REFERENDUM YEARS AND P.Q. YEARS
AND IT'S QUIETING DOWN HERE, NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
>> Wendy: IS THAT A GOOD
THING?
>> Interview: WELL, MAYBE NOT
FOR ME SO MUCH.
BUT IT'S A GOOD THING FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE FINALLY REALIZING THAT
QUÉBEC IS A PRETTY GOOD PLACE
AND IT'S RUN PRETTY MUCH BY
QUEBECERS NOW SO THERE'S NOT
THAT OLD ANGER THAT SAY JACQUES
PERIZEAU HAD ABOUT THE ENGLISH.
IT'S CHANGED.
YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE KIND OF FED
UP WITH US AND THEY'D RATHER BE
ON THE INTERNET.
>> Wendy: I NOTICED A FEW OF
YOUR CARTOONS ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FRENCH
AND THE ENGLISH AND ONE FROM
MANY YEARS AGO WAS ENGLISH DOGS!
>> Interview: YEAH, YEAH.
LIKE THE SUBTLE COMPLEXITIES OF
THE POLITICAL SITUATION HERE IN
QUÉBEC.
>> Wendy: VERY SUBTLE, YEAH.
>> Interview: YEAH.
AND THE GRAFFITI SAYS SPEAK
FRENCH ENGLISH DOGS.
THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN THAT
SORT OF THING HAPPENED.
>> Wendy: ANOTHER ONE AFTER
THE LAST REFE REFERENDUM, THE SECOND
REFERENDUM WHICH WAS THE
FRANCOPHONE AND THE ANGLOPHONE
SORT OF SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER
AND SAYING BONJOUR, SYLVIE.
>>> Interview: THAT WAS CALLED
FOR AND THE SECOND REFERENDUM
WAS VERY INTENSE AND IT WAS VERY
CLOSE, THE FINAL VOTE.
AND I JUST FELT THAT I HAD TO
DRAW A CARTOON, NOT OF THE
WINNER OR NOT OF THE LOSER, BUT
OF TWO ORDINARY PEOPLE --
NEIGHBOURS.
>> Wendy: OUT ON THEIR
BALCONY.
>> Interview: ON THEIR
BALCONIES.
AND ONE IS TAKING IT DOWN AND
HE'S LOOKING OVER AND HE SAYS,
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN SYLVIE AND
SHE'S SAYING BONJOUR, FRANK.
AND, IN OTHER WORDS, WE GO OUT
OF THE AND WE GO BACK TO BEING
OURSELVES AGAIN.
>> Wendy: BECAUSE I THINK THAT
PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF QUÉBEC DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW ONE SIDE COULD
TRY AND TAKE THE PROVINCE AWAY
AND YET PEOPLE STILL SOMEHOW
MANAGED TO GET ALONG.
>> Interview: WELL, WE DO
MANAGE TO GET ALONG.
PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF HOCKEY.
I MEAN, NO MATTER YOUR POLITICAL
STRIPE OR PERSUASION, EVERYBODY
IS A HOCKEY FAN HERE.
AND THAT KIND IS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT PULLS US TOGETHER.
>> Wendy: LIKE A RELIGION?
>> Interview: YES, YES, AND I
STARTED THAT WITH A CARTOON
INDICATING THAT THE NEW
REGULATION IN QUÉBEC WAS HOCKEY.
>> Wendy: THE OTHER CARTOON
THAT YOU DID WAS VERY FAMOUS, IT
WAS R NERCENE LEVESQUE SAYING, OKAY,
EVERYBODY, TAKE A VALIUM.
>> Interview: THAT WAS WHEN
THE P.Q. WAS ELECTED IN 1976 AND
I WALKED INTO THE EDITORIAL
OFFICE AND ALL OF THE WRITER HIS
WHITE FACES BECAUSE THE RESULTS
WERE COMING IN AND IT WAS
CLEARLY GOING TO BE A MAJOR P.Q.
VICTORY AND HOW SIMPLY IT
HAPPENED WAS ALL THESE JERKS
COULD USE A VALIUM AND I WENT
BACK TO MY DRAWING BOARD AND
DREW RENE LEVESQUE, OKAY,
EVERYBODY, TAKE A VALIUM AND
THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE REACTION,
PARTICULARLY IN THE ENGLISH
COMMUNITY, YEAH, IT'S NOT THE
END OF THE WORLD.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT A LOT
OF AP ANGLOS LEFT BUT MORE OF US
STAYED AND WE TOOK OUR VALIUM
AND YOU'RE BETTER MONTREALERS
FOR IT.
>> Wendy: YOU GAVE A HECK OF A
VALIUM AT SOME POINT?
>> Interview: I DID, I DID.
IT WAS FUNNY.
I WON A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER AWARD
ONE YEAR AND HE WAS A GUEST IN
TORONTO AND AS A JOKE AT THE
PARTY BEFORE THE NATIONAL
NEWSPAPER AWARDS, I SAID,
MR. LEVESQUE, I HAVE A GIFT FOR
YOU.
YOU KNOW, OH, SO I HANDED HIM A
10-MILLIGRAM VALIUM WHICH IS A
PRETTY POWERFUL THING AND
LEVESQUE, GOD BLESS HIM, HE
LOOKED AT IT AND HE HAD HIS
SCOTCH AND HE TOOK IT.
AND EVERYBODY KIND OF LIKE WHOA!
AND HIS SPEECH DIED HALFWAY
THROUGH THE EVENING AND HE BEGAN
SLURRING AND THIS AND THAT AND
THE OTHER AND I TAKE FULL CREDIT
FOR THAT.
BY THE WAY, AT ONE POINT WE'RE
PRETTY GOOD FRIENDS AND HE WAS A
GOOD SPORT ABOUT IT UP UNTIL THE
END.
HE ENJOYED THE CARTOONS.
>> Wendy: I CAN SORT OF TELL
LOOKING AT THE CARTOONS WHICH
PEOPLE YOU LIKED THE MOST.
>> Interview: I THINK THAT YOU
CAN'T HELP.
I MEAN, MY STEPHEN HARPER
CARTOONS ARE NOT REMARKABLE, I
DON'T THINK.
I NEVER MET -- I THINK THAT HE'S
THE ONLY PRIME MINISTER THAT I
NEVER MET.
SO THERE WAS NO ENTHUSIASM ABOUT
THAT GUY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'D WALK
AROUND A CORNER TO MEET HIM,
QUITE HONESTLY.
>> Wendy: MULRONEY --
>> Interview: OH!
>> Wendy: YOU CERTAINLY
ENJOYED DRAWING HIS.
>> Interview: PEOPLE THINK
THAT I HATED MULRONEY AND IT'S
NOT TRUE AT ALL.
I ENJOYED WATCHING HIM AND HE
WAS FROM MONTREAL AND WE ALL
KNEW HIM AND THE IRISH BLUSTER
AND VERY PLEASED WITH HIMSELF.
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>> Interview: HE WAS REALLY
PAIPARANOID ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WROTE
ABOUT HIM AND HE WAS TERRIBLY
INSECURE ABOUT THAT.
SO IT BEGAN TO REALLY BECOME
VERY EASY FOR ME IN CARTOONS TO
BEGIN TO POINT OUT ODDITIES.
>> Wendy: HIS CHIN.
>> Interview: HIS CHIN, WELL,
THE OLD EXPRESSION IS THAT NOT
THAT HIS CHIN WAS SO BIG, HE HAD
NO NECK.
NOT TRUE.
SO EARLY ON ONE OF MY FAVOURITE
CARTOONS, HE WAS BOASTING ABOUT
WHAT THE CARTOONISTWITH HIS CHIN
AND HE WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH
THAT SO I PUT IT IN A BRASSIERE.
>> Wendy: HOW DID HE REACT TO
THAT?
>> Interview: NOT VERY WELL OR
IT WAS MILA WHO WAS UPSET ABOUT
THAT.
BUT YOU CAN'T CARE ABOUT THAT
SORT OF THING.
>> Wendy: WHEN YOU WERE
STARTING OUT YOU PUSHED THE
LIMITS FOR A WHILE.
>> Interview: YEAH.
>> Wendy: WHAT WAS TABOO?
>> Interview: THE ROYAL
FAMILY.
THERE WAS A HUGE BLOW UP ABOUT
MY ROYAL FAMILY CARTOONS IN THE
1970s.
>> Wendy: ONE THE QUEEN WITH
PRINCE PHILIP --
>> Interview: ON HER KNEE AND
NOBODY HAD DRAWN EVEN A CRITICAL
CARTOON OF THE QUEEN IN THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE MEDIA UP TO
THAT POINT OR EVER.
IT WAS JUST FORBIDDEN.
SO THE MONARCHIST LEAGUE WENT
NUTS ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> Wendy: I NOTICED HER
FEET --
>> Interview: THEY'RE SORT OF
BIGGER SUGGESTIONS IN HER LITTLE
FEET WHICH YOU JUST PLAY AROUND
WITH.
>> Wendy: SO YOU WERE ASKING
FOR TROUBLE.
YOU WERE ASKING FOR IT.
>> Interview: IN A WAY, YEAH,
IN A WAY.
AND THEN A FEW YEARS AGO, 2008,
THE OBAMAS VISITED BUCKINGHAM
PALACE AND I THINK THAT IT WAS
THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL SORT OF
VISIT AND MICHELLE OBAMA WASN'T
ALL OF THAT FAMILIAR WITH
PROTOCOL, RIGHT, SHE IS TALL,
AND SHE TOUCHED THE QUEEN,
RIGHT?
AND HER HAND WAS STRATEGICALLY
LOCATED SO I DREW THIS SO
MICHELLE OBAMA IS SAYING WHO
KNEW?
[laughter]
NOT ONE LETTER OF COMPLAINT.
>> Wendy: REALLY?
>> Interview: SO THINGS CHANGE
IN TERMS OF PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF
THINGS.
>> Wendy: SO IN 1967, PIERRE
TRUDEAU WAS STARTING A POLITICAL
CAREER AND NOW YOU'VE GOT
ANOTHER ONE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE TWO OF
THEM, HOW DO THEY COMPARE?
>> Interview: I -- ALL RIGHT,
THE TWO TRUDEAUS, IT'S NOT AS IF
THEY'RE TWEEDEL DUM AND TWEEDLE
DEE.
BUT THEY'RE VERY SMART AND
CLEVER PEOPLE AND I DON'T THINK
THAT PEOPLE REALISED HOW SMART
AND CLEVER JUSTIN TRUDEAU WAS.
EVEN THESE COLUMNISTS, ANDREW
COIN ANCOYNE AND OTHERS WERE DISMISSING
HIM AS AN AIRHEAD AND THEY WERE
WRONG.
THAT ELECTION WILL GO DOWN IN
THE HISTORY BOOKS AND I REMEMBER
MY FAVOURITE CARTOON AND HIS
FAVOURITE CARTOON WAS JUST
BEFORE THE ELECTION IS JUSTIN
PEERING OUT AND SAYING WE'RE
LEADING BY A HAIR.
[laughter]
AND THAT WAS IT, EXACTLY.
I MEAN, AND THEY JUST -- SO HE'S
DESPITE THE SELFIES, HE'S
DEVELOPED RESPECT AMONGST THE
POPULIST IN CANADA AND HE'S HIS
OWN MAN.
>> Wendy: YOU PORTRAY HIM
OFTEN SHIRTLESS?
>> Interview: WELL, HE OFFER
APPEARS SHIRTLESS, YOU GO WITH
WHAT YOU'VE GOT, WENDY, RIGHT?
AND MY FIRST DRAWING WAS JUSTIN
TRUDEAU WAS HIM DRIVING IN HIS
FATHER'S CAR TO OTTAWA BUT THEN
THE SUNNY WAYS THING CAME ALONG
SO I TOOK THE CAR TO B CARTOON AND I ADD
A SUN THING AND HE STARTED TO GO
AROUND SHIRTLESS SO I TOOK HIS
SHIRT OFF SO IT'S INTERESTING
HOW THIS CARTOON HAS EVOLVED
THROUGH DIFFERENT PHASES.
>> Wendy: SO I NOTICE THAT YOU
HAVE AN ORDER OF CANADA.
>> Interview: THEY HAD AN
EXTRA ONE HANGING AROUND.
>> Wendy: YOU WERE DENOUNCED
IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YEARS
AGO.
>> Interview: WHAT A GREAT
COUNTRY, HUH?
10 YEARS BEFORE I GOT THE ORDER
OF CANADA I WAS DENOUNCED IN THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS BY THE TORIES
OF A CARTOON DRAWN OF BRIAN
MULRONEY AND MUCH OUTRAGE AND
INDIG NANCY AND THEN 10 YEARS
LATER I GOT THE ORDER OF CANADA
AND IT'S A GREAT COUNTRY.
>> Wendy: IT'S BEEN A REAL
PLEASURE.
>> Interview: THANKS, WENDY,
NICE TO HAVE TALKED TO YOU.
>> Wendy: YEAH, THANK YOU.
I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF
INTERESTING PEOPLE ON SUNDAY
NIGHTS THIS YEAR AND YOU CAN
CHECK OUT THOSE INTERVIEWS AND A
LOT MORE ON OUR YouTube
CHANNEL, GO TO
YouTube.COM/CBCTHENATIONAL
AND YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE AND LET US
KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
>>> COMING UP A CANADIAN WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP WIN THAT IS NOT
HOCKEY.
PLUS...
>>> A MUSIC FESTIVAL TAKES A
UNIQUE APPROACH TO FIGHT DRUG
OVERDOSES, THAT'S NEXT O
* [serene]
[footsteps crunching in snow]
*
Suicide is a huge problem here in this town.
We lost so many friends.
My best friend Johnny
committed suicide.
During his funeral at the church,
I didn't cry.
Not until he was good and put down six feet
down for the last time I was going to see him.
*
It broke my heart in to a million pieces.
* [uplifting]
[speaking alternate language]
* [upbeat]
*
Loudspeaker: Thank you for supporting
the annual dance competition.
[crowd chattering]
[speaking alternate language]
[no audio]
[applause]
[speaking alternate language]
[applause]
* [techno]
[cheering]
*
[cheers and applause]
*
[cheers and applause]
[indistinct over loud speaker]
[applause]
*
Before I was just a quiet guy, shy guy.
But now I'm not shy anymore
because I want
people to be more happier.
[horn blares]
(*)
>> Wendy: WITH THE RISING
NUMBER OF OPIOID DEATHS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, A WINNIPEG MUSIC
FESTIVAL IS TAKING A NEW
APPROACH TO DRUG USE, ARMING
FIRST AID CREWS WITH KITS IN
CASE ANYONE OVERDOSES.
KATIE NICHOLSON REPORTS.
(*)
[singing]
>> Reporter: WITH ITS MELLOW
FAMILY-FRIENDLY DEMOGRAPHIC,
IT'S NOT THE MOST LIKELY VENUE
FOR HARD DRUG USE.
BUT THE WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL
ISN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.
ITS FIRST AID STAFF ALL TRAINED
TO ADMINISTER NALOXONE, JUST IN
CASE ANYONE OVERDOSES ON
OPIOIDS.
PATRICK DIDN'T NEED TRAINING,
THE FESTIVAL VOLUNTEER IS ALSO A
MEDIC.
>> Interview: AND FENTANYL
POPPED UP IN THE NEWS A LOT.
>> Reporter: YOU DON'T NEED TO
BE A DOCTOR TO USE THE KITS.
>> Interview: IT'S THAT EASY
TO USE THAT WE CAN TRUST ANYONE
TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THESE KITS
AND ADMINISTER THEM SO IT MAKES
SENSE, ESPECIALLY AT A FESTIVAL
WHERE THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR
OVERDOSES AND IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH
A NATURAL THING TO HAVE ON HAND.
>> Reporter: FESTIVAL
ORGANIZERS SAY THERE'S NOT BEEN
A DRUG OVERDOSE HERE IN 10 YEARS
STILL --
>> Interview: IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY A NEED BUT MUCH LIKE
HAVING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN
THE HOME, YOU HOPE THAT YOU
NEVER HAVE A FIRE BUT YOU WANT A
FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
>> Reporter: IT'S ONE IN THE
CANADA TO BE READY FOR OPIOID
OVERDOSES AND THEY HAVE
DISTRIBUTED CARDS TO HELP THE
VOLUNTEERS RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS
OF AN OVERDOSE.
>> Interview: AND MORE
INFORMATION IN OUR BACK POCKET,
THE BETTER.
>> Reporter: FESTIVAL-GOERS
SAY THEY HAVE CREATED A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> Interview: THERE'S A LOT OF
VOLUNTEERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEY CHECK ON YOU AND MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYONE IS DOING FINE
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> Interview: I KNOW IF
ANYTHING HAPPENED I WOULD BE
SAFE.
>> Reporter: FESTIVAL HASN'T
HAD TO USE ANY OF THE NALOXONE
KITS YET AND PEOPLE IT SEEMS ARE
CONTENT JUST GET THEIR FIX OF
MUSIC.
KATIE NICHOLSON, CBC NEWS,
WINNIPEG.
>> Wendy: THERE WAS A HUGE
BASKETBALL WIN FOR CANADA TODAY.
THE CANADIAN MEN'S TEAM WON THE
WORLD UNDER-19 BASKETBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
BEATING ITALY 79-60.
BEFORE TODAY A CANADIAN
BASKETBALL TEAM HAS NEVER WON A
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT ANY LEVEL,
MAKING IT CANADA'S FIRST EVER
WORLD BASKETBALL TITLE.
(*)
>>> ANOTHER CANADIAN FIRST,
HOSTING THE WORLD INDIGENOUS
NATION'S GAMES.
THE CLOSING CEREMONY AND PARADE
OF NATIONS CAPPED A NINE-DAY
EVENT SOUTH OF EDMONTON.
1500 ATHLETES CAME TO CANADA
FROM 29 COUNTRIES.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK... WE'LL
HAVE MORE ON THE B.C. WILDFIRES.
(*)
*
Reporter: Under the instruction of the Bank of Canada,
two Ottawa firms do most of the processing of currency.
Two years ago, it was decided to bring out
Canadian Elizabethan dollars.
The product of the work that began then
will be seen this week when the new bills come into use.
Oh!
Let's get some open here to give to the tellers.
Reporter: The new bills look a little strange at first--
a more mature Queen Elizabeth is on the front;
robins claim territory on the back.
The bills are more detailed, more colourful.
The bold numbers make it easier
for visually impaired people to use;
but visually, they don't appeal to everyone.
I don't like them.
It's ugly, that's... why should we change?
Canada's new one dollar coins
came tumbling off the mint's money presses today,
and some people are already calling them loonies.
They're made of nickel, copper, and recycled old tin cans.
They're gold coloured and they have 11 sides.
Last fall, a courier service lost the original design
of a voyageur, so it was switched to a loon
swimming on a lake.
It's coming-- the latest addition
to Canada's coin collection.
Here's a sample token of the new bimetal coin;
nickel on the outside with an aluminum-bronze centre.
Now, all they have to figure out
is what design to put in the middle.
There's no shortage of ideas--
at the Canadian Mint, there are 19,000 of them.
[applause]
This design embodies the strength and the determination
of Canadians from coast to coast.
Reporter: The new bills are smooth, almost slick,
with clear windows.
[money snapping taut]
And they won't tear easily.
There's a great future, the Bank of Canada says,
in bills that feel like plastic.
These new bank notes are a 21st century achievement
in which all Canadians can take pride
and in which all Canadians can place their confidence.
Reporter: When the banks open this week,
you will find the latest symbol of Canada's age of development
the new Canadian dollar.
*
*
(*)
(*)
>> Wendy: BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU
TONIGHT WE WANTED TO RECAP OUR
TOP STORY, THE WILDFIRES IN B.C.
HERE ARE SOME STRIKING IMAGES
AND REACTIONS FROM THOSE
AFFECTED...
>> Interview: WE COULD SEE ALL
OF THE SMOKE ALL THE WAY FROM
THE FIRE AT WAYNE'S LAKE.
ME AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, WE
WERE WATCHING IT COME OVER THE
HILL.
>> Interview: I WENT OUT ON MY
PATIO AND THE FIRE WAS ON THE
MOUNTAINSIDE RIGHT BEHIND MY
HOUSE.
>> Interview: POLICE CALLED
AND EVERYBODY GOT TO GO AND I
WENT OH, I DON'T WANT TO GO
ANYWHERE, I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE
TO GO.
>> Interview: ALL OF A SUDDEN
IT JUST POPS OUT OF THE TREES
AND THEY'RE LIKE YOU GOT TO
LEAVE, YOU GOT TO LEAVE NOW AND
THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET US BIT
THE GOATS OUT OF THE YARD OR THE
CHICKENS.
>> Interview: ABOUT 15 FEW
FIRES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS
THAT'S PRETTY TOUGH.
>> Interview: I THOUGHT THAT I
WOULD BE LOST IN THE MIDDLE OF
NOWHERE BUT NOW I GOT PEOPLE AND
EVERYBODY IS SO SUPPORTIVE.
I LOVE THIS CITY.
>> Interview: WE PLAN ON
HEADING BACK AS SOON AS WE CAN.
>> Wendy: THAT'S "THE
NATIONAL" FOR THIS SUNDAY NIGHT.
FOR NEWS AT ANY HOUR YOU CAN
ALWAYS GO TO OUR WEBSITE
cbcnews.ca.
I'M WENDY MESLEY.
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