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>> Adrienne: ON THIS MONDAY
NIGHT WE'RE IN NORTHERN MALI AS
MORE CANADIANS ARRIVE FOR THE
U.N. MISSION HERE.
WE'LL EXPLORE THE SERIOUS TESTS
THAT CANADA'S CHINOOK
HELICOPTERS ARE ABOUT TO BE PUT
THROUGH AND MEET SOME OF THE
PEOPLE COUNTING ON CANADA TO
BRING CHANGE.
THERE'S NOTHING EASY ABOUT THE
MALI MANDATE.
>> Ian: ALSO TONIGHT, A CBC
NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
A FORMER MOUNTIE IS SPEAKING OUT
ABOUT HIS TIME IN THE FORCE AND
A BILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT
CLAIMING HARASSMENT, BULLYING
AND INTIMIDATION.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>> Adrienne: MALI FEELS LIKE A
PLACE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF
EVERYTHING, CRUSHING POVERTY
THAT HOLDS SOME PEOPLE BACK AND
PUSHES A LOT OF TROUBLE FORWARD.
WHAT HAPPENS IN MALI HAS RIPPLE
EFFECTS THAT REACH TO EUROPE AND
BEYOND.
THAT'S JUST PART OF THE REASON
WHY CANADA IS SENDING 250
PEACEKEEPERS HERE.
MORE OF THE EARLY TEAM ARRIVED
TODAY.
THEY'RE ALL COMING HERE TO THE
U.N.'S CAMP CASTOR IN THE
NORTHEASTERN CITY OF GAO.
THIS IS FAR FROM THE CAPITAL OF
BAMAKO.
GAO IS A GATEWAY TO UNGOVERNED
DESERT.
AND FOR CANADA'S HELICOPTERS
IT'S SIMPLY WHERE THEY HAVE TO
BE TO REACH THE TROUBLE SPOTS.
AT CAMP CASTOR WE GOT A SENSE OF
WHAT CANADIAN PEACEKEEPERS WILL
FACE HERE AND REMINDERS ABOUT
WHY THIS MISSION MATTERS.
AND SO TO WORK.
THE CANADIANS ARRIVE ON A TARMAC
THAT IS STILL REALLY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
THE LEARNING COMES WITH THE VERY
FIRST STEP.
>> WE COULD FEEL THE HEAT, THE
TEMPERATURE AND THE CHALLENGE
WILL BE VERY HIGH HERE.
>> THERE'S NOT A LOT OF
CANADIANS THAT GET TO COME TO
AFRICA.
>> Adrienne: NOW THAT THIS
ADVANCED CONTINGENT HAS ARRIVED
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT
WILL HAPPEN IS THE HANDOVER WITH
THE GERMAN CREW WHO ARE TAKING
THEIR HELICOPTERS OUT ON
JUNE 30th.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO
PASS ON.
THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT ONE
OF THE BRIEFINGS WILL BEGIN WITH
THIS -- THE PICTURES OF A
SANDSTORM AT THE BASE THE OTHER
DAY.
HOWEVER BAD THAT THE CANADIANS
THINK THAT THE SAND WILL BE
HERE, THE GERMANS WHO ARE
CURRENTLY DOING
THE CURRENT MEDICAL EVACUATE
JOBS SAY, FORGET IT IT'S WORSE.
THE SAND GETS INTO EVERYTHING,
INCLUDING VENTILATORS?
>> YES, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT
COMES IN, IT COMES IN.
SO THE SAND IS FINE IF YOU
COMPARE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH
AFGHANISTAN.
BUT JUST HAVE A LOOK, I CLEANED
IT YESTERDAY IN
THE EVENING AND AGAIN EVERYTHING
IS SAND.
>> Adrienne: I THOUGHT ABOUT
THE INCOMING CHINOOKS.
THEY CAN CARRY MORE PEOPLE THAN
THE GERMAN HELICOPTERS WHICH IS
A GOOD THING FOR A TERRIBLE
REASON.
WHEN ATTACKERS HIT THE U.N.
CONVOYS THERE ARE A LOT OF
WOUNDED.
ON A SECOND TOUR OF MALI THIS
GERMAN PILOT IS NOT EXACTLY
EFFUSIVE ABOUT THE MISSION'S
IMPACT SO FAR.
>> I PERSONALLY CAN'T DETERMINE
ANY PROGRESS HERE, BUT I HOPE
THAT THINGS ARE DEVELOPING.
>> Adrienne: HAVE YOU HAD A
CHANCE TO TALK WITH MANY OF
THEM?
>> NO.
NO.
I'M AN AVIATOR AND USUALLY I'M
AT LEAST 30 FEET ABOVE THE
GROUND AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY
PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS WITH THE
LOCAL POPULATION HERE.
>> Adrienne: THAT'S A GOOD
POINT, SOME THINGS YOU CAN ONLY
ASSESS AT GROUND LEVEL.
THIS ISN'T GAO, IT'S THE CAPITAL
OF MALI, BAMAKO, FURTHER SOUTH.
IT'S WHERE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO FLEE GO AND IT SHOWS.
THOSE WHO KNOW THE PLACE WELL
SAY THAT IT'S SWELLING.
ALREADY THIS IS A COUNTRY WHERE
60% OF THE POPULATION IS UNDER
25 AND THAT POPULATION IS
DOUBLING ROUGHLY EVERY 30 YEARS.
THAT MEANS REAL ECONOMIC
PRESSURE.
>> [speaking foreign language]
>> Adrienne: SCARE SIDE MORE
THAN A REASONABLE
ANSWER FOR TWO TEENAGED GIRLS.
THEY JOINED OTHERS IN A PROJECT
SPONSORED BY CANADA AIMED AT
TEACHING WOMEN MARKETABLE
SKILLS.
THEY'RE LEARNING TO MAKE SOAP TO
SELL.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Adrienne: THERE'S A WHOLE
SERIES OF TRADES BEING TAUGHT
HERE.
TO HELP WOMEN TO FIND WORK AND
TO KEEP THE FAMILIES FED IS THE
REASONING.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Adrienne: BUT IT'S STILL NO
GUARANTEE AND WAR IN THE NORTH
IS NEVER FAR FROM THEIR MIND.
MADINE IS ALL OF 19.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Adrienne: PEOPLE KNOW THAT
THERE'S NO SECURITY IN THE
NORTH, SHE SAYS, WHICH MEANS
THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY
HERE, THAT IS A PROBLEM.
IT IS.
WHICH IS WHY STABILIZING MALI IS
ABOUT MORE THAN TAKING AWAY
FEAR, IT WILL HAVE TO BE ABOUT
GIVING HOPE.
THE U.N. WANTS WOMEN TO HAVE AN
IMPORTANT ROLE HERE.
IT'S EVEN SPELLED THAT OUT IN
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THIS
MISSION.
THAT'S IN KEEPING
WITH THE TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT
PLEDGE TO DEPLOY MORE
PEACEKEEPERS,
BUT AS MURRAY BREWSTER REPORTS
THIS COMES UP SHORT.
>> Reporter: IT ALL LOOKED AND
SOUNDED SO GOOD IN VANCOUVER.
LAST FALL'S PEACEKEEPING TALKS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WOMEN BRING A UNIQUE
AND VALUABLE PERSPECTIVE TO
CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
>> Reporter: THERE WAS NOT
ONLY POLITICAL CLOUT BUT STAR
POWER.
>> LESS THAN 4% OF ALL
PEACEKEEPERS ARE WOMEN.
>> Reporter: AND THIS IS WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND NOW.
CANADA'S NEW MISSION IN MALI.
THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE
MILITARY BOTH EAGER TO SHOWCASE
THE INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN.
IT BEGS THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY
WOMEN ARE AMONG THE 250 AIR CREW
AND TROOPS.
>> THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES
HAVE DONE THEIR WORK OF MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT
PEOPLE.
OUR NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE
APPROXIMATELY UP TO 14% OF
WOMEN.
>> Reporter: THAT IS JUST SHY
OF THE 15% TARGET SET BY THE
SECURITY COUNCIL.
IT IS, HOWEVER, BETTER THAN THE
U.N. AVERAGE FOR ALL OF ITS
MISSIONS.
HARJIT SAJJAN INSISTS THAT
CANADA'S NUMBERS WILL GET BETTER
WHEN OTHER PROMISED MISSIONS
MATERIALIZE.
WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN IS
ANYBODY'S GUESS.
CANADA IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING
A 200 SOLDIER RAPID REACTION
FORCE AND MILITARY TRAINERS FOR
INSTRUCTING OTHER NATIONS IN
U.N. PEACEKEEPING.
FOR SOME CRITICS THE LIBERAL
GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING TOO FEW
TROOPS OVER TOO SHORT OF A TIME.
>> IF WE WANT TO HAVE A REAL
IMPACT WE HAVE TO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE.
WE NEED TO FULLY REENGAGE IN
PEACEKEEPING.
>> Reporter: THE CANADIAN
MILITARY HAS STRUGGLED RECENTLY
TO ATTRACT AND RITAIN WOMEN.
-- RETAIN WOMEN.
NEW FIGURES SHOW WHEN THEY DO
JOIN THAT WOMEN PREFER EITHER
THE AIR FORCE OR THE NAVY AND
NOT THE ARMY.
AND THAT IS A PROBLEM,
ESPECIALLY IF CANADA
WANTS WOMEN TO BE SEEN LEADING
ON THE GROUND.
MURRAY BREWSTER, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Adrienne: THERE ARE GOOD
REASONS FOR WOMEN TO BE HERE BUT
THEY ARE ALSO TARGETS.
FROM 2013 WHEN THIS MISSION
STARTED THROUGH TO THE END OF
LAST MONTH, 170 U.N. PERSONNEL
HAVE BEEN KILLED HERE.
IN TERMS OF DANGER NO OTHER
MISSION COMES CLOSE.
LAST YEAR MALI ACCOUNTED FOR A
THIRD OF ALL U.N. PEACEKEEPING
FATALITIES AND THE THREAT SHOWS
NO SIGN OF LETTING UP.
HERE KEEPING THE PEACE CAN LOOK
A LOT LIKE FIGHTING A WAR.
OVER TWO MONTHS THIS SPRING
ALONE THE U.N. SAYS THAT ARMED
GROUPS CARRIED OUT 44 ATTACKS,
KILLING AND MAIMING CIVILIANS,
MALIAN SOLDIERS AND U.N.
PERSONNEL.
>> THEY WILL ATTACK THE U.N.
MALICIOUSLY AND THEY WILL LAUNCH
MORTARS AND ARTILLERY AND
ROCKETS INTO U.N. CAMPS.
THEY WILL SEND IN SUICIDE
BOMBERS.
SO THAT MAKES IT EXTRA
DANGEROUS.
>> Adrienne: IRONICALLY, IT
WAS ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL
INTERVENTION THAT MAY HAVE
HELPED TO UNLEASH THIS CHAOS.
>> OUR PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN
CLEAR THAT QADDAFI HAS TO GO.
>> Adrienne: CANADIANS JOINED
THE COALITION TO HELP THE 2011
REKNELLION TO OVERTHROW MOAMMAR
QADDAFI.
>> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
MALIANS AND OTHER AFRICANS FROM
SUBSAHARAN AFRICA WHO WERE
WORKING FOR MOAMMAR QADDAFI AND
AFTER THE END OF THAT CIVIL WAR
WITH THE DEATH OF MOAMMAR
QADDAFI THEY
RETURNED HOME TAKING THEIR
WEAPONS WITH THEM AND A LOT OF
THEIR TECHNIQUES.
>> Adrienne: AND THE
SEPARATIST MOVEMENT THEN JOINED
FORCES WITH ISLAMISTS, SOME WITH
LINKS TO AL QAEDA AND FLUSH WITH
LIBYAN WEAPONS THEY CAPTURED
HALF THE COUNTRY.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Adrienne: SO FRANCE
INTERVENED IN MALI BEATING BACK
THE ISLAMISTS AND A U.N. MISSION
BEGAN TO HELP KEEPING ARMED
FACTIONS FROM TEARING THE
COUNTRY APART.
(gunshots).
CLASHES AND TERRORIST ATTACKS
HAVE BEEN A CONSTANT FEATURE
EVER SINCE THOUGH.
PEACE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND
SEPARATISTS IS FRAGILE.
(gunshots).
MALI'S DEMOCRACY IS FRAGILE TOO.
LONG POSTPONED ELECTIONS ARE
SCHEDULED FOR THE END OF JULY
AND OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS HAVE
BEEN INJURED IN CLASHES,
PROTESTS ARE NOW BANNED.
WHEN WE SPOKE WITH CANADA'S
CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF
YESTERDAY, GENERAL JONATHAN
VANCE, HE GAVE US A HARD LIMIT
ON CANADA'S COMMITMENT HERE, ONE
YEAR ONLY.
THAT IS FOR A U.N. MISSION WHOSE
NEEDS ONLY SEEM TO GROW WITH
TIME.
IN 2013, THE MISSION WAS
AUTHORIZED FOR UP TO 11,000
TROOPS.
BY 2016, THAT HAD EXPANDED,
ALLOWING THE FORCE STRENGTH UP
TO 13,000.
ORIGINALLY THE FOCUS WAS ON
STABILIZING POPULATION CENTRES,
PROTECTING
CIVILIANS AND SUPPORTING THE
PEACE PROCESS.
LATER COUNTERTERRORISM WAS ADDED
TO THE MANDATE.
THAT'S UNUSUAL AND
CONTROVERSIAL.
CRITICS SAY THAT IT MAKES U.N.
PEACEKEEPERS A PARTY TO THE
CONFLICT.
IAN, THIS IS A YEAR-LONG MISSION
THAT WE WILL ALL BE WATCHING
CLOSELY.
FOR NOW THOUGH BACK TO YOU IN
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
ADRIENNE.
>>> NOW FROM CANADA'S
PEACEKEEPERS TO ITS NATIONAL
POLICE FORCE, CANADA'S PUBLIC
SAFETY MINISTER SAYS THAT
THERE'S NO PLACE FOR HARASSMENT
OR BULLYING IN THE RCMP.
THAT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S
RESPONSE TO A STORY THAT CBC
NEWS FIRST BROKE THIS MORNING.
A NEW LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED
AGAINST THE FORCE ON BEHALF OF
PAST AND PRESENT RCMP EMPLOYEES.
CBC'S DAVE SEGLINS HAS AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE
MOUNTIE LEADING THE LEGAL FIGHT.
>> Reporter: YELLOWKNIFE,
2007.
A COMMANDER HERE WORKING ON A
COMPLEX DRUG INVESTIGATION
LISTENED IN ON SOME TROUBLING
WIRETAP RECORDINGS.
>> I OVERHEARD CONVERSATIONS
BETWEEN TWO OF OUR TARGETS
TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLE
CORRUPTION WITHIN THE RCMP.
>> Reporter: FOR GEOFF
GREENWOOD, NOW A 28-YEAR
VETERAN, THAT'S THE MOMENT THAT
HIS TROUBLES ON THE JOB BEGAN.
>> SEVERAL MEMBERS IN THE
DIVISION THAT I WAS IN WAS
TRADING INFORMATION FOR MONEY.
INFORMATION RELATING TO
UNDERCOVER OPERATORS AND
INFORMATION RELATING TO ONGOING
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, EVEN TO
THE POINT WHERE ONE OF THEM SAID
THAT HE WAS OFFERING TO DESTROY
EVIDENCE IN RELATION TO HIS
MATTER FOR A SUM OF MONEY.
>> Reporter: WHEN HE REPORTED
IT TO SENIOR MANAGERS HE SAYS
THAT HE WAS ORDERED TO DROP IT,
REMOVED FROM HIS POST, AND
OSTRACIZED.
>> SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT
I HAD EVER BELIEVED IN WITH THE
RCMP WAS KIND OF DESTROYED.
AND I WAS MADE TO BE THE
PROBLEM.
I WAS MADE TO BE THE BAD GUY IN
THIS WHOLE SITUATION.
>> Reporter: GREENWOOD IS NOW
THE LEAD PLAINTIFF IN A MASSIVE
NEW LAWSUIT CLAIMING WIDESPREAD
HARASSMENT.
THE $1.1 BILLION CLASS ACTION ON
BEHALF OF THOUSANDS OF RCMP MEN
AND WOMEN, OFFICERS AND
CIVILIANS, DATING BACK DECADES.
>> REALISTICALLY WE'RE LOOKING
AT CLASS MEMBERS NUMBERING IN
THE
TENS OF THOUSANDS.
IT'S A UNIQUE PROBLEM WITHIN THE
RCMP AS COMPARED TO OTHER POLICE
FORCES.
>> Reporter: THE ALLEGATIONS
HAVE YET TO BE TESTED IN COURT
BUT THIS SUIT ARGUES THAT THE
RCMP HAS ALREADY ADMITTED A
PROBLEM.
>> I STAND HUMBLY BEFORE YOU
TODAY AND SOLEMNLY OFFER OUR
SINCERE APOLOGY.
>> Reporter: TWO YEARS AGO THE
COMMISSIONER SETTLED A SEXUAL
HARASSMENT CASE.
HE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEMS IN
THE FORCE EXTENDED FAR BEYOND.
>> IT'S THE CULTURE OF BULLYING
AND INTIMIDATION AND GENERAL
HARASSMENT WHICH I THINK THAT
NEEDS EVERYBODY'S FOCUS AND
ATTENTION.
>> Reporter: THE RCMP TODAY
SAID THAT IT'S REVIEWING THIS
LATEST LAWSUIT.
THIS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER SAYS
THAT THE FORCE HAS HIRED NEW
STAFF, IS DOING TRAINING ON
DIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP, IS
TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEMS.
>> ANYTHING THAT IS SYSTEMIC IS
A VERY CHALLENGING ENDEAVOUR.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
IMPORTANT IS THAT WE ARE GOING
NOT JUST TREAT THIS AS A KICKBOX
EXERCISE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL
REMAIN COMMITTED TO.
>> Reporter: THE MINISTER OF
PUBLIC SAFETY RALPH GOODALE,
DECLINED REQUESTS FOR AN
INTERVIEW BUT ISSUED A STATEMENT
SAYING THAT HARASSMENT HAS NO
PLACE IN A MODERN RCMP.
THAT THE NEW COMMISSIONER,
BRENDA LUCKI, IS TASKED TO FIX
WHATEVER IS WRONG.
DAVE SEGLINS, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: THERE'S A SHOCKING WAVE
OF GUN VIOLENCE IN CANADA'S
BIGGEST CITY.
JUST THIS WEEKEND FOUR
PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THREE
SEPARATE INCIDENTS.
>> I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO THINK
WHO WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION TO
END SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERSON'S
LIFE.
>> Ian: TO THE COMMUNITY JENAS
NYARKO WAS A BELOVED FRIEND AND
SHE IS ALSO TORONTO'S 47th
HOMICIDE VICTIM OF THE YEAR.
NYARKO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN A
DRIVE-BY SHOOTING EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.
THE 31-YEAR-OLD SOCIAL WORKER
WAS ON HER WAY HOME FROM A
FUNERAL.
AND AS THE LIST OF VICTIMS
GROWS, SO DO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT
GUNS, GANGS AND SAFETY ON THE
STREETS.
SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWS A
SILVER S.U.V. CIRCLING A
BUILDING AND THEN IT PULLS UP
BESIDE A CAR FILLED WITH PEOPLE.
A
SINGLE SHOT IS FIRED.
JENAS NYARKO, SITTING IN THE
BACK, IS HIT AND LATER DIES IN
HOSPITAL.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF STREET GANG
SUB-CULTURE WHERE YOU DO A
COUPLE DRIVE-BYS AND THEN
YOU'RE USUALLY IN YOUR RIVAL
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
>> Ian: A BRAZEN ATTACK THAT
SEEMS NO LONGER RARE IN TORONTO.
SHOOTINGS IN THE CITY ARE UP
ABOUT 20% FROM 2017, THOUGH
POLICE SAY THERE'S NO REASON TO
BE ALARMED.
LAST WEEK THEY CARRIED OUT A
BLITZ ON ONE STREET GANG
RESULTING IN 75 ARRESTS AND THE
SEIZURE OF 78 GUNS.
>> THE GUNS WERE DESTINED TO BE
CRIME GUNS IN TORONTO AND THE
G.T.A.
THIS REPRESENTS THE LARGEST
SINGLE SEIZURE OF CRIME GUNS IN
THE HISTORY OF THE TORONTO
POLICE SERVICE.
>> Ian: IN RESPONSE TO THIS
WEEKEND'S VIOLENCE TODAY THE
MAYOR MADE A VOW.
>> WE'RE GOING TO ROOT THESE
PEOPLE OUT GANG BY GANG,
NEIGHBOURHOOD BY NEIGHBOURHOOD,
BLOCK BY BLOCK AND THAT'S WHAT
THE POLICE SERVICE ARE DOING.
I THINK THEY PROVED THAT LAST
WEEK.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE
PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.
>> Ian: YEAH, I'M READY.
SOME SAY THAT THE GUN CULTURE IN
PARTS OF TORONTO IS
DEEPLY ENGRAVED.
EASY SOLUTIONS ARE ELUSIVE.
SALIMAH SHIVJI NOW WITH A STREET
LEVEL VIEW.
>> IT'S THE ONLY OPTION FOR THEM
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THEY SEE AND
THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW.
>> Reporter: LOUIS MARCH HAS
BEEN WALKING THESE STREETS AND
TALKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK
FOR YEARS.
THE COMMUNITY ACTIVIST WHO WORKS
TO GET GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF
TEENAGERS HAS HEARD COUNTLESS
STORIES ABOUT THE DRAW OF GUNS
AND GANGS.
>> WHEN THEY TELL YOU THAT IT'S
EASIER TO GET A GUN THAN A JOB,
THAT'S AN INDICTMENT BETWEEN US
AS A SOCIETY.
>> Reporter: MARCH SAYS THAT
THIS GANG VIOLENCE IS DIFFERENT
THAN IN 2005 DURING TORONTO'S
SO-CALLED SUMMER OF THE GUNS
WHEN MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE WERE
GUNNED DOWN.
FOR STARTERS HE SAYS THAT TODAY
THERE ARE MORE GUNS THAT ARE WAY
MORE POWERFUL.
>> THERE USED TO BE ONE AND TWO
GUNS AND THERE USED TO BE A GUN
IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD TAKE
CARE OF BUSINESS.
AND NOW EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN
GUNS.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT THE
PULL OF THE GANG STARTS YOUNGER.
TEENAGERS SWAYED BY IMAGES OF
GUNS AND GANGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
AND
LEADING TO BRAZEN SHOOTINGS.
IT'S A CHANGE FROM WHAT HE USED
TO HEAR FROM GANG MEMBERS.
>> SO THEY HAD CODES AND THEY
HAD RULES IN TERMS OF FIRING A
GUN.
WHERE, WHO AND SO ON AND SO ON.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY DON'T
HAVE
THOSE CODES ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: THERE IS NO
SIMPLE SOLUTION BUT HE SAYS THAT
WHAT THE
MAYOR IS PROPOSING WON'T WORK.
>> ADDING 200 POLICE OFFICERS IS
JUST AN INDICATION THAT THE
MAYOR DOESN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND
THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS PROBLEM
AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
>> Reporter: HE'D LIKE TO SEE
A FORUM MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS
ONE THIS PAST WEEKEND, FOR CITY
OFFICIALS TO LISTEN
TO THOSE WORKING AND LIVING IN
COMMUNITIES AT RISK.
AS THEY CARVE OUT A
MADE-IN-TORONTO SOLUTION TO A
VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM.
SALIMAH SHIVJI, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: WE'RE WATCHING SEVERAL
OTHER DEVELOPING STORIES
TONIGHT, STARTING WITH THE
LATEST IMPACT OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION'S TRADE ACTION.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON SAYS THAT IT'S
MOVING SOME PRODUCTION OUT OF
THE U.S. TO AVOID TARIFFS
IMPOSED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION.
THE E.U. SLAPPED TAXES ON
AMERICAN-MADE HARLEY MOTORCYCLES
AND OTHER PRODUCTS AFTER THE
U.S. ANNOUNCED TARIFFS ON
EUROPEAN STEEL AND ALUMINUM.
EUROPE IS ONE OF
HARLEY-DAVIDSON'S MOST IMPORTANT
MARKETS.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REACTED
TO THE COMPANY'S DECISION ON
TWITTER, WRITING THAT HE'S
"SURPRISED THAT HARLEY-DAVIDSON,
OF ALL COMPANIES, WOULD BE THE
FIRST TO WAVE THE WHITE FLAG.
I FOUGHT HARD FOR THEM AND
ULTIMATELY THEY WILL NOT PAY
TARIFFS SELLING INTO THE E.U.,
WHICH HAS HURT US BADLY ON
TRADE, DOWN $151 BILLION.
TAXES JUST A HARLEY EXCUSE -- BE
PATIENT."
>>> ABOUT, 3,000 PEOPLE IN
NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO
LEAVE THEIR HOMES AS WIND DRIVES
THE WILDFIRE CLOSER TO
NEIGHBOURHOODS.
FLAMES HAVE ALREADY DESTROYED 22
BUILDINGS.
IT'S PROMPTED THE GOVERNOR TO
DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
MORE THAN 200 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE
BEEN DEPLOYED.
>>> PRINCE WILLIAM IS MAKING
HISTORY THIS WEEK, BECOMING THE
FIRST BRITISH ROYAL TO MAKE AN
OFFICIAL VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES.
WILLIAM ARRIVED IN TEL AVIV
TODAY.
DURING HIS TRIP HE'LL MEET WITH
THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND PRESIDENT
MAHMOUD ABBAS.
>> MORE AHEAD ON "THE NATIONAL,"
INCLUDING A DECISION IN A HIGHLY
WATCHED TRIAL
IN ONTARIO.
TWO MEN ARE FOUND NOT GUILTY OF
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A WOMAN
DURING A UNIVERSITY HOCKEY TRIP.
>>> WITH LEGAL POT ON THE
HORIZON AND THOUSANDS OF JOBS UP
FOR GRABS WE LOOK AT THE
CHALLENGES OF A NATIONWIDE
HIRING SPREE.
>>> LATER, THE CLASS OF 2018.
DAVID COMMON INTRODUCES US TO
YOUNG CANADIANS READY TO
GRADUATE WHO ARE ALREADY
INSPIRING CHANGE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
>> OFTEN IN THE WORLD BLACK
PEOPLE ARE LABELLED AS BEING
VIOLENT, BEING PEOPLE WHO WANT
TO NOT AMOUNT TO THINGS.
>> Reporter: SO YOU'RE PUSHING
BACK AGAINST THAT?
>> YEAH AND TRYING TO DO THAT IN
THE MOST POSITIVE WAY POSSIBLE.
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>> Ian: THE ALLEGATIONS WERE SO
DISTURBING THEY PUT AN ENTIRE
UNIVERSITY HOCKEY TEAM UNDER A
CLOUD OF SUSPICION FOR FOUR
YEARS.
TODAY THE TWO PLAYERS AT THE
CENTRE OF THE CASE WERE
ACQUITTED IN A THUNDER BAY
COURTROOM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
AS CATHERINE CULLEN REPORTS, THE
TRIAL MAY BE OVER BUT QUESTIONS
REMAIN ABOUT THE CONTINUING
IMPACT OF THIS CASE.
>> Reporter: DAVID FOUCHER AND
HIS TEAMMATE CERTAINLY DIDN'T
ACT LIKE GENTLEMEN, SAID THE.
>> BUT SHE FOUND THEM NOT GUILTY
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
>> AND WHAT THEY TESTIFIED IS
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ON
THEIR BEST BEHAVIOUR THAT NIGHT
BUT THERE'S NO CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOUR.
>> Reporter: IT WAS 2014 AND
OTTAWA U HAD JUST BEAT LAKEHEAD
UNIVERSITY.
ONE OTTAWA PLAYER MET A WOMAN
ONLINE
AND HAD CONSENSUAL SEX AT THE
TEAM'S HOTEL.
THE WOMAN ALLEGED TWO OTHER
PLAYERS, GUILLAUME DONOVAN AND
DAVID FOUCHER, CAME INTO THE
ROOM AND FORCED THEMSELVES ON
HER.
DURING THE TRIAL DONOVAN TOLD
THE COURT THAT HE BELIEVED THAT
IT WAS CONSENSUAL AND HE DIDN'T
SAY NO.
FOUCHER SAID HE NEVER TOUCHED
THE WOMAN.
THE WOMAN SAID THAT SHE VIVIDLY
RECALLED TURNING TO THE MAN THAT
SHE MET ONLINE AND SAYING "I
DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN."
BUT THE JUDGE SAID THAT THERE
WERE INCONSISTENCIES IN THE
WOMAN'S TESTIMONY.
>> THERE WERE ACCUSATIONS,
RIGHT, AND JUST SEEING YOU GUYS
EVERY
DAY COMING IN AND OUT OF COURT,
AND THEN YOU GOOGLE WHOEVER
CLIENT'S NAME AND IT WILL POP
OUT FOREVER.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S DIFFICULT.
>> IT'S JUST GUT WRENCHING.
>> Reporter: BUT THIS WOMEN'S
RIGHTS ADVOCATE SAYS THAT PEOPLE
OVERLOOK THAT TRAUMA IMPACTS THE
VICTIM'S MEMORY.
>> AND SO NOW BECAUSE THIS ONE
WOMAN
DID NOT GET A CONVICTION WE'LL
ALL NOW SAY THAT ALL WOMEN ARE
LIARS.
>> Reporter: STILL, SHE SEES
SOME ROOM FOR OPTIMISM.
LALONDE WORKED WITH THE
UNIVERSITY AFTER THIS INCIDENT
PUSH FOR A BETTER SEXUAL
VIOLENCE POLICY
AND TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT
BYSTANDER INTERVENTION.
>> THERE'S KEY THINGS THAT CAME
THROUGH AND LEGACY PIECES THAT
WILL OUTLIVE THIS TRIAL THAT ARE
BIGGER THAN THAT TRIAL.
>> THE DECISION IS ONE THAT I
THINK UNDERLINES THE
UNFAIRNESS.
>> Reporter: THIS LAWYER
REPRESENTS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE TEAM WHO LAUNCHED A
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AFTER THE
UNIVERSITY SUSPENDED THE ENTIRE
MEN'S HOCKEY PROGRAMME.
>> THEY PAID FOR IT IN TERMS OF
THEIR REPUTATIONS AND IN TERMS
OF THEIR HOCKEY CAREERS AND IN
TERMS OF THEIR ACADEMIC CAREERS.
>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY OF
OTTAWA WOULDN'T COMMENT ON
TODAY'S COURT RULING BUT THIS A
-- IN A STATEMENT THEY DID SAY
THAT AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO
EVENTS IN THUNDER BAY SHOWED,
QUOTE "WIDESPREAD MISCONDUCT
UNBECOMING OF UNIVERSITY
REPRESENTATIVES" AND THAT
TODAY'S COURT RULING DOESN'T
CHANGE THAT.
CATHERINE CULLEN, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Ian: AHEAD TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL"... A DINER IN
COLLINGWOOD, ONTARIO, IS TAKING
HEAT FROM ANGRY TRUMP SUPPORTERS
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
THEY HAVE THE WRONG RESTAURANT.
>>> FIRST THOUGH, WE'LL HEAR
FROM THREE TEENAGERS READY TO
GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL
FACED ADVERSITY, ADAPTED AND NOW
ARE INSPIRING OTHERS.
>> NO ONE IS SAYING THAT YOU
HAVE TO HAVE AN AMAZING DAY
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE BAD DAYS
YOU CAN'T LET THEM DEFINE YOUR
LIFE.
>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU NOT
DWELL ON IT?
>> HOPE REALLY.
IT'S HOPE AND A CHOICE.
(*)
(*)
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>> Ian: SCHOOL IS WINDING DOWN
ACROSS CANADA, WITH TEENAGERS
BEING BIG MESSAGES OF CHANGE.
BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES
BUILDING THE FUTURE THEY WANT TO
SEE.
DAVID COMMON TRACKED DOWN SOME
DETERMINED GRADE 12 STUDENTS ON
THIS SIDE OF THE BORDER.
(*)
>> IT DOESN'T TAKE AN
EXTRAORDINARY PERSON TO OVERCOME
AMAZING ODDS.
IT'S YOUR CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT
YOU GET UP AND FIGHT AND
CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR WHAT
YOU WANT.
>> IT STARTED OUT AS BEING
>> IT STARTED OUT AS BEING
SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO SHOW
TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
SO THAT WE KIND OF START TO
CHANGE OUR IDEAS OF OURSELVES.
(*)
>> AND I BELIEVE IN IT SO MUCH
BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO DO
SOMETHING, JUST BELIEVE IN
YOURSELF.
THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING.
>> Reporter: THESE THREE
IMPRESSIVE TEENS DON'T QUITE FIT
THE STEREOTYPES.
SURE, THEY LIKE THEIR SELFIES,
BUT THEY'RE NOT SHALLOW, NOT
APATHETIC.
THIS IS A NICE BUILDING.
THEY EACH FACED MAJOR ADVERSITY
HEAD ON, ADAPTED AND NOW INSPIRE
THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.
GRADE 12 STUDENT KARDEISHA PROVO
LOVES HER COMMUNITY.
ONE OF CANADA'S OLDEST, PART OF
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, BUT
OUTSIDERS RARELY TALK ABOUT THE
GOOD.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE OR I
DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO BE IN THAT
PLACE.
>> Reporter: THEY THINK IT'S
DANGEROUS.
>> RIGHT.
THEY THINK OF DANGER IN THAT IF
YOU WALK AROUND HERE YOU
MIGHT GET SHOT.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS THAT I
HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY.
>> THE RCMP IS INVESTIGATING
AFTER MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS WERE
HEARD
LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING IN
NORTH PRESTON.
>> Reporter: NORTH PRESTON HAS
KNOWN VIOLENCE.
IT CAME TO DEFINE THE PLACE.
AND THAT INSPIRED KARDEISHA TO
REDEFINE HOW THE AREA IS SEEN.
LARGELY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE HERE,
BECOMING A ONE-WOMAN VIDEO
BLOGGER OF NORTH PRESTON.
>> HI, I'M KARDEISHA PROVO AND
I'M
BACK WITH ANOTHER VIDEO.
IT'S AN ALL-BLACK COMMUNITY AND
OFTEN IN THE WORLD BLACK PEOPLE
ARE LABELLED AS BEING VIOLENT,
BEING -- PEOPLE WHO WON'T AMOUNT
TO THINGS, UNEDUCATED.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS --
DANGEROUS.
>> Reporter: SO YOU'RE PUSHING
BACK AGAINST THAT?
>> YEAH, AND TRYING TO DO THAT
IN THE MOST POSITIVE WAY
POSSIBLE.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> Reporter: BUT THE TOP
STUDENT AND THE STUDENT COUNCIL
MEMBER IS ABOUT TO LEAVE, OFF TO
UNIVERSITY IN TORONTO.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN FRONT
OF THE CAMERA.
CAN EVERYONE SEE AND HEAR ME?
>> Reporter: SO SHE IS
TEACHING OTHERS HOW TO WRITE
THEIR OWN HISTORY.
>> LET'S DO IT.
WHAT CAN I DO TO BETTER THIS?
AND I KIND OF WANTED TO CHANGE
THAT
NARRATIVE AND SHOW EACH OTHER A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND SHOW
EACH OTHER OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE
AND KIND OF, LIKE, SHED A
POSITIVE LIGHT ON THE SUCCESSES
OF OUR PEOPLE.
(*)
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IN CALGARY IS ANOTHER
TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY THAT HAS
INSPIRED ONE OF ITS OWN TO GIVE
BACK.
THREE YEARS AGO ALEX McEWAN
WALKED INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND
THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED.
>> YEAH, ON MY BIRTHDAY,
DECEMBER 21, 2015.
>> Reporter: WHAT HAPPENED?
>> ME AND A BUNCH OF FRIENDS HAD
DECIDED THAT INSTEAD OF SITTING
INSIDE AND PLAYING VIDEO GAMES
ALL DAY WE WERE GOING TO GO
TOBOGGANING.
SO WE GO OUT TO A REGULAR HILL
AND MY SLED DECIDED TO SPIN OUT
AND I WENT HEADFIRST ABOUT
30-MILES PER HOUR INTO A LIGHT
POST FRACTURING MY SPINE IN FOUR
PLACES AND COMPRESSING IT.
>> Reporter: AT 15 ALEX WAS
PARALYSED AND AT FIRST IT MEANT
LOSS AND AN END TO RUGBY,
BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, NO MORE
ARMY CADETS AND NO MORE PLAYING
THE BAGPIPES.
>> IT WAS TOUGH IN GENERAL TO
SEE WHAT MY LIFE WAS AND TO SEE
WHAT MY LIFE HAD BECOME.
I'LL DO ALL OF THE DRAWING IF
YOU LIKE.
>> Reporter: BUT ALEX DECIDED
EARLY ON HE WOULDN'T BE DEFINED
BY HIS INJURY.
TELL ME ABOUT WHO YOU ARE TODAY.
>> I AM AN AVID SPORTSMAN STILL.
AND I PLAY WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL
AND SLEDGE HOCKEY.
I GO TO SCHOOL FULL TIME AND I
PLAN TO GO TO UNIVERSITY NEXT
YEAR AND RIGHT NOW I'M JUST
TRYING TO LIVE A NORMAL TEENAGED
LIFE AND KIND OF READJUST TO
LIFE AFTER MY INJURY.
>> Reporter: YOU HAVE A JOB?
>> YES, I WORK AT A LOCALLY
OWNED LOCALLY OPERATED GROCERY
STORE.
A LOT OF COMPANIES FIND IT
DIFFICULT TO TAKE ON SOMEONE
WITH A DISABILITY.
I STARTED LOOKING FOR A JOB
THREE WEEKS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL
AND I DIDN'T FIND ONE UNTIL
DECEMBER 2017.
SO IT WAS A LONG ROAD AND IT
GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE A
NORMAL LIFE.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> TAKE CARE.
>> Reporter: NOT EVEN THREE
YEARS AFTER HIS ACCIDENT HE'S
TALKING AND LISTENING TO OTHERS,
SUDDENLY ADJUSTING TO PARALYSIS.
>> A LOT OF THE TIMES I TALK TO
THEM ABOUT THE BAD DAYS BECAUSE
I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE ALLOW
THEMSELVES TO HAVE THE BAD DAYS
ENOUGH.
NO ONE IS SAYING THAT YOU HAVE
TO HAVE AN AMAZING DAY EVERY
SINGLE DAY, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE
THOSE BAD DAYS YOU CAN'T LET
THEM DEFINE YOUR LIFE.
>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU NOT
DWELL ON IT?
>> HOPE, REALLY.
IT'S HOPE AND A CHOICE.
I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE
NEXT DAY WILL BRING SOMETHING
BETTER THAN THIS DAY HAS.
AND I HOPE THAT I'M RIGHT.
>> Reporter: ALEX HAS BEEN SO
HELPED BY HIS TEACHERS THAT HE
PLANS TO BECOME ONE NOW.
HE'S OFF TO UNIVERSITY IN THE
FALL.
FIRST THOUGH COMES GRADUATION
AND ALEX HAS A CAREFULLY PLANNED
SURPRISE IN STORE.
ONE THAT HE'S WORKED ON FOR
MONTHS -- TO WALK ACROSS THE
STAGE.
>> ALEX McEWAN.
>> Reporter: TO WALK FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE HIS ACCIDENT.
[Cheers and Applause]
>> I WAS ABLE TO USED AN ADVANCE
MACHINE CALLED AN EXO-SKELETON
WHICH IS JUST A METAL SKELETON
THAT GOES ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF
YOUR BODY AND USES ELECTRIC
POWER TO STAND YOU UP AND WALK
YOU AS IF THERE WERE NO SPINAL
CORD INJURY PRESENT.
[Cheers and Applause]
IT WAS A HUGE MOMENT.
I'VE HAD A FEW TIMES IN MY LIFE
WHERE I HAVE BEEN PUSHED DOWN
AND I HAVE NEEDED TO REALLY
FIGHT TO GET MYSELF BACK UP AND
I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER
PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE STRONG
ENOUGH TO DO THE SAME THING.
[Applause]
(*)
>> Reporter: STRONG ENOUGH TO
PERSEVERE, SAJJA KNOWS ALL ABOUT
STAYING STRONG.
HER STEPS INTO HIGH SCHOOL IN
REGINA MEANT WALKING AWAY FROM
HER PAST AND INTO HER FUTURE.
FOR SAJJA, THE EXTRAORDINARY IS
FOUND IN THE EVERYDAY.
FIRST PERIOD DANCE CLASS WOULD
HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE FOR HER
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
>> I THANK GOD EVERY DAY BECAUSE
FOR 10 YEARS IT WAS LIKE REALLY
TOUGH AND NOW MY LIFE IS GETTING
BETTER.
WHEN I WAS IN IRAQ WITH MY
BROTHER...
>> Reporter: SAJJA'S LIFE
BEGAN IN IRAQ JUST BEFORE THE
HORRENDOUS VIOLENCE WHICH
FOLLOWED THE AMERICAN INVASION.
>> THIS PICTURE, I THINK THAT IT
WAS FIRST GRADE.
>> Reporter: IT'S A WHOLE
CLASS PICTURE.
>> YEAH, IN IRAQ.
>> Reporter: A SERIOUS DEATH
THREAT LED TO AN ABRUPT
DEPARTURE.
SHE COULDN'T TELL ANYONE.
>> WHEN WE HAD TO LEAVE IRAQ TO
SYRIA I DIDN'T TELL HER THAT I'M
LEAVING -- OH, MY GOD I'M GOING
TO CRY NOW.
>> Reporter: WHY WAS THAT
HARD?
>> BECAUSE WHEN I WENT FROM IRAQ
TO SYRIA I CALLED HER AND THEY
TOLD ME THAT SHE DIED.
>> Reporter: MANY MORE FRIENDS
WOULD BE KILLED IN BOMBINGS.
>> THIS PICTURE IS IN SYRIA.
>> Reporter: SOON THE RELATIVE
SAFETY OF SYRIA WOULD BECOME
JUST AS DANGEROUS AS IRAQ.
YOU HAVE BEEN IN TWO WARS, RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM.
>> UM-HMM.
>> Reporter: DID YOU EVER
THINK THAT THINGS WOULD GET
BETTER?
>> I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, I WAS
ALWAYS HOPING, BUT, I DON'T
KNOW.
WE WERE MOVING A LOT AND IT'S A
SIGN THAT IT WAS GETTING BETTER.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU GOT TO
CANADA WHAT DID YOU THINK IN
THOSE FIRST DAYS, THOSE FIRST
WEEKS?
>> I WAS TELLING MY PARENTS THAT
I WANT TO RELIVE THIS MOMENT.
WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND YOU
OPEN IT
IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
SO I TRIED THIS IN TORONTO.
SO WHEN WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT I
CLOSED MY
EYES AND THEN I OPENED THEM AND
WE'RE IN CANADA NOW.
>> Reporter: SHE'S EXCELLED, A
VOLUNTEER HELPING OTHER NEW
CANADIANS AND HELPING AT THE
HUMANE SOCIETY AND WORKING WITH
SICK KIDS IN HOSPITAL.
CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR MARKS?
>> YEAH, THEY'RE GOOD.
>> Reporter: THEY'RE GOOD?
>> YEAH.
MY AVERAGE THIS YEAR IS 91 POINT
SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS NEXT?
>> I WILL DO MY DEGREE IN
NURSING AND AFTER THAT I WANT TO
APPLY FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL.
I WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR MY
FUTURE.
AND THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE MY
PARENTS ARE SUPPORTING ME ALL
THE TIME, LIKE MY WHOLE FAMILY.
AND I WANT TO FIND A SAFE PLACE
TO BE IN.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN BREATHE?
>> YEAH.
(*)
>> Reporter: WITH SAJJA...
KARDEISHA AND ALEX, CANADA HAS
NEW YOUNG LEADERS EMERGING.
THERE YOU HAVE IT, A SNAPSHOT OF
THE CLASS OF 2018.
DAVID COMMON, CBC NEWS, CALGARY.
>> Ian: WE WERE INSPIRED BY
THESE STORIES OF AMBITION AND
ACHIEVEMENT AND OVER THE SUMMER
WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU MORE.
IF YOU KNOW OF A YOUNG CANADIAN
WHO IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE WHERE
THEY LIVE OR SETTING OUT TO
CHANGE THE WORLD, DROP US AN
EMAIL AT THENATIONAL@CBC.CA AND
LET US KNOW WHY THEIR STORY
INSPIRES YOU.
>>> CANADIAN MARIJUANA COMPANIES
ARE LOOKING TO FILL ALL KINDS OF
JOBS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS
LEGALIZATION INCHES CLOSER.
THEIR PITCH TO PERSPECTIVE
EMPLOYEES NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL."
>> HE BASICALLY SAID WE JUST
CLOSED A
BIG ROUND OF FUNDING, WE'RE
GROWING A TEAM, WE'RE LOOKING
FOR SOMEONE WITH YOUR BACKGROUND
AND TWO WEEKS LATER I
>> Ian: SO RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA WILL BE LEGAL IN
CANADA IN LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS
AND THAT HAS LICENSED PRODUCERS
NOT JUST SCRAMBLING TO RAMP UP
PRODUCTION BUT TO HIRE MORE
STAFF.
THOUSANDS OF JOBS WILL BE UP FOR
GRABS BUT BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY
IS SO NEW, FINDING PEOPLE TO
FILL THOSE POSITIONS COULD BE A
CHALLENGE.
CBC BUSINESS REPORTER JACQUELINE
HANSEN LOOKS AT HOW COUNTRIES
-- COMPANIES ARE ATTRACTING TOP
THAT WILL INT.
>> Reporter: IT'S EMPTY NOW
BUT SOON THIS ROOM WILL BE
PACKED WITH MARIJUANA PLANTS.
>> I CAN SEE ALL OF THE WORK
THAT HAD GONE ON THIS AROUND ME
AND IT'S EXCITING TO GET UP AND
RUNNING AND BEING SO CLOSE TO A
LICENCE TO START CULTIVATING.
>> Reporter: ANDREW MILNE IS
IN CHARGE OF THE SYSTEMS THAT
KEEP THIS CANNIBAS PRODUCTION
PLANT RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
MILNE USED TO WORK IN COLORADO,
NOT IN THE POT BUSINESS THOUGH,
HE WORKED AT A COMPANY THAT
PRODUCED CONSUMER ELECTRONICS.
WHEN HE GOT A CALL FROM AN OLD
FRIEND TO MOVE HOME TO WORK AT
A CANNIBAS START-UP.
>> IT'S A NEW FIELD AND I HAD TO
THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
ACTUALLY MOSTLY ABOUT LEAVING A
STEADY JOB THAT I LIKED FOR A
START-UP.
>> Reporter: BUT THAT
HESITATION DIDN'T LAST LONG.
>> TWO WEEKS LATER I HAD ALL OF
MY POSSESSIONS IN A CAR AND I
WAS DRIVING ACROSS NEBRASKA.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE
FOUNDERS OF THE COMPANY
RECRUITED MILNE.
>> WE ENTICED HIM BACK TO CANADA
THOUGH HE WAS LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES IN SILICON VALLEY.
>> Reporter: THERE'S A LOT
MORE HIRING TO DO.
THEY HAVE 16 EMPLOYEES WITH
PLANS TO DOUBLE THAT.
>> WE GET INUNDATED WITH FOLKS
LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE
CANNIBAS INDUSTRY THESE DAYS.
>> Reporter: CANNIBAS
COMPANIES ARE ON A HIRING SPREE
AND
LARGER COMPANIES NEED EVEN MORE
WORKERS.
CANOPY GROWTH WANTS TO TRIPLE
ITS WORKFORCE IN THE NEXT TWO
YEARS FROM 1,000 TO 3,000.
RIGHT NOW IT HAS 600 JOBS TO
FILL FROM GROWER, PLANT TRIMMER
AND CULTIVATION SUPERVISOR TO
BEVERAGE CHEMIST AND MOBILE APP
DEVELOPER.
>> WE ACTIVELY REACH OUT TO
CANADA THROUGH
DIFFERENT SOURCES AND TAP PEOPLE
ON THE SHOULDER AND SEE IF
THERE'S AN INTEREST IN THE
SECTOR.
>> Reporter: ALICE MCMAHON
RECRUITS FOR CANNIBAS COMPANIES.
SHE SAYS THAT THE TOUGHEST
PEOPLE TO
FIND ARE CULTIVATION EXPERTS.
>> THERE'S ONLY A SMALL POOL OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED IN A
CULTIVATION ROLE, WHETHER THAT'S
A TECHNICIAN OR A MASTER
CULTIVATOR, WITHIN THE AMCPR,
WITHIN THE MEDICAL REGULATIONS
IN THE SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: A MASTER GROWER
MAKES AS MUCH AS $93,000 A YEAR,
ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY
MCMAHON'S COMPANY.
THAT'S ALREADY UP 14% FROM LAST
YEAR.
AS THE STIGMA AROUND POT FADES
AND MORE PEOPLE WANT IN.
>> I THINK WHAT IS REALLY
INTRIGUING IS HOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE EVEN IN ALBERTA ARE
LOOKING AT CANNIBAS AS
POTENTIALLY A MORE STABLE
OPPORTUNITY AND A PLACE TO TAKE
THEIR CAREER LONG TERM, EVEN
COMPARED TO SOMETHING LIKE A
MORE TRADITIONAL OIL AND GAS
SECTOR.
>> Reporter: IN ONTARIO, MILNE
HAS FOUND THE START-UP
EXPERIENCE THAT HE WENT
SEARCHING FOR IN THE U.S.
>> IT'S A REVERSE BRAIN DRAIN
HERE.
YOU THINK OF TALENT, ESPECIALLY
TECHNICAL PEOPLE GENERALLY
GOING TO STATES TO PURSUE
OPPORTUNITIES BUT THE CANADIAN
CANNIBAS INDUSTRY IS SO MUCH
MORE DEVELOPED THAN THE INDUSTRY
IN THE STATES.
>> Reporter: NOW PART OF AN
INDUSTRY THAT LIKELY WON'T GROW
THIS MUCH, THIS FAST AGAIN.
JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS,
GUELPH.
>> Ian: YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED
AT WHO SOME OF THE NEW CANNIBAS
WORKERS ARE.
THESE SENIORS ARE SPENDING THEIR
GOLDEN YEARS MAKING THE BUDS
LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
THE GROUP TOOK JOBS WITH THE
SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER OF
CANNIBAS IN ALBERTA.
TO THEIR CO-WORKERS THEY HAVE
BECOME KNOWN AS THE "OLD LADY
CLIPPERS."
>> ONE OF THE YOUNGER STAFF MADE
A REMARK ABOUT THE OLD LADIES.
WELL, WE WENT, OH, MY GOD IT
CAN'T POSSIBLY BE US!
SO HE SAID THAT'S WHAT THEY
CALL YOU WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE.
>> Ian: EVERY WEEK THEY ARRIVE
AT ACREAGE FARMS, ZIP UP THEIR
WHITE
PROTECTIVE SUITS OVER THEIR
MATCHING Ts AND GET TO WORK.
>> WE DO THE CLIPPING AND TO GET
THE LEAVES LIKE THIS AND THEY'RE
ALL YELLOW AND WE TRIM THEM ALL
OFF.
>> Ian: AS FOR WHAT ATTRACTED
THEM TO THE POT BUSINESS --
>> WHEN YOU'RE RETIRED THE FOUR
WALLS IN YOUR HOUSE GET BORING
AFTER A WHILE AND THIS IS
SOMETHING TO DO.
>> IT'S EXCITING AND YOU LEARN
SOMETHING MORE EVERY DAY.
>> WE CAN ALL BE ACTIVE AND WE
DO FEEL IMPORTANT.
THAT MEANS A LOT TO US SENIORS.
>> Ian: SO WHAT DO THEIR
FAMILIES THINK OF THEIR NEW GIG?
>> MY SON SAYS I'M NEVER EATING
YOUR BROWNIES AGAIN.
[laughter]
>> Ian: THOSE WOMEN HAVE FOUND
ONE SECRET TO A HAPPY
RETIREMENT, BUT FOR SOME LGBTQ
CANADIANS GETTING OLD CAN FORCE
THEM BACK IN THE CLOSET TO STAY
SAFE.
OUR NICK PURDON IS WORKING ON
THAT STORY AND
HERE'S A PREVIEW...
>> I'M NOT AFRAID OF DYING AND
WHAT I'M AFRAID OF IS THE TIME
FROM NOW TO THE TIME THAT I DO
DIE.
GOING INTO A SENIORS HOME --
>> Reporter: YOU WORRY THAT
PEOPLE MIGHT TREAT YOU
DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE YOU'RE GAY?
>> I DO.
>> THIS ONE NEW PERSON CAME IN
AND
SAID LOOK AT YOU, YOU'RE A MAN.
IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU'RE ONE
OF THOSE AND NOW I HAVE TO COME
AND CLEAN YOU UP.
AND FOR THE WHOLE TIME THAT SHE
WAS
CLEANING ME SHE KEPT MAKING
HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS.
>> I HAD SOME FRIENDS AND ONE OF
THE THINGS THEY ASKED ME IS, YOU
KNOW, COULD YOU STAND IN THE
DOORWAY IF A PERSONAL SERVICE
WORKER OR A NURSE WOULD GO BY
AND SIGNAL US BECAUSE WE DON'T
WANT TO BE SEEN HOLDING HANDS OR
EMBRACING.
>> Ian: HOPING FOR A LITTLE
"NATIONAL" EARLIER IN THE DAY?
"THE NATIONAL TODAY" IS READY
FOR YOUR INBOX EACH AFTERNOON.
TODAY THERE WERE DEMONSTRATIONS
ON STREETS OF TEHRAN, PROTESTS
AGAINST THE RISING PRICES AND A
CRUMBLING ECONOMY.
YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO OUR
NEWSLETTER
cbcnews.ca/thenational.
(*)
>> Ian: ON "THE NATIONAL"
TONIGHT, FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS
OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, POPULAR
WINEMAKER NORMAN HARDIE HAS BEEN
STRIPPED OF HIS WINEMAKER OF THE
YEAR AWARD.
IN A STATEMENT THE ONTARIO WINE
AWARD SAID THAT WHILE THEY
RESPECT HARDIE'S ABILITIES AS A
WINEMAKER CANNOT IGNORE HIS
SELF-ADMITTED BEHAVIOUR.
HARDIE APOLOGIZED LAST WEEK, BUT
DENIED SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS.
(*)
>>> THAT'S CHRISTIAN AND --
CRISTIANO RONALDO LAST NIGHT,
PLEADING WITH FANS TO BE QUIET.
THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF HIS HOTEL
ROOM.
RONALDO DID MISS A PENALTY KICK.
IRAN TIED IT AT 1-1, BUT WILL
NOT BE MOVING ON TO THE SECOND
ROUND OF THE WORLD CUP.
>>> AN OTTAWA MUSIC FESTIVAL IS
FACING AN UNUSUAL AND TINY
PROBLEM, A PROTECTED BIRD, TIS
NESTING WHERE THE STAGE SHOULD
BE SET UP.
THEY'RE AWAITING APPROVAL TO
RELOCATE THE NEST, BUT THEY
DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME
THE FESTIVAL BEGINS NEXT WEEK.
>>> THERE'S A CHANCE YOUR LAST
CHRISTMAS TREE MAY HAVE COME
FROM NOVA SCOTIA, BUT YOUR NEXT
ONE PROBABLY WON'T.
SPRING FROST DECIMATED MANY
CROPS IN THAT PROVINCE, TREES
INCLUDED.
THE CBC'S KAYLA HOUNSELL CHECKS
OUT THE DAMAGE.
>> Reporter: MARTY MURPHY
WELCOMES TODAY'S RAIN.
HIS TREE LOT SHOULD BE A LUSH
GREEN, BUT IT'S DOTTED BY
REDDISH BROWN AFTER FROST
DAMAGED MANY OF THE BRANCHES.
>> THAT AREA THERE, 75% OF THOSE
TREES WILL NOT BE MARKETABLE.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE TREE LOTS, BUT
90% OR 100% OF THEIR TREES LOOK
THAT RED.
>> Reporter: PLUCKING OFF THE
RED WILL SAVE SOME.
>> IT WILL SET US BACK SEVERAL
YEARS.
>> Reporter: THERE'S WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE TO BALSAM FIR TREES
ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
>> THIS ISN'T A FROST.
IT'S A FREEZE.
>> Reporter: THESE ARE EVER
GREENS, OF COURSE, BUT IN JUNE,
THEY'RE NOT PREPARED FOR THE
COLD.
>> IN THE FALL, THE TREE
PRODUCES ALCOHOL AND IT GOES
INTO THE CELL STRUCTURE AND THE
ALCOHOL KEEPS THE CELL STRUCTURE
FROM FREEZING IN THE WINTER, SO
IT ACTS AS AN ANTIFREEZE,
REALLY.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO SOME
ESTIMATES, THE INDUSTRY WILL
TAKE A $15 MILLION HIT THIS
YEAR.
>> THERE WILL BE A LOT LESS
MONEY SPENT IN RURAL NOVA
SCOTIA.
>> Reporter: HE SAID 80 GROWERS
SHOWED UP TO AN INFORMATION
SESSION THAT HE ORGANISED.
>> IT'S DISHEARTENING AND
EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS
AS TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> Reporter: HE SAID HE DOESN'T
THINK THAT CANADIANS WILL SEE
THE PRICE OF CHRISTMAS TREES
INCREASE THIS YEAR BECAUSE
PRICES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.
MEANWHILE, FARMERS ASSESS THE
DAMAGE.
>> NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER
HAPPENED BEFORE THAT MOST PEOPLE
KNOW OF AND SO IT WILL TAKE TIME
TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.
>> Reporter: A FULL RECOVERY
COULD BE YEARS AWAY.
KAYLA HOUNSELL, CBC NEWS, NOVA
SCOTIA.
>> Ian: THIS IS A BIG INDUSTRY
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
CANADA EXPORTED $43 MILLION
WORTH OF CHRISTMAS TREES IN
2016.
NOVA SCOTIA EXPORTS A LOT OF
THOSE.
THE SECOND MOST IN THE COUNTRY.
QUEBEC IS CANADA'S INDISPUTED
CHAMPION.
THE TREES ARE SENT ALL OVER THE
WORLD, AUSTRALIA, THAILAND, AND
THE U.A.E.
>>> AN ONTARIO RESTAURANT HAS
BEEN RECEIVING WILL THE OF
ATTENTION ON-LINE.
THE OLD RED HEN'S FACEBOOK PAGE
WAS FLOODED WITH NEGATIVE
PROBLEMS AND REVIEWS AND THE
PROBLEM IS, THE ANGER WASN'T
MEANT FROM THEM.
IT WAS FROM SARAH SANDERS
SUPPORTERS, AFTER SHE WAS ASKED
TO LEAVE THE RED HEN IN
VIRGINIA.
WE SPOKE TO THE OPENER ABOUT THE
OLD RED HEN ABOUT THE MIXUP.
THAT'S OUR "MOMENT OF THE DAY."
>> I SAID, I'M SORRY.
YOU HAVE THE WRONG RESTAURANT.
WE'RE IN ONTARIO, CANADA.
SO SOMEONE LEAKED OUT MY PHONE
AND I WAS GETTING HATE.
THEY SAID THE PLACE WAS DIRTY
AND PEOPLE SHOULDN'T GO THERE.
PEOPLE SAID, I ATE THERE AND GOT
SICK AND I GOOGLED THEM AND
THEY'RE IN THE STATES.
I WILL CONTACT FACEBOOK AND ASK
WHAT CAN BE DONE.
I'M TOLD IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO
REMOVE THAT.
WE HAVE ALL POSITIVE FEEDBACK IN
MY AREA AND WE HAVE POSITIVE
SUPPORT HERE.
I'M STARTING TO CALM DOWN A
LITTLE BIT.
>> Ian: NOT EXACTLY TOURIST
DESTINATION FOR AINGE -- ANGRY
REPUBLICANS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
APPARENTLY THEY'VE BEEN SORT OF
REACTIONS TO THAT.
PEOPLE APOLOGIZING TO THE OLD
RED HEN FOR ALL THE MIXUP,
INCLUDING SOME AMERICANS.
AND YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED TO
HEAR THERE A BUNCH OF OTHER
RESTAURANTS AROUND THE WORLD, WE
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY THIS
BUT SEEING REPORTS, THAT IF THEY
HAVE RED HEN IN THEIR NAME,
THEY, TOO, ARE FACING THE WRATH
OF ANGRY SANDERS' SUPPORTERS
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR JUNE
25.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
GOOD FIGHT.
-- GOOD NIGHT.
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