CBCNEWS — The National 20260814 030000 UTC 760 transcript segments Original Broadcaster Captioning (Enhanced) Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:24] [♪♪] >> Crystal: TONIGHT, DAYS [00:00:26] BEFORE [00:00:36] A MAJOR TARIFF DEADLINE CANADA'S MINISTER MEETS WITH HIS COUNTERPART IN WASHINGTON. >> WE HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS [00:00:40] TODAY, WE WERE CORDIAL, THEY WERE DETAILED. THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER, OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL BE [00:00:43] GIVEN OPTIONS. [00:00:48] >> Crystal: AS DOMINIC LeBLANC [00:00:49] SCRAMBLES TO GET A DEAL DONE [00:00:53] PREMIERS WEIGH-IN WITH RED [00:00:53] LINES. [00:00:58] >> WE NEED TO GET A DEAL BEFORE WE PUT AMERICAN BOOZE BACK ON [00:01:01] THE SHELVES. [00:01:04] >> Crystal: PLUS, NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF [00:01:07] E-SCOOTERS. >> I WILL TELL YOU THESE THINGS ARE MARKETED AS TOYS AND [00:01:11] THEY'RE ANYTHING BUT TOYS. >> Crystal: AND PAYING BIG BUCKS [00:01:15] FOR SHOWS ONLY TO BE LEFT WAITING FOR PERFORMERS SOMETIMES [00:01:17] FOR HOURS. [00:01:21] >> YOU COULDN'T EVEN GET TO YOUR SEATS, THEY WEREN'T [00:01:25] LETTING ANYONE IN. WE WERE JUST WAITING IN THE CONCOURSE. [00:01:29] >> Crystal: WHAT RIGHTS DO [00:01:34] THIS IS "THE NATIONAL" WITH CRYSTAL GOOMANSINGH. >> Crystal: THANKS FOR JOINING [00:01:38] US. [00:01:38] ADRIENNE IS AWAY. [00:01:44] >>> CANADA-U.S.TRADE MINISTER DOMINIC LEBLANC MET WITH TRADE REPRESENTATIVE JAMIESON GREER [00:01:48] IN WASHINGTON AS PRESSURE TO GET A DEAL RATCHETS UP EVEN HIGHER. [00:01:51] [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. [00:01:53] >> Crystal: LEBLANC KEEPING [00:01:55] RADIO SILENCE ON A POSSIBLE [00:02:01] DEADLOCK DESPITE THE LOOMING DEADLINE. NEW POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING 50% [00:02:04] U.S. TARIFFS ON A WIDE RANGE OF CANADIAN GOODS ARE JUST DAYS FROM SNAPPING INTO PLACE BUT AT [00:02:08] LEAST ONE PREMIER MADE IT CLEAR [00:02:11] HE DOESN'T WANT OTTAWA TO BLINK FIRST. [00:02:14] EVAN DYER JOINS US NOW FROM [00:02:15] OTTAWA. [00:02:18] EVAN, HAVE WE SEEN ANY SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN THESE TALKS? >> Reporter: NOT REALLY, [00:02:22] CRYSTAL. THE CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVES JAMIESON [00:02:25] GREER MET FOR JUST ABOUT TWO HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND HE [00:02:27] EMERGED WITH THIS MESSAGE. [00:02:32] >> WE HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS TODAY. [00:02:35] THEY WERE CORDIAL, THEY WERE DETAILS. [00:02:37] THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME [00:02:41] MINISTER, OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL BE GIVEN OPTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S [00:02:44] ANYTHING TO REPORT RIGHT NOW. [indiscernible] >> Reporter: IT COMES AFTER WE [00:02:48] HEARD EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT OTTAWA REJECTED A PROPOSAL FROM WASHINGTON THAT LOWERED TARIFFS [00:02:51] BUT APPARENTLY NOT BY ENOUGH. >> Crystal: WE DID HOWEVER HEAR FROM SOME PREMIERS TODAY? [00:02:55] >> Reporter: YES, WE HEARD FROM BOTH PREMIER FORD OF ONTARIO AND [00:02:58] PREMIER FRÉCHETTE OF QUEBEC [00:03:03] STATING PRETTY CLEARLY THAT THEY WERE FEDERAL NEGOTIATORS [00:03:05] TO HOLD THE LINE. IN THE CASE OF FRÉCHETTE WE HEARD THAT [00:03:09] SUPPLY LINE HAS BEEN NONNEGOTIABLE FOR QUEBEC. SHE ALSO SEEMED TO BE LOOKING [00:03:12] PAST NEXT WEDNESDAY TO A FUTURE [00:03:20] WHERE THESE THREATENED NEW TARIFFS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND WAS HOPING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD BE OFFERING [00:03:24] SUPPORT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND [00:03:28] WORKERS AND WE SAW THE FEDERAL FINANCE MINISTER SAYING YES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT [00:03:31] WOULD BE THERE. WE EXPECT DOMINIC LEBLANC TO BRIEF HIS PROVINCIAL [00:03:35] COUNTERPARTS ON FRIDAY. [00:03:38] AS FOR FORD HE SUGGESTED HE'LL HOLD THE LINE ON ONTARIO'S BOYCOTT OF U.S. ALCOHOL SAYING [00:03:42] HE'LL DROP IT ONLY AS PART OF A FAIR DEAL. >> I DO NOT, I'M GOING TO [00:03:46] EMPHASIZE, USE ALCOHOL AS A [00:03:47] BARGAINING CHIP. [00:03:52] DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS IF WE GET A FAIR DEAL THAT WILL PROTECT OUR STEEL SECTOR, OUR [00:03:56] ALUMINUM SECTOR, AUTO SECTOR, [00:04:01] AGRICULTURE SECTOR, LUMBER SECTOR, AND MANUFACTURING THEN WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO [00:04:05] BRING ALCOHOL BACK ON THE [00:04:09] SHELVES ONLY IF WE HAVE A DEAL THAT SUPPORTS THOSE SECTORS. >> Reporter: IN HIS OWN WORDS, [00:04:13] CANADA NEGOTIATES THROUGH STRENGTH, NOT WEAKNESS AND HE [00:04:24] COME OFF. >> Crystal: THANKS SO MUCH. [00:04:27] >>> LOWER LEVEL OFFICIALS [00:04:32] -- AMERICAN AND CANADIAN OFFICIALSCONTINUE TALKING TONI. TOMORROW, DOMINIC LEBLANC IS [00:04:36] EXPECTED TO BRIEF A FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE NEGOTIATIONS. [00:04:40] THAT GROUP INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM BUSINESS, LABOUR, AND TRADE [00:04:43] ORGANIZATIONS. >>> WE ARE LEARNING NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT ABOUT THE HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING IN [00:04:47] TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C., THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF EIGHT VICTIMS. [00:04:51] NEW DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN UNSEALED THROUGH EFFORTS BY CBC NEWS AND [00:04:53] OTHER MEDIA. MICHELLE ALLEN IS COMBING [00:04:57] THROUGH THOSE DOCUMENTS IN VANCOUVER. MICHELLE, WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU? [00:05:01] >> Reporter: THESE NEWLY [00:05:05] UNSEALED DOCUMENTS ARE SEARCH WARRANTS, PRODUCTION ORDERS, AND SEALING ORDERS THAT CBC NEWS [00:05:08] AND A GROUP OF OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS [00:05:11] FOUGHT IN COURT TO GET ACCESS TO, AND THEY GIVE US A FULLER [00:05:13] LOOK AT HOW THIS TRAGEDY [00:05:17] UNFOLDED IN EARLY FEBRUARY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. [00:05:20] THEY GIVE US JUST A SLIVER MORE OF THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED ON [00:05:24] FEBRUARY 10 IN THE TINY TIGHT KNIT MOUNTAIN TOWN OF TUMBLER [00:05:26] RIDGE, OF HOW THE POLICE FOUND [00:05:36] THE BODIES OF THE EIGHT TIMES, AND OF THE SHOOTER, 18-YEAR-OLD [00:05:39] JESSE van ROOTSELAAR. >> STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION IS HAPPENING WHERE IT IS AN RCMP [00:05:43] CHOICE NOT A NECESSITY OR A [00:05:46] LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO WITHHOLD A [00:05:49] LOT OF THE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, AND THAT SHOULD BE [00:05:52] CONCERNING TO THE PUBLIC. [00:05:53] >> Reporter: THE REDACTION HE'S [00:06:07] MOST CONCERNED ABOUT? THE DETAILS OF THE FIREARMS USED. [00:06:10] >> THIS IS A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT WHETHER [00:06:14] POLICE ACTION OR INACTION MIGHT HAVE [00:06:16] INTERFERED WITH THE SHOOTER'S ABILITY TO FOLLOW-THROUGH WITH [00:06:20] THE ACT AT THE SCHOOL. [00:06:21] >> Reporter: WE DO HAVE MORE [00:06:25] DETAILS ABOUT THE 911 CALLS THAT POURED IN THAT MORNING. FIRST, A CALL ABOUT AN S.U.V. [00:06:29] DRIVING ERRATICALLY AWAY FROM THE SHOOTER'S HOUSE THEN MULTIPLE CALLS OF SHOTS FIRED [00:06:33] INSIDE THE SCHOOL. THE DOCUMENTS GIVE A TIMELINE OF [00:06:36] OFFICERS ARRIVING TO THE SCENE, HEARING GUNSHOTS, GOING INTO THE [00:06:39] SCHOOL, FINDING VICTIMS, AND ULTIMATELY THE SHOOTER DEAD WITH [00:06:42] SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE DOCUMENTS SAY POLICE HAD TO [00:06:44] HOLD WHILE BEING SHOT AT. THEY ALSO MENTIONED THE SHOOTER [00:06:48] WENT BY MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LAST [00:06:49] NAMES AND THAT POLICE THOUGHT [00:06:54] -- SOME POLICE OFFICERS THOUGHT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN TWO [00:06:57] SHOOTERS AT ONE TIME BUT MUCH REMAINS UNCERTAIN AS MUCH [00:06:59] INFORMATION REMAINS REDACTED. [00:07:03] BRITISH COLUMBIA HAS ANNOUNCED [00:07:04] THAT THERE WILL BE A CORONER'S [00:07:07] INQUEST INTO THE SHOOTING AS WELL AS THE ROLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MAY HAVE PLAYED IN [00:07:10] THIS CASE. >> Crystal: AND MICHELLE, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF [00:07:14] THE DETAILS THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET. >> Reporter: THERE'S A LOT [00:07:18] THAT -- THE SECTION ABOUT THE SHOOTER'S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS IS REDACTED ENTIRELY AND WHILE [00:07:20] THE DOCUMENTS SHOW THE POLICE [00:07:24] -- AND WHILE THE DOCUMENTS SHOW THE POLICE TIMELINE ALL THE [00:07:34] GETTING TO THE SCHOOL AND GETTING TO THE SHOOTER. [00:07:37] >> Crystal: MICHELLE ALLEN, THANK YOU. [00:07:41] >>> WELL, THOUSANDS [00:07:45] REMAIN OUT OF THEIR HOMES AS THE BALD RANGE WILDFIRE CONTINUES TO BURN NEAR SUMMERLAND, B.C. [00:07:48] THE FALLOUT IS SPREADING WITH BUSINESSES ACROSS THE REGION [00:07:51] BEING PUSHED TO THE BRINK. >> Reporter: FOR THIS OUTDOOR [00:07:55] ADVENTURE COMPANY BUSINESS IN THE SUMMER IS USUALLY BRISK BUT [00:07:57] IT HAS SLOWED TO A CRAWL. >> WE'VE HAD NO BUSINESS [00:08:01] WHATSOEVER THIS WEEK, ONLY [00:08:02] REFUNDS, CALLING PEOPLE TO [00:08:05] REFUND. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. [00:08:07] >> Reporter: WITH THE DEADLY BALD RANGE WILDFIRE BURNING IN [00:08:11] B.C.S SOUTHERN INTERIOR THE AIR IS THICK WITH SMOKE. OKANAGAN BEACH THAT'S WOULD -- [00:08:15] BEACHES THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE PACKED ARE BARE AND ALMOST NO [00:08:18] ONE IS ON THE WATER. [00:08:21] >> WE HAVE A DOZEN KAYAKS AND [00:08:23] STAND-UP PADDLE BOARDS -- >> Reporter: A HARD PILL TO [00:08:27] SWALLOW IF YOUR BUSINESS RELIES [00:08:28] ON TOURISM. [00:08:32] >> IT'S SAD THAT YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE THAT'S [00:08:35] HOW YOU HAVE TO PREPARE [00:08:38] YOURSELF, THINKING THAT FIRES ARE A PART OF THE WORLD BUT IT [00:08:41] DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER ON THE DAY WHEN NO ONE'S RENTING BIKES. [00:08:44] >> Reporter: THIS LOCAL ICE CREAM SHOP IS FEELING THE [00:08:47] PINCH, TOO. [00:08:50] BUSINESS HAS DROPPED AT LEAST 90% SINCE THE FIRE HE REPRESENTED. [00:08:54] >> WE'VE -- ERUPTED. >> WE'VE ALREADY LAID OFF A CHUNK OF OUR STAFF KNOWING THAT SUMMERLAND ISN'T GOING TO OPEN [00:08:58] BACK UP RIGHT AWAY. [00:09:03] >> WE HAVE ENTREPRENEURS. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE BIG [00:09:06] BUSINESSES THAT CAN REALLY HANG ON SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY [00:09:09] TO BE MAKING MONEY. >> Reporter: ROUGHLY 12,000 PEOPLE ON EVACUATION ORDER HAVE [00:09:13] NO TIMELINE OF WHEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO HOME BUT WITH HOT TEMPERATURES, GUSTY WINDS, AND A [00:09:16] CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS [00:09:23] OFFICIALS WARN FIRES COULD [00:09:23] INTENSIFY. [00:09:28] EVACUEES LIKE THIS WOMAN ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO PASS THE TIME. [00:09:31] THESE GRAPEVINES REMIND THIS WOMAN OF HER BUSINESS INSIDE SUMMERLAND. [00:09:35] MRS SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE [00:09:40] SALES SHE'LL MISS OUT ON. >> ABOUT 30% OF OUR TOTAL SALES FROM THE YEAR COME FROM WHAT WE [00:09:43] CALL THE TASTING ROOM. IF WE CAN'T GET IN AND OPEN TASTING ROOM AND GET OUR STAFF [00:09:47] BACK IN PLACE WE'RE GOING TO MISS SEEING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF [00:09:51] OCTOBER. >> Reporter: FOR BUSINESSES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE [00:09:55] EVACUATION ZONE THEY'RE TAKING IT ONE DAY AT A TIME, HOPING THINGS GET BACK TO NORMAL SOON. [00:09:58] >> Crystal: AND JULIA, SOME MOVEMENT TONIGHT ON RODE CLOSURES -- ROAD CLOSURES IN [00:10:02] THE AREA. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. [00:10:06] SO HIGHWAY 97, WHICH YOU CAN SEE [00:10:07] BEHIND ME, RUNS THROUGH [00:10:12] SUMMERLAND, AND HAS REOPENED, BUT TRAFFIC IS ALLOWED ONLY [00:10:25] HIGHWAY WITHOUT AN -- A TEMPORARY ACCESS PASS. OFFICIALS WARN IF DRIVERS DON'T [00:10:29] FOLLOW THE RULES THE ROAD COULD BE SHUTDOWN AGAIN. >> Crystal: A TORONTO POLICE [00:10:32] OFFICER IS IN HOSPITAL [00:10:33] RECOVERING AFTER BEING SHOT [00:10:41] WHILE INVESTIGATING AN E-BIKE ROBBERY. >> EVERY DAY OFFICERS PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO KEEP [00:10:45] PEOPLE SAFE. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IS UNACCEPTABLE. [00:10:49] >> Crystal: DURING THE ARREST THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY SHOT THE [00:10:51] OFFICER IN THE UPPER THIGH. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS NONLIFE [00:10:55] THREATENING INJURIES. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO [00:10:58] CUSTODY AND THE GUN WAS RECOVERED. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR [00:11:02] A SECOND SUSPECT. [00:11:05] >>> WELL, DOCTORS, MEANWHILE, ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT [00:11:09] THE DANGER OF CHILDREN AND TEENS RIDING E-SCOOTERS. NEW DATA SHOWS THAT INJURIES [00:11:13] ARE RISING RAPIDLY. [00:11:16] FOR ONE ONTARIO FAMILY A LIFE THREATENING INCIDENT PUT THEIR [00:11:19] SON INTO A COMA. [00:11:25] LAUREN PELLEY BRINGS US THEIR STORY AND THE NEW WARNINGS [00:11:27] TONIGHT. [00:11:31] >> Reporter: IT'S A COMMON SIGHT ON SUMMER NIGHTS, KIDS AND TEENS RACING AROUND ON E-SCOOTERS HITTING 40 TO 60 KILOMETRES OR [00:11:35] MORE. [00:11:46] THIS 12-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS LEFT WITH A FRACTURED SKULL AFTER RIDING AROUND WITHOUT A HELMET. [00:11:49] THIS WOMAN'S SON WAS IN A COMA FOR MORE THAN A WEEK LAST SUMMER IN HOSPITAL. [00:11:53] HE EVENTUALLY MADE A FULL RECOVERY AND NOW REMINDS OTHERS [00:11:55] TO WEAR A HELMET. >> HE HAS TRIED TO TURN A TRAGEDY INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE. [00:12:00] >> Reporter: CANADIAN DOCTORS SAY MORE KIDS ARE GETTING SERIOUSLY INJURED, EVEN DYING [00:12:04] IN [00:12:06] E-SCOOTER ACCIDENTS. [00:12:08] A NEW SURVEY OF PEDIATRICIANS [00:12:10] SUGGESTED THERE WERE TEN DEATHS [00:12:13] FRGS 12 I.C.U. ADMISSIONS, [00:12:18] AND 26 HOSPITALIZATIONS LASTING MORE THAN TWO DAYS ALL LINKED TO E-SCOOTER CRASHES IN JUST ONE [00:12:22] YEAR. [00:12:28] >> THESE DEVICES ARE OFTEN MARKETED AS TOYS AND I WILL TELL YOU [00:12:31] THEY'RE [00:12:34] ANYTHING BUT TOYS. >> Reporter: SICK KIDS TORONTO [00:12:37] IS ONE HOSPITAL SEEING AN INCREASE IN CASES. >> THIS YEAR WE'RE LIKELY ON TARGET FOR MORE THAN THAT SO [00:12:41] WE'RE JUST SEEING AN [00:12:43] EXPONENTIAL [00:12:46] RISE IN THE NUMBER OF KIDS WE'RE SEEING IN ANY INJURY SO [00:12:49] IT FOLLOWS THAT MORE SEVERE INJURIES WILL ALSO INCREASE AT [00:12:52] A SIMILAR RATE. >> Reporter: E-SCOOTERS ARE [00:12:56] ILLEGAL FOR MOST CANADIANS UNDER 16 BUT -- >> WE'RE NOT SEEING ENFORCEMENT [00:12:59] OF AGE, WE'RE NOT SEEING [00:13:00] ENFORCEMENT OF DOUBLE RIDING. [00:13:07] HELMET WEAR ARE NOT ENFORCED. >> Reporter: THE 18-YEAR-OLD SON OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN [00:13:10] TRUDEAU SKIPPED ANY HEAD [00:13:18] PROTECTION FOR A BACK TO SCHOOL E-SCOOTER AD EARLIER THIS WEEK, PROMPTING HIS MOM TO ASK, "WHERE'S YOUR HELMET?" [00:13:22] XAVIER TRUDEAU QUICKLY POSTED AN [00:13:23] APOLOGY. [00:13:34] >> Crystal: THE PRIVATE CLINIC [00:13:36] GRIFOLS IS TEMPORARILY PAUSING [00:13:44] PLASMA COLLECTION STARTING ON FRIDAY FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF TWO WINNIPEG DONORS. [00:13:48] THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S PROACTIVELY AND VOLUNTARILY DECIDED TO PAUSE PLASMA ACROSS [00:13:51] THE COUNTRY. [00:13:56] IT SAYS UNFOUNDED ATTENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON ITS OPERATIONS. A RECENT HEALTH CANADA [00:14:00] INSPECTION FOUND MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH DONOR SCREENING AND [00:14:02] SUPERVISION. GRIFOLS SAYS IT NEVER [00:14:06] COMPROMISED QUALITY OR SAFETY. HEALTH CANADA SAYS THE TWO [00:14:08] DEATHS WERE NOT DIRECTLY LINKED [00:14:11] TO PLASMA DONATION. [00:14:13] >>> WELL, WESTJET HAS AGREED TO PAY A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT TO SOME OF ITS [00:14:17] FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, PART OF A SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLASS ACTION. [00:14:21] AS NISHA PATEL EXPLAINS IT STEMS FROM A COMPLAINT MADE MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. [00:14:25] >> Reporter: WESTJET HAS [00:14:27] SETTLED [00:14:32] A LAWSUIT LAUNCHED BY MORE THAN 3400 OF ITS FEMALE EMPLOYEES. IT BEGAN MORE THAN A DECADE AGO [00:14:36] WHEN FLIGHT ATTENDANT MANDELANA [00:14:37] LEWIS ALLEGED SHE HAD BEEN [00:14:45] SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A WESTJET [00:14:50] PILOT WHILE ON A LAYOVER TO HAWAII. SEVERAL ATTENDANTS CAME FORWARD [00:14:53] ALLEGED THAT WESTJET FAILED TO MAINTAIN A WORKPLACE FREE FROM [00:14:56] HARASSMENT. [00:15:02] >> WESTJET REALLY MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR US IN THE LAST [00:15:05] DECADE. IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF FIGHTING [00:15:08] GOLIATH AND SETTING, YOU KNOW, SLIVERS OF JUSTICE. >> Reporter: NOW BOTH SIDES SAY [00:15:12] A JUDGE HAS APPROVED A SETTLEMENT WHICH SAYS THAT [00:15:15] WESTJET WILL PAY $4.5 MILLION. [00:15:20] LEWIS AND HER LAWYERS SAY AFTER LEGAL AND OTHER COSTS [00:15:22] EACH [00:15:29] COMPLAINANT WILL RECEIVE AN ESTIMATED $470. >> I'M GLAD THIS IS OVER. [00:15:32] I'M GLAD WE SET A LEGAL PRECEDENT. I'M NOT GLAD WITH THE NUMBER. [00:15:36] I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH. I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH. [00:15:38] >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT WESTJET SAYS IT IS PLEASED TO [00:15:42] HAVE REACHED A MUTUALLY AGREED-UPON SETTLEMENT AND THAT IT IS COMMITTED TO [00:15:45] STRENGTHENING OUR OPERATIONS AND TRAINING. [00:15:48] ACCORDING TO THE SETTLEMENT THE AIRLINE WILL HIRE A THIRD PARTY [00:15:51] TO ASSESS THE PREVALENCE OF HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE AND [00:15:54] WESTJET DOES NOT ADMIT TO ANY LIABILITY OR WRONGDOING. [00:15:57] >> THERE'S NO STRUCTURAL CHANGE REQUIRED, RIGHT? WESTJET'S NOT REQUIRED TO [00:16:01] IMPLEMENT ANY TRAINING. I THINK NOT SURPRISING BUT ALSO [00:16:05] DISAPPOINTING. >> Reporter: LEWIS NO LONGER [00:16:08] WORKS AT WESTJET BUT SHE WARNS [00:16:09] THAT HARASSMENT OF FEMALE [00:16:18] FLIGHT ATTENDANTS IS DEEP ROOTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY. >> -- ROOTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE [00:16:22] INDUSTRY. >> I TOOK IT ON BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT A HUGE PROBLEM IT WAS. [00:16:25] I DID IT FOR MYSELF AND I DID IT [00:16:31] NOT BE OVER. NISHA PATEL, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. [00:16:33] >> Crystal: PALESTINIANS IN AN [00:16:36] OCCUPIED WEST BANK VILLAGE SAY THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF SUPPLIES AFTER A FIVE-DAY SIEGE BY [00:16:40] ISRAELI SETTLERS. ISRAEL'S MILITARY HAS INTERVENED [00:16:43] BUT AS TOM PARRY EXPLAINS SOLDIERS HAVEN'T STOPPED THE [00:16:46] ATTACKS. [00:16:49] >> Reporter: THE LATEST IN A [00:16:52] LONG LINE OF ATTACKS IN THE [00:16:54] OCCUPIED WEST BANK, THIS TIME A [00:16:57] VILLAGE WHERE MILITANT SETTLERS [00:17:00] CLASHED WITH MILITARY GROUPS [00:17:03] AFTER CUTTING OFF ACCESS TO [00:17:05] THREE PALESTINIAN HOMES. [00:17:14] THE ACCESS ON THE MAIN ROAD TO THE HOME WAS BLOCKED. [00:17:17] THEY PUT ROCKS ON THE ROAD, NO ONE WAS ALLOWED ACCESS TO IT. >> THEY CUTOFF THE WATER LINE, THEY CUTOFF THE ELECTRICITY [00:17:21] LINE FROM MY HOUSE AND MY NEIGHBOUR. >> Reporter: THIS MAN, A [00:17:25] PALESTINIAN AMERICAN, OWNS ONE OF THE HOMES THAT'S UNDER SIEGE. [00:17:28] HE'S BEEN WATCHING FROM OHIO, TALKING TO HIS BROTHER INSIDE [00:17:31] THE HOUSE WHERE HIS FOOD IS [00:17:32] RUNNING LOW. >> HE FELT HE'S ALONE, NO ONE [00:17:36] IS HELPING HIM, AND IT JUST -- YOU KNOW, IT'S TERRIFYING. [00:17:40] >> Reporter: VIDEO FROM A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA MOUNTED ON [00:17:43] RIDI'S HOUSE UNTIL ISRAELI [00:17:47] TROOPS REMOVED IT SHOWS [00:17:49] SOLDIERS MINGLING WITH SETTLERS. OTHER IMAGES APPEAR TO SHOW [00:17:53] THEM PRAYING TOGETHER. [00:18:00] OFFICIALLY THE I.D.F. CALLS THIS [00:18:02] SIEGE ILLEGAL, REPREHENSIBLE, [00:18:04] AND UNACCEPTABLE, AND SAYS ANY [00:18:08] I.D.F. MEMBER INVOLVED WILL FACE [00:18:10] DISCIPLINARY ACTION. [00:18:12] >> IN MANY OF THE VIDEOS OF THE ATTACKS YOU CAN SEE THE [00:18:16] SETTLERS [00:18:18] ATTACKING WHILE THERE ARE [00:18:24] SOLDIERS TOGETHER WITH THEM EITHER STANDING BY AND NOT DOING [00:18:27] ANYTHING OR MANY TIMES EVEN PARTICIPATING IN THOSE ATTACKS. [00:18:29] >> Reporter: THIS ATTACK AS PROMPTED A STERNER THAN USUAL [00:18:33] RESPONSE FROM ISRAEL'S CLOSEST [00:18:35] ALLY, THE UNITED STATES. [00:18:37] MIKE HUCKABEE, THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL, HAS CALLED THE ATTACKERS ISRAELI [00:18:41] TERRORISTS [00:18:52] >> Crystal: THE U.K. RECORDED [00:18:55] ITS HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR [00:18:58] TODAY AND THE FIFTH HOTTEST ON RECORD. THE PEAK TEMPERATURE RECORDED [00:19:02] IN WEST LONDON WAS 38.1° CELSIUS. [00:19:05] THE U.K. IS IN THE GRIPS OF ITS FIFTH HEAT WAVE OF THIS YEAR. [00:19:09] DROUGHT HAS BEEN DECLARED ACROSS NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF ENGLAND [00:19:13] AND IT'S TAKING ITS TOLL ON THE [00:19:14] WATER SUPPLY AND THE COUNTRY'S [00:19:17] TRADEMARK GREENLANDSCAPES. >>> THE U.S. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD [00:19:21] SAYS IT HAS IDENTIFIED THE CAUSE OF A [00:19:24] SHATTERED WINDOW ON A RYANAIR [00:19:25] PLANE THAT ALMOST SUCKED A MAN [00:19:28] HEADFIRST OUT OF THE CABIN. [00:19:30] IT HAPPENED MID FLIGHT OVER [00:19:33] GREECE LAST MONTH. [00:19:40] THE PRELIMINARY REPORT SAYS A BLADE FROM ONE OF THE PLANE'S ENGINES CAME OFF, HITTING THE [00:19:44] WINDOW AND PARTS OF THE [00:19:45] FUSELAGE. [00:20:01] THE NTSB SAYS THERE WERE AT LEAST FOUR SUSPECT BIRD STRIKES IN THE LAST YEAR, ANDTHAT BIRD [00:20:05] REMAINS INCLUDING FEATHERS WERE FOUND IN THE ENGINE BUT THE [00:20:08] INVESTIGATION INTO THE ULTIMATE CAUSE IS ON GOING. [00:20:11] >>> WELL, IT HAS BEEN 65 YEARS SINCE THE BERLIN WALL WENT UP. [00:20:13] FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES IT SPLIT THE CITY AND TORE FRIENDS [00:20:17] AND FAMILIES APART. MARINA VON STACKELBERG IS IN [00:20:20] BERLIN TONIGHT WHERE WOUNDS OF THAT POLITICAL PAST REMAIN AS [00:20:23] NEW POLITICAL FAULT LINES EMERGE. [00:20:25] >> Reporter: IN GERMANY ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY MARKED IN A COUNTRY [00:20:29] WHERE REMEMBRANCE RUNS DEEP. 65 YEARS AGO PEOPLE IN BERLIN WOKE UP TO FIND A BARBED WIRE [00:20:32] FENCE HAD BEEN ERECTED OVERNIGHT. THE COMMUNITYIST EAST PREVENTED [00:20:36] PEOPLE FROM FLEEING TO THE DEMOCRATIC WEST, SPLITTING THE [00:20:38] CITY IN TWO. [00:20:44] AT LEAST 136 PEOPLE DIED TRYING TO CROSS. THIS MAN SUCCESSFULLY ESCAPED. [00:20:48] HE SWAM TO THE WEST IN 1966. THEN HE HELPED 33 PEOPLE [00:20:51] ESCAPE, TOO, BY SMUGGLING THEM IN THE [00:20:54] TRUNK OF HIS CAR. [00:20:56] >> NOBODY COULD IMAGINE THAT IT [00:21:03] WOULD BE 38 YEARS. >> Reporter: NOBODY THOUGHT THE [00:21:07] WALL WOULD COME DOWN. [00:21:11] UNTIL IT DID NEARLY THREE DECADES LATER. >> I WAS IN MY HOTEL AND I WAS [00:21:14] IN WEST BERLIN, AND I HEARD SO MUCH NOISE, AND I SPENT THE [00:21:17] WHOLE NIGHT TOTALLY DAZED WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, CRYING AND [00:21:20] HUGGING. [00:21:22] >> Reporter: SINCE UNIFYING GERMANY HAS CONSISTENTLY [00:21:26] ADVOCATED FOR THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, TAKING IN LARGE [00:21:30] NUMBERS OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES BUT THAT IDENTITY IS NOW FACING ONE OF ITS BIGGEST [00:21:34] TESTS. THE FAR RIGHT POLITICAL PARTY, [00:21:36] THE AFD, ALTERNATIVE FOR [00:21:41] DEUTSCHE LAND, CONTINUES TO GAIN SUPPORT. IT WANTS TO SEVERELY [00:21:44] RESTRICT IMMIGRATION, AND THE PARTY COULD WIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A STATE ELECTION NEXT [00:21:47] MONTH. [00:21:52] >> WHAT AN IRONY, ISN'T IT, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT [00:21:55] REUNIFICATION IN GERMANY FOR DECADES AND WE [00:21:58] WANT TO BECOME ONE PEOPLE AGAIN AND NOW WE HAVE A PARTY THAT [00:22:02] REALLY SPLITS GERMANY IN HALF. >> Reporter: MEMORIES OF THE [00:22:06] WALL ARE EVERYWHERE IN BERLIN. EVEN THIS COBBLE STONE PATH THAT MARKS EXACTLY WHERE THE WALL [00:22:09] CUT THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY, A CONSTANT REMINDER OF THE SCARS [00:22:13] OF DIVISION AS GERMANY FACES [00:22:20] NEWS, BERLIN. [00:22:21] >> Crystal: DEMAND IS SURGING [00:22:25] FOR A SPECIAL MADE CANADIAN [00:22:31] WATER BOMBER TO HELP BATTLE WILDFIRES [00:22:34] AROUND THE GLOBE. >> WE KNOW THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT AIRCRAFT. [00:22:38] >> Crystal: WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET MORE CANADIAN AIRCRAFT IN [00:22:41] THE SKY. >>> PLUS, WITH THE SUMMER CONCERT SEASON IN FULL SWING WE [00:22:45] LOOK AT YOUR RIGHTS IF A SHOW IS SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED. >> WE SHOULD HAVE GOT A 30% [00:22:48] REBATE OR A 40% CREDIT. >> Crystal: AND THE PERFECTLY [00:22:51] TIMED JUMP TO CAPTURE THE SOLAR [00:22:52] ECLIPSE. [00:22:56] >> [INDISCERNIBLE] IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE, LIKE, WOW. >> Crystal: WE'RE BACK IN TWO. [♪♪] [00:25:08] EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL STALKING CHARGES [00:25:11] FRIDAY, PART OF A BROADER PLEA DEAL [00:25:15] ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE U.S. MEDIA REPORTS. [00:25:18] THE CHARGES STEM FROM THE 2024 KILLING OF UNITED HEALTH CARE [00:25:21] C.E.O. BRIAN THOMPSON WHICH SPARKED A DAYS-LONG MANHUNT [00:25:25] ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES. SOURCES SAY NEGOTIATIONS ARE ON [00:25:29] GOING AND NOTHING IS FINAL UNTIL MANGIONE ENTERS HIS PLEA. [00:25:32] >>> IN THE U.S. AND SHEER IN [00:25:35] KHANNA -- HERE IN CANADA [00:25:37] FRUSTRATION IS BUILDING AMONG [00:25:40] CONCERT GOERS WHO SAY THEY ARE [00:25:42] SPENDING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO ATTEND PERFORMANCES JUST TO BE [00:25:46] TREATED TO HOURS-LONG DELAYS. INA SIDHU NOW WITH WHY THEY HAVE [00:25:49] LITTLE RECOURSE. [00:25:50] >> Reporter: THIS SCENE OUTSIDE [00:25:55] CALGARY'S SADDLE DOME A BIT OF A [00:25:56] SUMMER TREND, THOUSANDS OF [00:26:00] PEOPLE WAITING FOR HOURS. [00:26:10] FOR A NEOAND -- NEOAND AKON [00:26:17] CONCERT THAT WAS DELAYED FOR HOURS. >> YOU COULDN'T GET GET TO YOUR SEATS, THEY WEREN'T LETTING [00:26:20] PEOPLE IN. EVERYONE WAS JUST SITTING IN THE CONCOURSE. [00:26:22] >> Reporter: A BRIEF APOLOGY BUT [00:26:26] NO COMPENSATION. THIS MAN SAYS AFTER FINDING A [00:26:29] BABY-SITTER AND PAYING FOR TICKETS AND FOOD, IT WAS A NEARLY $700 EXPERIENCE. [00:26:32] IN NEW YORK CITY, A DIFFERENT [00:26:33] ARTIST BUT ANOTHER DELAY WHEN A [00:26:42] JAY-Z SHOW STARTED FOUR HOURS LATE. >> CAME ABOUT 12:00, 12:15 BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY A SHOW TO [00:26:46] REMEMBER. >> Reporter: ORGANIZERS BLAMED [00:26:49] NONTICKET HOLDERS WHO STORMED THE ENTRANCES CREATING SECURITY ISSUES. [00:26:52] >> [INDISCERNIBLE] SO I AM REALLY SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. [00:26:55] >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY TICKET HOLDERS DON'T HAVE MANY RIGHTS [00:26:58] EVEN WHEN SHOWS RUN HOURS [00:27:00] BEHIND. [00:27:05] >> MOST CONCERT TICKET CONTRACTS ARE WRITTEN TO GIVEN PROMOTERS [00:27:08] CONSIDERABLE FLEXIBILITY IF SCHEDULES CHANGE. [00:27:10] >> Reporter: BUT CONSUMER [00:27:13] ADVOCATES SAY CONCERT PROMOTERS SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT WITH [00:27:16] TICKET HOLDERS ABOUT ANY SCHEDULE CHANGES. >> IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE TO [00:27:20] LEGISLATE FOR RIGHTS AND IF [00:27:20] YOUR [00:27:24] -- IF YOU HAVE A FLIGHT, AND IF YOUR FLIGHT IS DELAYED BY TWO OR [00:27:27] THREE HOURS THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO A REFUND. >> Reporter: LIVE NATION CANADA [00:27:31] SAYS IT UNDERSTANDS THAT DELAYS CAN BE FRUSTRATING BUT ADDS LIVE EVENTS ARE COMPLEX AND HAVE [00:27:35] MANY [00:27:35] MOVING PARTS AND SAID DESPITE [00:27:40] EXTENSIVE PLANNING UNFORESEEN [00:27:46] CIRCUMSTANCES CAN SOMETIMES [00:27:52] FULL EXPERIENCE. >> Reporter: AN EXPERIENCE HE AND HIS WIFE WERE LOOKING [00:27:54] FORWARD TO FOR MONTHS. [00:27:58] INA SIDHU, CBC NEWS, CALGARY. >> Crystal: WITH WILDFIRES RAGING ON MULTIPLE FRONTS [00:28:02] WORLDWIDE PRESSURE IS ONTO BOOST PRODUCTION ON A CANADIAN MADE WATER BOMBERS. [00:28:06] >> THE WORLD IS BURNING UP. WE NEED EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT THOSE FIRES. [00:28:10] >> Crystal: THE GROWING DEMAND [00:28:13] FOR THE SO-CALLED SUPER SCOOPER AND WHY THE CANADIAN MAKER IS [00:28:15] STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP. >>> PLUS WE BREAKDOWN THE [00:28:19] GROWING PROBLEM OF WILDFIRE MISINFORMATION IN CANADA. >> NATURAL DISASTER EVENTS HAVE [00:28:22] BECOME A REAL HIVE FOR DISINFORMATION. >> Crystal: THOSE STORIES, [00:28:26] COMING UP NEXT. ♪ [upbe [00:31:19] [♪♪] >> Crystal: WELL, HERE'S SOME [00:31:22] CANADIAN KNOW-HOW IN ACTION ON THE FRONTLINES OF ITALY'S FIGHT [00:31:25] AGAINST WILDFIRES. THESE ALBERTA-MADE WATER [00:31:27] BOMBERS [00:31:29] HAVE A GLOBAL REPUTATION FOR [00:31:31] FAST FILL-UPS, TAKING ON NEARLY [00:31:35] 700,000 LITRES OF WATER IN JUST 12 SECONDS ACCORDING TO THEIR [00:31:38] MAKER, DE-HAVILLAND. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE KNOWN AS [00:31:41] SUPER SCOOPERS. [00:31:44] NOW DEMAND IS SO GREAT THE [00:31:46] COMPANY CAN'T KEEP UP. [00:31:51] KYLE BAKX BREAKS DOWN WHAT IT [00:31:53] WILL TAKE TO GET MORE PLANES IN [00:31:58] THE SKY MORE QUICKLY BEFORE OTHER COMPANIES START FLOODING [00:32:02] THE MARKET WITH THEIR OWN. [00:32:07] >> Reporter: A SUMMER OF [00:32:08] GROWING WILDFIRES AND A SHORTAGE OF WATER BOMBERS MADE [00:32:12] IN CANADA. FOR CONSECUTIVE SUMMERS [00:32:16] POLITICIANS LAMENT THE LACK OF WATER BOMBERS. >> WE COULD USE EVEN WATER [00:32:20] BOMBER WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON. [00:32:21] >> Reporter: ONE SOLUTION IS A [00:32:24] SECOND PRODUCTION LINE WHICH IS POSSIBLE WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT [00:32:26] SUPPORT, A MOVE THAT COULD CREATE A NATIONAL FLEET OF [00:32:29] FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT. >> THE WORLD IS BURNING UP. [00:32:32] WE NEED EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT THOSE FIRES AND FIGHT [00:32:36] THOSE FIRES EFFECTIVELY. [00:32:38] >> Reporter: THE ICONIC YELLOW [00:32:43] AND REDWATER BOMBERS, NICKNAMED THE SUPER SCOOPER, ARE PROMINENT [00:32:47] IN THE FIREFIGHTING BATTLE IN EUROPE. THE LARGE AMPHIBIAN CANADIAN [00:32:50] AIRCRAFT SWOOP DOWN TO SCOOP WATER UP BEFORE DUMPING IT TO [00:32:53] DOUSE FLAMES. [00:33:00] SOMETIMES OPERATING AS A SQUADRON TO MAGNIFY THEIR [00:33:03] IMPACT. THIS FRENCH RESIDENT SAYING, I [00:33:06] SAW THE FLAMES COMING, I SAW [00:33:07] THE [00:33:12] CANADAIR, SO I THINK IT'S THANKS TO THEM, AND SURELY ALL [00:33:15] THE FIREFIGHTERS, TOO, ALL THE HOUSES IN THE COMMUNITY WERE [00:33:18] SAFE. THIS SPANISH PILOT DESCRIBING [00:33:20] THE HIGH WINDS AND VERY STRONG [00:33:24] TURBULENCE BUT THE CANADAIR IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO FLY IN [00:33:27] THESE CONDITIONS. AT THE SAME TIME THESE [00:33:31] EXTRAORDINARY FIRES IN FRANCE, SPAIN, AND GREECE SPARKING [00:33:33] BACKLASH OVER A SHORTAGE OF THE [00:33:38] AIRCRAFT. NEW WATER BOMBERS WERE ORDERED [00:33:41] IN 2022 BUT THE WAIT CONTINUES. THESE PLANES AT THE CENTRE OF [00:33:44] THE BURNING HEAT ON POLITICAL [00:33:47] LEADERS FOR BEING UNPREPARED TO TACKLE THE EXTREME SUMMER [00:33:50] WEATHER, A WORLD ON FIRE, AND EVERYONE LOOKING FOR NEW [00:33:53] PLANES. [00:33:56] >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE STUCK IN A SITUATION WHERE DEMAND IS HUGE [00:33:59] AND WHEN THE WORLD IS LOOKING FOR MORE WATER BOMBERS, NEWER WATER BOMBERS, AND WE'RE NOT [00:34:03] READY. EVERY CONTINENT ON THE EARTH FROM AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, CANADA, [00:34:07] WATER BOMBERS HAVE PROVEN THEIR EFFECTIVENESS OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS. [00:34:11] >> Reporter: THE ORIGINAL DESIGN [00:34:14] DATES BACK TO THE 1960S, BECOMING A WORK HORSE FOR FIGHTING FIRES IN CANADA AND [00:34:18] EUROPE. [00:34:22] ABOUT 160 OF THE AIRCRAFT ARE STILL WORKING. EXPERTS SAY THE WORLD COULD USE [00:34:26] HUNDREDS OF NEW WATER BOMBERS TO EXPAND THEIR FIREFIGHTING POWER [00:34:29] AND REPLACE AGING FLEETS. [00:34:34] WHAT THE WORLD WANTS IS BEING [00:34:36] ASSEMBLED IN NORTHEAST CALGARY. FOR DECADES BOMBARDIER BUILT [00:34:39] THE AIRCRAFT BUT STOPPED IN 2015 AS [00:34:42] DEMAND SLOWED. [00:34:44] CALGARY BASED DE HAVILLAND NOW [00:34:48] OWNS THE WATER BOMBER PROGRAMME [00:34:50] AND BEGAN THE STEP OF [00:34:55] RESURRECTING AND MODERNIZING PRODUCTION FOUR YEARS AGO. [00:34:57] THE FIRST TWO AIRCRAFT OF THE REVIVED MODEL OF THE [00:35:01] CANADAIR WATER BOMBER TAKING [00:35:05] SHAPE, THE WING, NOSE, AND COCKPIT ON SCHEDULE TO BE [00:35:09] COMPLETE IN 2028. >> THIS IS A VERY HANDS-ON AIRCRAFT. [00:35:12] ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE. STARTING HERE, TAKE AS MANY [00:35:15] PHOTOS AS YOU WANT. >> Reporter: THERE IS AN [00:35:18] IMMENSE [00:35:25] AMOUNT OF PRIDE AS EXECUTIVE NEIL SWEENEY SHOWS OFF THE PRODUCTION LINE. [00:35:28] CANADIAN TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING ARE PART OF THE [00:35:31] CANADAIR STORY. >> SO WE MAKE ABOUT 80% OF THE [00:35:33] PARTS HERE FOR THIS AIRCRAFT. IT'S ABOUT 80% CANADIAN CONTENT. [00:35:37] >> Reporter: THE WORLD WANTS IT BADLY. THAT'S WHY THE PRIDE IS ALSO [00:35:40] MIXED WITH STRESS AND SCRUTINY TO DELIVER AS COMMUNITIES ARE [00:35:44] DESTROYED WITH EACH PASSING SUMMER. >> WE ARE UNDER PRESSURE. [00:35:47] WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT AIRCRAFT NOT ONLY FOR [00:35:51] CANADA BUT FOR THE WORLD. WE TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO [00:35:54] OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE VERY SERIOUSLY. [00:35:57] [♪♪] [00:36:00] >> Reporter: CANADIAN PREMIERS [00:36:03] ARE ALSO WAITING: ALBERTA, [00:36:06] MANITOBA, AND ONTARIO ALREADY [00:36:09] HAVE THE WATER BOMBERS ON ORDER. ALREADY A FEW YEARS OF WAITING AND [00:36:13] SEVERAL MORE YEARS UNTIL THEY [00:36:14] ARRIVE. [00:36:18] THE WAIT IS WHY ALL THAT DEMAND [00:36:23] ISN'T TRANSLATING IN TO NEW [00:36:25] ORDERS. ANY NEW ORDER TODAY WOULD ONLY BE DELIVERED ABOUT SIX YEARS [00:36:29] FROM TODAY AT THE EARLIEST. WITHOUT THOSE FIRM ORDERS THE COMPANY IS RELUCTANT TO MAKE INVESTMENTS AND HIRING TO RAMP [00:36:33] UP PRODUCTION. [00:36:33] THAT'S WHY ALBERTA'S PREMIER IS [00:36:37] PITCHING TO PLACE A BIG ORDER TO MAKE WAY FOR DE HAVILLAND TO CONSTRUCT A SECOND PRODUCTION [00:36:41] LINE. [00:36:43] FRGS -- DANIELLE SMITH IS [00:36:55] URGING OTHER PREMIERS TO STEP UP. THE COMPANY HAS 38 ORDERS ALREADY AND IS PLANNING TO [00:36:59] PRODUCE ABOUT TEN AIRCRAFT PER YEAR. [00:37:01] THE COMPANY HAS TOLD OTTAWA ALREADY, MANUFACTURING CAN [00:37:04] DOUBLE IF A BIG ORDER IS MADE. >> IF WE HAD AN ORDER OF 50 FROM CANADA, AS EXAMPLE, WE WOULD [00:37:07] ADD A SECOND LINE TOMORROW. [00:37:10] >> Reporter: IT WOULDN'T BE CHEAP, THE PRICE TAG AN [00:37:14] ESTIMATED $80 MILLION. HOW MANY WATER BOMBERS CANADA [00:37:17] NEEDS IS AN OPEN QUESTION. [00:37:21] FOR THIS SUMMER OTTAWA LEASED [00:37:25] TEN AIRPLANES AND HELICOPTERS FOR PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES TO [00:37:28] USE IN FIGHTING FIRES. THEY ARE IN HIGH DEMAND. [00:37:32] >> THERE DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS WHERE WE'VE HAD TO [00:37:35] TRIAGE REQUESTS THAT COME [00:37:38] THROUGH WHERE THERE'S COMPETING [00:37:41] REQUESTS COMING IN. [00:37:42] >> Reporter: PLANES ARE [00:37:45] EFFECTIVE IN SLOWING THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES, CREATING PERIMETRES, AND REDUCING HEAT [00:37:49] TO HELP GROUND CREWS. THEIR EFFECTIVENESS CAN BE [00:37:53] HINDERED BY SMOKE AND DIFFICULT TERRAIN. >> THEY'RE NOT THE SILVER [00:37:56] BULLET [00:37:59] TO FIREFIGHTING SO WHILE PLANES [00:38:01] ARE THE SEXY PART OF FIREFIGHTING, THERE'S A LOT OF [00:38:05] OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO [00:38:08] CONSIDER WITH THE ON GOING THREAT THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM [00:38:11] WILDFIRES TO DATE. [00:38:12] >> Reporter: THE FEDERAL [00:38:15] GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO LAUNCH A NATIONAL [00:38:18] FLEET OF MODERN FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT. [00:38:21] IT'S ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A SENATE REPORT RELEASED IN JUNE. [00:38:25] FOR NOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT [00:38:26] SAYS IT'S IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH [00:38:29] THE PROVINCE'S AND TERRITORIES TO COORDINATE EFFORTS AND IDENTIFY THE BEST WAYS TO [00:38:33] SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN THE FACE OF THE GROWING IMPACTS OF [00:38:35] WILDFIRES. [00:38:42] THE PRODUCTION AT DE HAVILLAND DOES NOT TAKEOFF TO MEET THE [00:38:46] DEMAND, THERE IS A RISK. [00:38:55] FOREIGN COMPANIES OR COUNTRIES COULD DEVELOP THEIR OWN [00:38:59] FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT. >> WHETHER IT'S CHINA, WHETHER IT'S FRANCE, WHETHER IT'S [00:39:02] GREECE, WHOEVER, THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT FAST AND FURIOUS. [00:39:06] >> Reporter: THE WARNING COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE FEDERAL [00:39:09] GOVERNMENT WANTS TO IMPROVE THE NATIONAL ECONOMY AND BOLSTER [00:39:12] DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING. FOR DE HAVILLAND, THAT RISK IS REAL. [00:39:15] >> WE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING WHAT [00:39:19] OUR COMPETITORS ARE DOING. [00:39:22] WE HAVE THE BEST SCOOPING AIRCRAFT IN THE INDUSTRY BAR NONE. WE'VE HAD THE TECHNOLOGY FOR 60 [00:39:25] YEARS BUT HAVING IT FOR ANOTHER 60 YEARS IS NOT GUARANTEED. [00:39:28] >> Reporter: AS FIRES RAGE THE PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD ON [00:39:31] THE COMPANY AND POLITICAL [00:39:36] LEADERS DESPERATE FOR NEW SUPER SCOOPERS TO ARRIVE. >> Crystal: WELL TODAY IN FRANCE [00:39:40] THIS CHINOOK WATER BOMBING HELICOPTER WENT INTO OPERATION. [00:39:44] IT'S MADE BY BOEING AND IT'S BILLED AS HAVING NEARLY TWICE [00:39:48] THE CAPACITY OF A CANADAIR. THIS PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT IS ON [00:39:51] LOAN FROM AUSTRALIA. [00:39:54] >>> THIS IS REFORM U.K. LEADER NIGEL FARAGE ON HIS WAY TO CAST [00:39:58] HIS VOTE. [00:40:03] -- HIS BALLOT IN A BY-ELECTION [00:40:07] THAT'S PITTED HIM AGAINST COUNT [00:40:13] B BINFACE, A COMEDIAN CAMPAIGNING [00:40:16] WITH A TRASH BIN ON HIS HEAD. LAST NIGHT'S SHOW WE INCORRECTLY [00:40:19] SAID THAT THE BY-ELECTION IS HAPPENING IN NORTHERN ENGLAND. IT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTHERN [00:40:22] ENGLAND. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE MISTAKE. >>> AND EXPERTS SAY EVERY NEW [00:40:26] WILDFIRE SEEMS TO INSPIRE MORE AND MORE ON-LINE DECEPTION. >> ESPECIALLY AROUND A.I. [00:40:30] WILDFIRE DISINFORMATION IT CAN REALLY MISDIRECT PUBLIC RESPONSE. [00:40:33] >> Crystal: WHAT IS DRIVING SO [00:40:36] MANY PEOPLE TO PUT OUT SUCH DANGEROUS CONTEN [00:44:04] >> Crystal: WILDFIRE SEASON NOW COMES WITH EXTRA DANGERS. [00:44:07] MISINFORMATION IS SPREADING ON-LINE LIKE NEVER BEFORE AND [00:44:10] ADVANCES IN TECH MAKE IT HARDER TO COMBAT. [00:44:12] ASHLEY FRASER ON WHY THOSE ON-LINE LIES POSE A THREAT AND [00:44:16] THE FINANCIAL MOTIVE BEHIND THEM. [00:44:18] >> Reporter: SO SCROLLING ON [00:44:21] SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEARCHING "WILDFIRE" RETURNS MILLIONS OF [00:44:24] POSTS, SOME USING A.I. TO [00:44:26] GENERATE MAPS SHOWING FIRES [00:44:41] WERE HAPPENING ALL ACROSS ONTARIO WHILE THERE WERE NO FIRES AROUND TORONTO. AND SOME RECENTLY CLAIMING [00:44:45] ARSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL WILDFIRES IN B.C. [00:44:48] >> IN THE ABSENCE OF VERIFIED OFFICIAL INFORMATION PEOPLE WILL [00:44:50] FILL THE GAP AND THERE'S TYPILLY SPECULATION ON-LINE. >> AS SOON AS A WILDFIRE [00:44:54] EMERGES OR WILDFIRE SEASON EVEN BEGINS [00:44:57] THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND THE [00:44:59] MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION START INCREASING. [00:45:04] >> Reporter: AND WHILE RCMP HAS CONFIRMED THEY'RE INVESTIGATING [00:45:06] THE CAUSE OF THE BALD RANGE FIRE THEY SAY THIS IS TYPICAL. [00:45:09] >> WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF HUMAN [00:45:13] CAUSED FIRES. HUMAN CAUSED DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY INDICATE ARSON OR IT [00:45:16] WAS INTENTIONALLY SET. [00:45:18] OF COURSE WE'VE SEEN FIRES THAT [00:45:25] HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL AS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS WE'VE SEEN. [00:45:29] >> Reporter: TO BE CLEAR, B.C. WILDFIRE STATES RIGHT NOW THAT OVER 75% OF WILDFIRES THIS YEAR [00:45:32] ARE DETERMINED OR SUSPECTED TO [00:45:36] BE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING, AND IN A PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY THEY [00:45:40] CONFIRMED THAT IN TOTAL 4% OF ALL WILDFIRES IN THE LAST TEN YEARS IN B.C. ARE BELIEVED TO [00:45:44] BE INTENTIONALLY SET BUT THE EXPERTS I SPOKE TO SAY MANY [00:45:47] A.I. [00:45:51] GENERATED IMAGES ARE FLOODING X [00:45:58] GENERATED IMAGES ARE FLOODING X TIKTOK, AND META, MAKING IT HARD [00:46:00] TO DISCERN REAL INFORMATION. >> ANY IMAGE PLATFORM IS GOING [00:46:04] TO BE POPULAR FOR THIS. I THINK THE BIG THING IS DOES IT [00:46:06] DISTRACT AWAY FROM CLIMATE CHANGE? [00:46:09] >> Reporter: SONIA SOLEMAN [00:46:12] SPECIALIZES IN SEARCHING MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION SURROUNDING [00:46:16] EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. [00:46:20] >> THE RISE OF A.I. GENERATED [00:46:24] MIS AND DISINFORMATION AROUND WILDFIRES [00:46:28] IN CANADA, WE'VE SEEN IT EASY TO CIRCULATE AND IT REACH BORDERS IN SECONDS. [00:46:31] >> Reporter: SHE SAYS SOME OF [00:46:32] THOSE THINGS CAN INCLUDE [00:46:36] THINGS LIKE MISLABELLED MAPS OR TEXT MISMANAGEMENT. [00:46:40] >> THE BASIC WOULD BE THIS IS A [00:46:42] DELIBERATE ACT RATHER THAN [00:46:46] ONE CAUSED BY NATURAL CLIMATE CHANGE. IT CHANGES THE SUBJECT AWAY FROM WHY ARE THERE MORE FIRES IN MORE [00:46:50] PLACES AROUND THE WORLD AND THAT ARE BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENT, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A HOTTER [00:46:53] AND DRYER CLIMATE. [00:46:55] >> Reporter: SO WHAT'S BEHIND [00:46:58] SOME OF THOSE POSTS? WHEN IT COMES TO DISINFORMATION, [00:47:02] MEANING FALSE INFORMATION SHARED ON PURPOSE, POLICY COCHAIR OF CLIMATE ACTION AGAINST [00:47:06] DISINFORMATION SAYS THERE'S BEEN A SPIKE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. [00:47:08] >> NATURAL DISASTER EVENTS HAVE BECOME A REAL HIVE FOR [00:47:12] DISINFORMATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS AND [00:47:14] PERNICIOUS PARTS OF [00:47:22] CLIMATE MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION IN GENERAL IS THERE'S A PART OF SOCIETY THAT GETS PAID TO MISLEAD THE PUBLIC [00:47:26] ON CERTAIN ISSUES. [00:47:29] AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS [00:47:31] ARE SQUARE ONE FOR THAT ENTIRE [00:47:33] SYSTEM OF MONETIZATION. >> Reporter: THIS MAN IS THE [00:47:37] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS WHAT TO FIX, AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN TRACKING CONTENT MONETIZATION EFFORTS ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA [00:47:40] PLATFORMS. [00:47:44] >> IN A SITUATION LIKE A WILDFIRE WHAT YOU WILL HAVE IS [00:47:46] A LOT OF PEOPLE TURNING TO [00:47:48] SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR [00:47:51] MINUTE TO MINUTE NEWS. WE'VE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF CONTENT THAT WILL SORT OF RIDE [00:47:55] THOSE KEYWORDS BECAUSE THAT'S [00:47:57] JUST A WAY TO GET VIEWS AND CLICKS IN TIMES LIKE THIS. [00:48:00] >> Reporter: AND IN CANADA THE [00:48:07] EXPERTS WE SPOKE TO SAID MIS AND DISINFORMATION CAN BE MORE [00:48:11] EXTREME DUE TO META'S CANADIAN NEWS ACT WHICH BLOCKS ALL NEWS [00:48:14] ON CANADIAN FACEBOOK AND [00:48:15] INSTAGRAM. [00:48:20] >> WHEN JOURNALISM DISAPPEARS [00:48:23] IT'S NOT REPLACED BY NOTHING. SOMETHING HAS TO FILL THAT [00:48:27] VOID, RIGHT? AND RIGHT NOW IT'S REPLACED BY CONTENT THAT SERVES A VERY [00:48:30] DIFFERENT FUNCTION. [00:48:33] >> Reporter: TAKE THIS POST ON FACEBOOK ABOUT THE WILDFIRE IN [00:48:36] PEACHLAND, B.C. LAST YEAR. [00:48:37] WHILE THE POST SAYS IT'S A.I. [00:48:40] GENERATED IT STILL GOT A LOT OF VIEWS. [00:48:43] THE B.C. WILDFIRE SERVICE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THIS IMAGE ALONG WITH ANOTHER A.I. [00:48:47] IMAGE SAYING THEY DO NOT ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE [00:48:50] TERRAIN, FIRE SIZE, OR FIRE BEHAVIOUR IN THE AREA, AND THAT THESE TYPES OF POSTS CAN ADD TO [00:48:54] ANXIETY THAT COME WITH WILDFIRES. THE POST APPEARS TO BE [00:48:57] PUBLISHED BY A DIGITAL CREATOR ON [00:48:59] INSTAGRAM WITH 80,000 FOLLOWERS [00:49:02] AND A FACEBOOK PAGE WITH 1 [00:49:10] -- 2 MILLION FOLLOWERS. >> WE DO UNFORTUNATELY COME [00:49:13] ACROSS QUITE A LOT OF THOSE AND A LARGE COMMUNITY OF INDIVIDUALS [00:49:15] HAVE COME TO REALIZE THEY CAN GENERATE QUITE A BIT OF REVENUE [00:49:19] BY RUNNING FACELESS ACCOUNTS AND AUTOMATING MUCH OF THE PROCESS, [00:49:22] REALLY JUMPING FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS. [00:49:25] >> Reporter: NOW WE SEARCHED THE [00:49:28] WHAT TO FIX MONETIZATION PAGE [00:49:34] ARCHIVE AND FOUND IT'S A [00:49:39] MONETIZED FACEBOOK ACCOUNT. [00:49:43] >> TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT AN [00:49:44] 80% [00:49:52] -- AN 800% INCREASE IN JUST TWO YEARS. THERE ARE MORE PLAYERS, POSSIBLY LESS MONEY TO BE MADE BUT [00:49:56] STILL, IF YOU'RE MAKING $1,000 A MONTH IN MANY OF THOSE PLACES IT GOES [00:49:58] A VERY LONG WAY. [00:50:01] AND IT'S INCENTIVE ENOUGH. >> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO THE ACCOUNT OWNER FOR A RESPONSE [00:50:05] BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE IN TIME FOR DEADLINE. [00:50:07] WHILE MONETIZATION PROGRAMMES [00:50:11] LIKE META'S THEY DO HELP GENERATE INCOME, THEY LACK OVERSIGHT AS TO WHO [00:50:15] QUALIFIES FOR THE PROGRAMME. >> IT'S VERY MUCH A PRODUCT OF [00:50:17] THOSE MONETIZATION PROGRAMMES. [00:50:20] >> Reporter: AND IT'S NOT JUST [00:50:25] META. RIO SAYS THAT TikTok, SNAPCHAT, AND [00:50:28] LINKED-IN ALL HAVE THEIR OWN MONETIZATION PROGRAMMES AND WITHOUT REGULATION ON THESE [00:50:32] PROGRAMMES IT CAN REALLY MISLEAD [00:50:33] INDIVIDUALS. [00:50:37] >> IT CAN REALLY UNDERMINE RESPONSE. WE NEED POLICIES TO [00:50:41] STRENGTHEN INFORMATION INTEGRITY AND CERTAINLY A.I. SAFETY AND THAT'S REALLY THE STRUCTURAL -- AT THE STRUCTURAL PLATFORM [00:50:45] MODEL AND THAT INCLUDES THE ECONOMIC MODELS THAT THESE PLATFORMS ARE BUILT ON. [00:50:48] >> Crystal: JUST DAYS AGO B.C. RCMP CAUTIONED THE PUBLIC ABOUT [00:50:51] AN ON-LINE VIDEO RUMORED TO BE [00:50:59] -- FALSE RELINKED TO THE BALD RANGE WILDFIRE. [00:51:03] IT ALLEGEDLY SHOWED SOMEONE [00:51:04] SETTING THE FIRE BUT IT WAS [00:51:08] -- POLICE SAY IT WAS A FALSE LINK. >>> COMING UP, A SKY DIVER WATCHES THE SOLAR ECLIPSE FROM [00:51:12] NEW HEIGHTS. >> IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS [00:51:15] SO RARELY AND I'M JUST UP THIS THERE STARING AT IT. >> Crystal: HIS UNIQUE VIEW IN [00:51:19] OUR "MOMENT." [♪♪] [00:55:00] >> Crystal: THIS IS PARIS THEOPHANOS, A SKY DIVER, ON A [00:55:04] ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME JUMP. [00:55:06] IN EUROPE, WHEN MANY WERE [00:55:08] WATCHING THE ECLIPSE FROM THE [00:55:10] GROUND HE WAS WATCHING IT FROM [00:55:13] THE CLOUDS. [00:55:16] PARIS WANTED TO SEE THE RARE [00:55:19] SPECTACLE FROM THOUSANDS OF METRES UP, SO TONIGHT, HIS SPECIAL VIEW MAKES OUR [00:55:23] "MOMENT." [00:55:24] [INDISCERNIBLE]. [00:55:28] >> DURING THE TIME OF THE [00:55:31] ECLIPSE WE WERE FREE FALLING. [00:55:34] I KNEW THAT AT THAT MOMENT IT WOULD BE AN OCCASION THAT [00:55:38] DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN AND I REALLY, REALLY DID NOT WANT TO [00:55:42] WASTE THAT BEING ON THE GROUND. [00:55:43] IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE, [00:55:46] LIKE, WOW, WHAT I'M REALLY [00:55:47] EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. [00:55:52] IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS SO [00:55:55] RARELY, AND I'M UP THERE JUST STARING AT IT, AND THE VIEW JUST [00:55:59] BECOMES 1,000 TIMES MORE APPRECIATED. [00:56:02] I FOUND IN THAT MOMENT THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE FOR MY MOM [00:56:05] TO SEE IT, SO I GAVE MY MOM A [00:56:08] CALL. [00:56:12] SHE AT THE TIME WOULD BE NO CHANCE SOMEWHERE THAT SHE WOULD [00:56:16] LOOK AT THAT. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, [00:56:20] AND VERY RARE MOMENT. I WAS, LIKE, SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE [00:56:24] EXPERIENCED THAT. >> Crystal: AND GET THIS, HE [00:56:27] SAYS HE'S NEVER SEEN A TOTAL ECLIPSE BEFORE. [00:56:30] NOW WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO HIS MUM YOU SHOULD KNOW SHE SAID IT [00:56:45] I'M CRYSTAL GOOMANSINGH. TAKE CARE. [♪♪] [00:56:48] [♪♪] [01:00:24] [♪♪] >> Crystal: TONIGHT, DAYS [01:00:26] BEFORE [01:00:36] A MAJOR TARIFF DEADLINE CANADA'S MINISTER MEETS WITH HIS COUNTERPART IN WASHINGTON. >> WE HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS [01:00:40] TODAY, WE WERE CORDIAL, THEY WERE DETAILED. THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER, OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL BE [01:00:43] GIVEN OPTIONS. [01:00:48] >> Crystal: AS DOMINIC LeBLANC [01:00:49] SCRAMBLES TO GET A DEAL DONE [01:00:53] PREMIERS WEIGH-IN WITH RED [01:00:53] LINES.