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[00:00:00] AT HASN'T GOTTEN ACROSS. THAT HASN'T GOTTEN ACROSS. WE HAVE THE LIBERAL PARTY OF
[00:00:03] WE HAVE THE LIBERAL PARTY OF QUEBEC TRYING TO POSITION ITSELF
[00:00:05] QUEBEC TRYING TO POSITION ITSELF AS THE SOLELY FEDERALIST PARTY AS THE SOLELY FEDERALIST PARTY IN THIS RACE.
[00:00:09] IN THIS RACE. THEY USE THE TRADE WAR AS THE
[00:00:12] THEY USE THE TRADE WAR AS THE WAY TO DRAW IN VOTERS WHO WANT WAY TO DRAW IN VOTERS WHO WANT STRONGER COLLABORATION WITH
[00:00:16] STRONGER COLLABORATION WITH CANADA. CANADA. YOU HAVE TWO SMALLER PARTIES YOU HAVE TWO SMALLER PARTIES THAT ARE CONTENDERS THAT
[00:00:20] THAT ARE CONTENDERS THAT CONSERVATIVE PARTY WHICH IS CONSERVATIVE PARTY WHICH IS COMPETITIVE IN AROUND QUEBEC
[00:00:23] COMPETITIVE IN AROUND QUEBEC CITY. CITY. LEFT-LEANING STUDY WHICH IS
[00:00:26] LEFT-LEANING STUDY WHICH IS COMPETITIVE IN A HAND FULL OF COMPETITIVE IN A HAND FULL OF URBAN RIDINGS.
[00:00:30] URBAN RIDINGS. ALL THOSE PARTIES COMPETING WHAT ALL THOSE PARTIES COMPETING WHAT ARE GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF VERY
[00:00:33] ARE GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF VERY CLOSE RACES. CLOSE RACES. >> Linda: THE FINAL PUSH IS ON >> Linda: THE FINAL PUSH IS ON FOR SURE.
[00:00:37] FOR SURE. THE LAST DAY OF THE CAMPAIGN. THE LAST DAY OF THE CAMPAIGN. WHAT ARE THE LEADERS UP TO
[00:00:40] WHAT ARE THE LEADERS UP TO TODAY? TODAY? >> Reporter: THERE'S A LOT WE >> Reporter: THERE'S A LOT WE CAN READ INTO AS FAR AS WHERE
[00:00:44] CAN READ INTO AS FAR AS WHERE THE LEADERS ARE TODAY. THE LEADERS ARE TODAY. YOU LOOK AT THE P.Q. YOU LOOK AT THE P.Q. THEY'VE.
[00:00:48] THEY'VE. CRISSCROSSING THE PROVINCE ON CRISSCROSSING THE PROVINCE ON THIS ALL OUT BLITZ HOPING THAT
[00:00:51] THIS ALL OUT BLITZ HOPING THAT EVEN WITH 30% OF THE VOTE JUST EVEN WITH 30% OF THE VOTE JUST BASED ON WHAT THE POLLS ARE
[00:00:54] BASED ON WHAT THE POLLS ARE SHOWING, THAT THEY CAN STILL SHOWING, THAT THEY CAN STILL MANAGE TO WIN A MAJORITY
[00:00:58] MANAGE TO WIN A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT. THEY'RE ON THAT ALL OUT BLITZ THEY'RE ON THAT ALL OUT BLITZ RIGHT NOW.
[00:01:01] RIGHT NOW. CAMPAIGNING TODAY IN AROUND CAMPAIGNING TODAY IN AROUND MONTREAL.
[00:01:04] MONTREAL. LOOK AT THE C.A.Q., THEY ARE
[00:01:06] LOOK AT THE C.A.Q., THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL.
[00:01:09] FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL. THEIR LEADER IS IN HER OWN THEIR LEADER IS IN HER OWN RIDING TODAY.
[00:01:13] RIDING TODAY. DOING DOOR KNOCKING IN THE AREA DOING DOOR KNOCKING IN THE AREA WHERE SHE'S RUNNING.
[00:01:16] WHERE SHE'S RUNNING. LIBERALS ARE IN THE EASTERN
[00:01:18] LIBERALS ARE IN THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS HOPING TO FLIP SOME
[00:01:22] TOWNSHIPS HOPING TO FLIP SOME SEATS.
[00:01:23] SEATS. THEN TWO SMALLER PARTIES THE
[00:01:26] THEN TWO SMALLER PARTIES THE CONSERVATIVES, THEIR CAMPAIGNING CONSERVATIVES, THEIR CAMPAIGNING WHERE THEY HAVE THE BEST CHANCE
[00:01:28] WHERE THEY HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF WINNING SOME SEATS.
[00:01:35] OF WINNING SOME SEATS. AT THIS POINT, THOSE SMALLER AT THIS POINT, THOSE SMALLER PARTIES ARE HOPING THAT THEY'LL
[00:01:39] PARTIES ARE HOPING THAT THEY'LL WIN ENOUGH SEATS TO POTENTIALLY
[00:01:40] WIN ENOUGH SEATS TO POTENTIALLY HOLD THE BALANCE OF POWER IF
[00:01:45] HOLD THE BALANCE OF POWER IF QUEBECERS ELECT A MINORITY
[00:01:50] QUEBECERS ELECT A MINORITY GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE TELLING QUEBECERS TO
[00:01:52] THEY ARE TELLING QUEBECERS TO ELECT A GOVERNMENT AND NOT AN
[00:01:57] THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT IS THE CBC'S SHEEHAN THAT IS THE CBC'S SHEEHAN DESJARDINS IN HAMILTON.
[00:02:01] DESJARDINS IN HAMILTON. IN JUST OVER TWO WEEKS, IN JUST OVER TWO WEEKS, ALBERTANS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER
[00:02:05] ALBERTANS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER TO REMAIN PART OF CANADA OR
[00:02:07] TO REMAIN PART OF CANADA OR TRIGGER A BINDING REFERENDUM ON
[00:02:09] TRIGGER A BINDING REFERENDUM ON LEAVING THE COUNTRY. LEAVING THE COUNTRY. AND CBC NEWS LEARNED THE FEDERAL
[00:02:12] AND CBC NEWS LEARNED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PREPARING FOR BOTH GOVERNMENT IS PREPARING FOR BOTH OUTCOMES AND IS CRUNCHING THE
[00:02:15] OUTCOMES AND IS CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS ON THE CONSEQUENCES.
[00:02:18] NUMBERS ON THE CONSEQUENCES. THE CBC'S STEPHANIE CRAM JOINS
[00:02:21] THE CBC'S STEPHANIE CRAM JOINS US FROM EDMONTON. US FROM EDMONTON. SO THERE ARE FEDERAL DOCUMENTS
[00:02:24] SO THERE ARE FEDERAL DOCUMENTS THAT CBC HAS ACQUIRED. THAT CBC HAS ACQUIRED. WHAT DO THEY TELL US?
[00:02:27] WHAT DO THEY TELL US? >> NOW, THE MOSTLY REDACTED >> NOW, THE MOSTLY REDACTED DOCUMENTS ARE DATED BACK TO JUNE
[00:02:31] DOCUMENTS ARE DATED BACK TO JUNE 2026. 2026. SO IT SHOWS THAT THE FEDERAL SO IT SHOWS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN QUIETLY
[00:02:35] GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN QUIETLY LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS OF THE LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS OF THE REFERENDUM.
[00:02:37] REFERENDUM. IT SAYS THAT CANADA COULD SEE AN IT SAYS THAT CANADA COULD SEE AN $18 BILLION FISCAL SHOCK IF
[00:02:41] $18 BILLION FISCAL SHOCK IF ALBERTA DECIDES TO LEAVE THE ALBERTA DECIDES TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. COUNTRY. NOW, AN INTERESTING POINT TO
[00:02:45] NOW, AN INTERESTING POINT TO NOTE IS THAT THE DOCUMENT SAYS
[00:02:47] NOTE IS THAT THE DOCUMENT SAYS THAT REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME
[00:02:50] OF THE REFERENDUM, THERE COULD BE AN IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY.
[00:02:52] BE AN IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY. IT LOOKED AT BOTH THE 1995
[00:02:55] IT LOOKED AT BOTH THE 1995 QUEBEC REFERENDUM AND THE 2014
[00:02:58] QUEBEC REFERENDUM AND THE 2014 SCOTTISH REFERENDUM. SCOTTISH REFERENDUM. AND IN BOTH OF THOSE CASES, NO
[00:03:01] AND IN BOTH OF THOSE CASES, NO VOTE WAS SUCCESSFUL, BUT DESPITE VOTE WAS SUCCESSFUL, BUT DESPITE THAT THERE WAS A HIT TO THE
[00:03:04] THAT THERE WAS A HIT TO THE ECONOMIES. ECONOMIES. HERE IN ALBERTA, MOST OF THE
[00:03:08] HERE IN ALBERTA, MOST OF THE POLLS SHOW THAT ALBERTANS WANT POLLS SHOW THAT ALBERTANS WANT ALBERTA TO STAY IN CANADA, BUT
[00:03:11] ALBERTA TO STAY IN CANADA, BUT IT SAYS THAT THERE MIGHT STILL IT SAYS THAT THERE MIGHT STILL BE LINGERING IMPACTS ON THE
[00:03:15] BE LINGERING IMPACTS ON THE ECONOMY.
[00:03:17] ECONOMY. NOW ONE OF THE IMPACTS ARE THE NOW ONE OF THE IMPACTS ARE THE LOSS OF BUSINESSES.
[00:03:20] LOSS OF BUSINESSES. THE REPORT SAYS IN THE DECADES THE REPORT SAYS IN THE DECADES LEADING UP TO THE 1995 QUEBEC
[00:03:24] LEADING UP TO THE 1995 QUEBEC VOTE, 263 CORPORATE HEAD OFFICES
[00:03:26] VOTE, 263 CORPORATE HEAD OFFICES LEFT THE PROVINCE, INCLUDING SUN
[00:03:28] LEFT THE PROVINCE, INCLUDING SUN LIFE INSURANCE, WHICH WAS LIFE INSURANCE, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN MONTREAL.
[00:03:32] ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN MONTREAL. THE REPORT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS A THE REPORT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS A STUDY DONE BY THE CALGARY
[00:03:35] STUDY DONE BY THE CALGARY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHICH SHOWS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHICH SHOWS OVER 50% OF THE BUSINESSES IN
[00:03:39] OVER 50% OF THE BUSINESSES IN THAT CITY HAVE ALREADY SEEN A
[00:03:43] THAT CITY HAVE ALREADY SEEN A HIT TO THEIR BOTTOM LINE. HIT TO THEIR BOTTOM LINE. >> Eli: INTERESTING ALREADY >> Eli: INTERESTING ALREADY SEEING A CHANGE.
[00:03:47] SEEING A CHANGE. THAT IS QUITE SOMETHING. THAT IS QUITE SOMETHING. NOW, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURPRISED
[00:03:49] NOW, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT THE POTENTIAL LOSS TO HEAR ABOUT THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF BUSINESS, BUT LET'S ALSO TALK OF BUSINESS, BUT LET'S ALSO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE POWER.
[00:03:53] ABOUT PEOPLE POWER. DID THE REPORT SAY ANYTHING DID THE REPORT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MIGRATION?
[00:03:56] ABOUT MIGRATION? >> YEAH, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER BACK
[00:03:59] >> YEAH, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER BACK IN 2021, ALBERTA SAW 17,000
[00:04:06] IN 2021, ALBERTA SAW 17,000 WORKERS WITH POST-SECONDARY WORKERS WITH POST-SECONDARY DEGREES MOVE TO THE PROVINCE.
[00:04:09] DEGREES MOVE TO THE PROVINCE. SO VERY HIGHLY SKILLED SO VERY HIGHLY SKILLED INDIVIDUALS.
[00:04:12] INDIVIDUALS. THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE WORRY THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE WORRY IS IF ALBERTA DECIDES TO LEAVE
[00:04:15] IS IF ALBERTA DECIDES TO LEAVE CANADA, THAT THOSE WORKERS MIGHT CANADA, THAT THOSE WORKERS MIGHT BE COMPELLED TO LEAVE THE
[00:04:19] BE COMPELLED TO LEAVE THE PROVINCE AS WELL. PROVINCE AS WELL. NOW, IT SHOULD BE REMINDED THE
[00:04:22] NOW, IT SHOULD BE REMINDED THE VOTE IN OCTOBER IS NOT A BINDING
[00:04:25] VOTE IN OCTOBER IS NOT A BINDING VOTE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. VOTE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. INSTEAD, ALBERTANS WILL BE ASKED
[00:04:29] INSTEAD, ALBERTANS WILL BE ASKED WHETHER THEY SHOULD STAY IN WHETHER THEY SHOULD STAY IN CANADA OR HOLD A SECOND CANADA OR HOLD A SECOND REFERENDUM FOR THE PROVINCE TO
[00:04:33] REFERENDUM FOR THE PROVINCE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. LEAVE THE COUNTRY. SO IT'S HARD TO SAY THE IMPACTS SO IT'S HARD TO SAY THE IMPACTS THAT WE WILL SEE ON BUSINESS AND
[00:04:37] THAT WE WILL SEE ON BUSINESS AND PEOPLE. PEOPLE. WE MIGHT HAVE TO SEE THAT IN THE WE MIGHT HAVE TO SEE THAT IN THE COMING YEARS.
[00:04:41] COMING YEARS. >> Eli: GREAT TO HEAR THIS
[00:06:48] The story of 10s of thousands of Ukrainian children who have
[00:06:52] been abducted to Russia, given new families and new
[00:06:56] names,
[00:06:57] subjected to heavy indoctrination and even
[00:07:00] military training to turn them into Russian soldiers. For
[00:07:04] years we have been fighting to bring our children home. So
[00:07:08] it's horrible, horrible situation and
[00:07:11] childhood has an expiration date. How Canada is leading an
[00:07:15] international effort to help. Want to be clear at the outset
[00:07:21] of who's responsible? Putin has stolen Ukrainian
[00:07:25] children.
[00:07:28] Russia's campaign to steal Ukrainian children began back
[00:07:32] in 2014, when Putin first used Russian
[00:07:34] soldiers in unmarked uniforms to take over the Crimean
[00:07:38] Peninsula.
[00:07:40] Daria to Machova and Matt Fichas were children in Crimea
[00:07:44] at that time, but have a clear memory of the
[00:07:47] event.
[00:07:48] So you bought the dinner. Despite the fact that I was a
[00:07:52] child, I still understood and I
[00:07:54] understood that something terrible is happening,
[00:07:56] that this is not just a change in the law,
[00:07:59] but it's actually an occupation. It is really a great military
[00:08:03] crime. They said to us, you're Russian now,
[00:08:06] You lived all of your life in Russia. A lot of stuff changed.
[00:08:11] We start to learn Russian anthem at school,
[00:08:14] learn Russian songs, learn Russian poems,
[00:08:16] Scotian Rockham. Every year indoctrination became worse and
[00:08:21] worse. It was constant. It was in the textbooks. It was also
[00:08:25] in our free time. It was both at school,
[00:08:28] on the street and on TV.
[00:08:31] Russia's child stealing campaign became even more
[00:08:34] pronounced after the full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
[00:08:39] Rostislav, from the Herson region,
[00:08:41] was 16 when Russian soldiers occupied his hometown. He was
[00:08:45] interviewed by UA TV in Ukraine.
[00:08:50] I went out and at first I was scared. They said you're being
[00:08:53] sent away to study. I told them I did not want to,
[00:08:56] that I'd rather stay home. After I said that,
[00:08:58] a soldier pointed his rifle at me and said pack your things,
[00:09:02] you're leaving now.
[00:09:03] Many Ukrainian children were herded into military style
[00:09:07] camps in Russia, where they faced relentless
[00:09:10] indoctrination.
[00:09:12] We had to stand for the Russian anthem,
[00:09:14] listen to them go on about how great Russia was,
[00:09:17] and if I didn't sing the Russian anthem,
[00:09:19] I was punished. They'd take you and put you in an isolation
[00:09:22] cell.
[00:09:23] As the children got older, the military training
[00:09:28] intensified. A military training started from my 6th
[00:09:33] grade. We have loading, reloading weapons. Of course,
[00:09:38] as we have March courses, we go to military camps and we
[00:09:44] have our uniform as a guidance
[00:09:48] visco.
[00:09:50] The military training for the boys was to fight with their
[00:09:53] weapons and the girls were involved in medical and
[00:09:56] tactical medicine training. You had to be able to tamp. You had
[00:10:00] to stop the bleeding.
[00:10:02] The wartime abduction of children is a clear crime under
[00:10:06] the Geneva Convention. But Vladimir Putin wasn't trying to
[00:10:09] hide his child kidnapping operation. In fact,
[00:10:12] he was bragging about it.
[00:10:16] He met frequently and publicly with Maria Lavrova Belova,
[00:10:20] the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children's
[00:10:23] Rights, who was in charge of the
[00:10:26] abduction Operation Lavovi Belova had herself filmed
[00:10:29] leading groups of Ukrainian children onto aircraft and
[00:10:33] occupied eastern Ukraine, and she personally adopted one
[00:10:36] of them herself. She noticed that many of them were very pro
[00:10:40] Ukrainian and anti Putin.
[00:10:44] Just thought they spoke badly about the president,
[00:10:47] said nasty things and sang Ukraine's anthem. This stupid
[00:10:50] Ukrainian. She even complained that one child she personally
[00:10:54] adopted was showing signs of resistance.
[00:10:57] See that he didn't want to live in Russia. He was always on pro
[00:11:01] Ukrainian websites. Whenever I saw it, I'd tell him, listen,
[00:11:04] you're in Russia now, you need to change your
[00:11:07] attitude somehow.
[00:11:09] Many child abduction victims made desperate attempts to
[00:11:13] contact relatives in Ukraine to beg for rescue,
[00:11:16] Bought in your Mohet from Mariupol,
[00:11:19] even sent a videotaped message to President Zelensky. Yeah,
[00:11:23] I bogged in your Mohan ask you, Vladimir Alexandrovich to help
[00:11:27] me return home. Even before turning 18,
[00:11:30] Bogdan had received his draft notice into the Russian army.
[00:11:34] If your man and you turn 18 years old,
[00:11:37] they almost immediately drafted you to Russian army.
[00:11:43] The Save Ukraine Foundation is a non governmental group
[00:11:47] devoted to tracking down and rescuing Ukrainian children.
[00:11:51] This Ukrainian documentary shows how children are often
[00:11:55] given different Russian names and hidden away in rural areas
[00:11:59] of Russia. But to find them, the Save Ukraine Foundation
[00:12:02] uses facial recognition technology to scour the
[00:12:05] Internet for group photos and documents that might reveal
[00:12:08] their location.
[00:12:11] In a rare case, Bogdan your Mohan was released
[00:12:14] from Russia and reunited with his sister in Ukraine.
[00:12:18] The Russians offered to trade. We give them soldiers and they
[00:12:21] give us children. That's beyond comprehension,
[00:12:24] beyond international law.
[00:12:26] Ukrainian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
[00:12:30] Oleksandra Matvichuk. When I speak about small kid,
[00:12:33] like two or three-year old, it means that Justin
[00:12:37] several months or years, this kid would forget his or
[00:12:41] her real name, his or her real father and
[00:12:45] mother. So it's horrible, horrible situation and
[00:12:48] childhood has an expiration date. Their children from
[00:12:53] occupied territories, they're losing their childhood.
[00:12:57] We lose this children. So we have doubled our efforts to
[00:13:02] save them. Canada to do this. Mikula Kuleba is the founder of
[00:13:07] the Save Ukraine organization. We are running out of time
[00:13:12] for these children
[00:13:14] and we're losing every day someone who taken forcibly to
[00:13:18] Russian army.
[00:13:20] And nobody knows now how thousands of these kids
[00:13:25] were killed on the battlefield at the Russian soldiers,
[00:13:28] and they didn't want to do this.
[00:13:31] In March 2023, the International Criminal
[00:13:34] Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants for Vladimir
[00:13:37] Putin and Maria Lavrova Bulova, charging them with war crimes
[00:13:41] regarding the unlawful deportation and transfer of
[00:13:44] children.
[00:13:47] International war crimes investigator Wayne Jordash says
[00:13:50] it often takes years to build a case against perpetrators,
[00:13:54] but the child abduction case against Putin was an exception.
[00:13:58] He number one signed presidential decree to make
[00:14:02] adoptions easier. He's on video discussing with the
[00:14:06] commissioner for children's rights in Russia about their
[00:14:11] deportations or as he would refer to them as evacuations.
[00:14:16] He provided evidence against himself. And I think the
[00:14:20] evidence related to crimes, which really shocked the public
[00:14:25] conscience. Following years of this week in Toronto,
[00:14:29] Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand hosted
[00:14:33] major international conference on the repatriation of
[00:14:37] Ukrainian children. Canada has committed almost $7 000,
[00:14:41] 000 to the effort, but will it lead anywhere?
[00:14:44] How do you say Putin's role in this?
[00:14:47] Do you hold him personally responsible? Yes,
[00:14:50] he is responsible for the policies that are leading
[00:14:54] Ukrainian children to be stolen from their families,
[00:14:57] indoctrinated and in fact militarized. I'm sure you
[00:15:01] encounter people who say, come on,
[00:15:04] Putin and Lavovi Bellavia are never going to be
[00:15:07] prosecuted. Get real. How do you answer that?
[00:15:11] We are bringing Ukrainian children home. And we are
[00:15:15] getting real by ensuring we do whatever we can to bring these
[00:15:20] children home to their families, ensure that they have a means
[00:15:25] to receive support for the psychological trauma that they
[00:15:29] have endured as a result of indoctrination, indoctrination,
[00:15:34] militarization, and essentially
[00:15:37] the Russian attempt to convert these Ukrainian children into
[00:15:41] members of Russia's war machine. Do you think he'll face justice
[00:15:46] for this?
[00:15:49] My hope is that we ensure the full return of all Ukrainian
[00:15:53] children and every single person who has committed an
[00:15:57] injustice in stealing these children
[00:16:01] face the consequences that international law requires. I'm
[00:16:06] so grateful for Canadian leadership and because Canadian
[00:16:10] government supported us. You've saved 2000 out of 22,
[00:16:15] 000. How do you measure success?
[00:16:19] We have to talk about not only 20,
[00:16:21] 000 officially abducted who have been identified by the
[00:16:24] Ukrainian government. We have to talk about all children who
[00:16:28] trapped in occupation and many families who and children
[00:16:32] who've been brought back from Russia captivity.
[00:16:36] When I ask them what is
[00:16:40] justice for you
[00:16:42] and they're telling I lost everything. I lost my friends,
[00:16:46] my school, my relatives
[00:16:49] and my, my, my town
[00:16:53] and justice for me it just to
[00:16:57] to live in peace in my town with my friends and to go to my
[00:17:03] school with my parents
[00:17:06] and this is justice for these kids.
[00:17:13] Daria and Matvey were both rescued from Russia by the Save
[00:17:17] Ukraine organization and now they have fallen in love and
[00:17:20] married. They were brought to Toronto this week for the
[00:17:23] International Conference and hoped to raise awareness for
[00:17:27] the campaign to save Ukrainian children.
[00:19:33] Until she died at just 43 years old,
[00:19:35] Carla van Kessel fought to raise awareness about cervical
[00:19:40] cancer. It was just a lot of pain, hip pain, back pain,
[00:19:43] that pelvic pain area there for someone who is so in tune with
[00:19:48] her body,
[00:19:50] she knew something was wrong. Cervical cancer is caused by
[00:19:55] the human papilloma virus. Now, a new study finds infections
[00:19:59] like HPV cause one in eight cancers. Researchers estimate
[00:20:04] in 2024 that added up to 2.3 million new cancer cases
[00:20:08] worldwide, and most are preventable. We
[00:20:11] can vaccinate against them, we can test and treat for them
[00:20:15] quite easily. The leading infections were the bacteria H
[00:20:19] pylori, which can
[00:20:21] increase the risk of stomach cancer if not screened for and
[00:20:25] treated by antibiotics, and HPV, which causes all cervical
[00:20:29] cancers, genital and some head and neck
[00:20:31] cancers, but can be prevented by vaccines.
[00:20:35] And researchers have now made new links between cancer and
[00:20:40] infections. We are learning that they can cause an expanded
[00:20:44] number of other cancers. Notably,
[00:20:46] Epstein Barr virus can cause gastric cancers. In Canada,
[00:20:51] research suggests infections cause roughly 4% of total
[00:20:55] cancer cases. HPV is certainly an infection that we're keeping
[00:20:59] an eye on. After years of declines in cervical cancer
[00:21:03] last year, rates plateaued.
[00:21:05] An HPV vaccination is lagging. Only about 5 provinces are
[00:21:10] above 80% and I think at least one is as low as 66%. The
[00:21:14] National Action plan to eliminate cervical cancer by
[00:21:18] 2040 requires vaccination and screening rates to be at 90%.
[00:21:22] Realistically, the vaccinations are they,
[00:21:25] they're the big, the big thing that we need to
[00:21:28] do. Rob Whitmill hopes to see a day when cervical cancer is no
[00:21:33] longer a threat to Shawna Reed. CBC News Toronto.
[00:21:39] All newborns in New Brunswick can now be vaccinated against
[00:21:43] RSV for free. The province announced it will cover the
[00:21:47] cost of the shot that can run between 200 and $300. We have
[00:21:51] between 6065 hundred babies born in New Brunswick every
[00:21:55] year
[00:21:56] and now, starting October 13th, all babies under 2 will be
[00:22:00] eligible to receive a free RSV immunization during their first
[00:22:05] RSV season. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus,
[00:22:08] is commonly spread from the fall season to the early spring
[00:22:12] in Canada. Most people feel mild symptoms in the throat and
[00:22:16] lungs, but for some it can cause
[00:22:19] complications like pneumonia, sometimes leading to hospital
[00:22:23] stays. The risk is higher for older and immunocompromised
[00:22:27] patients and babies. It's one of the leading causes of
[00:22:31] respiratory illness in infants and can lead to emergency room
[00:22:35] visits, hospitalization and in some
[00:22:37] cases intensive care treatment. As a physician that's worked in
[00:22:41] our emergency room and seen case with RSV,
[00:22:44] I can tell you that if we can cut those back by significant
[00:22:48] amounts of volume in our emergency departments will go
[00:22:51] down. This is an investment of $3.8 million to protect
[00:22:55] newborns and infants from RSV. This is about
[00:22:58] making sure families have protection when and where they
[00:23:01] need it. The RSV adult vaccine has been free for certain
[00:23:05] seniors in New Brunswick since 2024. Since then,
[00:23:08] those over 60 living in long term care,
[00:23:10] certain other types of care, or those waiting for care can
[00:23:14] get immunized for free. And anyone over 75 years old and
[00:23:17] Indigenous adults over 60 can also get the shot for free.
[00:23:21] Infants who were deemed high risk could get certain RSV
[00:23:24] antibodies. The number of children we would have seen
[00:23:28] admitted to the hospital
[00:23:29] or who present in the ER with RSV symptoms,
[00:23:32] that number will be reduced by 80% because the vaccine will
[00:23:37] now prevent those cases from becoming serious or from those
[00:23:41] illnesses from from taking taking hold. RSV is a
[00:23:45] reportable disease in New Brunswick. According to recent
[00:23:49] public health data. RSV cases are considered low but were
[00:23:53] above average compared to the two last seasons. Babies born
[00:23:57] before the RSV season between April 1st
[00:24:00] in October 12th can now get immunized at public health
[00:24:03] clinics or through their primary care provider. And
[00:24:06] those who will be born later in October into March of next year
[00:24:10] during the RSV season will also be able to get the shot before
[00:24:14] their discharge from the hospital.
[00:24:19] The Chief Public Health Office says the flu and respiratory
[00:24:22] season has arrived early this year. On PEI. It normally comes
[00:24:25] later in the fall, but this year is different.
[00:24:28] It's the earliest that we've ever seen
[00:24:32] this number of cases. We've sometimes had sporadic cases,
[00:24:35] but certainly this number of cases
[00:24:38] last week and also so far this week. So it is an indication it
[00:24:42] is circulating. Morrison says there's already been a couple
[00:24:45] hospitalizations and an outbreak at a long term care
[00:24:48] facility. She says the flu season is different every year.
[00:24:52] Many other parts of the country are in the same position. She
[00:24:55] says one of the best ways to protect yourself is through the
[00:24:59] free vaccine, influenza vaccine. It's not a
[00:25:02] perfect vaccine. It won't protect everyone from getting
[00:25:05] influenza, but it does decrease your risk
[00:25:07] of being hospitalized. It decreases
[00:25:09] the length of time you're ill and it decreases your risk of
[00:25:14] complications like even heart attack, stroke,
[00:25:17] COPD exacerbations. Dr. Morrison says there are also
[00:25:22] vaccines available for COVID and RSV,
[00:25:24] especially for those who are at highest risk of complications.
[00:25:29] We encourage them to be vaccinated as well with COVID
[00:25:34] vaccine and and then the RSV vaccine,
[00:25:36] which was universal last year for those 75
[00:25:40] years of age and older and those 60 to 74 with certain
[00:25:43] risk factors, it's also available. In
[00:25:46] addition to getting vaccinated, Dr. Morrison says you can
[00:25:50] protect yourself and others by washing your hands and coughing
[00:25:54] into your sleeve. If you're sick,
[00:25:56] stay home. And if your child is unwell or has a fever,
[00:25:59] they shouldn't go to school. You can get the flu,
[00:26:03] COVID and RSV vaccine at public health nursing clinics across
[00:26:07] PEI and some family physicians, nurse practitioners,
[00:26:10] pharmacies are offering the flu and COVID vaccine.
[00:26:14] Connor Lamont, CBC News, Charlottetown.
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