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[00:00:19] (♪) >> Ian: TONIGHT, CARNAGE AND DEVASTATION IN SPAIN AFTER TWO
[00:00:23] HIGH-SPEED TRAINS COLLIDE.
[00:00:25] >> [SIRENS]
[00:00:28] >> Ian: WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE INCIDENT, THE SECOND
[00:00:31] MAJOR DEADLY CRASH IN SPAIN THIS YEAR AND ABOUT THE CANADIANS
[00:00:34] AFFECTED. >>> PLUS, THE BANK OF CANADA
[00:00:37] HIKES ITS KEY LENDING RATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN
[00:00:39] THREE YEARS. >> HOW MUCH ARE THESE GOING TO
[00:00:42] INCREASE AND TO WHAT POINT? >> Ian: WHY THE BANK SAYS THAT
[00:00:45] IT NEEDED TO MOVE AND THE IMPACT THAT IT COULD HAVE ON YOUR BOTTOM LINE.
[00:00:47] (♪)
[00:00:51] >>> QUÉBEC'S PREMIER SAYS THAT THE PROVINCE WILL NO LONGER CHANGE ITS CLOCKS.
[00:00:54] >> HALF OF THE CONTINENT IS MOVING AND HALF IS NOT AND IT'S
[00:00:56] BECOMING VERY CONFUSING. >> Ian: THE DEBATE OVER DAYLIGHT
[00:01:00] VERSUS STANDARD TIME AND HOW THE MOVE COULD LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBOURS OUT OF SYNC.
[00:01:13] >> Ian: TONIGHT SPAIN IS IN MOURNING AFTER A SHOCKING
[00:01:16] HIGH-SPEED TRAIN CRASH THAT'S KILLED AT LEAST 68 PEOPLE,
[00:01:20] DOZENS MORE INJURED, INCLUDING AT LEAST SIX CANADIANS AND A
[00:01:23] SEVENTH UNACCOUNTED FOR.
[00:01:26] IT HAPPENED IN A CENTRAL PROVINCE.
[00:01:30] A TRAIN TRAVELING UP TO 200
[00:01:33] km/h SMASHED INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER STOPPED ON THE TRACKS.
[00:01:37] IT IS THE COUNTRY'S SECOND DEADLY HIGH-SPEED TRAIN DISASTER ON THE SAME LINE THIS YEAR. SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTRY'S
[00:01:41] PRIME MINISTER CALLED UNACCEPTABLE.
[00:01:45] CHRIS BROWN NOW ON WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE
[00:01:46] CANADIANS.
[00:01:49] >> Reporter: THE CRASH SOUTH OF MADRID WAS CATASTROPHIC.
[00:01:53] BOTH TRAINS WERE TRAVELING ON THE SAME TRACK IN THE SAME
[00:01:55] DIRECTION.
[00:01:57] ONE WAS STOPPED WHEN THE OTHER PLOWED INTO IT.
[00:02:01] THE IMPACT UTTERLY CRUSHED CARRIAGES.
[00:02:04] OTHERS WERE RIPPED OPEN EJECTING
[00:02:09] PEOPLE INTO THE FIELDS IN A
[00:02:12] MANGLED MESS, WHICH LEFT MORE
[00:02:14] THAN 60 DEAD. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >> Reporter: "FIRST AND MORE
[00:02:18] MOST WE'D LIKE TO MOURN THIS TRAGEDY," SAID SPAIN'S KING PHILIPPE. SURVIVORS DESCRIBED THE MOMENT OF IMPACT. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
[00:02:21] >> Reporter: "ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRAIN HIT US FROM BEHIND.
[00:02:25] SUDDENLY WE SAW THE TRAIN ON THE LEFT, EVERYTHING WAS OVERTURNED."
[00:02:28] >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
[00:02:31] >> Reporter: "WE WERE HAVING BREAKFAST, HAVING A COFFEE, AND
[00:02:34] WE FELT A HUGE IMPACT. WE WERE ALL THROWN INTO THE AIR."
[00:02:37] THE COUNTRY'S TRANSPORTATION MINISTER SAID THAT INITIALLY
[00:02:41] THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE TRIGGERED A RED SIGNAL THAT
[00:02:44] FORCED BOTH TRAINS TO STOP. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
[00:02:47] >> Reporter: "INEXPLICABLY,"
[00:02:51] HE SAID, "THE RED
[00:02:53] TRAIN WAS TOLD TO PROCEED THROUGH THE RED LIGHT WHEN IT WASN'T SAFE TO GO."
[00:02:57] SPAIN'S HIGH-SPEED RAIL SYSTEM IS A SOURCE OF IMMENSE NATIONAL
[00:03:00] PRIDE ISSUE BUT THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR DEADLY ACCIDENT THIS YEAR.
[00:03:04] 46 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A CRASH IN JANUARY.
[00:03:07] >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
[00:03:09] >> Reporter: "IF WE NEED TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN SAFETY TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN OUR
[00:03:13] HIGH-SPEED RAIL SYSTEM, WE WILL DO SO," SAID PRIME MINISTER
[00:03:16] PEDRO SÁNCHEZ.
[00:03:19] WHILE THE RAIL CONTROLLER'S
[00:03:22] ACTIONS WILL BE A KEY PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, THIS SAFETY
[00:03:25] EXPERT SAYS THAT A SIGNAL INDIVIDUAL IS RARELY THE ONLY
[00:03:26] CAUSE OF A DISASTER.
[00:03:30] >> TO BE FOR SPEED AND TO MOVE
[00:03:34] PAST THE SAFETY OR TO CRASH IS TO LOOK AT WHAT WENT WRONG AS A SYSTEM.
[00:03:37] AND THEN TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE GAPS IN THE SYSTEM, OTHERWISE
[00:03:40] YOU WILL SEE A REPEAT.
[00:03:43] >> Reporter: SPAIN HAS DECLARED THREE DAYS OF MOURNING AS
[00:03:46] ANGUISHED FAMILIES AWAIT NEWS ABOUT THE DOZENS INJURED IN
[00:03:48] HOSPITAL.
[00:03:51] GLOBAL AFFAIRS SAYS THAT IT'S AWARE OF SEVEN CANADIANS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS
[00:03:54] ACCIDENT.
[00:03:58] IN AN E-MAIL, IT SAID THAT SIX PEOPLE SUFFERED INJURIES OF SOME
[00:04:01] SORT AND A SEVENTH PERSON IS UNACCOUNTED FOR. IAN? >> Ian: CHRIS, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS OTHER ACCIDENT THAT
[00:04:05] YOU MENTIONED AND WHAT CONNECTION IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TO THIS ONE?
[00:04:09] >> Reporter: WELL, THE RAIL COMPANIES WERE EXACTLY THE SAME
[00:04:11] IN THAT JANUARY CRASH.
[00:04:14] A STATE SPANISH COMPANY AND A
[00:04:17] PRIVATE ITALIAN ONE.
[00:04:20] AND BOTH ACCIDENTS HAPPENED ON A
[00:04:22] MAIN ARTERY. BUT THERE'S DIFFERENCES AS WELL. AND THIS CRASH APPEARS TO HAVE
[00:04:30] IAN? >> Ian: CHRIS BROWN IN LONDON. >>> LAID OFF STELCO WORKERS
[00:04:33] COULD BE BACK ON THE JOB BY CHRISTMAS, THAT FROM THE PLANT'S
[00:04:37] AMERICAN OWNER, AFTER WEEKS OF PRESSURE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
[00:04:41] BUT AS ASHLEY BURKE EXPLAINS WHAT HE'S SAYING ABOUT WHY HE BOUGHT THE COMPANY IS HAVING
[00:04:44] OTTAWA TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
[00:04:48] >> Reporter:THE INDUSTRY MINISTER SAID THAT AN AMERICAN
[00:04:50] STEEL COMPANY MADE A CONFESSION ON
[00:04:53] LIVE TV THAT COULD BE THE KEY TO GETTING LAID OFF WORKERS IN CANADA THEIR JOBS BACK.
[00:04:57] >> DEFINITELY MADE US CONTACT OUR LAWYERS TO SEE WHAT COULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH
[00:05:00] CONFESSION. >> Reporter: THE C.E.O. OF
[00:05:04] OHIO-BASED CLEVELAND-CLIFFS HAS
[00:05:08] PUBLICLY APPLAUDED DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS WHICH HAVE CRUSHED THE CANADIAN
[00:05:11] STEEL INDUSTRY. HE RECENTLY LET GO OF 175 WORKERS AT A STELCO PLANT IN
[00:05:14] ONTARIO.
[00:05:17] THE COMPANY SAID THAT IT HAD TO
[00:05:21] IDLE SOME OPERATIONS TO SURVIVE. >> I'M JOINED BY LORENZO GONZALEZ.
[00:05:24] >> Reporter: BUT ON TUESDAY ON "POWER & POLITICS" THAT C.E.O.
[00:05:28] REVEALED HIS TRUE MOTIVE FOR BUYING THE CANADIAN STEEL
[00:05:31] COMPANY TWO YEARS AGO -- IT WAS UNDERCUTTING HIS AMERICAN SALES.
[00:05:34] >> LOOK, I BOUGHT STELCO, BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD ANYMORE THE
[00:05:38] HEAVY STELCO FLOODING THE MARKET
[00:05:39] HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
[00:05:43] TO THE DETRIMENT OF MY OWN COMPANY. >> Reporter: THAT COMMENT VIEWED
[00:05:46] BY LIBERALS AS A BIG ADMISSION. >> IF HE SAYS THAT BASICALLY HE
[00:05:49] BOUGHT IT TO ULTIMATELY TO KEEP
[00:05:52] THE PLANT IDLE, HE'S PROVING OUR CASE. >> THEY DID NOT WANT THAT
[00:05:55] COMPANY TO SURVIVE. HE TOOK IT OVER SO THAT IT WOULD NOT DO WELL.
[00:05:59] >> Reporter: THE WORKERS' UNION CALLS THE C.E.O.'S COMMENTS
[00:06:01] OUTRAGEOUS. >> IT CONFIRMED TO ME THAT HE
[00:06:05] WAS HURTING OR DAMAGING THE
[00:06:08] ASSETS IN CANADA, THE STEEL
[00:06:10] INDUSTRY IN CANADA, DISPARAGING
[00:06:14] IT TO ADVANTAGE U.S. -- HIS U.S. OPERATIONS.
[00:06:16] >> Reporter: OTTAWA APPROVED
[00:06:19] STELCO'S PURCHASE, BUT SAID THAT
[00:06:21] IT CAME WITH COMMITMENTS, AND ALLEGES
[00:06:25] THAT THE AMERICAN COMPANY BROKE THEM. THEY ARE GIVING THEM NINE DAYS TO FIX IT OR TO FACE LEGAL ACTION.
[00:06:28] BUT THE CONSERVATIVES SAY THAT'S NOT SOON ENOUGH.
[00:06:32] >> GET TO COURT AND SHOW THEM THAT WE MEAN BUSINESS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS SHOWS WEAKNESS
[00:06:35] FROM OUR GOVERNMENT. >> THERE ARE POLITICS PLAYING ON
[00:06:37] BOTH SIDES. >> Reporter: THIS LAWYER SAYS
[00:06:41] THAT WHILE THE C.E.O.'S COMMENT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD -- OTTAWA'S CASE MIGHT NOT BE A SLAM-DUNK.
[00:06:45] >> I DON'T THINK THAT THIS CASE
[00:06:46] IS STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH THAT
[00:06:50] CONFESSION LAST NIGHT IS A COMPLETE GOTCHA.
[00:06:54] >> Reporter:THAT LAWYER SANDY WALKER HAS
[00:06:57] SPECIALIZED IN THIS KIND OF LAW FOR DECADES.
[00:07:00] SHE SAYS THAT THE BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT CLEVELAND-CLIFFS HAD A CHOICE WHEN IT LAID OFF WORKERS
[00:07:04] OR IT WAS A STRATEGIC DECISION
[00:07:04] MADE BY THE OWNER.
[00:07:08] >> Ian:ASHLEY, THIS BATTLE PLAYING OUT VERY PUBLICLY AND THE C.E.O. HAS A NEW COMMENT THIS EVENING?
[00:07:11] >> Reporter: YEAH, IAN, THE
[00:07:13] CLEVELAND-CLIFFS' C.E.O. SAID THAT THEY'RE FULLY COMPLIANT
[00:07:17] WITH ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT
[00:07:19] COMMITMENTS, AND NOW SAYS THAT HE
[00:07:22] HOPES TO BRING BACK THE 175 LAID OFF WORKERS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, IF HIS PLAN TO BOOST CANADIAN SALES
[00:07:25] WORKS.
[00:07:33] >>> THE BANK OF CANADA HAS RAISED ITS BENCHMARK INTEREST
[00:07:37] RATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS TO 2.5%.
[00:07:41] AS NISHA PATEL EXPLAINS, IT'S JUST THE LATEST INDICATION THAT
[00:07:44] HIGH FUEL PRICES ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON CANADIANS AND THAT
[00:07:47] THE BANK WORRIES INFLATION COULD BE GETTING WORSE. >> Reporter: AFTER HOLDING
[00:07:51] INTEREST RATES STEADY FOR ALMOST A YEAR, THE BANK OF CANADA IS
[00:07:54] MAKING A MOVE. HIKING THE POLICY RATE BY 25
[00:07:58] BASIS POINTS TO 2.5%. >> THE MAIN ARGUMENT FOR AN
[00:08:02] INCREASE WAS THAT ENERGY PRICES ARE HIGHER, AND THEY ARE
[00:08:04] EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGHER, AND COST PRESSURES ARE BUILDING.
[00:08:08] >> Reporter: WHICH MEANS THAT PRESSURE IS BUILDING ON THE BANK
[00:08:10] TO STAY AHEAD OF INFLATION. IT SAYS THAT HIGH FUEL PRICES
[00:08:14] ARE RAISING THE COSTS OF
[00:08:15] PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION,
[00:08:18] BUSINESSES COULD PASS THAT ON. PUSHING UP PRICES MORE BROADLY
[00:08:21] FOR CONSUMERS.
[00:08:23] >> SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN BROAD-BASED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A
[00:08:27] BROADER-BASED INCREASE IN PRICES, BUT I THINK THAT THE
[00:08:30] BANK IS STARTING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD. >> Reporter: THE HIKE WILL
[00:08:33] QUICKLY MAKE BORROWING MORE
[00:08:34] EXPENSIVE FOR CANADIANS WITH AN
[00:08:40] AUTO LOAN, LINE OF CREDIT, OR A
[00:08:44] MORTGAGE TIED TO A VARIABLE RATE. FOR EXAMPLE, A HOMEOWNER WITH A
[00:08:45] $500,000 VARIABLE RATE MORTGAGE COULD NOW BE PAYING ABOUT $70
[00:08:48] MORE EVERY MONTH.
[00:08:54] >> IT'S NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TO FEEL GOOD IMMEDIATELY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW YOU GET INFLATION BACK DOWN.
[00:08:57] >> Reporter: WHILE VARIABLE RATE MORTGAGES HAVE LOWER INTEREST
[00:09:01] AND MORE FLEXIBILITY, FOR SOME CANADIANS THEY CAN BE NERVE-RACKING.
[00:09:04] >> IT WAS VERY UNPREDICTABLE AND
[00:09:08] STRESSFUL. I'M LIKE HOW MUCH ARE THESE
[00:09:10] GOING TO INCREASE AND TO WHAT
[00:09:14] POINT? >> Reporter: BARBARA BEST RECENTLY DECIDED TO LOCK INTO A
[00:09:18] FIXED RATE. >> SO THAT GAVE ME TOTAL PREDICTABILITY AND CERTAINTY, WHICH PEACE OF MIND WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
[00:09:22] >> Reporter: MORTGAGE EXPERTS SAY THAT STARTING TO RESEARCH EARLY AND SHOPPING AROUND IS KEY.
[00:09:25] >> THERE'S A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM FOR THE BANKS, AND THE BANKS
[00:09:29] WILL DO QUITE A BIT TO KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS. >> Reporter: THE BANK OF CANADA
[00:09:32] SAYS THAT MORE INTEREST RATE HIKES ARE POSSIBLE, THOUGH WITH SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE
[00:09:36] CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND
[00:09:45] >> Ian: LET'S BRING IN SENIOR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT PETER ARMSTRONG.
[00:09:48] PETER, THIS QUARTER POINT CHANGE
[00:09:52] TO BORROWING COSTS IS OBVIOUSLY
[00:09:54] NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE IRANIAN THREATS TO SHIPPING IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. SO WHAT IS THE BANK OF CANADA
[00:09:58] HOPING TO ACHIEVE? >> Reporter: THE IDEA IS TO KEEP
[00:10:02] INFLATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE ENERGY SECTOR.
[00:10:05] BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE INFLATION LARGELY
[00:10:08] IS THE STORY OF THE COST OF GAS, DIESEL, HOME HEATING FUEL. ONCE THAT SPILLS OVER INTO OTHER CATEGORIES IT GETS A LOT HARDER TO REIN BACK IN AND WE'RE
[00:10:12] LOOKING AT, WHAT, EIGHT MONTHS
[00:10:14] NOW OF WAR AND RISING ENERGY COSTS.
[00:10:17] BUSINESSES CAN EAT THAT FOR A
[00:10:20] WHILE, BUT THE CENTRAL BANKS WORRY THAT THEIR PATIENCE WON'T LAST.
[00:10:24] >> AS WE HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR SOME TIME THE LONGER THAT THE PRICES REMAIN HIGH, THE MORE
[00:10:27] LIKELY THAT THE COSTS WILL SPILL OVER TO CONSUMER PRICES MORE BROADLY.
[00:10:30] >> Reporter: SO IF YOU PRODUCE
[00:10:31] STUFF OR SHIP STUFF, YOUR COST
[00:10:34] OF BUSINESS IS HIGHER NOW BECAUSE GAS AND DIESEL PRICES
[00:10:38] ARE HIGHER. SO MACKLIN IS HOPING THAT THE INCREASE AND THAT THE MESSAGE
[00:10:41] THAT THE BANK IS WILLING TO TAKE ACTION IF IT NEEDS TO, THAT THAT WILL PREVENT THAT SPILLOVER FOR
[00:10:44] A WHILE AT LEAST.
[00:10:47] >> Ian: OF COURSE RAISING RATES
[00:10:49] COMES WITH RISKS.
[00:10:51] >> Reporter: IT DOES. AND THE BANK OF CANADA HAS THIS DILEMMA
[00:10:54] FOR A WHILE NOW. TWO VERY DIFFERENT PROBLEMS IN
[00:10:57] THE ECONOMY. ON THE ONE HAND, WEAK GROWTH AND ON THE OTHER, RISING INFLATION. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE BANK IS
[00:11:01] THAT IT ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME, RAISE OR CUT INTEREST RATES.
[00:11:04] NORMALLY TO FIGHT WEAK GROWTH YOU CUT RATES.
[00:11:07] AND THAT WOULD MAKE INFLATION WORSE.
[00:11:09] TO FIGHT INFLATION, YOU RAISE
[00:11:11] THOSE RATES, BUT THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THAT SLOW GROWTH EVEN WORSE.
[00:11:15] SO WE HAVE TWO PROBLEMS WITH TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE THE OTHER ONE WORSE.
[00:11:18] >> Ian: OKAY, AND ANY IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT WHEN IT COMES TO RATES?
[00:11:21] >> Reporter: SO THE BANK SAYS THAT IT WILL TAKE THIS ONE AT A
[00:11:25] TIME, BUT THAT THERE COULD BE A NEED TO RAISE THE POLICY RATE FURTHER. WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM
[00:11:29] ECONOMISTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
[00:11:36] HIKES BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. >> Ian: PETER ARMSTRONG. >>> DAYS AHEAD OF THE U.S.
[00:11:40] MIDTERM ELECTIONS, MARK CARNEY SAYS THAT OTTAWA IS NOT IN A POSITION TO MAKE A TRADE DEAL
[00:11:43] AND WILL ONLY ENTERTAIN AN AGREEMENT WHEN IT SUITS CANADIANS.
[00:11:45] >> Rt. Hon. Mark Carney: WE HAVE
[00:11:48] BEEN CONSISTENT, IF THOSE DEALS
[00:11:50] PRESENT THEMSELVES, WE WILL --
[00:11:53] WE WILL PURSUE THEM. BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT POSITION RIGHT NOW.
[00:11:57] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Ian: WHILE TALKS HAVE
[00:12:00] RECENTLY INTENSIFIED, A SOURCE TOLD CBC
[00:12:04] NEWS EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT AN AGREEMENT IS NOT IMMINENT. CANADA-U.S. TRADE TENSIONS ARE AMONG THE KEY ISSUES AS THE AMERICANS PREPARE TO VOTE ON
[00:12:07] TUESDAY.
[00:12:10] >>> CANADA IS HOSTING EUROPEAN UNION OFFICIALS IN MONTRÉAL THIS
[00:12:12] WEEK.
[00:12:15] WITH TALKS ON STRENGTHENING TIES
[00:12:17] AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA. CBC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT THE
[00:12:20] E.U. IS DROPPING ITS OFFER TO
[00:12:32] >> Reporter: DEFINITELY.
[00:12:34] SOURCES SAY THAT THIS ASSOCIATE
[00:12:37] MEMBERSHIP NAME HAVE BEEN DIVISIVE.
[00:12:39] AND SOME NATIONS DID NOT LIKE IT AND GERMANY IN PARTICULAR FELT
[00:12:42] THAT IT WAS A RED LINE. I DID GET A COPY OF A DRAFT
[00:12:46] JOINT STATEMENT WITH CANADA AND THE E.U. THAT THE MEMBERSHIPS OF THE E.U. JUST FINALIZED. NOW SOURCES TELL US THAT THE ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP TERM WAS
[00:12:50] REMOVED. NOW THEY'RE JUST CALLING IT AN
[00:12:53] EVER CLOSER ASSOCIATION SHORT OF FULL MEMBERSHIP ITSELF.
[00:12:57] AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
[00:12:59] CONFUSION EVER SINCE EUROPEAN
[00:13:02] COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA von der LEYEN SAID THAT SHE WANTED
[00:13:04] TO MAKE CANADA THIS ASSOCIATE MEMBER.
[00:13:07] AND DESPITE E.U. MEMBER STATES OPPOSING IT, SHE IS STILL USING THE TITLE AND POSTING ON SOCIAL
[00:13:11] MEDIA "RARELY HAVE I LOOKED FORWARD TO A SUMMIT THIS MUCH.
[00:13:14] WE HAVE A NEW AMBITION -- BRINGING CANADA CLOSER TO US
[00:13:18] THAN EVER BEFORE AS ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE E.U.."
[00:13:21] NOW PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY WILL MEET WITH HER HERE IN MONTRÉAL.
[00:13:25] HE HAS REPEATEDLY SAID THAT THE NAME DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO
[00:13:27] CANADA, IT'S ABOUT THE
[00:13:30] SUBSTANCE.
[00:13:31] >> Rt. Hon. Mark Carney: THIS IS
[00:13:35] THE LAUNCH OF FURTHER FORMAL DISCUSSIONS, NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR.
[00:13:39] THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT SPECIFIC NAMES OR NOMENCLATURE, WHAT MATTERS IS THE DIFFERENCE THAT IT WILL MAKE
[00:13:43] TO THE LIVES OF CANADIANS. >> Reporter:NOW von der LEYEN
[00:13:46] CAN SUGGEST WHATEVER SHE WANTS,
[00:13:48] BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S THE E.U.
[00:13:52] MEMBER STATES THAT GET TO DECIDE ABOUT THE ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP AND NOT HER. AND WHILE THEY AGREE THEY WANT CLOSER TIES TO CANADA, THEY
[00:13:55] DON'T SEEM TO WANT THIS TITLE.
[00:13:58] >> Ian:AND WHAT CAN WE EXPECT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS?
[00:14:01] >> Reporter: WELL, MEETINGS OF
[00:14:03] von der LEYEN AND BRIEFINGS
[00:14:08] THAT REALLY HAVE BEEN HAMMERING OUT THESE DEEPER TIES WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
[00:14:12] AND BASED ON STATEMENTS, THERE ARE DOZENS OF ITEMS THEY WANT TO COORDINATE ON -- EDUCATION, RESEARCH, ENERGY, SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE, AND
[00:14:15] CYBERSECURITY.
[00:14:18] ALSO PREPARING FOR MORE THREATS. FOR EVERYTHING FROM PANDEMICS TO
[00:14:27] >>> AS CANADA AND EUROPE PUSH FOR CLOSER TIES, A LOOMING E.U. CARBON TARIFF COULD GET IN THE
[00:14:30] WAY.
[00:14:34] CHARGES ON ENERGY AND INTENSIVE IMPORTS BEGIN NEXT YEAR AND AS
[00:14:38] DAVID THURTON SHOWS US, OTTAWA IS PUSHING FOR A DEAL TO PROTECT INDUSTRIES LIKE STEEL
[00:14:42] THAT ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING. >> Reporter: CANADA WANTS TO
[00:14:46] SEND MORE STEEL AND ALUMINUM TO EUROPE, BUT IT COULD BE FACING A NEW KIND OF TARIFF.
[00:14:49] >> IT'S A BIG DEAL CONCEPTUALLY.
[00:14:51] >> Reporter: THE EUROPEAN UNION
[00:14:54] IS ROLLING OUT A CARBON LEVY TO
[00:14:58] INCENTIVIZE CLEANER PROTECTION,
[00:14:59] NOT JUST METALS BUT OTHER INTENSIVE IMPORTS.
[00:15:03] >> THIS IS A BIG CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT TRADE GETS TREATED AND
[00:15:07] WE'RE SEEING OTHER PLACES AROUND THE WORLD INTERESTED IN THIS APPROACH.
[00:15:11] >> Reporter: CBC NEWS GOT THIS DOCUMENT THAT SHEDS LIGHT ON THE
[00:15:15] E.U.'S PLANS. IT CALLS THE MECHANISM
[00:15:19] EFFECTIVELY A CARBON TARIFF, AND
[00:15:21] NOTES THAT EVEN WITH CANADA'S INDUSTRIAL CARBON PRICING SYSTEM THAT CANADIAN
[00:15:24] EXPORTERS ARE NOT EXEMPT. AND OTTAWA IS FOCUSED ON MINIMIZING THE IMPACTS.
[00:15:27] >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT PAYING A CARBON PRICE HERE AND A CARBON
[00:15:31] TARIFF?
[00:15:34] >> Reporter:ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SUGGESTED THAT THE E.U. COULD
[00:15:38] RECOGNIZE WHAT CANADA IS DOING TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE.
[00:15:42] >> INDUSTRIAL CARBON IS VERY IMPORTANT PART OF HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE COMPETITIVE
[00:15:45] INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL. AND AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON REDUCING EMISSIONS. >> Reporter: CANADA'S MAJOR
[00:15:49] METALS PRODUCERS, RIO TINTO
[00:15:53] DECLINED TO COMMENT. BUT ONE EXPORTER SEES AN UPSIDE. >> SO THIS IS A PIECE FROM ONE
[00:15:56] OF OUR HIGHER GRADE --
[00:16:00] >> Reporter:CANADA NICKEL IS ADVANCING THE CRAWFORD PROJECT, A MINE IN
[00:16:03] TIMMINS, ONTARIO, WITH THE HOPES
[00:16:06] OF SHIPPING STEEL TO EUROPE. >> FOR US IT'S A TREMENDOUS
[00:16:10] OPPORTUNITY AND WHAT WE HAVE IN TIMMINS AREA AND CRAWFORD WE HOPE TO BE THE FIRST OF MULTIPLE
[00:16:13] PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, TO BECOME THE LEADING SOURCE OF
[00:16:16] LOW-CARBON, AND ZERO-CARBON STEEL FOR EUROPE.
[00:16:19] >> Reporter: THE E.U. IS NOT AN OUTLIER ON THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE UNITED
[00:16:23] KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN ARE DEVELOPING OR ASSESSING
[00:16:27] THEIR OWN CARBON BORDER TAXES.
[00:16:30] DAVID THURTON, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA. >> Ian: RISING FUEL COSTS HAVE
[00:16:33] FORCED A LUXURY RESIDENTIAL CRUISE SHIP TO BRING ITS
[00:16:36] CONTINUOUS VOYAGE TO AN END.
[00:16:38] >> THE CHALLENGE IS A LOT OF
[00:16:41] PEOPLE NOW HAVE NO PLACE TO GO,
[00:16:50] THIS WAS THEIR HOME. >> Ian: SOME PASSENGERS HAD PURCHASED THEIR QUARTERS, AND NOW AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS AT SEA THEY'RE LEFT STRANDED. MEASURES TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION
[00:16:54] LIKE LONGER STAYS IN PORT WERE NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP GOING.
[00:16:57] AVERAGE MONTHLY FUEL COSTS CLIMBED FROM $1800 PER CABIN TO AN ESTIMATED
[00:17:00] $6,000 TO $8,000.
[00:17:03] >> DEFEATED PRESIDENTIAL
[00:17:05] CANDIDATE FLAVIO BOLSONARO IS
[00:17:09] CLAIMING THAT HE IS THE RIGHTFUL
[00:17:12] LEADER OF THE COUNTRY TONIGHT AFTER FLEEING TO THE UNITED STATES.
[00:17:16] BOLSONARO WAS SEEN ARRIVING IN MIAMI WITH HIS FAMILY AFTER THE U.S. GRANTED THEM VISAS.
[00:17:20] HE CALLED FOR HIS ELECTION LOSS ON SUNDAY TO LUIZ INÁCIO LULA
[00:17:23] da SILVA TO BE ANNULLED.
[00:17:27] BOLSONARO SAYS THAT HE'LL LEAD BRAZIL'S OPPOSITION FROM EXILE.
[00:17:30] HE'S UNDER INVESTIGATION IN BRAZIL FOR ALLEGED MONEY
[00:17:31] LAUNDERING.
[00:17:35] >>> TONIGHT VOTES ARE STILL BEING COUNTED IN ISRAEL'S
[00:17:37] ELECTION AND THERE'S NO CLEAR SENSE OF WHO THE WINNER IS, AND
[00:17:41] LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO WILL EVENTUALLY FORM GOVERNMENT. CBC NEWS SENIOR INTERNATIONAL
[00:17:45] CORRESPONDENT MARGARET EVANS IS COVERING THE ELECTION FROM
[00:17:48] JERUSALEM, AND, MARGARET,
[00:17:51] THERE'S BEEN A RECORD NUMBER OF VOTES CAST IN THIS ELECTION.
[00:17:55] WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THE FINAL RESULT? >> Reporter: WELL, HOPEFULLY TOMORROW, IAN.
[00:17:58] THEY'VE NOW MOVED TO THESE VOTES THAT THEY CALL THEM THE SECOND ENVELOPE VOTES.
[00:18:01] THEY'RE BASICALLY THE BALLOTS
[00:18:05] SENT IN BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO VOTE AWAY FROM THEIR HOME CONSTITUENCY, SO
[00:18:09] SOLDIERS, DIPLOMATS, AND CRITICAL CARE WORKERS, THAT KIND OF THING.
[00:18:13] BUT IT'S A LOT OF VOTES AND IT'S
[00:18:14] ABOUT 450,000 VOTES TO COUNT.
[00:18:19] WHEN THEY HAVE THE RESULTS THEY'LL BE BROADCAST ON LIVE TELEVISION.
[00:18:21] AFTER THAT THE PRESIDENT OF
[00:18:25] ISRAEL COMES IN AND IS BASICALLY GOING TO BEGIN A CONSULTATION PROCESS WITH THE DIFFERENT
[00:18:28] PARTIES.
[00:18:30] AND IT'S UP TO HIM TO DECIDE WHO HE THINKS THAT HAS THE BEST
[00:18:34] CHANCE OF FORMING A COALITION. AND AFTER HE INVITES THAT PERSON
[00:18:37] TO DO SO, THEY'LL HAVE 28 DAYS
[00:18:41] TO TRY AND TO FORM A GOVERNMENT, AND THAT MEANS REALLY IT'S NO
[00:18:45] JOKE WHEN PEOPLE SAY THIS COULD DRAG ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
[00:18:48] >> Ian: AND FORMING A COALITION ISN'T GOING TO BE EASY, MARGARET?
[00:18:51] >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
[00:18:55] BENJAMIN NETANYAHU RIGHT NOW TRYING REALLY HARD TO WOO
[00:18:59] MEMBERS OF THE BLOC OF
[00:19:00] OPPOSITION PARTIES AGAINST HIM.
[00:19:03] NOW A LOT OF THOSE PARTIES SAID
[00:19:07] THAT THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GOING TO JOIN A UNITY GOVERNMENT.
[00:19:11] BUT HE WILL TRY. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE HIS
[00:19:12] MAIN CHALLENGER, GADI EISENKOTT,
[00:19:15] WHO IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THE ARAB-ISRAELI
[00:19:18] OR PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI VOTE.
[00:19:21] THEY ARE THE KINGMAKERS IN THIS.
[00:19:24] AND WITH THEIR SUPPORT, HE COULD COME UP WITH THE MAJORITY TO
[00:19:27] FORM, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY
[00:19:29] BLOC IN PARLIAMENT. BUT HE HAS SAID THAT HE WON'T DO
[00:19:32] THAT.
[00:19:33] A NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT
[00:19:37] BLOC ARE OPPOSED TO THE IDEA OF
[00:19:38] IT.
[00:19:42] BUT THE ARAB-ISRAELI PARTIES HAVE SAID, LISTEN, WE ARE THE
[00:19:46] ONES WHO GOT THE VOTE OUT, WE WANT TO STOP NETANYAHU FROM TAKING POWER. AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE CHANCE
[00:19:49] TO DO THAT BY COMING OUT IN THE NUMBERS THAT WE DID.
[00:19:53] >> Ian: MARGARET EVANS REPORTING FROM JERUSALEM TONIGHT.
[00:19:57] >>> THREE PEOPLE FROM EDMONTON FACE MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF A BOY WHOSE REMAINS WERE
[00:20:00] FOUND IN AUGUST.
[00:20:04] >> WE HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY, YOU KNOW, THAT HAD HIS WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HIM.
[00:20:08] >> Ian: POLICE SAY THAT THE
[00:20:10] REMAINS WERE DISCOVERED NEAR
[00:20:13] CALLING LAKE HOURS AFTER A 911 CALLER
[00:20:16] SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED AND INJURED. THE ALLEGED FIASAL HUSSEIN WAS
[00:20:19] LURED FROM HIS HOME BY PEOPLE
[00:20:21] THAT HE KNEW THAT WERE INVOLVED
[00:20:24] IN CRIMINALITY.
[00:20:25] >>> A FORMER RCMP OFFICER DAVID
[00:20:29] TEBOUL HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO
[00:20:31] ASSAULTING A TEENAGER. AT DAVID TEBOUL'S SENTENCING
[00:20:35] HEARING, THE COURT HEARD HOW TEBOUL HELD THE 16-YEAR-OLD BY THE NECK AND LIFTED HIM OFF THE GROUND. IT HAPPENED LAST YEAR AT HIS
[00:20:38] SON'S LACROSSE GAME. AS AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, HE
[00:20:41] WAS THE PUBLIC FACE OF SEVERAL MAJOR RCMP INVESTIGATIONS BEFORE BEING
[00:20:45] SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY AND RESIGNING EARLY THIS YEAR.
[00:20:49] >>> QUÉBEC'S NEW GOVERNMENT IS VOWING THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT THE PROVINCE TURNS
[00:20:52] BACK THE CLOCKS. >> HALF OF THE CONTINENT IS
[00:20:56] MOVING AND HALF IS NOT AND IT'S BECOMING VERY CONFUSING. >> Ian: THE RIPPLE EFFECT THAT
[00:21:00] COULD HAVE NEXT.
[00:21:00] (♪)
[00:21:04] >>> PLUS, DONALD TRUMP IS REPEATING FALSE CLAIMS AHEAD OF THE U.S. MIDTERMS.
[00:21:07] >> President Trump: OUR MACHINES AND BALLOT COUNTING SYSTEMS ARE EXPOSED TO HACKING AND
[00:21:10] MANIPULATION AND CORRUPTION.
[00:21:26] >> MOST LIKELY THE LARGEST RE >> Announc
[00:23:34] [♪ SINGING ♪]
[00:23:50] BY NAME BUT TAKES CLEAR AIM AT
[00:23:54] CALLING THE MOVE A DISTRACTION FROM OTHER CONTROVERSIES. >>> QUÉBEC'S NEW GOVERNMENT IS
[00:23:58] VOWING TO END SEASONAL TIME CHANGES FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF
[00:24:01] SEVERAL OTHER PROVINCES, BUT AS
[00:24:05] ALEXANDRE SILBERMAN SHOW US, THE MOVE COULD CREATE NEW COMPLICATIONS AND MORE
[00:24:07] CONFUSION. >> Reporter: QUÉBECERS ARE
[00:24:11] GETTING READY TO TURN BACK THE CLOCKS. POSSIBLY FOR THE LAST TIME.
[00:24:14] >> I HATE IT. >> IT'S, LIKE, IT'S CRAZY WITH
[00:24:17] KIDS.
[00:24:19] YEAH, WE DON'T LIKE IT. >> Reporter: QUÉBEC'S NEW
[00:24:22] PREMIER HAS PROMISED IN HIS CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH SEASONAL TIME CHANGES.
[00:24:24] >> [Speaking French]
[00:24:31] >> Reporter:PAUL ST. PIERRE
[00:24:33] PLAMONDON SAYS NOW THAT HE WILL INTRODUCE A
[00:24:37] BILL THIS WINTER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> AND HALF OF THE CONTINENT IS MOVING AND HALF IS NOT AND IT'S BECOMING VERY CONFUSING.
[00:24:41] >> Reporter: SEVERAL WESTERN PROVINCES DECIDED TO STOP
[00:24:44] SWITCHING TIME IN THE PAST YEAR, AMID GROWING CONCERNS THAT
[00:24:47] CHANGING THE CLOCKS DISRUPTS
[00:24:49] SLEEP, AND IT IS LINKED TO INCREASED
[00:24:52] RISK OF HEART ATTACKS AND CAR ACCIDENTS.
[00:24:55] SETTING THE CLOCKS ON ONE TIME
[00:24:57] ALL YEAR IS ALSO SPARKING ANOTHER DEBATE -- SHOULD THERE BE MORE LIGHT IN THE MORNING OR
[00:25:01] THE EVENING? >> I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE DAYTIME THAN THE EVENING, WHEN I CAN
[00:25:04] ACTUALLY HAVE FUN.
[00:25:11] >> BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I DON'T KNOW WHICH SIDE TO GO -- I DON'T KNOW. >> MUCH BETTER TO HAVE LIGHT IN
[00:25:14] THE MORNING AND THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
[00:25:18] IN TERMS OF HEALTH AND BIOLOGY. >> Reporter: THIS EXPERT WARNS THAT STARTING WINTER DAYS IN THE
[00:25:22] DARK WOULD DISRUPT SLEEP PATTERNS, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN, AND HARM MENTAL HEALTH
[00:25:25] AND PRODUCTIVITY.
[00:25:28] >> WE NEED THE LIGHT IN THE MORNING, NATURAL LIGHT, TO
[00:25:31] SYNCHRONIZE OUR BIOLOGICAL CLOCK.
[00:25:34] >> Reporter: QUÉBEC'S NEIGHBOURS ARE HOLDING OFF FOR NOW.
[00:25:38] ONTARIO PASSED LEGISLATION BACK IN 2020, SAYING THAT IT WILL
[00:25:41] SCRAP THE TIME CHANGE, ONLY IF
[00:25:43] NEW YORK AND QUÉBEC ARE BOTH
[00:25:46] ONBOARD.
[00:25:49] A POSSIBLE COMPLICATION IN CANADA'S CAPITAL REGION, WHERE THE WORKERS REGULARLY CROSS BACK
[00:25:53] AND FORTH BETWEEN PROVINCES.
[00:25:58] >> IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL FOR QUÉBEC AND ONTARIO TO COORDINATE THAT. IT COULD BE A LITTLE CHAOTIC IF JUST ACROSS THE RIVER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AN HOUR DIFFERENT.
[00:26:02] >> Reporter: DIFFERENT
[00:26:15] ALEXANDRE SILBERMAN, CBC NEWS, MONTRÉAL. >> Ian: SOCCER REAL MADRID IS
[00:26:18] ADDING TO APOLOGIES AFTER A
[00:26:20] COMMENT FROM ITS STAR PLAYER ABOUT A FORMER CHINESE LEADER.
[00:26:23] THE TEAM APOLOGISED FOR ANY DISCOMFORT CALLED BY KYLIAN
[00:26:25] MBAPPÉ.
[00:26:29] HE CAUSED AN UPROAR IN CHINA BY
[00:26:32] SAYING THAT THE FUNNIEST MEME
[00:26:35] HE'S SEEN OF HIMSELF IS THE ONE
[00:26:36] WHERE THEY PUT MY FACE ON A
[00:26:39] CHINESE DICTATOR.
[00:26:43] AN APPARENT REFERENCE TO MAO ZEDONG. AND MBAPPÉ APOLOGISED BUT NOT BEFORE CHINA'S STATE BROADCASTER
[00:26:47] SUSPENDED ALL SPANISH SOCCER LEAGUE BROADCASTS. >>> WITH THE U.S. MIDTERMS JUST DAYS AWAY, THERE ARE MOUNTING CONSPIRACIES ABOUT RIGGED
[00:26:49] VOTING.
[00:26:53] >> WE NEED A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
[00:26:55] ABOUT IT. AND I'M NAVIGATING TO END THE
[00:26:58] VIOLENCE.
[00:27:01] I.N.S. HOW IT'S EMBOLDENING ELECTION
[00:27:04] DENIERS. >>> AND A SURGE OF CANADIAN
[00:27:06] CANNABIS BEING ILLEGALLY
[00:27:09] SMUGGLED JEFFERSEAS. >> WE HAVE TO SEE THE WHOLE IMPACT ON A GLOBAL SCALE OF WHAT A LOCAL POLICY CAN PROVOKE.
[00:27:12] >> Ian: IN THIS CANADIAN EXCLUSIVE, CBC NEWS GETS ACCESS TO A MAJOR EUROPEAN PORT. THOSE STORIES NEXT.
[00:27:15] (♪)
[00:27:20] >> I'm A
[00:30:00] >> President Trump: THEY DON'T WANT VOTER I.D. -- THE DEMOCRATS, THE DUMBOCRATS BECAUSE THEIR POLICIES ARE SO -- BUT THEY DON'T WANT VOTER I.D., WHY?
[00:30:04] BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHEAT. >> Ian: DONALD TRUMP RALLYING
[00:30:07] VOTERS IN OHIO TONIGHT AHEAD OF TUESDAY'S MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND
[00:30:11] ONCE AGAIN CASTING SUSPICION ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE VOTING PROCESS.
[00:30:15] HE'S BEEN AT IT FOR SIX YEARS
[00:30:21] SOWING SEEDS OF DOUBT THAT HAVE TAKEN ROOT AND GROWN. HIS FALSE CLAIMS HAVE ENERGIZED ELECTION DENIERS WITH SOME EVEN PUSHING THE PRESIDENT TO INVOKE
[00:30:25] A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
[00:30:27] REPORTING FROM MICHIGAN,
[00:30:32] JONATHAN MONTPETIT HAS ON HOW IT
[00:30:35] HAS CLERKS AND LEGAL EXPERTS AND
[00:30:37] COMMUNITY GROUPS ON ALERT. >> President Trump: THESE
[00:30:41] TERRIBLE MACHINES. >> Reporter: DONALD TRUMP'S FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT VOTING
[00:30:43] MACHINES ARE AT THE HEART OF HIS
[00:30:47] EFFORTS TO REREWRITE THE
[00:30:49] ELECTION TERMS AHEAD OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. >> President Trump: IT'S EXPOSED
[00:30:53] TO HACKING AND MANIPULATION AND CORRUPTION. >> Reporter:HIS CLAIMS HAVE
[00:30:57] ENERGIZED SUPPORTERS IN THE POSITIONS OF POWER. ARE YOU AN ELECTION DENIER?
[00:31:01] >> WELL, PRESUPPOSING THAT WE HAVE ELECTIONS, RIGHT? >> Reporter: SOME CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT ARE PUSHING HIM TO GO
[00:31:04] EVEN FURTHER. >> WE NEED A NATIONAL EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF IT. IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUR
[00:31:08] COUNTRY.
[00:31:09] >> Reporter: WITH THE MIDTERMS
[00:31:12] JUST DAYS AWAY, IT IS NOT JUST THE RESULTS UNCERTAIN -- IT'S
[00:31:16] WHETHER THE PRESIDENT WILL ACCEPT THEM AT ALL. >> President Trump: WE DON'T
[00:31:17] WANT CHEATING IN THE MIDTERMS.
[00:31:20] >> Reporter: WHICH MAKES THE ROUTINE TASKS OF LOCAL CLERKS LIKE ELIZABETH BUSK SO
[00:31:24] IMPORTANT.
[00:31:27] >> I WILL RUN THIS UPSIDE DOWN
[00:31:30] TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS.
[00:31:33] >> Reporter: SHE'S THE CLERK IN WOODLAND TOWNSHIP, A FARMING COMMUNITY TWO HOURS WEST OF
[00:31:36] DETROIT. LOCAL CLERKS LIKE HER RUN MOST ELECTIONS IN THE U.S.
[00:31:39] THEIR WORK WILL BE UNDER A
[00:31:41] MICROSCOPE THIS NOVEMBER 3RD. EVEN SMALL ERRORS COULD BE USED
[00:31:45] TO UPEND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
[00:31:49] >> OVER VOTE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT IN WOODLAND, LIKE THEY DO BEFORE
[00:31:53] EVERY ELECTION, A PUBLIC TEST OF THE VOTE COUNTING MACHINE.
[00:31:56] >> I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF HURTING PEOPLE AND
[00:31:59] MISTRUST WITH THE SYSTEM.
[00:32:09] WE WILL BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND OUR SYSTEM AND TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.
[00:32:12] >> Reporter: SHE LETS US WATCH
[00:32:13] AS SHE FEEDS THE VOTING MACHINE A SERIES OF TEST BALLOTS TO MAKE
[00:32:17] SURE THAT IT IS COUNTING ACCURATELY. HOW MANY VOTING MACHINES DOES
[00:32:19] THE TOWNSHIP HAVE?
[00:32:21] >> WE ONLY HAVE ONE THAT IS
[00:32:25] ACTIVE FOR THE ELECTION. >> Reporter: THE GOAL OF THE TEST, SAYS BUSK, IS FOR VOTERS
[00:32:29] IN WOODLAND TO BE ABLE TO TRUST
[00:32:33] THE MIDTERM RESULTS. IN SPITE OF THE CONSPIRACIES, CIRCULATING ABOUT THE PROCESS. >> I HAD SO MANY PEOPLE ASKING
[00:32:37] ME IF MY TABULATOR IS ON THE INTERNET AND HOW DO YOU KNOW
[00:32:39] THAT IT'S NOT ON THE INTERNET.
[00:32:44] BECAUSE THERE'S NO WIRES GOING
[00:32:45] TO THE INTERNET, AND IT IS NOT NEW
[00:32:49] ENOUGH TO BE WIFI-ABLE. >> Reporter: ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAS TAKEN A KEEN INTEREST IN THE WOODLAND TABULATOR -- THE
[00:32:52] COUNTY SHERIFF.
[00:32:58] >> SHERIFF LIEF HAS SPENT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TRYING TO PROVE VOTER FRAUD IN OUR STATE.
[00:33:02] >> THE WEST MICHIGAN SHERIFF IS CONTINUING HIS INVESTIGATION
[00:33:03] INTO FRAUD IN THE 2020 ELECTION.
[00:33:06] SHERIFF R SHERIFF LIEF HAS CLAIMED THAT
[00:33:09] SERBIAN NATIONALS REMOTELY ACCESSED VOTING MACHINES IN HIS COUNTY. >> Reporter: THE SHERIFF DIDN'T
[00:33:12] RETURN OUR CALLS FOR AN
[00:33:15] INTERVIEW, BUT LOCALS TOLD US THAT HE WAS FRIENDLY.
[00:33:18] AND SO WE WALKED OVER TO HIS OFFICE.
[00:33:20] AND SURE ENOUGH, HE AGREED TO
[00:33:22] SPEAK WITH US. WHY ARE YOU STILL INVESTIGATING THE 20 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
[00:33:26] >> WELL, IT'S SIMPLE -- WE WANT CLEAN ELECTIONS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT I NEED TO GO ANY
[00:33:29] FURTHER THAN THAT. >> Reporter: LIEF THOUGH HAS
[00:33:32] GONE A LOT FURTHER THAN THAT. >> I STARTED MY OWN POSSE AND I
[00:33:35] CALL IT MY ELECTION INVESTIGATION POSSE. >> Reporter: WITH THE HELP FROM
[00:33:39] RIGHT-WING GROUPS AND USING HIS
[00:33:43] OWN DEPUTIES, HE TRIED TO SEIZE
[00:33:45] SEVERAL LOCAL VOTING MACHINES
[00:33:47] AFTER THE LAST ELECTION.
[00:33:50] STATE OFFICIALS ACCUSED HIM OF HARASSMENT, BUT
[00:33:54] LIEF SAID THAT HE FOUND EVIDENCE OF VOTER FRAUD AND PASSED IT ON TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. WHAT KIND OF WRONGDOING DID YOU
[00:33:56] UNCOVER IN YOUR INVESTIGATION?
[00:33:59] >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL THERE'S A LOT THAT I CANNOT TALK ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S THEIR BABY NOW.
[00:34:03] BUT REFERRING TO STUFF THAT I
[00:34:05] ALREADY MADE PUBLIC, WHEN WE SUSPECTED THAT THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
[00:34:09] >> Reporter: LIEF NOW BELIEVES THAT THE MICHIGAN VOTER ROLLS
[00:34:13] ARE BEING DELIBERATELY INFLATED WITH NON-CITIZEN VOTERS, THOUGH
[00:34:16] THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SEIZE BALLOTS?
[00:34:20] >> I'D HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD REASON TO SEIZE THEM. WE WOULD PROBABLY SEIZE AND THEN
[00:34:22] GO GET A COURT ORDER.
[00:34:25] >> Reporter: REJECTING THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL
[00:34:29] ELECTION, THE ELECTION TRUMP LOST TO JOE BIDEN, HAS BECOME ONE OF THE CORE BELIEFS OF THE
[00:34:32] AMERICAN RIGHT.
[00:34:35] HOVERING OVER THESE MIDTERMS IS THE PROSPECT THAT ELECTION
[00:34:38] DENIERS, NOW IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY, WILL INTERVENE IN THE VOTE.
[00:34:42] >> EARLIER THIS MONTH THE FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL REFUSED TO
[00:34:45] RULE OUT DEPLOYING FEDERAL
[00:34:47] AGENTS TO POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.
[00:34:50] >> WE DEFINITELY CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY OF I.C.E., NATIONAL
[00:34:53] GUARD, MILITARY, MARINES BEING AT OR NEAR POLLING STATIONS.
[00:34:56] >> Reporter: DAVID BECKER IS A FORMER ELECTIONS LAWYER FOR THE
[00:34:59] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WHO NOW HEADS THE CENTRE FOR ELECTION
[00:35:02] INNOVATION AND RESEARCH.
[00:35:06] HE SAYS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS USING FALSE CLAIMS OF VOTER FRAUD TO JUSTIFY TRYING TO TAKE
[00:35:10] MORE CONTROL OVER THE VOTING PROCESS.
[00:35:13] >> WHAT'S REALLY UNPRECEDENTED IS IN OUR 250-YEAR HISTORY AS A
[00:35:17] NATION, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE WHITE HOUSE, THE
[00:35:19] ADMINISTRATION, HAS BEEN AN
[00:35:23] ALLY, A PARTNER, A COLLABORATOR WITH THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
[00:35:27] THAT RUN ELECTIONS. THIS ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING A
[00:35:31] TOTALLY DIFFERENT APPROACH AND
[00:35:32] IS OFTEN ACTING MORE AS AN
[00:35:37] ADVERSARY TO THE STATES AND COUNTIES AS THE FEDERAL
[00:35:40] GOVERNMENT UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEKS TO SEIZE POWER FROM THOSE
[00:35:43] STATES AND COUNTIES. >> Reporter: SINCE RETURNING TO POWER TWO YEARS AGO, TRUMP HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO
[00:35:47] RE-WRITE ELECTION RULES. SUCH AS ORDERING THE POST OFFICE
[00:35:50] TO RESTRICT MAIL-IN VOTING. AND TRYING TO FORCE STATES TO
[00:35:54] HAND OVER SENSITIVE VOTER INFORMATION IN THE HOPES OF FINDING EVIDENCE OF NON-CITIZEN
[00:35:57] VOTING.
[00:36:00] >> ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS HAVE
[00:36:04] FAILED -- EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. AND EVERY SINGLE COURT THAT HEARD THOSE VOTER DATA CASES IN THE UNITED STATES HAS RULED
[00:36:08] AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE ADMINISTRATION. >> Reporter: BUT WITH MIDTERM
[00:36:11] POLLS SUGGESTING THAT THE REPUBLICANS COULD LOSE THEIR
[00:36:14] MAJORITIES IN CONGRESS -- TRUMP SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN PUSHING HIM
[00:36:18] TO TAKE EVEN MORE DRASTIC ACTION. >> President Trump: THEY'RE
[00:36:20] CHEATING AND THEY'RE CHEATING.
[00:36:22] WE HAVE LOST AMERICA.
[00:36:28] >> Reporter:LORENZO SEWELL IS A
[00:36:31] DETROIT PASTOR, A WELL CONNECTED
[00:36:33] TRUMP SUPPORTER. THE PRESIDENT VISITED HIS CHURCH.
[00:36:37] AND ASKED HIM TO SPEAK AT THE INAUGURATION.
[00:36:39] >> AFTER THAT MY LIFE HAS BEEN A
[00:36:43] LIFE WHERE MY JOB IS TO SOLVE
[00:36:44] THE PROBLEM OF ELECTION FRAUD.
[00:36:48] >> Reporter:OVER THE SUMMER, SEWELL
[00:36:52] BEFRIENDED THE PARDON JANUARY
[00:36:56] 6TH RIOTER, JAKE LANG. >> I LOVE YOU, JAKE, I LOVE YOU. >> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THAT
[00:37:00] THE ELECTIONS HERE IN MICHIGAN WILL BE FAIR AND SQUARE? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO, THEY HAVE
[00:37:02] TO. THESE ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND ALL
[00:37:05] OF THIS EARLY VOTING, WHY DO YOU
[00:37:08] HAVE TO DO THAT? WHY HAS THAT BECOME A THING? BECAUSE THEY'RE CHEATING.
[00:37:12] >> Reporter: 2020? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: 2024? >> 2022, YOU FORGOT MIDTERMS,
[00:37:14] YEP.
[00:37:18] >> Reporter:FORGOT THE MIDTERMS. >> YEP. >> Reporter: CHEATING IN THE MIDTERMS.
[00:37:21] >> TOTALLY, YOU HAVE EVIDENCE OF THAT. >> Reporter: WHEN TRUMP WIN? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: THERE WAS CHEATING THERE. >> TOTALLY.
[00:37:25] >> Reporter: BUT THEY LET TRUMP WIN? >> TOTALLY.
[00:37:28] >> Reporter:Y MEAN THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY SERIOUS CLAIMS
[00:37:31] ABOUT THE AMERICAN -- >> PROOF. >> Reporter: ABOUT THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
[00:37:34] SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN -- >> NATIONAL EMERGENCY, JUST LIKE
[00:37:38] COVID.
[00:37:41] WE NEED TO HAVE ONE DAY, PAPER
[00:37:43] BALLOT, I.D. AND HAND COUNTING.
[00:37:45] HE NEEDS THE PEOPLE AND HE NEEDS
[00:37:49] ANOTHER JANUARY 6TH AND THAT'S
[00:37:51] WHAT I AM ADVOCATING FOR, MINUS
[00:37:55] THE VIOLENCE, JANUARY 6TH. >> Reporter: HE IS ONE OF THE
[00:37:59] PROMINENT SUPPORTERS OF THE PRESIDENT AND CALLING ON HIM TO INVOKE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. >> DO WE NOT NEED A MEMORANDUM ABOUT THESE ELECTIONS?
[00:38:01] >> HIS ONLY CHANCE IS TO DECLARE
[00:38:04] A NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY FOR ELECTIONS.
[00:38:08] >> Reporter: AND TRUMP HIMSELF TOLD "TIME" MAGAZINE THAT HE WASN'T RULING OUT THE MEASURE. >> Reporter: WHAT LEGAL
[00:38:11] STANDING, IF ANY, DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE TO CALL A
[00:38:13] NATIONAL EMERGENCY? >> THIS IS A VERY EASY
[00:38:16] QUESTION -- ZERO.
[00:38:18] IF THE PRESIDENT WERE TO EMBRACE
[00:38:21] SUCH A CLEARLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL IDEA AS TRYING TO TAKE OVER
[00:38:25] ELECTIONS, OR TO POSTPONE OR CANCEL ELECTIONS OR TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, THAT WOULD BE
[00:38:28] BLOCKED BY THE COURTS IMMEDIATELY. >> Reporter: BUT PROGRESSIVE
[00:38:32] VOTING GROUPS LIKE MICHIGAN UNITED AREN'T TAKING CHANCES.
[00:38:35] THEY'VE BEEN GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR IN DETROIT AND ENCOURAGING
[00:38:39] PEOPLE TO VOTE AND CLEARING UP CONFUSION ABOUT THE PROCESS.
[00:38:43] >> I THINK THAT FOR US, A LOT OF IT IS MISINFORMATION AND FEAR
[00:38:46] WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE THAT TRUSTED MESSENGER. >> Reporter: AUTUMN BUTLER IS
[00:38:50] THE GROUP'S DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. >> IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY WE
[00:38:54] HAVE A SAYING, STAY READY SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET READY AND
[00:38:57] WE'RE PROACTIVE BY ENSURING THAT
[00:39:00] WE HAVE SOME MECHANISMS SET UP,
[00:39:04] SO THAT ALL OF OUR VOTERS CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT THEIR VOTES WILL BE COUNTED AND COUNTED FAIRLY
[00:39:06] AND ACCURATELY.
[00:39:08] >> Reporter:AT MICHIGAN UNITE'S OFFICES -- >> IF WE AVERAGE 20, THEN WE
[00:39:12] SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 100 AND 150 VOLUNTEERS.
[00:39:16] >> Reporter: THEY'VE BEEN TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO MONITOR
[00:39:18] THE POLLING STATIONS FOR INTERFERENCE FROM FEDERAL AGENTS
[00:39:21] OR TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
[00:39:23] >> WE JUST CAME UP WITH A THEME AND IT'S CALLED UNIFIED RESISTANCE.
[00:39:27] >> Reporter: THEY STILL REMEMBER
[00:39:28] THE MOMENT IN THE 2020
[00:39:32] ELECTION -- >> [CHANTING] >> Reporter: WHEN A PRO-TRUMP
[00:39:35] CROWD IN DETROIT GATHERED OUTSIDE OF A SITE WHERE MAIL-IN
[00:39:38] BALLOTS WERE BEING COUNTED.
[00:39:40] >> WE ARE STILL CONCERNED AND MAYBE THEY WILL GO TO HUNTINGDON
[00:39:44] PLACE AGAIN IN DETROIT AND STOP
[00:39:48] THE ABSENTEE COUNT. AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE OUR DEMOCRACY
[00:39:51] DEFENDERS. MAYBE THE FEDERAL WILL COME IN
[00:39:55] AND TRY TO SEIZE THESE BALLOTS.
[00:39:57] THESE ARE THINGS AND SCENARIOS THAT
[00:40:01] WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AND PLANNING FOR. >> Reporter: THE VOTING RIGHTS GROUPS AREN'T AS ACTIVE IN RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, WHERE MANY
[00:40:04] KEY RACES WILL BE DECIDED. IN PLACES LIKE BARRY COUNTY,
[00:40:08] DEMOCRACY DEFENCE DEPENDS LARGELY ON THE LOCAL CLERKS
[00:40:11] RUNNING THE ELECTIONS AND
[00:40:14] THEY'RE THE ONES WHO TRAIN AND STAFF THE POLL STATIONS.
[00:40:18] AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MAKE SURE THAT THE
[00:40:21] VOTING MACHINES WILL BE WORKING COME ELECTION DAY. >> DEMOCRATIC PARTY, 8.
[00:40:24] REPUBLICAN PARTY, 7.
[00:40:27] LIBERTARIAN, 6.
[00:40:32] >> Reporter: SO, ELIZABETH, HOW DID THE MACHINE PERFORM IN THE TEST? >> EXCELLENT. IT WAS 100% ACCURATE.
[00:40:35] >> Ian: THE VOTE, THE RESULTS AND THE REACTION -- ADRIENNE WILL BE HOSTING SPECIAL COVERAGE
[00:40:39] OF THE U.S. MIDTERMS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, STARTING AT 8:00
[00:40:42] P.M. EASTERN ON CBC NEWS NETWORK AND EVERYWHERE THAT YOU STREAM
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[00:40:47] (♪) >>> UP NEXT, CANNABIS GROWN IN
[00:40:50] CANADA SEEMS TO BE FUELING A BOOMING CRIMINAL TRADE IN
[00:40:53] EUROPE. >> THIS IS A SUPPLY-DRIVEN
[00:40:55] MARKET.
[00:40:58] >> Ian: WHY EUROPEAN OFFICIALS CALL IT AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF LEGALIZATION
[00:41:00] HERE. >> How m
[00:44:30] >> Ian: A DANGEROUS DRUG TRADE IS THRIVING IN EUROPE, AND OFFICIALS THERE SAY THAT IT'S THE RESULT OF LEGALIZED CANNABIS
[00:44:34] IN THIS COUNTRY.
[00:44:38] IN THIS CANADIAN EXCLUSIVE, NAHLAH AYED GETS A FIRSTHAND
[00:44:40] LOOK AT EFFORTS TO STEM THE
[00:44:44] TIDE. >> THIS WAS FROM CANADA AND MY COLLEAGUES OPENED THIS CONTAINER
[00:44:48] AND FOUND A CRATE HIDDEN FILLED
[00:44:52] WITH VACUUM BAGS OF CANNABIS. ABOUT ONE KILO EVERY BAG. >> Reporter: THAT IS CANADIAN CANNABIS? >> YES, THAT IS.
[00:44:55] >> Reporter: THE LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS IN CANADA IS HAVING AN
[00:44:59] UNINTENDED BUT SERIOUS EFFECT
[00:45:01] ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
[00:45:03] 21 TONNES OF CANADIAN MARIJUANA
[00:45:06] WERE SEIZED HERE AT THE BELGIAN
[00:45:09] PORT OF ANTWERP LAST YEAR, ABOUT
[00:45:14] FOUR TIMES MORE THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. >> EITHER YOU EARN A LOT OF MONEY OR YOU DON'T DO IT.
[00:45:16] >> Reporter: HE'S THE HEAD OF
[00:45:18] CUSTOMS IN BELGIUM AND HE SAID
[00:45:21] SEIZURES OF CANADIAN CANNABIS AT
[00:45:24] ITS MAIN PORT EXCEED EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
[00:45:27] WHY CANADIAN CANNABIS? >> ACCORDING TO MY INFORMATION
[00:45:30] IT HAS TO DO WITH THE POLICY OF
[00:45:32] THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO LEGALIZE THE PRODUCTION AND CONCEPTION.
[00:45:35] SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF PRODUCTION AND THEN YOU WANT TO SELL IT.
[00:45:38] ON TOP OF THIS, 320 MILLION
[00:45:41] EUROPEANS WHO HAVE MONEY TO BUY
[00:45:43] THIS, SO IT'S AN IMMENSE MARKET.
[00:45:46] >> Reporter: THE PORT OF ANTWERP IS AN IMMENSE GATEWAY TO THAT
[00:45:49] MARKET.
[00:45:50] WEED LEGALLY GROWN IN CANADA
[00:45:55] SINCE 2018 IS ILLEGALLY SMUGGLED
[00:45:56] THROUGH HERE AND SOLD FOR TOP
[00:46:00] DOLLAR ON THE STREETS OF EUROPE, FOR FOUR TO SIX TIMES AS MUCH IN CANADA. >> THIS IS A SUPPLY DRIVEN
[00:46:03] MARKET.
[00:46:06] >> Reporter: SHE IS BELGIUM'S FIRST EVER DRUG COMMISSIONER. >> THE PROBLEM IS THAT CRIMINAL
[00:46:10] ORGINISATIONS ARE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY EXPORTING CANNABIS FROM
[00:46:13] CANADA. AND THIS HAS AN EFFECT ON OUR
[00:46:16] STREETS. THE SHOOTINGS THAT WE SEE ARE MAINLY RELATED TO COCAINE, BUT
[00:46:20] ALSO TO CANNABIS.
[00:46:23] >> Reporter: A SPIKE IN DRUG
[00:46:25] TURF WARS HAS TERRORIZED BELGIUM
[00:46:27] CITIES.
[00:46:30] AND THE LATEST TALLY IN BRUSSELS ALONE, 74 SHOOTINGS SO FAR THIS YEAR.
[00:46:33] THE SURGE PROMPTED ONE JUDGE TO WARN THAT BELGIUM WAS EVOLVING
[00:46:36] INTO, QUOTE, A NARCO STATE.
[00:46:39] AS A DOORWAY TO THE CONTINENT, BELGIUM'S DRUG PROBLEM IS ALSO
[00:46:43] EUROPE'S PROBLEM, AND THE NATURE OF THAT DRUG PROBLEM IS CHANGING.
[00:46:46] WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU THAT IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS
[00:46:49] YEAR THAT COCAINE ARRIVALS AT YOUR PORT HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED BY
[00:46:52] CANNABIS? >> WELL, IT MEANS THAT THE
[00:46:55] CRIMINAL ORGINISATIONS ADAPT
[00:46:59] VERY FAST TO NEW POLICY CONTEXT. I THINK THAT WE CANNOT BE NAIVE
[00:47:03] AND WE HAVE TO SEE THE WHOLE
[00:47:06] IMPACT ON A GLOBAL SCALE OF WHAT
[00:47:11] A LOCAL POLICY CAN PROVOKE. >> Reporter: A WORLD'S WORTH OF
[00:47:14] SUCH IMPACTS ROUTINELY LANDS AT
[00:47:17] THE PORT OF ANTWERP, ALONG THE
[00:47:19] COCAINE PORTAL TO EUROPE. AND WHERE THE BELGIAN CUSTOMS
[00:47:22] ARE BATTLING TO STAY AHEAD OF
[00:47:23] THE CRIMINALS RESPONSIBLE.
[00:47:26] >> SMUGGLING IS LIKE SURFING.
[00:47:31] YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAVE.
[00:47:34] THE WAVE IS WHAT IS EXISTING
[00:47:38] THAT THOSE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE COCAINE ARE ALSO DEALING WITH THE ECONOMIES.
[00:47:41] >> WE'RE NOW GOING TO THE
[00:47:44] SCAN TUNNEL. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT CANADIAN JOURNALISTS
[00:47:48] GET A GLIMPSE INTO THE INNER WORKINGS OF CUSTOMS AT THE PORT.
[00:47:49] OUR GUIDE IS THE COMMUNICATIONS
[00:47:54] OFFICER SARAH VON COTTON.
[00:47:56] >> A LOT OF CRITERIA ARE BEING
[00:48:03] USED TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT A CONTAINER IS A RISKY ONE OR NOT. >> Reporter: CHOOSING WHICH
[00:48:07] CONTAINERS TO CHECK IS A CALCULATION AGAINST A CHECKLIST OF RISKS. MORE RECENTLY CANADIAN CONTAINERS ARE GETTING MORE SCRUTINY.
[00:48:11] BUT ONLY A FRACTION OF THE 13.5 MILLION CONTAINERS FLOWING THROUGH HERE EVERY YEAR IS
[00:48:15] CHECKED.
[00:48:18] >> THE RATE OF WHAT WE CHECK IS
[00:48:19] BETWEEN 1% AND 2%, LIKE OTHER
[00:48:23] PORTS, WITH HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF INCOMING CONTAINERS AND A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF EXPORTING
[00:48:27] CONTAINERS.
[00:48:28] THIS IS OUR FIXED --
[00:48:32] >> Reporter: TO BOLSTER THEIR
[00:48:35] INSPECTIONS, CUSTOMS USE A NUMBER OF TOOLS, INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SCANNERS LIKE THIS ONE.
[00:48:39] SO IT'S JUST LIKE AN X-RAY?
[00:48:47] >> IT IS. >> Reporter: AND IT ONLY TAKES MINUTES FOR A CONTAINER TO BE SCANNED BUT SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY TO FIND WHAT MAY BE STASHED
[00:48:50] INSIDE IS TO PRY IT OPEN.
[00:48:53] AND SOMETIMES WHAT LOOKS INNOCUOUS IS ANYTHING BUT.
[00:48:56] >> THIS WAS A CONTAINER FROM PEOPLE MOVING FROM CANADA TO
[00:48:58] FRANCE.
[00:49:01] THERE WILL BE APPLIANCES AND
[00:49:03] THERE WILL BE FURNITURE. >> Reporter: SO A MOVING TRUCK EFFECTIVELY FULL OF STUFF. OKAY.
[00:49:07] >> SO EVEN IF YOU ENLARGE THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE IF ANYTHING IS OFF.
[00:49:11] THE ONLY OPTION IS TO OPEN IT AND THEY DID.
[00:49:15] AND THEN THEY FOUND TWO ELECTRIC
[00:49:17] JUKE BOXES. >> Reporter: YES, SHE'S SAYING
[00:49:21] JUKE BOXES, SUCH AS IN MUSIC
[00:49:25] PLAYERS. >> BUT TO MAKE IT WORK, THEY LOOKED INSIDE THE MACHINES AND THEY FOUND INSIDE THE PACKAGES OF CANNABIS. >> Reporter: WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
[00:49:28] STUFF, THE CANNABIS, AFTER IT IS FOUND?
[00:49:30] >> THE DRUG IS TAKEN TO THE
[00:49:33] INCINERATOR TO GET BURNED.
[00:49:36] >> Reporter: WITH CANADIAN
[00:49:37] CANNABIS SEIZURES SOARING LAST
[00:49:42] YEAR, HE RAISED THE ALARM WITH HIS CANADIAN COUNTERPARTS THAT LED
[00:49:46] TO AN AGREEMENT QUIETLY SIGNED BETWEEN CANADA AND BELGIUM AS WELL AS FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS TO WORK ON STYMIEING
[00:49:49] THE SMUGGLERS TOGETHER.
[00:49:53] >> CANADIANS ARE UPSCALING THEIR
[00:49:56] INSPECTIONS AND THEY SEIZED ALSO LAST YEAR 46 TONNES.
[00:50:00] SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. >> Reporter: ARE THEY DOING
[00:50:04] ENOUGH GIVEN THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM? >> YOU CAN ALWAYS DO MORE, BUT THAT MEANS CAPACITY, AND THAT MEANS THE MEANS, AND THAT IS UP
[00:50:07] TO THE POLITICIANS TO DECIDE. >> Reporter: THE CANADA BORDER
[00:50:11] SERVICES AGENCY CONFIRMED THAT THERE'S A MARKED INCREASE IN CANNABIS EXPORT, ESPECIALLY TO
[00:50:15] EUROPE. THAT WITH THE RCMP, THEY ARE
[00:50:18] WORKING WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO FIGHT THE CRIMINAL
[00:50:21] NETWORKS RESPONSIBLE.
[00:50:26] AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM, OFFICIALS HERE INSIST THAT REQUIRES AN INTERNATIONAL
[00:50:27] SOLUTION. EVEN IF, LIKE CANADA'S MARIJUANA
[00:50:31] LAWS, IT BEGINS WITH LOCAL POLICY.
[00:50:34] >> IT WILL NOT HELP US TO BLAME EACH OTHER, BECAUSE WE NEED EACH
[00:50:37] OTHER. THIS IS REALLY A LOCAL ISSUE.
[00:50:40] IF WE DON'T FOCUS ON THE GLOBAL LEVEL AND WE DON'T ACT ON THE
[00:50:44] LOCAL LEVEL, WE WILL NEVER COME
[00:50:46] TO SOMETHING SUSTAINABLE.
[00:50:52] >> Reporter:EUROPOL TOLD CBC NEWS THAT THE ILLICIT TRADE WILL
[00:50:55] LIKELY PERSIST AND EVEN GROW IN EUROPE.
[00:50:57] A MATTER TO CONSIDER AS CANADA AND THE E.U.
[00:51:00] LOOK TO DEEPEN THEIR TIES. >> Ian: EUROPEAN POLICE TOLD CBC
[00:51:04] NEWS THAT SMUGGLERS MIGHT TRY TO SHIP CONTAINERS THROUGH THE U.S.
[00:51:07] TO REDUCE SUSPICIONS ONCE THEY
[00:51:26] >> Ian:MORE ON WHAT
[01:00:19] (♪) >> Ian: TONIGHT, CARNAGE AND DEVASTATION IN SPAIN AFTER TWO
[01:00:23] HIGH-SPEED TRAINS COLLIDE.
[01:00:25] >> [SIRENS]
[01:00:28] >> Ian: WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE INCIDENT, THE SECOND
[01:00:31] MAJOR DEADLY CRASH IN SPAIN THIS YEAR AND ABOUT THE CANADIANS
[01:00:33] AFFECTED. >>> PLUS, THE BANK OF CANADA
[01:00:37] HIKES ITS KEY LENDING RATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN
[01:00:39] THREE YEARS. >> HOW MUCH ARE THESE GOING TO
[01:00:42] INCREASE AND TO WHAT POINT? >> Ian: WHY THE BANK SAYS THAT
[01:00:45] IT NEEDED TO MOVE AND THE IMPACT THAT IT COULD HAVE ON YOUR BOTTOM LINE.
[01:00:47] (♪)
[01:00:51] >>> QUÉBEC'S PREMIER SAYS THAT THE PROVINCE WILL NO LONGER CHANGE ITS CLOCKS.
[01:00:54] >> HALF OF THE CONTINENT IS MOVING AND HALF IS NOT AND IT'S
[01:00:56] BECOMING VERY CONFUSING. >> Ian: THE DEBATE OVER DAYLIGHT