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00:00:34Up on tariffs to get a concession please Prime
00:00:36Minister on provincial Boostan. Should they give it up, Sir?
00:00:41Good weekend. Prime Minister Mark Carney wasn't talking
00:00:44about the reports that Canada has floated significant
00:00:47concessions in trade talks with the US. Sources tell CBC News
00:00:51Canada could be willing to end the provincial bans on American
00:00:55liquor that the Trump administration cited as a key
00:00:58reason for its latest threat to impose new 50% tariffs on a
00:01:01wide range of Canadian goods in less than two weeks. Canada
00:01:05would also be willing to drop its counter tariffs on US
00:01:08vehicles and make some concessions on dairy, likely
00:01:11just tweaks. But lifting the booze ban could be
00:01:14controversial with some Canadians and depends on the
00:01:17agreement of premiers, many of whom have stood firm
00:01:20that sectoral tariffs must be lifted first. There is not a
00:01:24chance in hell that US alcohol is going back on the shelf in
00:01:28British Columbia. Ontario is already pushing back. Our
00:01:31resolve is fur to keep US liquor off the shelves until we
00:01:35see the details of a comprehensive deal. As is
00:01:37Quebec, the premier saying in a French statement. Quebec and Quebec
00:01:42alone will make that decision. We have several premiers saying
00:01:45unless those 232 tariffs go to 0,
00:01:47they're not gonna put booze back on shelves. So this is a
00:01:50real problem if we're going to see an agreement by August 19th.
00:01:53If Canada makes concessions, it would expect not only for
00:01:56the US to drop the threat of new tariffs,
00:01:58but also to reduce the existing ones on Canadian medals,
00:02:01vehicles and forest products. The fact that they're talking
00:02:04about both of those is very, very positive. But industry
00:02:07sources with knowledge of the talks have said the US has made
00:02:10it clear the existing tariffs
00:02:12won't disappear entirely. I'm optimistic as I know some,
00:02:15a lot of my counterparts are that, that, that we're in,
00:02:18we're in the process. We wanted to be in for months to have an
00:02:22actual substantial discussion about, you know,
00:02:24what each side is willing to, to give and take. Sources tell
00:02:28CBC News that Canadian negotiators have informed their
00:02:31American counterparts that they view August 19th as a make or
00:02:34break moment in the relationship. And if the US
00:02:37goes ahead with 50% tariffs, there'll be little appetite in
00:02:40Canada for a return to talks. Evan Dyer,
00:02:43CBC News, Ottawa Alright, let's bring in Katie Simpson,
00:02:46now guest host of Power and Politics this week. Katie,
00:02:49you were speaking with those industry sources. What did
00:02:52those conversations suggest to you about the overall state of
00:02:56talks? The Canadian teams had a
00:02:57difficult go of getting FaceTime with the Americans. So
00:03:01in order for all of these meetings to happen,
00:03:03it's not surprising to see that Canada is talking about
00:03:06concessions. That's one way to bring the Americans to the
00:03:10table in a serious way. And that backs that. Our reporting
00:03:13backs that up.
00:03:14It's also clear the Carney government is deeply concerned
00:03:17about outcomes and then optics. The sources tell me if a deal
00:03:21is reached, it has to be framed in a win
00:03:23win kind of way, No lopsided US win that Donald
00:03:26Trump can go out and brag about. That, of course,
00:03:29would make it harder for Ottawa to get Canadians to support a
00:03:32deal that will likely involve concessions. But when we say
00:03:36deal, what exactly are we talking
00:03:38about in this moment? Canada is trying to prevent new
00:03:41tariffs from coming into force and get those tariffs on
00:03:44Canadian directors, including steel and aluminum,
00:03:47lowered. They will still have to separately try to get Kuzma
00:03:50talks back on track, and that's something we now
00:03:53know they're trying to secure.
00:03:55And so for the first time in a long time, Katie, I mean,
00:03:58can it be said there appears to be momentum? Yeah. Well,
00:04:01Dominic LeBlanc is going back to Washington next week,
00:04:04or at least that's the plan. Canadian and American
00:04:07negotiators are going to remain in daily contact. They wouldn't
00:04:11be doing that if there wasn't something specific to talk
00:04:14about. But Canada has been in this situation before where
00:04:17there's this flurry of activity. It appears a deal is within
00:04:20reach and that it just blows up. Last summer after the G7 in
00:04:24Kananaskis talks were headed toward a deal and then all of
00:04:27that had her died down last fall when the talks ramped up again
00:04:31and then Ontario released an anti tariff ad that upset
00:04:34President Trump and we all know what happened after that. Even
00:04:37if there is momentum, anything can happen.
00:04:41Alright, Thanks, Katie. That's Katie Simpson in Ottawa tonight.
00:04:46Making every effort to get noticed in a big market,
00:04:48gotta keep at it, gotta keep at it. People want
00:04:51understand they, they're happy when they
00:04:54discover it. But then keeping them is also a challenge. This
00:04:57Quebec liquor producer says the US booze ban set in place by
00:05:01the province last year give consumers a chance to get to
00:05:05know their products. Their Raspberry infused vodka,
00:05:08an alternative to the popular Sour Puss made by the Phillips
00:05:11Distilling Company based in Minnesota. But since the end of
00:05:152025, Sour Puss is back on Quebec shops. That's because the
00:05:19American company moved part of its production to Montreal. It
00:05:23says 98% of the product sales were made in Canada. It was
00:05:26something that people fell back on before when when Sarah was
00:05:30left. So they were interested in our vodka. So we felt a
00:05:33little boost, a wee bit boost. But then when
00:05:36they came back, people jump back on their
00:05:38brands and it's like, you know, it's habits. In Quebec City,
00:05:42this Sadaghiani distillery also welcomed the boycott on
00:05:45American products. A few months before it went into effect,
00:05:49the company launched a new product to also compete with
00:05:53sour Puss. The company's president says sales vastly
00:05:56exceeded projections, reaching more than 100,
00:05:59000 bottles in 2025. But since Sauropus returned to the SAAQ,
00:06:03sales of the product dropped by 25%. And one of the main reason
00:06:07why we we lost some sales is that there are a few FAQ's
00:06:11which are called SAQ Express. So when the surplus came back,
00:06:14they only had one space for that type of
00:06:17product. So because our post was selling all that more,
00:06:20they just put backs our post. Alas,
00:06:22says while some customers did go back to the well established
00:06:26Sour Puss, its absence of several months
00:06:29from the Quebec market gave his company a chance to reach new
00:06:32customers and keep many of them. He disagrees with allowing
00:06:36companies that move part of the production here to return to
00:06:39the shelves. We're losing because obviously if if
00:06:42American products start to be bottled here,
00:06:45most of the profit goes to the US. Proximo Spirits,
00:06:48based in New Jersey, also moved part of its
00:06:51production of the Kraken Spice Rum to Montreal. The FAQ says
00:06:55those were the only two companies to have set up
00:06:58production in Quebec and because the majority of their
00:07:01product is now made here, they were allowed to return to
00:07:05SQL shelves. We consider that those products coming back here,
00:07:09producing here in Quebec and creating jobs and is a plus
00:07:13value to the economy. Despite assurances from the Quebec
00:07:17premier that the alcohol ban
00:07:19will remain in place here even if lifted by the federal
00:07:22government, this producer believes the
00:07:24province should do more to help, including reducing the
00:07:27provinces cut. People tend to think that right now we really
00:07:31thrived because it wasn't there, but it's not,
00:07:34it's not true. It was still a fight for us.
00:07:46The Canadian economy has been weathering American tariffs and
00:07:50sluggish growth now a new sign things could be turning around.
00:07:54Stats Canada says this summer there's a surge of new jobs, 75,
00:07:59000 added in July. The Canadian economy appears to be
00:08:03rebounding. The unemployment rate fell to 6.4%,
00:08:07the lowest it's been in two years. 181,
00:08:10000 jobs added since April, and Ontario added 52,
00:08:14000 jobs in July alone. The province has been hit
00:08:18especially hard by tariffs targeting auto and steel,
00:08:22but other industries are seeing growth.
00:08:25There was a loss of significant numbers of manufacturing jobs
00:08:29right after the first US tariffs were announced. But
00:08:32what we've been seeing in the last few months is rebounds and
00:08:36other sectors. Professional services,
00:08:38which would include consultants and engineers,
00:08:41as well as financial services also looking stronger. The
00:08:45summer job numbers for 15 to 24 year olds. The unemployment
00:08:49rate the lowest it's been in more than two years,
00:08:52but still not good enough for those struggling to find work
00:08:55at this recent job fair.
00:08:57Need a job. I haven't been hired anywhere else. It's been
00:09:00tough. It's been very competitive. I've been to like
00:09:0310 interviews this summer alone. I can't get a job. Students in
00:09:07their early 20s seem to be faring a bit better. It's still
00:09:10really tricky to find that first job as a high school
00:09:14student. But we are seeing more and more of the elder youth,
00:09:17you know, those university aged
00:09:19professionals coming into the job market are finding work.
00:09:22All in all, economists say this jobs report
00:09:25is strong. But As for what's to come, the outlook is still uncertain
00:09:29and there remain a lot of risks and a lot of questions,
00:09:33especially about the ongoing North American trade
00:09:36negotiations and the potential impact on the Canadian economy.
00:09:40Machta Gebrselassie, CBC News, Toronto.
00:15:28We're going to be home and you're gonna be able to play with Nova.
00:15:31It will be good.
00:15:34We'll get there. Treasured pets are all that Rajon Simpson has
00:15:38left. On Saturday, she raced into a rapidly
00:15:41growing inferno to save them. The smoke, the smoke that I saw,
00:15:46the cops had it blocked off and they weren't going to let me go
00:15:50in and they said my house is right up there,
00:15:53my animals are up there, I have to get them out. The
00:15:57Bradley Creek wildfire tore through her home near Vernon,
00:16:01BC, a house she built with her late husband.
00:16:05Living there since he passed, I felt his spirit,
00:16:07I felt his love all through the house and now that's gone.
00:16:12I know he's still with me, but
00:16:16it's all good.
00:16:19Around 230 structures burnt to the ground. The Okanagan Indian
00:16:23Band is still surveying the damage. Thousands have been
00:16:27evacuated, dozens staying at this slot in
00:16:30the heart of the city,
00:16:32many grateful for the support from the community,
00:16:36some humbled to know their homes are still standing. We've
00:16:40met people and heard about them. Loss of their incomplete place
00:16:44with 30 seconds to leave. So we were,
00:16:46we were quite blessed. About 24 kilometers S,
00:16:49the Quill Pittock Creek wildfire is also burning out of
00:16:53control. More than 2000 homes are under evacuation order.
00:16:57That fire is raging on the other side of Okanogan Lake
00:17:00behind me here, and the smoke is so intense
00:17:03that it almost looks like you're staring into an ocean.
00:17:07Air quality across the region has plummeted. It affects my
00:17:10lungs. You can't. I mean, we, we noticed immediately getting
00:17:14off the plane a couple days ago
00:17:17that you can taste the air, the wildfires still raging. But
00:17:20people like Simpson are already planning to rebuild. I will be
00:17:24back there where I was living. Yeah,
00:17:27that's where I want to be, rising from the ashes like the
00:17:31Phoenix. Yeah. Here overlooking Vernon,
00:17:33you can really see the smoke settling in on the city,
00:17:37making it hard for people to breathe. And that is expected
00:17:40to last for at least the next few days,
00:17:43as is the hot and dry weather and even some gusting winds
00:17:46that won't help firefighters. And, John,
00:17:49I guess we understand there's no clear timeline on when
00:17:52evacuees will be allowed to return. Yeah, Paul,
00:17:55officials say it's just too dangerous
00:17:58right now. The two fires are still blazing out of control,
00:18:01and the conditions could make them even worse. On top of that,
00:18:05there's well over 100 downed power lines in the area,
00:18:08making things that much more dangerous. So still very much
00:18:12an active emergency zone.
00:18:14OK, Thank you, John. John Hernandez in Vernon, BC tonight.
00:23:06Raging, blistering wildfires have
00:23:08become part of the Canadian summer. OK,
00:23:10all need to hurry up here. Like seriously,
00:23:13we're in cased in flames now,
00:23:16scorching the country and destroying communities. The
00:23:20wildfires that swept across our region has changed my
00:23:24community
00:23:26personally, it's gone. Chiefs in remote
00:23:28northern Ontario are worried about the yearly fires. They're
00:23:32seeing the changes escalating. We're not prepared to,
00:23:36to respond, to react.
00:23:38A new study confirms human induced climate change. The
00:23:42burning of fossil fuels made Julia's wildfires in Ontario
00:23:46and the Northwest Territories roughly twice as likely to
00:23:49occur and more intense and difficult to contain. There is
00:23:53a very strong relationship between the fire weather,
00:23:56which we know is attributable to human caused climate change,
00:24:00and the burned area that we've seen in Canada in in these
00:24:04recent years. The World Weather Attribution Study also predicts
00:24:08more frequent extreme fire events in the Northwest
00:24:11Territories every two to six years. In Ontario every six to
00:24:1515 years. This month of fire weather would have been seen
00:24:19about once every 100 years without human caused climate
00:24:23change. Experts say these dire predictions should accelerate
00:24:27efforts to align mitigation efforts with this new reality.
00:24:31For one, a well funded national
00:24:33firefighting force. A lot of people think planes put out the
00:24:37fires. They help especially in the fires small,
00:24:41they buy you time, but the men and women
00:24:44on the fire line, the boots on the ground put the
00:24:47fire out and more resilient buildings using non flammable
00:24:51materials on the periphery. There are places in California
00:24:55now, new subdivisions making these
00:24:57types of things mandatory and that is the way to go. All
00:25:01tools to reduce risk and better contain fires predicted to only
00:25:05get worse. Jimmy Strachan, CBC News, Toronto.
00:25:11As the city continues to grow, and with more Calgarians than
00:25:13ever living near forests and grasslands,
00:25:15the city is launching its first ever wildfire prevention
00:25:18campaign. Based on the incredible amount of green
00:25:21space that we have, our tree canopy,
00:25:23as well as some of the the really bitter conditions that
00:25:26we've experienced over the last couple of weeks,
00:25:29it's a prudent step for us to take this seriously.
00:25:33The fire department says crews responded to more wildland
00:25:37fires in the first half of 2026 than entire calendar years
00:25:40between 2020 and 2017, though, rainy weather and a heavy
00:25:44snowpack have meant fewer fires and a lower risk than last year.
00:25:48But we can't rely on that every year to be to be our savior. We
00:25:52don't have to look very far from Calgary to see areas that
00:25:56are extremely dry and windy and hot. Dungworth is asking
00:25:59Calgarians to reduce the risk by taking precautions like
00:26:03using fire resistant materials when building or renovating,
00:26:07removing fuel sources from around homes,
00:26:09and being more careful when disposing of smoking materials.
00:26:13The reality is this isn't something that's going to go
00:26:16away in most people's opinions and certainly in my opinion.
00:26:19Last year, Donworth visited Los Angeles
00:26:22County shortly after the devastating wildfires. He says
00:26:25that visit changed his perspective. Amongst complete
00:26:28devastation, there were homes that had
00:26:30survived the fire and generally there were things in common
00:26:34of those homes in terms of how the yards were managed in those
00:26:38homes, the vegetation in those yards.
00:26:40The city has released maps showing which areas face the
00:26:43greatest wildfire exposure. Officials are asking people in
00:26:47those parts of Calgary to be especially proactive. A fire
00:26:50advisory remains in place for Calgary,
00:26:53and Calgary Fire is asking people to use extra caution
00:26:56with flames, barbecues and smoking materials
00:26:59until conditions improve. Brendan Coulter, CBC News, Calgary.
00:27:05So those are some of the big stories making news right now. Coming up, we'll look at what is making
00:27:09news in your community.
00:29:21This is the brand new US Port of Entry facility at the Gordie
00:29:26Howe International Bridge, paid for entirely by Canada as
00:29:30part of the $6.4 billion construction costs for the
00:29:34bridge. It's massive, 400, 000 square feet. It sits on
00:29:39nearly 170 acres of land for trade and travel. We are the
00:29:43largest northern border port.
00:29:48US Customs and Border Protection invited the CBC and
00:29:51a handful of other news outlets to tour the facility. As you go
00:29:55up to the bridge, we got a behind the scenes look
00:29:58at how the US enforces their northern border
00:30:03from the sky to the water.
00:30:06And there's lots of water. The Detroit sector covers 1388
00:30:11kilometers of the border, all of it on the water.
00:30:17This is part of daily patrols performed by US Customs and
00:30:20Border Protection here along the Detroit River as well as in
00:30:23the Great Lakes. They're looking for pleasure crafts
00:30:26that are operating suspiciously. This part there we go from the
00:30:30mouth up here back down to the bridge was one of the top
00:30:33smuggling routes in all the United States where we saw how
00:30:36many votes today.
00:30:38And every boat could be a smuggler unless we stop every
00:30:42single boat. So you have to use intelligence in partnerships to
00:30:46be able to secure this area up here. Canada's very bad abuser.
00:30:49When U.S. President Donald Trump first slapped tariffs on
00:30:53Canada, he cited the country's
00:30:55inability to prevent drugs and human traffickers from pouring
00:30:59across the border into the US says justification,