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00:00:24(♪) >> Crystal: TONIGHT, POLICE ASK
00:00:27FOR WITNESSES WHO SAW SUSPICIOUS
00:00:29ACTIVITY AS THEY HUNT FOR THE CAUSE OF B.C.'S BALD RANGE
00:00:32WILDFIRE. >> SOME OF THAT FIRE WAS COMING
00:00:36OVER THE RIDGE AND THEN YOU SAW
00:00:42FIREBALLS. >> Crystal: A FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE DAMAGE, GIVING HOPE AND CONFIRMING LOSS. >> NOT KNOWING, THAT'S PROBABLY
00:00:46ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS. >> Crystal: AND THE WARNINGS
00:00:49THAT IT'S NOT SAFE FOR RESIDENTS TO RETURN AS A NEW ARREST IS MADE INSIDE OF THE EVACUATION
00:00:53ZONE.
00:00:57>>> 15 MONTHS AFTER LILLY AND JACK SULLIVAN DISAPPEARED THEIR
00:01:01MOM IS SPEAKING PUBLICLY FOR THE
00:01:02FIRST TIME.
00:01:07>> I LOVE MY CHILDREN VERY, VERY MUCH. I'D GIVE ANYTHING TO JUST HOLD
00:01:11THEM RIGHT NOW. >> Crystal: WHY SHE STAYED SO QUIET FOR SO LONG, AND HER MESSAGE FOR INVESTIGATORS RIGHT NOW.
00:01:14(♪)
00:01:18>>> A PILOT PROJECT AIMED AT HAVING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
00:01:21WORK REMOTELY.
00:01:24>> DON'T LIKE IT. I WOULD RATHER PEOPLE LOOKING
00:01:26OUT A WINDOW. >> Crystal: SO WILL NAVCAN GO ALL IN ON A.I.?
00:01:30(♪) >> Announcer: FROM CBC NEWS, THIS IS "THE NATIONAL" WITH CRYSTAL GOOMANSINGH.
00:01:33(♪)
00:01:38>> Crystal: THANKS FOR JOINING US. ADRIENNE IS AWAY.
00:01:41>>> AN RCMP INVESTIGATION IS
00:01:44UNDERWAY TONIGHT INTO THE CAUSE
00:01:46OF THAT EXPLOSIVE BALD RANGE
00:01:50FIRE BURNING IN B.C.'S OKANAGAN VALLEY. ONE THAT HAS FORCED THOUSANDS TO FLEE.
00:01:53POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR WITNESSES
00:01:55WHO SAW WHAT THEY CALL
00:01:58SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY AS CREWS TRY TO CONTAIN THE FIRE SPREAD.
00:02:01OFFICIALS SAY THAT SOME
00:02:03STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN LOST, BUT
00:02:08IT'S NOT YET CLEAR HOW MANY. THE PROVINCE REMAINS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND OTTAWA
00:02:11SAYS THAT THE MILITARY IS ON
00:02:14STAND-BY TO HELP IF NEEDED.
00:02:15JESSICA CHEUNG WITH THE AGONIZING WAIT FOR RESIDENTS TO SEE IF THEIR HOMES ARE STILL
00:02:19STANDING.
00:02:24>> ALL BURNT DOWN. >> Reporter: A JOURNEY THROUGH CHARRED DESTRUCTION. A VIEW OF WHAT'S LEFT BEHIND
00:02:28FROM A WILDFIRE THAT IS STILL
00:02:29RAGING IN B.C.'S OKANAGAN.
00:02:33>> YEAH, IT WENT FROM NOTHING AS
00:02:35BIG AS IT GOT.
00:02:38>> THERE WAS A HOUSE THERE. >> Reporter: IRA SHORT MADE IT A
00:02:42POINT TO DOCUMENT WHAT HE SAW AS HE DROVE SOUTH THROUGH
00:02:45SUMMERLAND, AND POSTED IT ONLINE.
00:02:47THE VIDEOS INSTANTLY GARNERING THOUSANDS OF VIEWS AS THOSE FROM
00:02:51THE COMMUNITY MINED THE IMAGES
00:02:53FOR CLUES ABOUT WHETHER THEIR
00:02:56HOMES SURVIVED. >> I GOT A COUPLE OF MESSAGES
00:02:59THIS MORNING ABOUT HOW OUR VIDEO THAT I NEVER INTENDED TO GO
00:03:03ONLINE IS GIVING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, EITHER CONFIRMATION THAT
00:03:06THEIR PLACE IS STILL THERE OR, YOU KNOW, CLOSURE THAT IT'S GONE. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT
00:03:10KNOWING -- THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS.
00:03:14>> Reporter: SHORT IS ONE OF THE THOUSANDS FORCED TO FLEE FROM
00:03:17SUMMERLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
00:03:20SOME HAVE LOST FARMS AND HOMES. >> THAT WAS A MOBILE HOME.
00:03:23>> Reporter: STRUCTURES BURNED TO THE GROUND. THE GROWING BALD RANGE FIRE NOW
00:03:27COVERS MORE THAN
00:03:29150-SQUARE-KILOMETRES.
00:03:31RCMP ARE INVESTIGATING THE
00:03:33CAUSE, ASKING ANYONE WHO SAW SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS THAT MAY
00:03:36HAVE SPARKED IT TO REACH OUT.
00:03:41SOME EVACUEES FLED NORTH TO PEACHLAND.
00:03:44MOST WENT SOUTH TO PENTICTON. ALL TRYING TO GET BACK HOME.
00:03:48>> IT WAS JUST HORRENDOUS. IT'S INDESCRIBABLE AND SOME OF
00:03:52THAT FIRE WAS COMING OVER THE RIDGE AND THEN YOU SAW FIREBALLS
00:03:56BECAUSE IT'S FOREST. SO THAT WAS COMING DOWN.
00:03:59AND THAT'S WHEN THEY CAME AND THE WINDSTORM AND THE HEAT!
00:04:03>> IT'S SCARY KNOWING THAT ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE BIT OF WIND AND THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS OF
00:04:06HOMES LOST. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS HAVE NOT
00:04:09YET SAID HOW MANY STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN LOST AND AS
00:04:12FRUSTRATION GROWS AMONG EVACUEES THERE'S CONCERN THAT SOME WILL
00:04:16TRY TO ENTER THE EVACUATION ZONE
00:04:16TO CHECK ON THEIR PROPERTIES.
00:04:21>> WE'RE ALSO DIRECTLY IMPACTED, AND WE'RE ALSO EVACUATED.
00:04:23WE WOULD LOVE TO GET BACK.
00:04:27WE ARE WORKING ON TRIAGING THE
00:04:30HIGHEST PRIORITY CASES AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THAT. >> Reporter: NOW THE RCMP ARE
00:04:34REITERATING THE SAME MESSAGE,
00:04:36SAYING THAT A MAN WAS ARRESTED
00:04:38ON SUNDAY IN SUMMERLAND WITHIN
00:04:41THE EVACUATION ORDER AREA. NOW AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE
00:04:45EVACUATION ORDER STILL COVERS ALL 12,000 RESIDENTS OF
00:04:48SUMMERLAND. >> Crystal: AND, JESSICA, WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT ASSISTANCE
00:04:51FROM OTTAWA? >> Reporter: YEAH, SO OTTAWA
00:04:55SAYS THAT THE MILITARY IS ON
00:04:56STAND-BY IF THEY ARE CALLED. THEY ARE ALREADY PROVIDING
00:05:00ACCOMMODATIONS FOR EVACUEES. NOW THE PROVINCE IS STILL UNDER
00:05:04A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THERE
00:05:06ARE CONCERNS THAT A WEATHER SYSTEM COMING IN MID-WEEK MAY
00:05:09BRING SOME LIGHTNING. AND THAT HAS SOME CONCERNS OF SOME NEW FIRE STARTS.
00:05:13>> Crystal: JESSICA, THANK YOU. JESSICA CHEUNG IN PENTICTON,
00:05:16B.C., FOR US TONIGHT.
00:05:18>>> WELL, ELSEWHERE IN THE PROVINCE, SOME EVACUEES FORCED
00:05:21OUT BY OTHER FIRES ARE BEING ALLOWED TO GO HOME.
00:05:25EVACUATION ORDERS WERE LIFTED FOR MORE THAN 600 PROPERTIES
00:05:28NORTH OF THE PEAR LAKE FIRE AND PART OF AN EVACUATION ORDER
00:05:33RELATED TO THE BRADLEY CREEK FIRE HAS ALSO BEEN DOWNGRADED TO
00:05:35AN ALERT.
00:05:37THAT WILDFIRE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DESTROYED MORE THAN 200
00:05:41HOMES NEAR VERNON.
00:05:44>>> A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE HAS
00:05:46STRUCK COLOMBIA AND KILLING AT
00:05:49LEAST 130 PEOPLE AND TRAPPING MANY MORE IN COLLAPSED BUILDINGS.
00:05:53THE MAGNITUDE 7.4 QUAKE HIT AROUND 7:30 MONDAY MORNING LOCAL
00:05:56TIME.
00:05:57THE EPI-CENTRE WAS NEAR SAN JOSE
00:06:03DELL PALM ARE, ABOUT 300
00:06:05KILOMETRES WEST OF BOGOTA.
00:06:07AS KAREN PAULS TELLS US, IT
00:06:09KICKED OFF A FRANTIC SEARCH
00:06:13FOR SURVIVORS. >> Reporter: WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK, THIS MAN SOUGHT SHELTER
00:06:15IN THE PEREIRA AIRPORT. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
00:06:19>> Reporter: LATER SAYING THAT HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THE END OF THE LINE
00:06:22FOR HIM.
00:06:24SHOCK AS PART OF THIS ICONIC
00:06:27NEOGOTHIC CATHEDRAL FELL IN
00:06:32MANIZALES, A CITY ABOUT 300
00:06:35KILOMETRES WEST OF BOGOTA.
00:06:37MORE THAN 130 PEOPLE HAVE DIED, OVER A THOUSAND ARE STILL
00:06:40MISSING. THE 7.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKE SO
00:06:44STRONG THAT IT WAS HARD FOR SOME
00:06:45TO STAY UPRIGHT AS THEY FLED.
00:06:51ABOUT 260 KILOMETRES AWAY, PEOPLE WATCHED IN DISBELIEF AS
00:06:54THE PAEDIATRIC WING OF A HOSPITAL COLLAPSED IN CALLE.
00:06:56>>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
00:07:00>> Reporter:THE CITY'S MAYOR
00:07:01SAYS THAT THERE ARE MANY BADLY DAMAGED
00:07:05STRUCTURES, SOME WITH PEOPLE
00:07:06STILL TRAPPED INSIDE.
00:07:10>> IT WAS SCARY IN A MAXIMUM,
00:07:13EXTREME WAY. >> Reporter: THIS MAN AND HIS
00:07:16FAMILY GOT OUT OF THEIR
00:07:18APARTMENT SAFELY, BUT HE SAYS THAT PARTS OF THE CITY ARE DEVASTATED. >> WE HOPE, WE ARE PRAYING, AND,
00:07:21YES, PRAY FOR US THAT THE THINGS
00:07:25COULDN'T GET WORSE THAN THIS. >> Reporter: IN WINNIPEG, CRUZ HAS BEEN WATCHING THE COVERAGE
00:07:29ALL DAY. SHE HAS FAMILY IN MEDELLIN AND MOST HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY'RE
00:07:32SAFE, BUT SHE HASN'T HEARD FROM HER YOUNGER BROTHER AND NIECE
00:07:36NEAR CALLE.
00:07:37>> BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
00:07:41REACH OUT TO HIM, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWER FROM HIM.
00:07:45>> Reporter: SOT THE MESSAGES AREN'T GETTING THROUGH? >> NO, NOT AT ALL. >> Reporter:EARTHQUAKES ARE
00:07:49COMMON IN THIS REGION OF COLOMBIA.
00:07:51IT LIES ALONG WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE RING OF FIRE, THE LINE OF SEISMIC FAULTS ENCIRCLING THE PACIFIC OCEAN
00:07:55WHERE MOST OF THE WORLD'S EARTHQUAKES OCCUR.
00:07:57>> THE FACT THAT IT'S A HUNDRED
00:08:00KILOMETRES DOWN PUTS THE ENERGY AWAY FROM WHERE PEOPLE LIVE.
00:08:04SO THIS EARTHQUAKE WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO HAVE BEEN AS SEVERE
00:08:06AS THE VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKE, FOR
00:08:10EXAMPLE, WHICH WAS MORE SHALLOW. BUT IT IS STILL QUITE LARGE.
00:08:14>> Reporter: THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEVERAL AFTERSHOCKS WITH
00:08:18SOME AIRPORTS DAMAGED AND
00:08:20FLIGHTS CANCELLED, IT WILL TAKE
00:08:23DAYS TO GET A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE DEVASTATION.
00:08:27KAREN PAULS, CBC NEWS, WINNIPEG.
00:08:30>> Crystal: A MONTRÉAL MAN HAS
00:08:31BEEN CONVICTED OF SECOND-DEGREE
00:08:35MURDER BY A NEW YORK JURY IN THE DEATH OF HIS 9-YEAR-OLD
00:08:36DAUGHTER.
00:08:40MELINA FRATTOLIN'S BODY WAS FOUND LAST YEAR IN A RURAL AREA OF NEW YORK
00:08:44PARTIALLY COVERED BY A FALLEN TREE AND A LARGE ROCK. THAT CAME AFTER HER FATHER
00:08:47CLAIMED THAT SHE WAS KIDNAPPED TOWARDS THE END OF A LONG
00:08:51WEEKEND TRIP TO THE U.S. WITH LUCIANO FRATTOLIN.
00:08:55HE WAS ALSO FOUND GUILTY OF CONCEALING A BODY. HIS SENTENCING IS SET FOR
00:08:58OCTOBER.
00:09:03>>> MORE THAN 15 MONTHS AFTER HER CHILDREN WENT MISSING FROM
00:09:05THEIR NOVA SCOTIA HOME, THE
00:09:09MOTHER OF JACK AND LILLY SULLIVAN
00:09:12SPOKE PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST
00:09:14TIME IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CBC
00:09:18NEWS. ANGELA MacIVOR WITH MORE ON WHY SHE IS HOLDING OUT HOPE THAT SIBLINGS ARE ALIVE.
00:09:22>> I DON'T FEEL THAT I OWE
00:09:24PEOPLE ANYTHING, IF ANYTHING, I AM OWED ANSWERS.
00:09:27AND TO HAVE MY CHILDREN BACK TO ME. >> Reporter: MALEHYA
00:09:30BROOKS-MURRAY MAKES NO APOLOGIES FOR STAYING SILENT.
00:09:33SHE HASN'T TALKED PUBLICLY SINCE THE WEEKEND THAT HER TWO
00:09:36CHILDREN, JACK SULLIVAN, WHO WAS 4 AT THE TIME, AND LILLY, WHO
00:09:40WAS 6, WENT MISSING FROM THEIR
00:09:44HOME IN LANSDOWNE, NOVA SCOTIA. SHE SAYS THAT SHE WAS ADVISED BY
00:09:46THE RCMP NOT TO TALK.
00:09:49>> I JUST DID WHATEVER THEY TOLD
00:09:50ME TO DO BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT
00:09:53TO JEOPARDIZE THE CASE IN ANY WAY. >> Reporter: BROOKS-MURRAY SAID THAT SHE HEARD LILLY AND JACK
00:09:57PLAYING IN HER BEDROOM THE MORNING THEY DISAPPEARED ON MAY
00:10:002ND, 2025.
00:10:05>> SEEING LILLY'S FACE POP IN THE BEDROOM. >> Reporter: YOU LAID EYES ON LILLY THAT MORNING? >> YEAH.
00:10:08>> Reporter: AND YOU HEARD JACK? >> YEAH.
00:10:11>> Reporter: THEN LATER THAT MORNING -- NOTHING.
00:10:15AT 10:01 A.M., BROOKS-MURRAY CALLED 911.
00:10:18POLICE DESCENDED ON THEIR HOME
00:10:19AND PROPERTY AND SEARCH CREWS
00:10:23COMBED THE SURROUNDING WOODS.
00:10:27THE FOLLOWING DAY BROOKS-MURRAY LEFT THE AREA AND SHE SAYS THAT
00:10:28SHE HAS NEVER RETURNED.
00:10:32>> THE POLICE HAD SAID THAT WE
00:10:34SHOULD GO, AND TOLD MY FAMILY PRIVATELY TO TAKE ME OUT OF
00:10:38THERE. >> Reporter: THAT DAY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
00:10:39BROOKS-MURRAY AND THE CHILDREN'S
00:10:42STEP-FATHER DANIEL MARTELL CAME TO AN END. A POINT THAT SHE DECLINED TO
00:10:46TALK ABOUT, ALONG WITH THE ENVIRONMENT INSIDE OF THE HOME. BROOKS-MURRAY SAYS THAT EVEN
00:10:49THOUGH SHE HASN'T BEEN IN THE
00:10:51SPOTLIGHT, SHE HAS BEEN WORKING
00:10:54WITH POLICE BEHIND THE SCENES. SHE SAYS THAT FROM HER INTERACTIONS WITH RCMP THAT SHE
00:10:58BELIEVES THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY
00:11:02ARE NOT CONSIDERED SUSPECTS. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JACK AND LILLY?
00:11:05>> NO. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK
00:11:07THAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
00:11:12>> THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN ASSUME IS THAT SOMEONE TOOK THEM. BUT FOR WHAT REASON I DON'T KNOW.
00:11:16>> Reporter: RCMP HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THIS WAS NOT AN
00:11:19ABDUCTION AND NO SUSPECTS HAVE
00:11:20BEEN NAMED IN THE DISAPPEARANCE.
00:11:24>> I CONTINUE TO GET THE SAME
00:11:25UPDATE OVER AND OVER. AND I KEEP ASKING FOR NEW
00:11:29AVENUES AND THEY KEEP SAYING
00:11:33WE'RE WORKING ON IT. AND, UM, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE
00:11:36THAT'S ENOUGH. >> Reporter: RCMP DECLINED AN INTERVIEW, SAYING THE
00:11:40INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LILLY AND JACK
00:11:43SULLIVAN REMAINS A PRIORITY FOR THE NOVA SCOTIA RCMP.
00:11:47AND MANY OF THE INVESTIGATIVE STEPS BEING TAKEN AND THE PROGRESS BEING MADE CAN'T BE
00:11:51SHARED PUBLICLY.
00:11:54>> BIRTHDAY CARDS THAT ARE UNOPENED AND WAITING FOR THEM WHEN THEY COME HOME.
00:11:58>> Reporter: BROOKS-MURRAY CONTINUES TO BUY HER SON AND
00:12:01DAUGHTER GIFTS FOR EVERY OCCASION, INCLUDING BIRTHDAYS
00:12:03AND HOLIDAYS.
00:12:07PAIRING NEW ITEMS WITH THE OLD. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, I KNOW
00:12:11THAT I'M A GOOD MOM, AND I LOVE
00:12:12MY CHILDREN VERY, VERY MUCH.
00:12:15AND, UM, I'D GIVE ANYTHING TO
00:12:18JUST HOLD THEM RIGHT NOW.
00:12:21>> Reporter: SHE FEELS THAT LILLY AND JACK ARE STILL ALIVE, AND FOR NOW SHE KEEPS WAITING
00:12:25AND HOPING FOR ANSWERS.
00:12:29ANGELA MacIVOR, CBC NEWS,
00:12:30BROOKFIELD, NOVA SCOTIA.
00:12:35>> Crystal: OTTAWA IS OFFERING NEW RELIEF TONIGHT TO THE
00:12:38COUNTRY'S STEEL INDUSTRY. AS EVAN DYER EXPLAINS, IT IS
00:12:41PART OF AN ATTEMPT TO OFF-SET
00:12:43THE IMPACT OF U.S. TARIFFS AT A TIME WHEN MORE LEVIES COULD SOON
00:12:46BE ON THE WAY.
00:12:48>> THIS IS A RESPONSE TO THESE
00:12:52EXTREMELY UNFAIR UNJUSTIFIED TARIFFS. >> Reporter: IN HAMILTON,
00:12:56CANADA'S STEEL TOWN, THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ITS LATEST ATTEMPT TO SOFTEN THE BLOW OF
00:12:59U.S. TARIFFS.
00:13:01$100 MILLION IN SUBSIDIES FOR
00:13:04CANADIAN STEEL PRODUCERS TO COVER HALF OF THE COST OF SHIPPING WITHIN THIS
00:13:08COUNTRY. A MOVE WELCOMED BY THE INDUSTRY LEADERS. >> WE HAVE SINCE THE DAY THAT
00:13:11THE TARIFFS WERE ANNOUNCED, FOCUSED INWARD -- WHAT IS IN OUR
00:13:13CONTROL? THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IN
00:13:15OUR CONTROL. AND SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON
00:13:19DOMESTIC MARKETS. >> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT, $30
00:13:23MILLION TO HELP COMPANIES IN
00:13:26B.C. WEATHER THE TARIFFS, BY PART BY EXPAND BEING INTO NEW
00:13:30MARKETS. BOTH COME AS TRADE MINISTER
00:13:32DOMINIC LeBLANC IS EXPECTED TO
00:13:36CONTINUE TALKS IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEK.
00:13:37AND AS THE CLOCK TICKS DOWN ON
00:13:42ANOTHER 50% TARIFF ON A RANGE OF CANADIAN GOODS THAT COULD TAKE EFFECT ON AUGUST 19TH. PIERRE POILIEVRE REITERATED THAT
00:13:46THE PRIME MINISTER SHOULD NOT GIVE ANYTHING AWAY WITHOUT GETTING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DEAL.
00:13:49>> Pierre Poilievre: NO MORE CAVING.
00:13:52NO MORE UNILATERAL CONCESSIONS WITHOUT ANY GAINS IN CONCERN.
00:13:56USE OUR LEVERAGE AT THE TABLE TO GET THE WIN THAT MARK CARNEY PROMISED DURING THE LAST
00:13:58ELECTION.
00:14:01>> Reporter: BUT OTHERS WARN THIS IS NOT THE MOMENT TO TRY FOR BIG WINS.
00:14:05THE GOAL SHOULD BE TO AVOID DRAMA.
00:14:08>> TREAT THIS IN WASHINGTON AS A
00:14:11BORING LOW-GRADE CONVENTIONAL,
00:14:14TECHNICAL DISCUSSION.
00:14:18KEEP IT OUT OF THE PRESIDENT'S TEMPERAMENTAL IMPULSIVE VISION AND JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THE MIDTERMS.
00:14:21>> Reporter: THE HEAD OF THE
00:14:24CANADIAN BIGGEST STEEL PRODUCER WELCOMES THE NEW MEASURE, BUT NO
00:14:27ONE IS UNDER ANY ILLUSION THAT MAKES IT CHEAPER TO SHIP STEEL CAN COMPENSATE FOR
00:14:31CRUSHING TARIFFS FROM CANADA'S BIGGEST CUSTOMER.
00:14:32EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
00:14:39>> Christine:LONG-TIME LIBERAL
00:14:42M.P.SHAUN CHEN SAYS THAT HE IS STEPPING DOWN, CITING HIS HEALTH.
00:14:45IN A SOCIAL MEDIA STATEMENT, THE MEMBER FROM SCARBOROUGH NORTH
00:14:49ONTARIO SAID THAT ISSUES STEMMING FROM A CAR CRASH LAST
00:14:52FALL PREVENT HIM FROM TRAVELING TO OTTAWA AS
00:14:55FREQUENTLY AS THE RULE REQUIRES.
00:14:58CHEN'S DEPARTURE SETS THE STAGE UP FOR NINE FEDERAL BY-ELECTIONS IN THE
00:15:02MONTHS AHEAD, THREE OF WHICH ARE SET FOR THE END OF THIS MONTH.
00:15:04>>> A MONTRÉAL MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY MAKING
00:15:08DEATH THREATS AGAINST THE PRIME MINISTER.
00:15:11RCMP SAY THAT THE REMARKS WERE
00:15:13SENT IN AN E-MAIL TO A SENATOR
00:15:15AND OTHER UNNAMED INDIVIDUALS.
00:15:17THE 51-YEAR-OLD IS CHARGED WITH UTTERING THREATS TO CAUSE DEATH
00:15:20OR BODILY HARM.
00:15:23>>> A FORMER TORONTO FLIGHT ATTENDANT IS FACING JAIL TIME
00:15:27AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF POSING AS
00:15:30A PILOT TO FLY FOR FREE.
00:15:34SHEEHAN DESJARDINS NOW ON HOW HE PULLED IT OFF AND HOW HE EVENTUALLY WAS CAUGHT.
00:15:36[♪ SINGING ♪]
00:15:40>> Reporter: FOR YEARS A
00:15:44FACEBOOK ACCOUNT LINKED TO DALLAS POKORNIK SHARED TRAVEL
00:15:47ADVENTURES LIKE THIS -- IN LONDON, MEXICO, L.A., AND NOW
00:15:51HE HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD AFTER POSING AS A PILOT AND TAKING FREE FLIGHTS FOR
00:15:55YEARS. >> THIS WAS A SPECIAL CASE THAT
00:15:58PROBABLY MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THIS PERSON BECAUSE THIS PERSON KNEW THE SYSTEM AND KNEW
00:16:01THE WORKINGS. >> Reporter: BASED ON COURT
00:16:05DOCUMENTS, POKORNIK DID WORK AS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT FOR A
00:16:09TORONTO-BASED AIRLINE FROM
00:16:102017-2019. BUT THAT AIRLINE WAS NOT NAMED.
00:16:13HE LATER USED A FALSE AND
00:16:16FICTITIOUS IDENTIFICATION BADGE, CLAIMING THAT HE WAS STILL
00:16:18EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY.
00:16:21NAVIGATING AIRPORTS UNDETECTED AND SNAGGING HUNDREDS OF FREE
00:16:25TICKETS FROM THREE U.S.-BASED
00:16:26CARRIERS FROM 2020 TO 2024.
00:16:29>> WELL, I THINK THAT THE FORGERY MUST HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD.
00:16:33>> Reporter: THAT ENDED AFTER AN EMPLOYEE OF ONE OF THE U.S. AIRLINES TOOK A PICTURE OF HIS
00:16:37BADGE.
00:16:41POKORNIK'S FORMER EMPLOYER THEN REVIEWED IT AND CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS FAKE.
00:16:44>> ARE YOU A REAL LIFE PILOT?
00:16:46>> I SURE AM, LITTLE LADY. >> Reporter:IT'S AWFULLY SIMILAR
00:16:50TO THE 2002 MOVIE "CATCH ME IF
00:16:54YOU CAN." POSING AS A PILOT TO DEFRAUD AN AIRLINE.
00:16:58AND JUST LIKE THIS MOVIE,
00:17:00McCORMICK GOT CAUGHT. NOW HE'S FACING UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON AND A FINE OF UP TO
00:17:04$250,000. >> I THINK IT'S A KIND OF A WAKE-UP CALL TO ALL OF US THAT PEOPLE CAN MANUFACTURE
00:17:08AUTHENTIC-LOOKING I.D.s.
00:17:13>> Reporter:WHILE THIS FORMER PILOT
00:17:15ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS IS CONCERNING, HE SAYS THAT AIR
00:17:19TRAVEL IS SAFE. >> YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE IT
00:17:22AGAIN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING
00:17:23TO BE MORE VIGILANT ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: PORTER AIRLINES IS
00:17:27THE ONLY MAJOR HEADQUARTERED IN TORONTO. A SPOKESPERSON SAID THAT THE COMPANY IS UNABLE TO VERIFY ANY
00:17:29DETAILS RELATED TO THIS STORY.
00:17:32POKORNIK'S SENTENCING IS SET FOR DECEMBER 8TH. SHEEHAN DESJARDINS, CBC NEWS,
00:17:36TORONTO. >> Crystal: NEARLY 30 YEARS
00:17:38AFTER THE SHOOTING DEATH OF
00:17:43HIP-HOP LEGEND TUPAC CUETA A MAN
00:17:46ACCUSED OF HIS MURDER IS ABOUT TO STAND TRIAL.
00:17:48JENNIFER YOON TAKES US THROUGH THE LARGER-THAN-LIFE STORY THAT
00:17:52GOT TO US THIS POINT.
00:17:54>> Reporter:WEST COAST HIP-HOP
00:17:56LEGEND TUPAC CUETA IN THE THICK OF AN
00:18:00UGLY FEUD. [♪ SINGING ♪]
00:18:01RAPPING ABOUT A GLOCK, THE TYPE
00:18:04OF GUN USED TO END HIS LIFE A
00:18:07FEW MONTHS LATER. >> HE WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES AFTER LEAVING THE MIKE TYSON BOXING MATCH IN LAS VEGAS.
00:18:10>> Reporter: NOW THREE DECADES
00:18:13LATER A JURY SELECTION HAS BEGUN
00:18:15IN A MURDER TRIAL IN TUPAC'S DEATH.
00:18:18FORMER GANG LEADER DUANE DAVIS
00:18:23IS CHARGED WITH MASTERMINDING
00:18:25THE MURDER.
00:18:28HIS TRIAL SEVEN YEARS AFTER
00:18:32DAVIS PUBLISHED A MEMOIR WHERE HE ADMITTED THAT HE BOUGHT THE GUN AND CALLED THE SHOTS AFTER THIS ALTERCATION BETWEEN HIS
00:18:35NEPHEW AND THE RAPPER. AND THEN JUMPING ON MY NEPHEW GAVE US THE GREEN LIGHT AND HE
00:18:39PULLED OUT A STRAP AND THAT'S WHEN THE FIREWORKS STARTED.
00:18:40>> THIS IS MY BOOK HERE AND YOU GUYS, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BUY IT
00:18:44AND GET THE RULE TRUTH. >> Reporter: THEN DAVIS WENT AROUND PROMOTING THE BOOK AND
00:18:47INSISTING THAT IT WAS THE TRUTH.
00:18:52>> METRO POLICE, COME OVER HERE. >> Reporter: POLICE ARRESTED
00:18:55DAVIS, CHARGING HIM WITH MURDER EVEN IF HE DID NOT PULL THE
00:18:59TRIGGER. NOW HE IS CHANGING HIS TUNE. >> I DIDN'T WRITE THAT BOOK.
00:19:03>> Reporter: SAYING THAT HE TOLD TALL TALES
00:19:07IN INTERVIEWS TO MAKE MONEY, JUST LIKE RAPPERS DO IN THEIR SONGS FOR STREET CRED.
00:19:10SOME LEGAL EXPERTS DOUBT THAT DAVIS' DEFENCE
00:19:13WILL WORK. >> THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN SOMEONE PUBLISHING A MEMOIR AND THEY SAY THIS IS MY LIFE.
00:19:16AND THE OTHER PROBLEM FOR MR. DAVIS AND HIS LAWYERS IS
00:19:19THAT HE GAVE INTERVIEWS WHERE HE
00:19:21SAYS, YES, THIS MEMOIR IS
00:19:24ACCURATE, THIS IS MY LIFE. >> OF COURSE HE'S GOING TO SAY THAT NOW. >> Reporter: TUPAC'S COUSIN
00:19:27DOESN'T BUY IT EITHER. HE WANTS ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:19:31>> JUSTICE HAS BEEN FOREGONE YEARS AGO THE NIGHT THAT MY
00:19:34COUSIN WAS MURDERED. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN INTENSIVE
00:19:37INVESTIGATION. >> Reporter: DAVIS HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
00:19:41IF CONVICTED HE FACES LIFE IN
00:19:42PRISON WITH NO PAROLE. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST A
00:19:46MONTH. JENNIFER YOON, CBC NEWS,
00:19:48TORONTO.
00:19:51>> Crystal: U.S. HEALTH EXPERTS ARE SLAMMING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER NARROWING THE NUMBER OF
00:19:55CHILDHOOD VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS.
00:19:57>> President Trump: VERY
00:20:03IMPORTANTLY VACCINATIONS FOR HEPATITIS B AND COVID-19 AND OTHERS ARE NO LONGER RECOMMENDED
00:20:06FOR ALL CHILDREN. >> Crystal: U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ALSO WANTS THE
00:20:09COMBINED MEASLES AND MUMPS AND RUBELLA VACCINE TO BE SPLIT INTO
00:20:13THREE SEPARATE SHOTS.
00:20:17THE HEAD OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY
00:20:19OF PEDIATRICS HAVE CALLED THE ANNOUNCEMENT NOT ONLY
00:20:23DISHEARTENING, BUT DANGEROUS.
00:20:26>>> CLEANUP IS NOW UNDERWAY IN
00:20:32CHINA ONE DAY AFTER TYPHOON
00:20:36DALTON MADE LANDFALL, HITTING
00:20:40SHANGHAI. MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO RELOCATE.
00:20:43IT HAS SINCE BEEN DOWNGRADED TO
00:20:45A TROPICAL STORM, BUT TORRENTIAL RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
00:20:50>>> WELL, PARTS OF EUROPE ARE BRACING FOR THEIR FIFTH HEAT WAVE OF THE SUMMER. THE PUNISHING TEMPERATURES ARE
00:20:54FUELING RECORD-BREAKING DROUGHTS IN THE U.K..
00:20:57AND AS NAHLAH AYED SHOWS US, IT'S PUTTING SOME FARMERS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION.
00:21:00>>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
00:21:03>> Reporter: STEVEN HOOK'S FAMILY HAS FARMED IN EAST SUSSEX
00:21:06FOR 250 YEARS.
00:21:10>> FINDING A BIT OF GRASS TO EAT. >> Reporter: HE'S NEVER SEEN IT
00:21:13AS DRY AS THIS. >> IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THE
00:21:16CHALLENGE FROM THE WEATHER, UM, HAS BEEN OFF THE SCALE. IT'S LIKE NOTHING THAT WE HAVE
00:21:20KNOWN BEFORE.
00:21:23>> Reporter: WHAT DRIVES HOOK'S
00:21:24FARM IS WORKING WITH NATURE TO PRODUCE GRASS-FED RAW ORGANIC
00:21:28MILK.
00:21:29AND SO WHEN NATURE REBELS, THE
00:21:32WHOLE ENTERPRISE FALTERS. THE HEALTH OF HIS GRASS
00:21:35DETERMINES HOW MANY COWS THAT HE CAN KEEP AND THE QUALITY OF
00:21:37THEIR MILK.
00:21:42>> NORMALLY THIS HILL OF GRASS, IF YOU LIKE, COMES OUT TO HERE.
00:21:46>> Reporter: THE UNRELENTING HEAT MEANS THAT THERE WON'T BE
00:21:49ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH WINTER.
00:21:53>> IF I RUN OUT IN FEBRUARY, I'VE GOT TO TRY TO SOURCE SOME FOOD.
00:21:57OR SELL ANIMALS HERE. IT'S HORRENDOUS, REALLY.
00:22:01>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A HORRENDOUSLY DRY RECORD-BREAKING
00:22:04YEAR IN THE U.K..
00:22:07JULY WAS THE DRIEST SINCE RECORDKEEPING STARTED 190 YEARS
00:22:10AGO. THAT'S LED TO HEAT WARNINGS, LOW
00:22:14WATER LEVELS AND EVEN BANS ON USING SPRINKLERS.
00:22:17IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, THIS IS HYDE PARK, KNOWN NORMALLY FOR BRILLIANT GREEN GRASS.
00:22:21YOU CAN SEE SIGNS LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE CITY.
00:22:24NOW A DROUGHT HAS BEEN DECLARED IN THE WHOLE OF WALES AND IN
00:22:26MORE THAN HALF OF ENGLAND.
00:22:29THERE'S HIGH DEMAND FOR HOOKS'
00:22:32MILK IN LONDON.
00:22:34HE SELLS IT HIMSELF.
00:22:37BUT THE OVERALL STATE OF THE COUNTRY'S FARMS HAVE ALREADY LED TO SHORTAGES AND CONCERNS ABOUT FOOD SECURITY.
00:22:41>> IT'S ABOUT 18 MILLION LITRES THAT IS NO LONGER ON THE MARKETPLACE.
00:22:44>> Reporter: RACHEL
00:22:46MADLEY-DAVIES WHO IS ALSO A LIVESTOCK FARMER, SAYS THAT THE PROBLEM AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE
00:22:49GLOBAL. >> I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY KEY
00:22:52THAT FARMERS EVERYWHERE LISTEN
00:22:56UP AND ASSESS THIS AND ADAPT TO THE FUTURE TO MAKE THEM MORE RESILIENT.
00:22:58>> Reporter: BECAUSE THE NEXT
00:23:01HEAT WAVE IS ALREADY STARTING.
00:23:03AS A FARMER, STEVEN HOOK IS
00:23:06STILL FUELED BY OPTIMISM, BUT IT IS BEING TESTED.
00:23:07NAHLAH AYED, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
00:23:11>> Crystal: SOME AIRPORTS IN
00:23:13CANADA COULD SOON HAVE OFF-SITE
00:23:17AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. >> ALL WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE
00:23:19TAKING THE VISUAL VIEW OF
00:23:23SOMEONE LOOKING OUT A WINDOW, REPLACING THAT WITH A DIGITAL VIEW ON TO SCREENS.
00:23:26>> Crystal: HOW A.I. IS BEING USED IN THE NEW TECH NEXT.
00:23:28(♪)
00:23:33>>> CANADA IS FACING A GROWING THREAT ONLINE. >> WHAT WE SAW AS ONE OF THE PRIMARY SOURCES OF
00:23:37DISINFORMATION IN CANADA WAS RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA.
00:23:40THE UNITED STATES HAS NOW BEGUN TO START OVERTAKIN
00:23:44>> Crystal: HOW THAT COULD BE FUELING THE ALBERTA SEPARATIST MOVEMENT.
00:23:46(♪)
00:23:50>>> AND HALLOWEEN IN THE SUMMER? >> A TRADITIONAL BIRTHDAY PARTY
00:23:53IS REALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT
00:26:07>> Crystal: NOVA SCOTIA'S SUPREME COURT HAS APPROVED AN
00:26:10$18 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT OVER THE
00:26:14CRASH LANDING OF AN AIR CANADA FLIGHT.
00:26:18IN MARCH, 2015, A PLANE FLYING FROM TORONTO TO HALIFAX STRUCK
00:26:20POWER LINES DURING A SNOWSTORM,
00:26:24LANDING ABOUT 200 METRES SHORT
00:26:27OF THE RUNWAY. 25 PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE HALIFAX AIRPORT HAS SINCE UPGRADED ITS NAVIGATION AND
00:26:31LIGHTING.
00:26:34>>> AN AIRPORT IN KINGSTON,
00:26:37ONTARIO, IS ABOUT TO START
00:26:39TESTING A MAJOR CHANGE TO
00:26:44HANDLES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
00:26:48AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL PLAY A BIG ROLE.
00:26:52ELYSE SKURA EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS. >> Reporter: FROM THE OUTSIDE IT'S PRETTY CLEAR -- THIS IS NOT THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER THAT YOU ARE USED TO, BECAUSE
00:26:55CONTROLLERS ARE ELSEWHERE AND MAYBE EVEN IN ANOTHER CITY.
00:26:58>> BUT YOU CAN START SEEING MOVEMENT, SO IT HELPS OUR AIR
00:27:01TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND OUR AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES STAFF TO PICK
00:27:04OUT THE THINGS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THEM. >> Reporter: NAV CANADA SAYS
00:27:07THIS IS THE FUTURE.
00:27:09REMOTE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WITH NEW HIGH-TECH FEATURES. >> IT'S THE SAME SERVICE THAT WE
00:27:13ARE PROVIDING AND ESSENTIALLY ALL WE'RE DOING IS TAKING THE VISUAL VIEW OF SOMEONE LOOKING
00:27:21>> SUPER EXCITING TIME,
00:27:21OBVIOUSLY.
00:27:26>> Reporter:OTTAWA'S GEO-SPATIAL DESIGNED THE SYSTEM AND SAID
00:27:30THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO SERVICES IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES, JUST AS IT DID IN HIS HOME OF ITS PARENT COMPANY, NORWAY. >> AS WE'RE SEEING THE
00:27:34DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A.I. INTO MORE
00:27:38AND MORE TECHNOLOGY, THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE THE
00:27:41SYSTEM CAN CONTINUE TO LEARN,
00:27:43YOU KNOW, WHAT AM I LOOKING AT, WHAT ARE THE AIRCRAFTS, WHAT ARE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
00:27:47>> Reporter: TRAVELERS AT THE OTTAWA AIRPORT AREN'T SO SURE.
00:27:49>> DON'T LIKE IT.
00:27:55I WOULD RATHER PEOPLE LOOKING
00:27:58OUT A WINDOW. >> THE MORE THAT YOU PUT STUFF LIKE THIS IN, THE MORE IT SCREWS UP.
00:28:02ALL RIGHT? YOU NEED THE HUMAN FACTOR. REGARDLESS. >> Reporter: HAMILTON AIRPORT WITH 300,000 TRAVELERS A YEAR
00:28:06WILL BE THE FIRST FULLY REMOTE LOCATION. AND THOSE AIR TRAFFIC
00:28:09CONTROLLERS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO MOVE TO KINGSTON.
00:28:12THE UNION IS CONCERNED THEY
00:28:14MIGHT LEAVE THE FIELD INSTEAD.
00:28:19>> Reporter:AND THAT IS ONLY -- I SAY QUOTE/UNQUOTE, ONLY 10% OR 20%,
00:28:23WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE A SINGLE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER RIGHT NOW IN CANADA.
00:28:26>> Reporter: NAV CANADA SAYS THAT THIS CHANGE COULD BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
00:28:30WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL, UP TO 15 AIRPORTS COULD BE REMOTELY
00:28:34MONITORED FROM KINGSTON. >> IT PROVIDES MORE FLEXIBILITY
00:28:37IN OUR STAFFING IN THE LONG RUN.
00:28:42>> Reporter:NAV CANADA SAYS THAT IT WON'T BE MOVING TO HAMILTON UNTIL A YEAR OF SHADOW TESTING
00:28:45IN KINGSTON SHOWS NO POSSIBLE ISSUES AND UNTIL ALL REGULATORY
00:28:47HURDLES ARE CLEARED.
00:28:50WITH THE STAKES FOR ALL INVOLVED SO HIGH, WHETHER THIS COMES TO
00:28:54AN AIRPORT NEAR YOU REMAINS UP IN THE AIR.
00:28:55ELYSE SKURA, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
00:29:01>> Crystal: DISINFORMATION FROM THE U.S. IS MAKING ITS WAY
00:29:03ACROSS THE BORDER.
00:29:06>> JUST DAYS AFTER CANADA'S ELECTION, THE COUNTRY IS IN
00:29:09ABSOLUTE CHAOS.
00:29:10>> Crystal: HOW IT COULD BE
00:29:14INFLUENCING SOME VOTERS IN THE UPCOMING ALBERTA REFERENDUM. (♪)
00:29:17>> WELCOME, WHAT CAN I GET YOU TODAY? >> Crystal: MORE FAST-FOOD COMPANIES ARE TURNING TO A.I. TO
00:29:21RUN THEIR DRIVE-THRUS. >> CAN YOU GIVE ME A SIDE OF RANCH?
00:29:24>> YOU WANT TO ADD TWO COOKIES FOR $1.59?
00:29:26>> NO, RANCH! >> Crystal: BUT IS THE TECH UP
00:29:29TO THE TASK? THOSE STORIES COMING UP NEXT.
00:32:11>> Crystal: 10 WEEKS FROM TODAY ALBERTA VOTERS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY ON WHETHER CANADA IS IN
00:32:14DANGER OF LOSING A PROVINCE. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME
00:32:17BETWEEN NOW AND THAT OCTOBER
00:32:19REFERENDUM FOR FOREIGN ACTORS
00:32:21WITH BAD INTENTIONS TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO INTERFERE.
00:32:25SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERTS SAY THAT
00:32:26THEY ARE USING DISINFORMATION TO STIR EMOTIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR
00:32:30SEPARATION. IT'S ALL SENT OUT OF
00:32:34AMERICAN-OWNED PLATFORMS AND U.S.-BASED MEDDLERS SEEM TO DO
00:32:37IT THE MOST.
00:32:39BACK IN JANUARY, ELI GLASNER LOOKED INTO THIS GROWING THREAT
00:32:43AND THE PUSH TO HAVE IT TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY. HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT HE
00:32:46FOUND.
00:32:49>> I THINK THAT WE SHOULD LET THEM COME DOWN INTO THE U.S. AND
00:32:53ALBERTA IS A NATURAL PARTNER FOR THE U.S.
00:32:57>> Reporter: A MOMENT IN AN INTERVIEW THAT ECHOED ACROSS
00:33:00SOCIAL MEDIA AS THE U.S.-CANADA RELATIONSHIP GOES FROM LUKEWARM
00:33:03TO FROSTY ONCE AGAIN.
00:33:05SCOTT BESSENT, A MEMBER OF THE
00:33:07TRUMP INNER CIRCLE, APPEARED TO FAN THE FLAMES OF THE ALBERTA
00:33:11SEPARATIST MOVEMENT.
00:33:14>> THEY HAVE GREAT RESOURCES, THE ALBERTANS ARE VERY INDEPENDENT PEOPLE.
00:33:18>> Reporter: DESPITE THOSE LONG LINES TO SIGN A PETITION IN SUPPORT OF THIS FALL'S
00:33:22REFERENDUM, SUPPORT REMAINS FAR FROM THE MAJORITY.
00:33:24BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THE SENTIMENT FROM SPREADING QUICKLY.
00:33:28THE TALKING POINTS PICKED UP AND DULY AMPLIFIED BY TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
00:33:32>> I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE OF ALBERTA WOULD AGREE WITH THAT
00:33:35SENTIMENT THAT THEY WOULD PREFER NOT TO BE PART OF CANADA AND TO BE PART OF THE UNITED STATES,
00:33:38BECAUSE WE ARE WINNING.
00:33:40>> Reporter: WITH TALK OF
00:33:43SEPARATION IN BOTH QUÉBEC AND
00:33:48ALBERTA, SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERTS
00:33:51ARE WORRIED ABOUT A NEW FRONT IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN CANADA AND THE STATES. >> WE REALLY NEED TO GET OUR ACT
00:33:54TOGETHER ON THIS, BECAUSE
00:33:57GENERATIVE A.I. IN THE NEXT 12, 16, 18 MONTHS WILL TRANSFORM HOW WE UNDERSTAND INFORMATION. >> SO YES, WE ARE INCREDIBLY
00:34:00VULNERABLE.
00:34:02>> WE REALLY HAVE TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
00:34:05HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET RELIABLE
00:34:09NEWS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON PLATFORMS OWNED BY AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE? >> Reporter: JUSTIN LING IS A COLUMNIST FOR THE "TORONTO
00:34:12STAR."
00:34:14HE SAYS THAT EXPLOITING SPLINTER
00:34:17MOVEMENTS IS PART OF THE AMERICAN PLAYBOOK.
00:34:20>> WE ALREADY SEEN AMERICANS WITH TIES TO THE WHITE HOUSE
00:34:24AROUND GREENLAND LOOKING FOR THOSE TO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF
00:34:26AMERICAN ANNEXATION. WE WOULD BE DELUSIONALLY NAIVE
00:34:30TO THINK THAT AMERICA WOULDN'T DO THE SAME DAMNED THING.
00:34:32>> Reporter: BRIAN QUINN IS THE
00:34:36CO-DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTRE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA AND CONFLICT AT THE UNIVERSITY
00:34:39OF REGINA.
00:34:42>> WHAT WE SAW AS ONE OF THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF DISINFORMATION IN
00:34:46CANADA WAS RUSSIA AND CHINA AND INDIA. THE UNITED STATES HAS NOW BEGUN TO START OVERTAKING AS ONE OF
00:34:49THE LARGEST SOURCES OF DISINFORMATION TARGETING CANADA. >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE SAYING IN
00:34:52THE WORLD OF DISINFORMATION, THE UNITED STATES IS NOW ONE OF THE
00:34:56MOST SERIOUS THREATS TO CANADA? >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:35:00I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, WHETHER
00:35:03IT BE AROUND VACCINES OR OTHER TYPES OF TOPICS, THE AMOUNT OF
00:35:07DISINFORMATION COMING FROM THE U.S. AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS A
00:35:11SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF THAT -- BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE
00:35:14NETWORKS, BECAUSE OF HOW THAT'S PICKED UP. >> Reporter: THERE'S LINEUPS
00:35:18AROUND THE CORNER IN ALBERTA FOR A SEPARATIST MOVEMENT.
00:35:20AND NOW THERE'S TALK OF THE
00:35:24REFERENDUM AGAIN IN QUÉBEC. COULD YOU SEE THOSE DIVISIONS
00:35:28EXPLOITED?
00:35:30>> SO MANY OF US LIVED THROUGH THE REFERENDUM IN QUÉBEC.
00:35:34AND THE SORT OF SHOCK AS WE
00:35:36WATCHED THE RETURNS THAT NIGHT.
00:35:40THIS WILL BE UTTERLY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
00:35:43BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT TRUMP, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BE
00:35:47COMMENTING AND SO WILL HIS ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION ON THE
00:35:50DYNAMIC THE ENTIRE TIME. AND SO IT WILL BE A LEVEL OF
00:35:53VULNERABILITY THAT WE COULD NOT
00:35:54POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND.
00:35:58AND IT CREATES A PRETENSE AS WELL. LOOK AT CANADA THAT LOOKS LIKE A
00:36:01CIVIL WAR IS BEGINNING TO START.
00:36:04THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PARTS OF IT
00:36:06ARE GOING TO TEAR AWAY.
00:36:08WE BETTER INTERVENE. >> SO WHEN TRUMP SAYS THAT
00:36:12CANADA IS BECOMING THE 51ST STATE HE'S REALLY TALKING ABOUT ALBERTA AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S A GATEWAY TO THE
00:36:14ARCTIC. >> Reporter:ANGUS BRIDGEMAN IS
00:36:18THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH FOR THE CENTRE FOR MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND DEMOCRACY AT McGILL.
00:36:21>> THERE'S THIS SORT OF REALLY
00:36:24INTERESTING KIND OF CONNECTION
00:36:26WITH THE CANADIAN DISCOURSE, WHERE THE AMERICAN ONE AND THE CANADIAN
00:36:30ONE KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT. >> Reporter: ALL RIGHT, WHAT GETS TALKED ABOUT IN AMERICA THAT CAN BECOME PART OF OUR DISCOURSE? THAT'S NOTHING NEW.
00:36:34BUT HERE IS THE PROBLEM -- MORE AND MORE CANADIANS ARE GETTING
00:36:37INFORMED, NOT FROM THE NEWS --
00:36:39SORRY -- BUT SOCIAL MEDIA.
00:36:41AND IT'S HAPPENING ON AMERICAN PLATFORMS WITH LITTLE CANADIAN
00:36:44CONTROL.
00:36:47>> SO OUR ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC INFRASTRUCTURE, THE WAY THAT WE
00:36:50TALK TO ONE ANOTHER AND THE WAY
00:36:52THAT POLITICS IS DONE NOWADAYS
00:36:57ONLINE IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
00:36:59PLATFORMS THAT ARE LARGELY BASED IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:37:03ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BASED IN THE UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: WHILE NEWS ORGINISATIONS HAVE BEEN LARGELY PUSHED OUT -- >> OUR RESEARCH HAS CONSISTENTLY
00:37:06SHOWN THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS
00:37:12A DRAMATIC DECLINE IN CANADIAN
00:37:16AVAILABILITY ON THESE PLATFORMS. SO PARTLY BECAUSE OF META'S NEWS BAN ON THE PLATFORM, BUT ALSO
00:37:19THE DECISION TO DOWNGRADE CONTENTS WITH LINKS HAVE HURT
00:37:21THE NEWS AGENCY ENORMOUSLY.
00:37:24>> Reporter:AS BRIDGEMAN'S REP
00:37:25SEARCH SHOWS, AS NEWS MEDIA
00:37:29SHRINKS, THEY ARE BEING STEADILY REPLACED BY AN ARMY OF INFLUENCERS.
00:37:33>> THE UNITED STATES HAS A VERY ACTIVE AND FINANCIALLY LUCRATIVE
00:37:36CREATOR MARKET. >> SOMETHING ASTONISHING IS HAPPENING IN THE CANADIAN
00:37:40PROVINCE OF ALBERTA. >> SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT
00:37:43THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND THEIR JOB IS
00:37:47ESSENTIALLY TO ATTRACT ATTENTION IN ONLINE SPACES. THEIR JOB IS NOT TO INFORM.
00:37:51THEIR JOB IS TO ATTRACT ATTENTION. >> Reporter: IN A WORLD WHERE
00:37:54CONTENT CREATORS LITERALLY GET PAID BY CLICKS, ENGAGEMENT -- IF
00:37:58NOT ENRAGEMENT -- IS THE KEY.
00:38:01>> ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THIS SPACE IS THAT THEY ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY
00:38:04AGNOSTIC TO THE TRUTH.
00:38:08>> JUST DAYS AFTER CANADA'S ELECTION, THE COUNTRY IS IN ABSOLUTE CHAOS.
00:38:11>> THEY'RE NOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE TRUTH, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN WHETHER OR NOT A
00:38:14PARTICULAR STORY OR STATEMENT WILL GET A LOT OF ATTENTION AND
00:38:17ATTRACTION IN ONLINE SPACES. >> Reporter: AT THE SAME TIME AS
00:38:20THE POWER OF GENERATIVE A.I.
00:38:24INCREASES, IT IS GETTING HARD TO
00:38:26TELL WHAT IS REAL.
00:38:29>> WE WOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO
00:38:30TELL IF SOMETHING WAS JANKY, BUT
00:38:34NOW THE QUALITY IS IMPROVING LITERALLY MONTH BY MONTH.
00:38:38>> Reporter: WHAT IS NEXT? A.I. THAT TAILORS DISINFORMATION, DEPENDING ON THE TARGET.
00:38:40>> WHAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE
00:38:43AS WELL IS THAT THE A.I. IS ABLE
00:38:47TO ACTUALLY GENERATE PROFILES OF PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AGE, A CERTAIN ETHNICITY AND A CERTAIN POLITICAL -- AND IS ACTUALLY
00:38:51ABLE TO EMULATE THEM ONLINE
00:38:53WHILE SUBTLY INCLUDING THE SORT
00:38:56OF NEFARIOUS MESSAGES THAT THAT
00:39:00MALICIOUS STATE WANTS INCLUDED.
00:39:03>> Reporter: AS DISINFORMATION GROWS, QUINN SAYS THAT THE ABILITY TO TRACK IT IS GETTING MORE DIFFICULT. >> THIS IS THE CHALLENGE -- IT
00:39:06IS POSSIBLE FOR COUNTRIES TO BE
00:39:08MUCH MORE ASSERTIVE.
00:39:12THE THING THAT IS NOT TALKED ABOUT IS THAT ALL CAPACITY FOR RESEARCHERS TO STUDY WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THOSE PLATFORMS IS
00:39:16ALMOST COMPLETELY BEING REMOVED.
00:39:17>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FRUSTRATION FOR RESEARCHERS
00:39:21FACED WITH A GROWING THREAT. >> IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO
00:39:23RECONCILE SORT OF CARNEY'S
00:39:25SPEECH IN DAVOS WHERE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO CHART A
00:39:29NEW COURSE. >> Rt. Hon. Mark Carney: IN A
00:39:33WORLD OF GREAT POWER RIVALRY THE COUNTRIES IN BETWEEN HAVE A
00:39:36CHOICE -- COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER FOR FAVOUR, OR TO COMBINE
00:39:40TO CREATE A THIRD PATH WITH IMPACT.
00:39:44>> Reporter: AND THEN HAVE A DEMOCRATIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS ENTIRELY BASED IN THE UNITED
00:39:47STATES.
00:39:49>> IN A SITUATION WHERE THE
00:39:52UNITED STATES BECOMES MORE HOSTILE TOWARDS CANADIAN
00:39:56INTERESTS, THERE IS ENORMOUS VULNERABILITY, WHERE OUR ABILITY TO ORGANIZE, HAVE CONVERSATIONS,
00:40:00IS -- IS COMPROMISED.
00:40:05>> IF WE FIND OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, IN A WORLD WHERE AMERICA
00:40:07IS NOT JUST THREATENING TO ANNEX THE NORTH -- GREENLAND,
00:40:10CANADA -- WHATEVER -- BUT IT IS ACTUALLY PUTTING IT INTO
00:40:14ACTION -- HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET RELIABLE NEWS ABOUT WHAT IS
00:40:16HAPPENING ON PLATFORMS THAT ARE
00:40:21OWNED BY AMERICAN BILLIONAIRES?
00:40:24>> Reporter: WITH CANADA ABOUT
00:40:25TO REENTER CUSMA NEGOTIATIONS,
00:40:33WHERE OUR OWN DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY COULD BE ON THE TABLE, McQUINN SAYS THAT
00:40:37THE RESPONSIBILITY COMES DOWN TO US -- THE USERS. >> WE ARE SOME OF THE MOST EDUCATED SOCIETIES ON THE PLANET. YOU NEED TO ALWAYS QUESTION WHAT YOU ARE CLICKING THROUGH.
00:40:40AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SOCIETY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO YOU DISAGREE WITH ARE AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT, REALLY
00:40:44QUESTION WHETHER THIS SORT OF AMPLITUDE OF CONFLICT -- WHICH
00:40:48IS WHAT A LOT OF THESE ACTORS WANT -- IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO?
00:40:51YOU AND EVERY PERSON CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN HOW
00:40:54THIS UNFOLDS.
00:41:03>> Crystal:AN ALBERTA SEPARATIST GROUP SAYS THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A BLUEPRINT EXPLORING THE STRUCTURAL POLICIES NEEDED TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENCE. (♪)
00:41:07>>> COMING UP, FAST-FOOD GIANTS
00:41:12TURN TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO KEEP THEIR DRIVE-THRUS MOVING. >> CAN YOU GIVE ME A SIDE OF RANCH?
00:41:16>> YOU WANT TO ADD TWO COOKIES FOR $1.59?
00:41:17>> NO, RANCH.
00:41:20>> Crystal: WHEN ORDERING COMES WITH A SIDE OF BOT.
00:41:23THAT'S NEXT.
00:44:31>> Crystal: MAJOR U.S. FAST-FOOD CHAINS ARE TURNING TO ARTIFICIAL
00:44:34INTELLIGENCE TO RUN THEIR DRIVE-THRUS, AND CANADA MAY NOT
00:44:37BE FAR BEHIND.
00:44:40EARLIER THIS YEAR, NISHA PATEL VISITED A DETROIT WHITE CASTLE
00:44:44TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR SYSTEMS AND WHAT THE STAFF AND CUSTOMERS THINK ABOUT THE SHIFT.
00:44:48(♪)
00:44:51>> Reporter: THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU HEAD TO A DRIVE-THRU -- >> WELCOME, WHAT CAN I GET YOU TODAY?
00:44:55>> Reporter: YOU MIGHT NOTICE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. >> CAN I GET YOU ANY HOT OR MILD
00:44:58SAUCE? >> Reporter: I'M AT AMERICAN
00:45:01FAST-FOOD CHAIN WHITE CASTLE IN DETROIT AND A.I. IS ABOUT TO
00:45:03TAKE MY ORDER. IN THE U.S., MAJOR COMPANIES ARE
00:45:07TURNING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO RUN THEIR
00:45:10DRIVE-THRUS AND CANADA MAY NOT
00:45:11BE FAR BEHIND.
00:45:15BUT IS A.I. UP TO THE TASK? AND COULD FAST-FOOD JOBS BECOME
00:45:18OBSOLETE?
00:45:22THE ROLL OUT FOR A.I.
00:45:25DRIVE-THRUS HAS BEEN ROCKY WITH SOME CUSTOMERS TRYING TO TRIP UP
00:45:29THE A.I..
00:45:33>> 100 WATERS. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT WILL BE IT.
00:45:35>> Reporter: OTHERS BECOMING
00:45:39DISGRUNTLED IF THE CHATBOT MAKES A MISTAKE. >> CAN YOU GIVE ME A SIDE OF
00:45:43RANCH? >> WANT TO ADD TWO COOKIES FOR $1.59? >> NO, RANCH.
00:45:52GOING BACK TO HUMANS TAKING THE ORDERS. >> HI THERE. >> Reporter: BUT OVER THE PAST
00:45:56YEAR THE TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPROVED RAPIDLY AND MORE FAST-FOOD CHAINS ARE PUTTING A.I. BACK ON THE MENU.
00:45:59>> WHAT SOFT DRINK WOULD YOU LIKE? >> Reporter: AMERICAN BURGER
00:46:03CHAIN WHITE CASTLE CALLS THEIR A.I. CHATBOT JULIA, THE A.I.
00:46:06LISTENS TO THE CUSTOMER AND
00:46:08RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS.
00:46:11INSIDE THE ORDER POPS UP AND STAFF PREPARES THE FOOD.
00:46:15AND IF THERE'S A PROBLEM -- A
00:46:16REAL PERSON TAKES OVER.
00:46:21>> SO FAR WE HAD A FEW HICCUPS,
00:46:24BUT WE STRAIGHTENED THEM ALL
00:46:26OUT, AND IT IS DOING GOOD. >> Reporter: THE STORE MANAGER
00:46:30DENISE HARLEY IS EMBRACING HER NEW DIGITAL CO-WORKER. >> IT'S HELPING TO GET THE ORDERS IN AND OUT FASTER. >> Reporter: SOME OF THE YOUNGER STAFF DON'T EVEN REMEMBER A TIME
00:46:34WHEN A.I. WASN'T PART OF THE TEAM.
00:46:37>> I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING
00:46:40TO BE HARD TO WORK WITH, BUT IT ACTUALLY MAKES EVERYTHING EASIER.
00:46:43>> Reporter: AND SHE NEVER CALLS IN SICK, RIGHT? >> NO, THAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT HER.
00:46:47SHE DON'T BE CALLING OFF ON US. >> Reporter: FOR CUSTOMERS, THE
00:46:51NEW SYSTEM TAKES SOME GETTING USED TO. >> IF YOU DO SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IT DOESN'T
00:46:54RECOGNIZE IT. >> IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING,
00:46:58YOU KNOW, NO HASSLE AND ABLE TO GET WHAT I WANT. >> Reporter: JUST HOW EFFICIENT
00:47:02IS THE A.I.?
00:47:04WE DECIDED TO TEST IT OUT.
00:47:10CAN I GET ONE ORIGINAL WITH JALAPENO CHEESE.
00:47:12>> YOUR ORDER NUMBER IS 15. PLEASE FULL FORWARD TO SATISFY
00:47:15YOUR CRAVINGS. >> HERE YOU GO.
00:47:19>> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:47:20THAT WENT PRETTY SMOOTHLY.
00:47:23THE NEXT DAY WE TRIED A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
00:47:27OH, YOU HAVE AN EXTRA COKE ON THERE. CAN YOU TAKE ONE MEDIUM COKE OFF?
00:47:30>> GOT IT.
00:47:32>> Reporter: NO, YOU ADDED COKE.
00:47:34TAKE OFF THE TWO MEDIUM COKES. THIS TIME A HUMAN HAD TO STEP IN.
00:47:38>> CONNECTING YOU TO A TEAM MEMBER. HAVE A NICE DAY.
00:47:40[♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪]
00:47:49>> HI, WELCOME TO WHITE CASTLE.
00:47:50>> Reporter: THE TECHNOLOGY
00:47:53ISN'T PERFECT YET, BUT IT USES GENERATIVE A.I. WHICH MEANS THAT
00:47:56IT'S ALWAYS LEARNING. AND IT SHOULD IMPROVE OVER TIME.
00:48:00>> IT'S WELL ABOVE THE 90% RANGE.
00:48:03WE FOUND THAT ORDERING WITH
00:48:06JULIA IS BETTER ORDER ACCURACY THAN WE EXPERIENCED PRIOR TO
00:48:09JULIA. >> Reporter: WHITE CASTLE HAS
00:48:12JULIA IN PLACE AT ABOUT 40 LOCATIONS AND SAYS THAT THE
00:48:15CHATBOT FREES UP EMPLOYEES TO TAKE ON OTHER TASKS LIKE
00:48:19PREPPING FOOD AND WALKING IT OUT TO CUSTOMERS. >> THANK YOU.
00:48:22HAVE A GOOD DAY, OKAY? >> SO WE HAVEN'T USED IT AS A
00:48:26WAY TO REDUCE EMPLOYMENT, WE
00:48:30HAVE USED IT AS A WAY TO BE
00:48:34HOPEFULLY MORE PRODUCTIVE. >> Reporter: FAST-FOOD BUSINESSES HAVE FACED SERIOUS CHALLENGES IN RECENT YEARS, FROM RISING COST TO HIGH WORKER TURNOVER.
00:48:37THE SECTOR IS BETTING ON A.I. TO FILL THE GAPS. >> WE COME IN WITH BETTER
00:48:40ACCURACY AND MORE TIMELY
00:48:42GREETING AND ACCEPTANCE TO REALLY HELP THE WHOLE OPERATION
00:48:45TO RUN SMOOTHER.
00:48:46>> INTRODUCING DYNAMIC
00:48:51DRIVE-THRU BY SOUND HOUND A.I.. >> Reporter: CALIFORNIA-BASED
00:48:55SOUND HOUND PRODUCES CHAT ON
00:48:58BOOTS LIKE WHITE CASTLE'S JULIA.
00:49:03THEY SAY THEY CAN GIVE COMPANIES
00:49:05A BOOST AND LOWERING WAIT TIMES AT THE DRIVE-THRU AND UPSELLING CUSTOMERS ON THE MENU.
00:49:09>> I THINK WE'RE WELL BEYOND THE EARLY ADOPTER PHASE WHEN IT COMES TO BOTH MERCHANTS AND CONSUMERS AS THEY EXPERIENCE
00:49:12A.I..
00:49:15>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE REWARD
00:49:17POINTS TO ORDER? >> Reporter: SOUND HOUND ISN'T
00:49:21ALONE AND VOICE ORDERING CHATBOTS SEEM TO BE HITTING A TIPPING POINT. GOOGLE AND OTHERS ARE PARTNERING
00:49:24WITH MASSIVE FOOD-FOOD CHAINS. THE INDUSTRY IS BULLISH ON THE
00:49:27OPPORTUNITY.
00:49:30PRESTO AND SOUND HOUND BOTH CONFIRMED THAT VOICE A.I. WILL BE ROLLING OUT AT CANADIAN
00:49:34DRIVE-THRUS WITHIN MONTHS. WE REACHED OUT TO MULTIPLE
00:49:37FAST-FOOD CHAINS AND THEY
00:49:40WOULDN'T DISCLOSE THEIR PLANS. BUT SOME LABOUR ORGANIZERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FALLOUT FOR
00:49:43WORKERS.
00:49:45>> THIS IS JUST HAPPENING AT A
00:49:48SPEED WHICH HAS OUTPACED ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY CHANGE THAT WE
00:49:52HAVE SEEN. >> Reporter: SHE REPRESENTS WORKERS AT THE CANADIAN LABOUR
00:49:53CONGRESS.
00:49:57SHE WORRIES THAT A.I. WILL HAVE
00:50:01AN OUTSIZED IMPACT ON YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKING FOR ENTRY LEVEL JOBS.
00:50:05>> THESE ARE LIKE STEPPING STONE
00:50:07JOBS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
00:50:10SOME PEOPLE MAKE A CAREER OF IT,
00:50:13BUT IT'S A WAY INTO THE MARKET. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT EMPLOYEES WILL NEED TRAINING
00:50:17OPPORTUNITIES AND LABOUR PROTECTIONS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. >> THERE HAS TO BE A DISCUSSION WITH WORKERS, WITH UNIONS, ABOUT HOW WE DESIGN THIS, AND HOW IT GETS IMPLEMENTED.
00:50:21>> Reporter: OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM EXPECTS POSITIONS LIKE CASHIERS
00:50:24WILL BE ONE OF THE FASTEST DECLINING JOBS.
00:50:27DRIVEN BY AUTOMATION. >> I THINK THAT THEY GOT OUR
00:50:31ORDER CORRECT AND EVERYTHING.
00:50:32I JUST HATE THAT THIS IS WHAT
00:50:35THE WORLD IS COMING TO.
00:50:40THAT JUST MEANS LESS JOBS FOR
00:50:44HUMANS. >> Reporter: THE ROLE OF FAST-FOOD WORKERS COULD SHIFT RAPIDLY IF A.I. AT DRIVE-THRUS GOES MAINSTREAM. >> SORRY, DID I MAKE A MISTAKE?
00:50:47TRY SAYING ADD OR REMOVE. >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY IN THE
00:50:50FUTURE THAT A.I.-EQUIPPED
00:50:52DRIVE-THRUS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE
00:50:55ORDERS IN DOZENS OF LANGUAGES
00:50:59AND RECOGNIZE YOU BY THE CAR YOU THAT DRIVE AND OFFER YOU YOUR
00:51:01USUAL ORDER. (♪)
00:51:04>> Crystal: COMING UP, AN 11-YEAR-OLD CELEBRATES HIS
00:51:06BIRTHDAY IN A UNIQUE WAY.
00:51:09>> I WAS JUST COMPLETELY KIND OF
00:51:10OVERWHELMED BY THE AMOUNT OF
00:51:14KINDNESS AND INCLUSION. >> Crystal: HOW HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN NEXT IN OUR
00:51:18"MOMENT."
00:54:38>> Crystal: THIS IS SORIN GRIFFIN. HE RECENTLY TURNED 11 YEARS OLD
00:54:42AND HAD AN EPIC BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
00:54:45SORIN HAS AUTISM AND HIS FAVOURITE THING TO DO IS
00:54:48TRICK-OR-TREAT. SO HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD IN
00:54:51HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, CAME
00:54:52TOGETHER TO MAKE HIS BIRTHDAY
00:54:55JUST A LITTLE BIT SWEETER. AND THAT MAKES OUR "MOMENT"
00:54:57TONIGHT. (♪) >> WHAT DO YOU SAY, SAY
00:55:01TRICK-OR-TREAT. FOR HIS BIRTHDAY I HAD THE IDEA
00:55:05OF SEEING IF SOME OF MY NEIGHBOURS WOULD ALLOW HIM TO TRICK-OR-TREAT AT THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE HE LOVES
00:55:08TRICK-OR-TREATING. SORIN IS AUTISTIC SO A
00:55:12TRADITIONAL BIRTHDAY PARTY IS
00:55:13NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
00:55:17FULFILLING FOR HIM.
00:55:21I POSTED IT IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
00:55:23FACEBOOK GROWP AND 83 PEOPLE AGREED. OH, WOW, OKAY.
00:55:26AND SO I GOT THEIR ADDRESSES AND
00:55:29I STARTED AN EXCEL
00:55:33SPREADSHEET. WE WERE GOING AROUND ON A GOLF
00:55:36CART AND I HAD DECORATED IT WITH BALLOONS.
00:55:40PEOPLE HAD PERSONALIZED SIGNS, AND NOT JUST CANDY AND THERE
00:55:44WERE HANDWRITTEN NOTES AND LEGO
00:55:48AND PLAY DOH. I WAS COMPLETELY KIND OF OVERWHELMED BY THE AMOUNT OF KINDNESS AND INCLUSION.
00:55:52>> TRICK-OR-TREAT. >> TRICK-OR-TREAT! >> WE STARTED AT 5:30 IN THE AFTERNOON AND WE FINISHED AROUND 9:30 P.M..
00:55:54HE WANTED TO KEEP GOING. I COULD TELL THAT HE WAS REALLY
00:55:57ENJOYING IT. >> Crystal: NOW SOME OF THE
00:56:00NEIGHBOURHOOD KIDS HAVE ASKED
00:56:03THEIR PARENTS IF THEY COULD TRICK-OR-TREAT WITH SORIN THIS YEAR.
00:56:07SO NOT ONLY DID HE GET FOUR BIG
00:56:09BAGS OF CANDIES, BUT SOME NEW FRIENDS.
00:56:12NOW WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT BANANA
00:56:15COSTUME, WHICH IS HIS FAVOURITE, WILL BE THE ONE THAT HE CHOOSES
00:56:18FOR THIS HALLOWEEN.
00:56:20>>> AND FROM ALL OF US HERE AT "THE NATIONAL," THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
00:56:24I'M CRYSTAL GOOMANSINGH. TAKE CARE.
00:56:25(♪)
00:56:28(♪)
01:00:24(♪) >> Crystal: TONIGHT, POLICE ASK
01:00:27FOR WITNESSES WHO SAW SUSPICIOUS
01:00:29ACTIVITY AS THEY HUNT FOR THE CAUSE OF B.C.'S BALD RANGE
01:00:32WILDFIRE. >> SOME OF THAT FIRE WAS COMING
01:00:35OVER THE RIDGE AND THEN YOU SAW
01:00:42FIREBALLS. >> Crystal: A FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE DAMAGE, GIVING HOPE AND CONFIRMING LOSS.
01:00:45>> NOT KNOWING, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS. >> Crystal: AND THE WARNINGS
01:00:49THAT IT'S NOT SAFE FOR RESIDENTS TO RETURN AS A NEW ARREST IS MADE INSIDE OF THE EVACUATION
01:00:53ZONE.
01:00:57>>