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00:00:24I'm Adrian Arceneaux, chief correspondent for CBC News. Here's what's making news right now.
00:00:32HOMES. >> Eli: THANK YOU, LINDA. >> Eli: THANK YOU, LINDA. >> Linda: YOU'RE WELCOME.
00:00:35>> Linda: YOU'RE WELCOME. >> Eli: TURNING NOW TO TRADE >> Eli: TURNING NOW TO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE U.S.
00:00:39THE U.S. THE TWO COUNTRIES ARE STILL FAR THE TWO COUNTRIES ARE STILL FAR APART ON A TARIFF DEAL AS THE
00:00:42APART ON A TARIFF DEAL AS THE CLOCK TICKS DOWN TO NEXT WEEK'S
00:00:45CLOCK TICKS DOWN TO NEXT WEEK'S DEADLINE FOR A SWEEPING ROUND OF DEADLINE FOR A SWEEPING ROUND OF TARIFFS.
00:00:48TARIFFS. WASHINGTON SAYS IT'S WILLING TO WASHINGTON SAYS IT'S WILLING TO PULL BACK ON AUTO TARIFFS, BUT
00:00:51PULL BACK ON AUTO TARIFFS, BUT IT'S STILL DEMANDING IT'S STILL DEMANDING CONCESSIONS.
00:00:54CONCESSIONS. THE MESSAGE FROM U.S. TRADE THE MESSAGE FROM U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVES IS THAT
00:00:57REPRESENTATIVES IS THAT AMERICA'S TARIFFS ARE FAIR AND AMERICA'S TARIFFS ARE FAIR AND THE COUNTRY WON'T TOLERATE
00:01:00THE COUNTRY WON'T TOLERATE CANADIAN RETALIATION.
00:01:02CANADIAN RETALIATION. THE CBC'S KATE McKENNA REPORTS.
00:01:27THE CBC'S KATE McKENNA REPORTS. >> Reporter: U.S. TRADE >> Reporter: U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE JAMIESON GREER
00:01:30REPRESENTATIVE JAMIESON GREER TOURING THIS TIRE FACTORY IN THE TOURING THIS TIRE FACTORY IN THE MIDWEST AND PROMOTING HIS
00:01:33MIDWEST AND PROMOTING HIS MESSAGE, THAT TARIFFS ARE SAVING MESSAGE, THAT TARIFFS ARE SAVING U.S. JOBS AFTER A WEEK OF
00:01:36U.S. JOBS AFTER A WEEK OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADIAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADIAN OFFICIALS TO GET A NEW TRADE OFFICIALS TO GET A NEW TRADE DEAL.
00:01:39DEAL. >> I'M WONDERING FROM YOUR >> I'M WONDERING FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND FROM THE TRUMP
00:01:42PERSPECTIVE AND FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S PERSPECTIVE, ADMINISTRATION'S PERSPECTIVE, HOW ARE NEGOTIATIONS GOING
00:01:45HOW ARE NEGOTIATIONS GOING BETWEEN CANADA AND THE U.S.? BETWEEN CANADA AND THE U.S.? >> WE'RE HAVING WHAT I WOULD
00:01:48>> WE'RE HAVING WHAT I WOULD CALL CONSTRUCTIVE NEGOTIATIONS CALL CONSTRUCTIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CANADIANS.
00:01:51WITH THE CANADIANS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, PRESIDENT AT THE END OF THE DAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE UNITED STATES,
00:01:54TRUMP AND THE UNITED STATES, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT IS BEST WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR AMERICA. FOR AMERICA. IF THERE IS A WAY TO BRING
00:01:58IF THERE IS A WAY TO BRING CANADA ALONG WITH THAT, WE'RE CANADA ALONG WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. HAPPY TO DO THAT. >> Reporter: BUT GREER SAYS
00:02:02>> Reporter: BUT GREER SAYS THERE IS STILL A BIG GAP BETWEEN THERE IS STILL A BIG GAP BETWEEN BOTH SIDES AND WARNS SHOULD BOTH SIDES AND WARNS SHOULD CANADA
00:02:05CANADA RETALIATE WHEN NEW TARIFFS TAKE RETALIATE WHEN NEW TARIFFS TAKE EFFECT NEXT WEEK, THERE EFFECT NEXT WEEK, THERE WILL BE REPERCUSSIONS.
00:02:09WILL BE REPERCUSSIONS. >> IF A COUNTRY RETALIATES >> IF A COUNTRY RETALIATES AGAINST US, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT AGAINST US, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THAT AND WILL
00:02:13GOING TO TOLERATE THAT AND WILL TAKE ACTION. TAKE ACTION. MY SENSE IS THE CANADIANS WANT A MY SENSE IS THE CANADIANS WANT A MORE CONCILIATORY APPROACH.
00:02:17MORE CONCILIATORY APPROACH. BUT WE'LL SEE. BUT WE'LL SEE. >> Reporter: GREER LEFT FOR THE
00:02:21IOWA STATE FAIR TO PROMOTE THE ADMINISTRATION'S PRO-TARIFF ADMINISTRATION'S PRO-TARIFF PUSH, BUT NOT EVERYONE HERE IS PUSH, BUT NOT EVERYONE HERE IS BUYING IT.
00:02:25BUYING IT. >> THIS POLICY HAS BEEN VERY >> THIS POLICY HAS BEEN VERY CHAOTIC. CHAOTIC. >> Reporter: THE HEAD OF IOWA'S
00:02:29>> Reporter: THE HEAD OF IOWA'S FARMERS' UNION SAYS TARIFFS HAVE FARMERS' UNION SAYS TARIFFS HAVE DRIVEN UP COSTS AND HURT DRIVEN UP COSTS AND HURT BUSINESS.
00:02:32BUSINESS. >> WE'VE LOST MANY INTERNATIONAL
00:02:35CUSTOMERS OF OURS WHO NO LONGER SEE US AS RELIABLE TRADE SEE US AS RELIABLE TRADE PARTNERS AND THEY'RE GOING TO
00:02:38PARTNERS AND THEY'RE GOING TO COUNTRIES WHERE THEY HAVE A MORE COUNTRIES WHERE THEY HAVE A MORE PREDICTABLE TRADE POLICY. PREDICTABLE TRADE POLICY. >> Reporter: ON FRIDAY
00:02:42>> Reporter: ON FRIDAY U.S.-CANADA TRADE MINISTER U.S.-CANADA TRADE MINISTER DOMINIC LeBLANC
00:02:46BRIEFED THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES SAYING AMERICANS ARE TERRITORIES SAYING AMERICANS ARE DIGGING IN AND NOT BUDGING FROM
00:02:49DIGGING IN AND NOT BUDGING FROM THEIR POSITIONS ON SECTORAL THEIR POSITIONS ON SECTORAL TARIFFS AND IRRITANTS LIKE
00:02:52TARIFFS AND IRRITANTS LIKE CANADA'S DAIRY QUOTA SYSTEM. CANADA'S DAIRY QUOTA SYSTEM. >> THERE IS A BLITZ IN
00:02:55>> THERE IS A BLITZ IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND WE NEED TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FEDERAL
00:02:57MAKE SURE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PUT FORWARD GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PUT FORWARD THE IDEA OF MODIFYING THE SUPPLY
00:03:00THE IDEA OF MODIFYING THE SUPPLY MANAGEMENT FOR THE DAIRY SYSTEM. MANAGEMENT FOR THE DAIRY SYSTEM. >> Reporter: A BIPARTISAN >> Reporter: A BIPARTISAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALSO BRIEFED
00:03:05ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALSO BRIEFED AND WARNED TO AND WARNED TO PREPARE FOR EITHER A DEAL OR PREPARE FOR EITHER A DEAL OR ANOTHER TARIFF SHOCK.
00:03:09ANOTHER TARIFF SHOCK. >> CANADA WILL WEATHER THIS >> CANADA WILL WEATHER THIS STORM. STORM. WE'RE FACING THE STORM HEAD ON
00:03:12WE'RE FACING THE STORM HEAD ON AND TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH AND TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE HURRICANE OF THE TRUMP THE HURRICANE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
00:03:16ADMINISTRATION. >> Reporter: PEOPLE WHO WERE IN >> Reporter: PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE BRIEFING SAY THE AMERICANS
00:03:19THE BRIEFING SAY THE AMERICANS AREN'T WILLING TO SIGNIFICANTLY AREN'T WILLING TO SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER SECTORAL TARIFFS AND
00:03:22LOWER SECTORAL TARIFFS AND THAT THEIR POSITION HASN'T REALLY CHANGED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
00:03:26OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE ARE SOME SECTORS THAT THEY THERE ARE SOME SECTORS THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO REDUCE, FOR ARE WILLING TO REDUCE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON AUTO THEY'RE WILLING
00:03:30EXAMPLE, ON AUTO THEY'RE WILLING TO GO TO GO DOWN TO 12.5% BUT FOR CANADA DOWN TO 12.5% BUT FOR CANADA THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
00:03:34It's in the middle of a busy season on a central Alberta bee
00:03:37yard, right in the heart of Canada's
00:03:40largest honey producing province. But in just a few
00:03:43days, local producers are bracing for
00:03:45a big sting, a 50% US tariff on honey that
00:03:48would effectively close off their biggest export market.
00:03:51Lauren Prince runs Gull Lake Honey,
00:03:53an operation about 130 kilometers southwest of
00:03:56Edmonton.
00:03:59Yes, so there's still some honey
00:04:01potential here. Wet weather has already hurt this year's crop,
00:04:04and the August 19th proposed tariff deadline is another
00:04:07heavy blow to producers. We already had some stress about
00:04:10the quantity of honey we were going to produce this year.
00:04:15We always have the stress of increased operating cost. And
00:04:19now to even consider the possibility of our honey prices
00:04:23being squashed by US tariffs, it's one more frustration. the
00:04:27US administration threatened the levy last month,
00:04:30setting what it describes as Canada's discriminatory trade
00:04:34practices. To the industry surprise,
00:04:37honey made the list of targeted goods. Though Prince says
00:04:41locally losing the number one purchaser of exports,
00:04:44he expects domestic prices
00:04:46will plummet. It will strand an enormous amount of honey on the
00:04:50prairies.
00:04:51It could be really, really damaging to our our
00:04:55price this year. It's a feeling echoed by this Lacombe County
00:04:59beekeeper Jeremy Olthoff, as years of difficult weather
00:05:03already weigh on local producers. It's definitely an
00:05:07added stress, especially the last few years
00:05:10we've it has been tough for, for the industry. So it's just
00:05:14another added stress that is on our minds. Like although
00:05:18several hundreds of beekeepers send around 70% of Canada's
00:05:23honey
00:05:24exports to the US and that probably increased dramatically
00:05:27here in the last two weeks. The reason ROTC Scarlett with the
00:05:31Canadian Honey Council says currently honey producers are
00:05:35scrambling to get as much honey across the border before the
00:05:38tariff kicks in. the US Packers were quite worried that they
00:05:42wouldn't be able to get Canadian honey. They moved up
00:05:46their contract delivery dates and prices. But that market
00:05:49effectively closing this industry advocates says it
00:05:53would be catastrophic
00:05:54the beekeeping industry here in Canada and the ripple effect
00:05:58she feels wouldn't stop at honey. When the beekeeping
00:06:01industry collapses, we have effects on pollination,
00:06:05we have effects on other food crops and that this isn't just
00:06:09a few $100 million in honey that's being affected,
00:06:12it's billions of dollars across the agriculture industry that
00:06:16would be affected by these tariffs. In a statement to CBC,
00:06:20a spokesperson for Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says
00:06:23Canada is engaging in
00:06:25intensively with the United States to address outstanding
00:06:28trade issues, but declined further comment
00:06:31while negotiations continue. If a deal isn't reached,
00:06:34Agriculture and Agri Food Canada points producers to
00:06:37existing federal safety net programs like Agri Invest to
00:06:40help cushion the blow back on the farm. All that's left to do
00:06:44now for local producers is wait, hoping a deal is reached before
00:06:48the clock runs out and the Hashmi. CBC News, Lacombe County.
00:06:55Saskatchewan's taste in alcohol is changing and no one knows
00:06:59that better than bogged in Angel. The manager of this
00:07:02Sherwood Coop liquor store has had to change what he's
00:07:05offering on his store shelves because customers are favoring
00:07:09Canadian booze. Definitely noticed that there is a trend.
00:07:13People are moving away from American products and they're
00:07:16trying to support as much as possible the Canadian wines and
00:07:20spirits. Also, that's not just at this store.
00:07:22Customers say they are making the conscious choice to buy
00:07:26Canadian made alcohol. Canada is an amazing country. You know,
00:07:30we're so diverse and it's,
00:07:32you know, local farmers and everything
00:07:34trying to help them out too. You gotta support Canadians
00:07:38over the US. I I personally buy a Canadian
00:07:41because that's just the way it is,
00:07:42especially with what's going on down in the States and that
00:07:45Saskatchewan is one of only two provinces where you can
00:07:48continue to buy US made alcohol on liquor store shelves. And
00:07:52the provinces liquor wholesaler says they've seen a 40% drop in
00:07:55the sale of US made alcohol over the last fiscal year.
00:07:58That's left businesses with a very simple choice. If
00:08:01something sits on her shelf too long,
00:08:03it's not moving. We're going to do something with it and we're
00:08:06going to put something in that space that is going to sell.
00:08:09Sherwood Coop says it wants to give customers a choice,
00:08:12but it's also reacting
00:08:13to what its customers want. We definitely notice that wines as
00:08:17the most penalized category so far. Bourbon,
00:08:19it's still keeping up and so is the beer. But wine is
00:08:22definitely this action that it's,
00:08:24it's more targeted. But providing options like American
00:08:27bourbon has paid off. We have it and we've had people from
00:08:31Manitoba coming here buy some product and thank us for having
00:08:34it because they can't get it in their home province. Sources
00:08:37have told CBC News that Ottawa is open to potentially halting
00:08:41booze bans as part of trade negotiations with Washington. U.
00:08:44S. President Donald Trump
00:08:46has threatened to impose more tariffs on Canada this month,
00:08:49partly because many provinces won't sell US made alcohol. But
00:08:53the data from Saskatchewan shows that even if American
00:08:57liquor is on store shelves, there may not be many Canadians
00:09:01interested in buying it. Alexander Kwan. CBC News, Regina.
00:09:07Montreal police are utilizing AI to help with its
00:09:08investigations. The tech and the way it's being used could
00:09:12change policing in the city moving forward. The SPVM has
00:09:15made it very clear they're interested in it to this
00:09:18technology. They're deploying this technology. A surveillance
00:09:21camera similar to Flock in the United States is here. It's
00:09:24called the Cloud Runner CRH 2 from Montreal based company
00:09:28Genentech. It scans license plates but can also identify
00:09:31the colour, make and model of vehicles. But
00:09:33unlike Flock, the information can only be accessed by its operator.
00:09:37The camera is one part of a larger software that uses AI to
00:09:41detect and identify vehicles. But the company says privacy is
00:09:45carefully monitored and that data can't be tampered with as
00:09:49every interaction with it is logged. You should have an
00:09:52expectation of reasonable privacy. However, as I said,
00:09:56it's a trade off. If the threat of something bad happening is
00:10:00high, as a community we need to say
00:10:02what are we comfortable with giving up? In a statement,
00:10:06the SPBM says that it's only using the cloud
00:10:09and her camera for a specific investigation and that other
00:10:12similar cameras could be added in the future. It is connected
00:10:16to the wireless network, so the cellular network. And so
00:10:20footage that it collects, just watching traffic,
00:10:23watching whatever goes on outside is then sent to,
00:10:26you know, a cloud service. And then
00:10:28artificial intelligence is used to analyze those that that
00:10:32footage. The SPM is also using another software called imotion
00:10:36Roc. It's an American software from Rank One
00:10:39Computing. It uses AI to track certain characteristics,
00:10:43among other things. It's currently on 46 urban security
00:10:47cameras and can even work on video collected by officers
00:10:51with citizen consent or warrant. Rock's ability is to look up to
00:10:568 different attributes at once. So the ability to go rapidly
00:11:01and look at different images, all the images at normal speed
00:11:05and analyze the footage so you can find something specific.
00:11:10Though the software has real time biometric tracking
00:11:13capabilities, VBM says it wouldn't use those
00:11:15features. It says it would focus on elements detectives
00:11:19already know. And we'll look for visual attributes like
00:11:22clothing. An internal privacy impact assessment by the SPVM
00:11:25obtained by CBC News acknowledges the technology
00:11:28poses civil liberties risks. They mentioned that it could
00:11:32put innocent third parties under investigation and the
00:11:35risk of discrimination based on visible social characteristics.
00:11:38This lawyer says the right to privacy is fundamental.
00:11:42And if we're using AI to organize, to treat, to analyze,
00:11:47make decisions or projections based on this data,
00:11:53you, the individual will lose
00:11:55control over is his privacy. At least in the public domain. The
00:11:59city's public records show a $17,
00:12:01000 contract to obtain 4 Cloud Runner units over the
00:12:04subscription of one year. CBC News reached out to the city
00:12:08and asked if it had submitted a bid to obtain the Cloud Runner
00:12:12cameras, and it said it didn't. Levy
00:12:14says these technologies could be abused by law enforcement
00:12:18and that's why it's important for cities to be as transparent
00:12:22as possible. Every time
00:12:23camera pops up in public use without any explanation for why
00:12:27it's there, it's reasonable for members of
00:12:30the public to ask questions, why is it being used,
00:12:33Who is using it? What is it being used for?
00:12:35How are my rights being protected?
00:12:38Says policymakers have to catch up and set limitations on how
00:12:41AI technology can be used in public.
00:12:46It's a major victory for Ontario's premier,
00:12:49allowing him to leave his mark on Toronto streets,
00:12:52the province's highest court, clearing the way for Doug Ford
00:12:57to remove some of the city's most prominent bike lanes,
00:13:00something he's wanted to do for years. They're taking up one
00:13:05lane of traffic. They're backed up from here to Timbuktu. He
00:13:09and his transportation minister are hailing it as a victory for
00:13:13common sense.
00:13:15The ruling reverses a decision by lower court and states the
00:13:18province is allowed to do what it wants on all Ontario roads,
00:13:22regardless of expert advice. Consistently,
00:13:24what the premier was told, and the minister as well from
00:13:28the moment this legislation was first being discussed,
00:13:31was that bike lanes do not cause traffic congestion and
00:13:34ripping them out will put people's lives at risk. The
00:13:37lower court decision last summer blocked Ford's moves
00:13:40based on internal Ministry of Transportation documents that
00:13:43showed experts telling the province
00:13:46that removing bike lanes could increase Rd. collisions without
00:13:50meaningfully reducing traffic. But the appeals court judges
00:13:54say, quote this point is fundamental.
00:13:57The government is free to accept some,
00:14:00all or none of the advice it receives,
00:14:02and the previous ruling inflates the negative effects
00:14:06of removing the bicycle lanes.
00:14:10The province won't say when removals might begin. Toronto
00:14:14Mayor Olivia Chao says she's still trying to work with
00:14:18Ontario to find a compromise that would keep some of those
00:14:22lanes operational. Lane Harrison. CBC News Toronto.
00:16:37It's not always easy to figure out how massive wildfires start,
00:16:41but there are some significant clues early on. When there's
00:16:45not a clear lightning source, then it automatically,
00:16:49for the most part, is human. The devastating Bald
00:16:53Range fire is considered suspicious. A few days after it
00:16:57lit, the BC Wildfire Service sounded
00:16:59the alarm over people intentionally starting fires.
00:17:03We are extremely concerned about intentionally set
00:17:07wildfires anywhere in the province at anytime,
00:17:10but given the conditions that we continue to speak of,
00:17:14we are obviously more concerned right now. According to the BC
00:17:18Wildfire Service, of nearly 15, 000 wildfires over the past 10
00:17:23years, 560 of them were classified as
00:17:25arson or suspicious. That's about 4% of all wildfires. The
00:17:29Wildfire service calls these incendiary fires defined as
00:17:33fires intentionally ignited in an area or under circumstances
00:17:38where and when there should not be a fire.
00:17:41A Cologne. A man was recently sentenced to 21 months in
00:17:44prison for starting the Knox Mountain fire last year. Police
00:17:48suspect 5 brush fires near Shoe Swap Lake were intentionally
00:17:52lit earlier this month. When people become aware of the
00:17:56potential for aggressive fire behavior,
00:17:58it also coincides with increase in arson. So there's a
00:18:02correlation there between. This expert says the most
00:18:05devastating examples can be seen South of the border,
00:18:09most recently in Spokane, where a suspect faces five
00:18:12first degree arson charges leading to fires that burned
00:18:16more than 800 homes, highlighting just how
00:18:18destructive intentional fires can be. It's very,
00:18:21very serious. When you have incendiary devices,
00:18:24you're dealing with kind of things that behave like
00:18:28explosives.
00:18:29Those are almost always near or around communities. And so
00:18:33they're mixing with fuels that you that are highly hazardous.
00:18:37The cause of the Bald Range fire is still under
00:18:40investigation. Police at the mercy of the flames,
00:18:43which are still raging out of control. John Hernandez,
00:18:47CBC News, Vancouver.
00:18:54It's a gathering on the shores of Okanogan Lake,
00:18:57a prayer for much needed rain. The Okanagan Nation Alliance
00:19:00coming together while thousands of people across the province
00:19:04have been forced from their home.
00:19:07We need more water. So it was nice that we came to pray for
00:19:11the water and the rain and everyone,
00:19:14not just ourselves here in the North Okanogan. Some are
00:19:18finally able to return home, but many living on Okanagan
00:19:23Indian Band land still remain on evacuation order as the
00:19:27Bradley Creek wildfire continues to smolder. Others
00:19:31have no home to return to. And it's not just the homes lost,
00:19:35it's what they contained. There were really well made
00:19:40wife had some baskets that were given to her by her mother and
00:19:46her great grandmother. And I can't really
00:19:51think of how valuable or it's not the money thing on it. It's
00:19:55just losing such a precious
00:19:58things. Hundreds of homes on Okanagan Indian Band land were
00:20:02burned in the fire, with exact numbers to be
00:20:05announced in the coming days. But Louis says more than the
00:20:09loss of material possessions, their watershed, forests,
00:20:13forage and harvesting areas have all been destroyed,
00:20:16which will take decades, if not longer,
00:20:19to recover. Louis worked in forestry and as a firefighter
00:20:23and has watched as climate change has impacted his
00:20:26homeland. I'm not worried for myself. I'm worried for that
00:20:30people who's going to be
00:20:32here long term because you're looking at all of our
00:20:36watersheds all burnt off. The house and garden belonging to
00:20:40his sister Dora Louis Alexis were spared and are now
00:20:44providing a haven for animals. Right now we're not there and
00:20:48it's OK for the chickens and other animals that deer and
00:20:53everything to come and eat because they're habitat is
00:20:57being burnt out. Also, her grandson is a firefighter
00:21:00and has been updating her on the status of her property.
00:21:06For many, it's still a wait and see
00:21:09situation with no timeline on when the evacuation orders
00:21:12might be lifted. Jacqueline Delano, CBC News, Vernon.
00:21:19Wildfires are burning across BC and homes have been destroyed.
00:21:23So what do you do if you found out you've lost everything?
00:21:26The first step would be to contact your insurance company
00:21:29and get that process started. Experts say if you have home
00:21:33insurance, you're likely covered for
00:21:35wildfire damage and will be reimbursed for living expenses.
00:21:38Things like hotel rooms, things like food where you're
00:21:42forced outside your home, things like a rental car if you
00:21:45don't have access to your vehicle, taxis,
00:21:47things like that, clothing, household items.
00:21:50But the process to rebuild can be a long one. It's multiple
00:21:53steps and it's a real exercise in patience. But it took two
00:21:57years for Antique Goyer to rebuild from the McDougall
00:22:00Creek wildfire near West Kelowna in 2023. Before the
00:22:03fire hit, she and her husband videotaped
00:22:05the layouts and contents of their entire house,
00:22:08a key step that helped document their losses with the insurance
00:22:12company. We were able to go through each room and then
00:22:15freeze the video and write down all the things that we saw and,
00:22:19and it it's an endless process. But without the videos, you're,
00:22:22you're relying on memories. For people like de Goyer,
00:22:25insurance covered nearly everything except for things
00:22:28like utilities, which she says she would have
00:22:31paid for anyway if her house didn't burn down. But what if
00:22:34you don't have insurance? When you come home and there's
00:22:37nothing left standing and everything is leveled,
00:22:39you don't know where to start. In 2021,
00:22:41Litton and the surrounding areas were devastated,
00:22:44flames destroying almost everything,
00:22:46including the home of Trisha Thorpe. We did not have
00:22:49insurance. We were outside of Fire Protection
00:22:51and we had wood heat. My situation is actually not
00:22:54unique across this province. Many in the community couldn't
00:22:59afford insurance or didn't qualify Thorpe relying on
00:23:02charities, nonprofit organizations and
00:23:05others to rebuild. We had a lot of help from community,
00:23:08from friends, from my family, or we never would have been
00:23:12able to do it. The the resources aren't there for
00:23:16people who lose their homes, at least not from a government
00:23:20perspective. In my opinion.
00:23:22Macy's Emergency Support Services program provides short
00:23:25term help. People can access food, clothing and shelter,
00:23:28but when it comes to long term recovery,
00:23:30that support differs on the event and eventually can run
00:23:33out. It is something that all of us need to spend a few
00:23:36minutes every year just to make sure we have the financial
00:23:39protection in place for our family and for what is likely
00:23:42the biggest financial asset we own,
00:23:44which is our home. With officials still assessing
00:23:46damage and wildfire season not over yet,
00:23:49experts are reminding everyone to review their coverage and plan head.
00:23:56Another brutal summer for wildfires and a growing
00:23:59shortage of a key tool can add air. Water bombers manufactured
00:24:03in Canada. We are under pressure. We know that this is
00:24:07a very important aircraft. For consecutive summers,
00:24:10politicians lament the lack of water bombers. We could use
00:24:14every water bomber we can get our hands on. One solution is a
00:24:18second production line, which is possible with federal
00:24:21government support, a move that could create a
00:24:24national fleet of firefighting aircraft.
00:24:27The world is burning up.
00:24:29We need equipment to be able to fight those fires and fight
00:24:32those fires effectively.
00:24:38The iconic yellow and red water bombers,
00:24:41nicknamed the Super Scooper, are prominent in the
00:24:44firefighting battle in Europe, the large Canadian amphibious
00:24:48aircraft repeatedly swooping down to fill up before dropping
00:24:52it all to douse flames, sometimes operating as a
00:24:56squadron to magnify their impact.
00:24:59You marry them, this French resident saying. I
00:25:02saw the flames coming, I saw the can add air. So I
00:25:05think it's thanks to them and surely the firefighters too.
00:25:08All the houses in the community were saved.
00:25:14This Spanish pilot describing the high winds and very strong
00:25:17turbulence, but the Canadair is
00:25:20specifically designed to fly in these conditions.
00:25:23At the same time, these extraordinary fires in
00:25:26France, Spain and Greece, sparking backlash over a
00:25:30shortage of the aircraft's new water bombers,
00:25:33were ordered in 2022. But the wait continues,
00:25:38these planes at the centre of the burning heat on political
00:25:42leaders for being unprepared to tackle the extreme summer
00:25:45weather. A world on fire and everyone looking for new planes.
00:25:49Right now we're stuck in a situation where the demand is
00:25:52huge because when the world is looking for more water bombers,
00:25:56newer water bombers, and we're not ready. Every
00:25:59continent on the earth, from Australia to Europe,
00:26:02Canada water bombers have proven their effectiveness over
00:26:05the last 60 years.
00:26:08The original design dates back to the 1960s,
00:26:11becoming a workhorse for fighting wildfires in Canada
00:26:15and Europe. About 160 of the aircraft are still operating.
00:26:19Experts say the world could use hundreds of new water bombers
00:26:24to expand their firefighting power and to replace aging
00:26:28fleets.
00:26:31What the world wants is being assembled in northeast Calgary.
00:26:36For decades, Bombardier built the aircraft
00:26:39but stopped in 2015 as demand slowed. Calgary based Haviland
00:26:43now owns the water bomber program and began the rare step
00:26:46of resurrecting and modernizing production. Four years ago.
00:26:52The 1st 2 aircraft of the revived Canadair Water bomber
00:26:56beginning to take shape. The wings,
00:26:58nose and cockpit on schedule to be complete in early 2028. This
00:27:02is a very hands-on hand built aircraft,
00:27:05always has been and it always will be. Start over here that
00:27:09take as many photos as you want. There is an immense amount of
00:27:13pride as executive Neil Sweeney shows off the production line.
00:27:17Yeah, so this is so this is the
00:27:20inside of the wing. Canadian history,
00:27:22technology and manufacturing,
00:27:24they're part of the Canadair story. So we make about 80% of
00:27:28the parts for this aircraft, and here in Canada it's about
00:27:3280% Canadian content. The world wants it badly. That's why the
00:27:36pride is also mixed with stress and scrutiny to deliver as
00:27:39communities are destroyed with each passing summer. We are
00:27:43under pressure. We know that this is a very important
00:27:47aircraft, not only for Canada but for the
00:27:49world. We take our responsibility to our customers
00:27:52and the people they serve very seriously. Thank you very much.
00:27:58Canadian premiers are also waiting. Alberta,
00:28:01Ontario and Manitoba all have the water bombers on order
00:28:04already. A few years of waiting and several more years until
00:28:08they arrive. The wait is why all the demand isn't
00:28:11translating into more firm orders. Any new order today
00:28:15would only be delivered about 6 years from now at the earliest.
00:28:19Without those firm orders though,
00:28:21the company is reluctant to make the investments and hiring
00:28:25to ramp up production. That's why Albertus Premieres pitching
00:28:29to Place a big
00:28:30murder to give enough guaranteed work for Dehaviland
00:28:33to build a second production line. Danielle Smith is urging
00:28:37her provincial counterparts to partner with Ottawa so the
00:28:40federal government can step up to Haviland has 38 orders
00:28:43already and is planning to produce about 10 aircraft per
00:28:47year, the company has told Ottawa
00:28:49Directly. Manufacturing can double if a big order is made,
00:28:52something they'd have to consider. But if we had an
00:28:55order of 50 from Canada as an example,
00:28:58we would build a second line tomorrow.
00:29:01It wouldn't be cheap for the price tag for each aircraft,
00:29:05an estimated $80 million.
00:29:11How many water bombers Canada needs is an open question.
00:29:18For this summer, Ottawa leased 10 airplanes and
00:29:22helicopters for provinces and territories to use in fighting
00:29:26fires. They are in high demand. There definitely have been
00:29:30situations where we've had to triage requests that come
00:29:34through when there's competing requests coming in. Planes are
00:29:39effective in slowing the spread of wildfires,
00:29:42creating perimeters and reducing heat to help ground
00:29:46crews. Their effectiveness can be hindered by smoke
00:29:50in certain terrain. They're not the silver bullet to
00:29:54firefighting. So
00:29:56while planes are the sexy part of firefighting,
00:30:00there's a lot of other things that we need to consider with
00:30:05the ongoing threat that we're seeing from wildfires today,
00:30:11the federal government is considering whether to launch a
00:30:15national fleet of modern firefighting aircraft. It's one
00:30:18of the recommendations from a Senate report released in June.
00:30:22For now, the federal government says
00:30:24it's in close contact with the provinces and territories to
00:30:27coordinate efforts and identify the best ways to support one
00:30:30another in the face of the growing impacts of wildfires.
00:30:37If production at Dehaviland does not take off to meet
00:30:40growing demand, there is a risk foreign
00:30:42companies or countries could develop their own rival
00:30:45firefighting aircraft. Whether it's China, whether it's Russia,
00:30:48whether it's France, whether it's the UK,
00:30:51whether it's Greece, whoever they're going to,
00:30:54they're going to come out and they're going to move fast and
00:30:57furious.
00:31:01The warning comes at a time when the federal government