>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING.
ANDREW IS OFF TONIGHT.
TONIGHT, AN HOW BREAK IN THE
DUGOUT.
>> I'M SCARED.
>> Adrienne: MORE PLAYERS TEST
POSITIVE, GAMES CANCELED JUST
FOUR DAYS IN.
IS COVID STEALING THE SEASON?
AS INFECTIONS RISE ON THE
PRAIRIES, A STARK WARNING FROM A
COVID-19 SURVIVOR.
>> IT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
DRASTICALLY.
>> Adrienne: HE SPENT 24 DAYS ON
A VENTILATOR AND NOW HE IS
TELLING HIS STORY.
TAKING THE HOTSEAT.
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE
GRILLED ABOUT THE WE COULDN'T
VERSE SEE THIS WEEK.
>>> THE SCHOOL YEAR IS JUST
WEEKS AWAY.
WILL IT BE SAFE?
>> I'M NOT COMFORTABLE AT ALL.
WE'RE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO QUITE
UNDERSTANDING THE VIRUS ITSELF.
>> Adrienne: KIDS AND COVID.
HOW EASILY DO THEY SPREAD IT AND
HOW SEVERE THE ILLNESS CAN BE.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
THE RETURN OF PRO SPORTS HAS
BEEN A HUGE BOOST FOR MILLIONS
OF CANADIANS RIDING OUT THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
EVEN WITHOUT FANS IN ATTENDANCE,
THE VIRUS IS STILL A MAJOR
FACTOR.
THE BASKETBALL AND HOCKEY
SEASONS OFFICIALLY REASSUMED
THIS WEEK, AFTER A RUN RETURNS OF
EXHIBITION GAME.
WITH THE SERIOUS COVID OUTBREAK
WITH THE MARLINS RESULTING IN
LOST TIMES AND CALLS FOR THE
LEAGUE TO RETHINK IT'S STRATEGY.
ELLEN MAURO HAS REACTION FROM
INSIDE THE GAME AND OUT.
>> Reporter: EVEN AS THE MARLINS
BEAT THE PHILLYS LAST NIGHT,
SEVERAL MIAMI PLAYERS ALREADY
HAD THE VIRUS, AT LEAST 13 TEAM
MEMBERS HAVE NOW TESTED
POSITIVE.
>> EVERYDAY WE'RE TAKING RISK.
WE TRAVEL AND YOU ARE IN PLANES
AND BUSES AND DIFFERENT HOTELS.
IT'S A RISK THAT WE TAKE.
>> Reporter: ONE THAT'S
TRIGGERING FEARS OF A STRIKE OUT
FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL JUST
DAYS INTO THIS SEASON, LIKE NO
OTHER.
>> HONESTLY, I'M SCARED.
I REALLY AM.
I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, MLB SEES
THAT AND THESE GUYS ARE PUTTING
THEMSELVES AT RISK FOR THE LOVE
OF THE GAME.
>> MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO SEE A PLAYER WHO WILL
END UP ON A VENTILATOR.
>> Reporter: UNLIKE THE NHL AND
NBA WHICH BOTH HAVE ADOPTED A
BUBBLE STRATEGY, BASEBALL
PLAYERS ARE TRAVELING AROUND THE
U.S. STILL STRUGGLING TO CONTROL
THE PANDEMIC.
>> NOT ONLY DO THEY ASSUME A LOT
OF THE RISK OF COMMUNITY
TRANSMISSION, BUT ON TOP OF
THAT, THEY ARE PUTTING A LOT OF
ONUS ON PLAYERS AND INDIVIDUAL
TEAMS TO SELF-MONITOR.
>> Reporter: BOTH CONCERNS ARE
PART OF THE REASONS OTTAWA
WOULDN'T LET THE BLUE JAYS PLAY
AT HOME.
LIKE THE TEAM WANTED.
>> THE MOMENT WE LEFT CANADA,
THERE WAS CONCERN.
WE GOT TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY.
>> Reporter: FORMER JAYS' STAR,
DAVID PRICE, SITTING OUT THE
SEASON, TWEETED PLAYERS' HEALTH
WASN'T BEING PUT FIRST BY THE
LEAGUE.
I CAN SEE THAT HASN'T CHANGED HE
WROTE.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A
CRITICAL 24 HOURS FOR MLB
LEADERSHIP.
IF THEY ARE TRUTHFUL AND SAYING
THAT HEALTH AND SAFETY IS AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THIS, WE WILL SEE
THEM HAVE TO MAKE A HARD
DECISION.
>> Reporter: BUT SO FAR, NO
MAJOR CHANGE UP FROM LEAGUE
EXECUTIVES, JUST THE TWO
POSTPONED GAMES.
THE JAYS TONIGHT FACED OFF
AGAINST THE DEFENDING WORLD
SERIES CHAMPIONS.
>> WE'VE NOT SEEN HIM HAVE A
MASK ON DURING THE GAME.
>> Reporter: MORE PLAYERS MASKED
UP AND HAND SANITIZER AT THE
READY.
ELLEN MAURO, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: THERE MAY BE
SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL'S WISDOM, BUT
NHL PLAYERS NOW SETTLED INTO
THEIR TWO BUBBLE CITIES, ARE
STILL FEELING CONFIDENT,
INCLUDING TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS'
MITCH MARNER.
>> THE MARLINS AND THE MLB ARE
NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF TRAVELING
BACK AND FOURTH AND ALL THAT
STUFF.
I THINK FOR US, WE'RE LOOKING
MORE AT NBA WHO HAS BEEN IN THE
BUBBLE FOR HOWEVER LONG.
WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS
HERE TO STAY SAFE.
>> Adrienne: ALL 24 NHL TEAMS
ARE IN TORONTO AND EDMONTON
UNDER THOSE STRICT COVID-19
PROTOCOLS.
INTERACTION BETWEEN PLAYERS AND
FANS IS ABSOLUTELY BANNED.
EXHIBITION GAMES START TOMORROW
AND THE SEASON OFFICIALLY
RESUMES ON SATURDAY.
>>> COVID-19 CASES ARE SHORT OF
CRISIS LEVELS AND THE COUNTRY IS
BATTLING TO KEEP THAT WAY.
NOT JUST IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC.
CLUSTERS IN THE WEST HAVE
CONTINUED TO EMERGE AND GROW.
IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH,
MANITOBA REPORTED NO NEW CASES.
NOW IT'S TRACKING UP TO A DOZEN
A DAY.
SASKATCHEWAN'S DAILY CASES HAVE
FOLLOWED A SIMILAR BUT HIGHER
TRAJECTORY.
IN ALBERTA, THEY HAVE SEEN NEW
CASES GO FROM AROUND 30 TO ABOUT
100 A DAY.
ALBERTA'S CHIEF MEDICAL HEALTH
OFFICER STRESSED THOSE NUMBERS
ARE CONCERNING AND THE MOST
IMPORTANT RESPONSE HAS TO COME
FROM ALBERTANS THEMSELVES.
CAROLYN DUNN SHOWS US FOR SOME,
THE DANGER IS VERY REAL.
>> Reporter: JUST DAYS AFTER A
SOUTH AMERICAN CRUISE, 64 YEAR
OLD PETER BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE
BREATHING.
HE LANDED IN A CALGARY HOSPITAL
FOR 39 DAYS.
24 ON A VENTILATOR.
WHEN VERY ACTIVE, HE IS TALKING
ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE SO PEOPLE
WILL TAKE MEASURES TO AVOID IT.
>> I LOST 30 POUNDS OF MUSCLE
WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL.
THE LONG HALL EFFECTS I'M HAVING
IS I HAVE EXTREME FATIGUE AND I
FIND MYSELF NAPPING FOR TWO TO
FOUR HOURS EVERY AFTERNOON.
JOINT PAIN.
>> Reporter: DESPITE ACCOUNTS
LIKE THAT ALBERTA CASE HAVE BEEN
RISING FOR WEEKS.
BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND I.C.U.
CASES HAVE GONE DOWN SLIGHTLY,
NON ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES WON'T
BE SHUTDOWN AGAIN.
AT LEAST NOT YET.
>> WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WORKING
ON A MORE ASSERTIVE APPROACH
REMINDING BUSINESS THE NEED TO
FOLLOW THAT GUIDANCE AND
ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES TO LOOK
AGAIN AT THE LIST OF THINGS THAT
THEY CAN DO TO KEEP THEIR STAFF
AND PATRONS SAFE.
>> Reporter: THE PROVINCE HAS
CHOSEN TO NOT MANDATE MASKS IN
PUBLIC INDOOR SPACES.
>> THE TEMPORARY MANDATORY MASK
BY-LAW.
>> Reporter: LEAVING MANY
MUNICIPALITIESES SCRAMBLING TO
DEAL WITH IT.
BANFF PASSED ITS MASK BY-LAW
TODAY.
OKOTOKS MAYOR, BILL ROBERTSON
HAS TONIGHT CONVENED HIS TOWN
COUNCIL THREE WEEKS EARLY AND TO
DEBATE THE HIGHLY DIVISIVE
ISSUE.
>> THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE THAT
DON'T WANT ANYTHING DONE LIKE
THIS BECAUSE IT'S AN
INFRINGEMENT OF THEIR RIGHTS.
OTHERS SAY WE'RE STARTING TO
SPIKE, WE NEED MORE STRINGENT
PROVISIONS IN SUCH AS MANDATORY
MASKS IN INDOOR SPACES.
>> Reporter: HE IS URGING
ALBERTANS TO NOT UNDERESTIMATE
THE VIRUS THAT NEARLY KILLED
HIM.
>> IT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
DRASTICALLY.
>> Reporter: CAROLYN DUNN, CBC
NEWS, CALGARY.
>> Adrienne: IN THE PRAIRIES,
SEVERAL HUTTERITE COMMUNITIES
HAVE BEEN ROCKED BY COVID-19.
IN SASKATCHEWAN ALONE, MORE THAN
HALF OF ITS ACTIVE CASES NOW
COME FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES.
AS KAREN PAULS SHOWS US, ALONG
WITH THE VIRUS, HUTTERITES FACE
SUSPICION AND STIGMA.
>> Reporter: THEY WORK, EAT AND
WORSHIP TOGETHER, LEADING SIMPLE
AND SECLUDED LIVES, EASILY
IDENTIFY BECAUSE OF THEIR
DISTINCTIVE DRESS.
>> WE'RE HEARING STORIES ABOUT
THEM BEING TURNED AWAY FROM
SERVICES, FROM STORES.
>> Reporter: MARIANNE KIRK BEE
LEFT HER MANITOBA HUTTERITE
COLONIE AFTER WRITING A MEMOIR.
SHE SEES THE DISCRIMINATION HER
FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE FACING
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
>> THIS IS A HUGE TIME FOR
HUTTERITE BECAUSE THE FARMERS
MARKETS ARE OPEN AND THEIR
PRODUCE HAS ALWAYS FLOWN OFF THE
SHELVES A LOT THE FARMER'S
MARKETS.
NOW, PEOPLE ARE STAYING AWAY
FROM THEM.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK, A
HUTTERITE MINISTER THREATENED TO
FILE A HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINT IF
THE PROVINCE CONTINUED TO LINK
THEIR COMMUNITIES TO COVID-19.
THE PROVINCE AGREED TO STOP
UNLESS THERE'S A RISK TO
PUBLIC-HEALTH.
>> WE SEE STIGMA AGAINST THE
HUTTERITES.
ACTUALLY, HINDERING PUBLIC
PUBLIC-HEALTH'S ABILITY TO
CONTROL THIS VIRUS.
>> Reporter: THE SAFETY COUNCIL
AGREES AND WANTS SASKATCHEWAN TO
FOLLOW SUIT.
>> WHEN THE GOVERNMENT STARTED
IDENTIFYING THE COVID-19 CASE'S
BY CULTURE, IT STARTED TO PUSH
OUR PEOPLE AWAY.
>> Reporter: SASKATCHEWAN HAS
CONTINUED THE PRACTISE.
>> IN THE COMING DAYS,
PUBLIC-HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL
VISIT EVERY HUTTERITE COMMUNITY
IN THE PROVINCE TO INSPECT
COMPLIANCE WITH THE
PUBLIC-HEALTH ORDERS.
>> Reporter: THEY WORRY PEOPLE
WITH SYMPTOMS WILL GO
UNDERGROUND AND THAT WOULDN'T
HELP ANYONE.
>> WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHY WE'RE
RUNNING INTO CHALLENGE THIS IS
SOME CASES.
THIS IS WHY, IT'S JUST THE FEAR
OF BEING STIGMATIZED.
>> Reporter: MEDICAL HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY THAT NO ONE SHOULD
BE STIGMATIZED FOR GETTING
TESTED BUT THEY WORRY IT'S
EXACTLY WHAT THE SASKATCHEWAN
GOVERNMENT IS INCITING.
KAREN PAULS, CBC NEWS, WINNIPEG.
>> Adrienne: THERE'S A NEW
OUTBREAK IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
IT'S AT THIS BLUE BERRY PACKING
PLANT AND AN INVESTIGATION BEGAN
LAST WEEK.
15 EMPLOYEES HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE VI OBVIOUS FAR.
THAT PLANVIRUS SO FAR.>>> INFECTIONS ARE T
RACED TO
SUPER SPREADER EVENTS.
AFTER POLICE RESPONDED TO A
LARGE HOUSE PARTY OVER THE
WEEKEND, THE ONTARIO PREMIER WAS
NOT VERY HAPPY.
>> A BUNCH -- GUYS, LIKE MAN.
COME ON.
WHAT DON'T YOU GET?
YOU HAVE EVERYONE IN THE
PROVINCE SITTING THERE BENDING
OVER BACKWARDS AND WE HAVE JOKE
US OUT THERE THAT THINK IT'S NO
PROBLEM.
GO OUT THERE AND HOLD THE PARTY.
>> Adrienne: 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED
THE PARTY COMPLETE WITH VALET
PARKING AND SECURITY.
THE OWNER OF THE HOME FACES
LARGE FINES.
ANOTHER HOUSE PARTY IN THE AREA
ENDED IN VIOLENCE.
THIS PART OF ONTARIO HAS
RELATIVELY HIGH INFECTION
NUMBERS AND THAT HAS HELD IT
BACK AS THE REST OF THE PROVINCE
ENTERED STAGE 3 REOPENING.
>>> THE SOUTH OF THE BORDER THE
NUMBERS ARE STILL STAGGERING.
CALIFORNIA HAS SURPASSED FLORIDA
IN A TOTAL CASELOAD WITH MORE
THAN 450,000 INFECTIONS AND BOTH
STATES HAVE MORE CASES THAN NEW
YORK, THE EPI CENTRE JUST A FEW
MONTHS AGO.
NOTICE THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES.
THAT IS WHERE YOU SEE AND OVER
ALL MORE 4.2 AMERICANS HAVE
CAUGHT THE VIRUS.
ONE OF THEM IS THE LATEST CASE
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> Reporter: ROBERTROBERT O'BRIEN, THE
MAN KEEPING AMERICA SAFE, HAS
BEEN HIT BY THE INVISIBLE ENEMY.
THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER IS
THE HIGHEST RANKING MEMBER OF
THE PRESIDENT'S INNER CIRCLE TO
TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
>> I WISH HIM WELL AND HOPE HE
IS OK.
APPARENTLY IT'S A LIGHT CASE.
>> Reporter: O'BRIEN'S DIAGNOSIS
COMES AFTER DONALD TRUMP'S
PERSONAL VALET TESTED POSITIVE
THIS SPRING.
AS DID THE VICE PRESIDENT'S
PRESS SECRETARY.
DONALD TRUMP JUNIOR'S GIRLFRIEND
ALSO GOT COVID.
THE PRESIDENT DID NOT APPEAR
WORRIED ABOUT THE NEW EXPOSURE.
WEARING A MASK, HE TOURED A
PHARMACEUTICAL LAB PREDICTING A
VACCINE WILL BE READY IN THE
NEAR FUTURE DONALD TRUM.
>> President Donald Trump: BY
THE END OF THE YEAR WE'RE IN
GOOD SHAPE.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IN TERMS
OF THE VACCINE, I THINK IN TERMS
OF THERAPEUTICS, EVEN SOONER
THAN THAT.
>> THERE'S NO CASES IN OUR
RESTAURANT.
>> Reporter: ANY WORD OF A
SCIENTIFIC BREAK THROUGH IS WHAT
STEVE FORBES WANTS TO HEAR.
HE IS LAID OFF 60 WORKERS AT HIS
RESTAURANT AND SALES ARE AT
ABOUT 8% OF WHAT THEY NORMALLY
WOULD BE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A VIABLE
BUSINESS UNTIL THERE'S A
VACCINE.
AMERICA HAS DONE THIS ONE FOOT
IN AND ONE FOOT OUT ON THIS
QUARANTINE.
IT WAS A FAILED QUARANTINE.
>> Reporter: FORBES' BRACING FOR
THINGS TO GET WORSE.
IN PART BECAUSE OF NEW
QUARANTINE RULES WASHINGTON IS
NOW IMPOSING.
ANYONE COMING INTO D.C. FROM ONE
OF 27 STATES DEEMED A HOTSPOT,
MUST ISOLATE FOR 14 DAYS.
MEANING, THE LITTLE TOURISM THAT
IS STILL TAKING PLACE, WILL
LIKELY END.
>> THINK OF OTTAWA.
FOR THOSE FOLKS IN OTTAWA.
THINK OF WHAT THE CAPITAL IS
LIKE.
WE'RE DOWNTOWN D.C. THREE BLOCKS
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND TOURISM
IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WHAT
WE DO.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE U.S.,
NORMALLY BUSY STREETS COULD BE
RADICALLY TRANSFORMED BY THE
TIME A VACCINE IS AVAILABLE.
HE IS NOT SURE HOW MUCH LONGER
INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES CAN HOLD
ON.
KATIE SIMPSON, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne: SOME COMPANIES ARE
BEGINNING HUMAN TRIALS IN THE
U.S. FOR COVID-19 VACCINE.
>> WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A
WINNER, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A
NUMBER OF WINNERS.
>> Adrienne: THE LARGE EFFORT OF
THEM FOR MODERNA.
VOLUNTEERS WILL BE GIVEN TWO
DOSES EACH, SOME GETTING THE
VACCINE AND OTHERS GETTING A
PLACEBO.
CBC NEWS HAS AN INTERACTIVE SITE
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESS.
JUST SEARCH FOR CBC NEWS
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TRACKER.
>>> EUROPE IS SEEING A SURGE OF
COVID-19 CASES, ESPECIALLY
FRANCE AND GERMANY.
NOW THE U.K. IS IMPOSING
QUARANTINE ORDERS ON VACATIONERS
RETURNING FROM SPAIN.
AND AS RENEE FILIPPONE TELLS US,
THAT MOVE MAY JEOPARDIZE THE
EUROPEAN TOURIST SEASON.
>> Reporter: RETURNING HOME FROM
BEACH VACATIONS IN SPAIN, THE
ABRUPT REALITY OF 14 DAYS IN
QUARANTINE, WAS UNWELCOME FOR
SOME.
>> THE RULES ARE CHANGING ALL
THE TIME.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE
LIKE OURSELVES.
>> Reporter: SPAIN IS
EXPERIENCING A SPIKE IN
COVID-19.
WITH LARGE OUTBREAKS,
SPECIFICALLY IN THE NORTH.
THE U.K. GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT IT
ISN'T TAKING CHANCES.
AND PUT IN PLACE A BLAN ET
QUARANTINE FOR THE WHOLE OF
SPAIN, INCLUDING POPULAR TOURIST
LOCATIONS WITH LOWER INFECTION
RATES THAN BRITAIN.
THE SPANISH PRIME MINISTER
CALLED IT UNFAIR.
SAYING A QUARANTINE FOR THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY IS AN ERROR.
>> WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT
PUBLIC-HEALTH COMES FIRST.
WE KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, THE
VIRUS HAS ARRIVED IN THIS
COUNTRY THROUGH FOREIGN TRAVEL.
>> Reporter: NEARLY TWO MILLION
BRITS HAD VACATIONS PLANNED TO
SPAIN IN THE NEXT MONTH.
THE TRIPS WERE BOOKED ONCE
TOURISM STARTED TO REOPEN IN
EUROPE IN JUNE.
>> IF THIS CAN HAPPEN TO SPAIN,
COULD IT HAPPEN TO ITALY AND
CROATIA AND THE ANSWER IS IT
PROBABLY COULD.
>> Reporter: SPAIN IS NOT ALONE.
THERE ARE SURGES OF THE VIRUS
ACROSS EUROPE.
POLITICAL LEADERS IN BELGIUM AND
FRANCE SAY THEY COULD BE HEADED
FOR A LOCKDOWN IF THINGS DON'T
TURN AROUND.
GERMANY HAS SEEN A INCREASE
SINCE JUNE.
THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING
MAKING VOLUNTARY AIRPORT TESTING
MANDATORY FOR ANYONE RETURNING
FROM HIGH-RISK LOCATIONS.
THE W.H.O. SAYS GLOBAL TRAVEL
NEEDS TO OPEN BACK UP BUT
SAFELY.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL
COUNTRIES TO KEEP THEIR BORDERS
SHUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
ECONOMIES HAVE TO OPEN UP,
PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK AND TRADE
HAS TO RESUME.
>> Reporter: THE POSSIBILITY OF
A TOURISM SEASON THIS SUM SER
BECOMING UNCERTAIN.
AS CONCERNS GROW, THE HIGH
INFECTION RATE IN PLACES LIKE
SPAIN, COULD TRAVEL TO OTHER
POPULAR DESTINATIONS.
RENEE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Adrienne: THIS WEEK, THE
PRIME MINISTER WILL APPEAR
BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
FINANCE COMMITTEE OVER HIS
GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO PARTNER
WITH WE ORGANIZATION FOR A
SUMMER GRANT PROGRAMME.
THE TRUDEAU FAMILY AND WE HAVE
CLOSE TIES.
EVAN DYER WITH A SIGNIFICANTANCE
OF THIS APPEARANCE.
>> Reporter: THE DATE HAS BEEN
SET FOR THURSDAY.
BOTH PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU AND
HIS CHIEF-OF-STAFF WILL TESTIFY.
IT'S RARE FOR A PRIME MINISTER
TO APPEAR BEFORE A PARLIAMENTARY
COMMITTEE AND THE LAST TIME WAS
IN 2006, A FRIENDLY APPEARANCE
BEFORE A SENT AT COMMITTEE BY
STEPHEN HARPER.
THE TRUDEAU IS UNDER PRESSURE
WITH OTHER KEY FIGURES IN THE
AFFAIR COME FORWARD.
MARK AND CRAIG KIELBURGER
TESTIFIED TOMORROW.
ALSO APPEARING TOMORROW, FORMER
CHAIR OF THE WE'S CANADIAN BOARD
OF DIRECTORS, MICHELLE DOUGLAS,
WHO RESIGNED IN MARCH OVER WHAT
SHE CALLED CONCERNING
DEVELOPMENTS AT THE CHARITY.
TOMORROW SHE'S EXPECTED TO
EXPLAIN THAT.
THE TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT'S
HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC GAVE IT
A LARGE BUMP IN THE POLLS.
>> THERE WAS A GENERAL WARMING
TOWARDS THE PRIME MINISTER AND
THEN BOOM, FOUR MONTHS IN, HERE
IS ANOTHER ETHICS SCANDAL AND
ANOTHER ETHICS ISSUE THAT IS
POPPED UP THAT REALLY SAYS TO
CANADIANS, RIGHT, THAT IS THE
THING THAT A NOIS ANNOYS US ABOUT HIM.
>> Reporter: IN A POLL TODAY,
53% SAID THEIR VIEW OF THE PRIME
MINISTER HAD SOURED IN THE LAST
MONTH.
THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT TO
REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF THE
SNC-LAVALIN AFFAIR.
>> THERE WAS A STEADY DRIP,
DRIP, DRIP OF NEW INFORMATION ON
A DAILY BASIS AND STUBBORN
REFUSAL ON THE PART OF THE PRIME
MINISTER TO IF NOT ACKNOWLEDGE
WRONGDOING AND A APOLOGIZE, BUT
AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE HE COULD
HAVE DONE BETTER.
>> Reporter: THIS TIME AT POLL
GEES CAME FAST.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: I MADE A MISTAKE NOT
RECUSING MYSELF FROM THE
DISCUSSIONS, GIVEN OUR FAMILY'S
HISTORY.
AND I SINCERELY AM SORRY.
>> I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR
MISTAKES I'VE MADE IN THIS
SITUATION.
I'M SORRY THEY'VE OCCURRED.
>> Reporter: ANY COMMITTEE
APPEARANCE IS A GAMBLE.
THE OPPOSITION HAD A CHANCE TO
INFLICT DAMAGE THIS WEEK.
WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE
HOPING HE CAN START TO TURN THE
PAGE.
EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, GATINEAU,
QUEBEC.
>> Adrienne: AFTER REPORTS ABOUT
BULLYING AND HARASSMENT AT
RIDEAU HALL, JULIE PAYETTE HIRED
A NEW CHIEF-OF-STAFF AND SPECIAL
ADVISER.
BRIGITTE CARBONNEAU IS A FORMER
MANAGER AT CIRQUE DU SOLEIL AND
A DOZEN SOURCES ALLEGE PAYETTE
AND HER OFFICIAL SECRETARY
CREATED A TOXIC WORK
ENVIRONMENT.
THE PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE IS ALSO
CONDUCTING A REVIEW.
>>> IN NOVA SCOTIA, A CROWD
GATHERED OUTSIDE THE JUSTICE
MINISTER'S OFFICE TO CALL FOR A
PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO APRIL'S MASS
SHOOTING.
LAST WEEK THE GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCED AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW
INTO THE MASSACRES BUT SOME
FAMILIES SAY IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
22 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN APRIL.
THE DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING IN
CANADIAN HISTORY.
TONIGHT, NEWLY UNSEALED COURT
DOCUMENTS SAY SEVERAL PEOPLE
TOLD POLICE THE SHOOTER HAD
HIDDEN COMPARTMENTS AND FALSE
WALLS ON HIS PROPERTIES.
ONE PERSON WHO KNEW THE GUNMAN
DESCRIBED HIM AS A SEXUAL
PREDATOR WHO SMUGGLED DRUGS.
THESE DETAILS HAVE NOT BEEN
PROVEN IN COURT.
>>> MCGILL UNIVERSITY IS DEALING
WITH THE RACIST HISTORY OF ITS
ORIGINAL BENEFACTOR.
JAMES MCGILL MADE HIS FOR TUNES
ON THE BACKS OF SLAVES.
RATHER THAN REMOVING HIS STATUE
OR CHANGING HIS NAME, SOME AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF PUSHING FOR A
DIFFERENT PATH FORWARD.
JAELA BERNSTEIN EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: SADLY, THE CAMPUS
TODAY IN MANY WAYS, IS WHAT
JAMES MCGILL WOULD HAVE WANTED
IT TO LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE
WHITENESS OF THE CAMPUS.
>> Reporter: CHARMAINE NELSON
SAYS IT'S TIME HER UNIVERSITY
STOPS GLOSSING OVER THE STORY OF
JAMES MCGILL.
SHE SAYS THE SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE
TO CHANGE ITS NAME, BUT IT DOES
HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH
BEHIND IT.
>> WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING MYSELF
AND THE STUDENTS, IS THAT WE
THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT HOW HE
MADE HIS MONEY.
EXPLICITLY ON WHOSE BACKS HIS
MONEY WAS MADE.
WE KNOW HE ENSLAVED AT LEAST
FIVE PEOPLE OF INDIGENOUS AND
AFRICAN DISSENT IN CANADA AND
MONTREAL AND AGAIN WAS ALSO
ACTIVE IN EXPLOITING ENSLAVED
PEOPLE IN THE CARIBBEAN.
>> Reporter: NELSON AND HER
STUDENTS ARE CALLING FOR ACTION,
INCLUDING OFFERING MORE
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS STUDENTS AND AN
OFFICE FOR STUDENTS OF AFRICAN
DISSENT.
JANE O'BRIEN DAVIS SAYS IT WOULD
MAKE HER FEEL MORE INCLUDED ON
CAMPUS.
>> FEELINGINGS OF MAYBE NOT
UNWELCOMING BUT JUST NOT PART OF
A COMMUNITY.
UNDER REPRESENTED.
AS THOUGH YOUR EXPERIENCES
AREN'T THE MCGILL EXPERIENCE.
>> Reporter: SOME HAVE PETITIONS
FOR THIS STATUE TO BE ATTORNEY TORN DOWN.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR A MONUMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS TIES TO SLAVERY.
MCGILL DID NOT COMMIT TO THAT
SAYING, LIKE MANY MEN OF HIS ERA
AND HIS SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS,
JAMES MCGILL HAD CONNECTIONS TO
SLAVERY AND COLONIALISM.
THIS IS NOT A CONNECTION THAT
OUR UNIVERSITY IS PROUD OF, BUT
IT NEITHER SHOULD NOR CAN BE
IGNORED.
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THAT ITS
RECRUITING TWO POST DOCTORAL
FELLOWS TO RESEARCH AND INFORM
HOW IT WILL ADDRESS THAT HISTORY
AND THE HARM THAT IT CAUSED.
NELSON SAYS THAT PROCESS IS TOO
SLOW.
AS THE SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO MARK
ITS 200TH ANNIVERSARY NOW IS THE
TIME FOR CHANGE.
JAELA BERNSTEIN, CBC NEWS,
MONTREAL.
>> Adrienne: TODAY A MAN WHO
WORKED TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF
AMERICANS BLACKS WAS GIVEN A
HIGH HONOUR.
THE BODY OF JOHN LEWIS WAS
BROUGHT INTO THE U.S. CAPITOL TO
LAY IN STATE.
A MOTORCADE MADE ITS WAY THROUGH
THE SWELTERING STREETS OF
WASHINGTON.
HUNDREDS WAITED ALONG THE ROUTE.
>> NOW WE KNOW WHO HELPED US
WALK THE STREETS.
>> Adrienne: A CEREMONY UNDER
THE CAPITOL DOME.
>> JOHN WAS REVERED AND BELOVED
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND
BOTH SIDES OF THE CAPITOL.
>> Reporter: FORMER VICE PRESS
JOE BIDEN PAID HIS RESPECTS BUT
WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED --
>> President Donald Trump: I
WON'T BE GOING.
NO.
>> Reporter: A PRIVATE FUNERAL
WILL BE HELD FOR JOHN LEWIS ON
THURSDAY.
>>> NEXT, A QUESTION A LOT OF
PARENTS ARE GRAPPLING WITH,
SHOULD KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN
SEPTEMBER?
WE LOOK AT THE WHAT THE SCIENCE
SAYS ABOUT KIDS AND COVID-19.
THE RISKS ARE GOING TO CLASS AND
THE RISKS OF STAYING HOME.
>> YOU ARE MAKING ME WEAR A
MASK?
OTHERWISE YOU ARE GOING TO DENY
ME SERVICE.
>> Adrienne: CANADIAN
ANTI-VAXXERS PLAY TO SPREAD
MISINFORMATION.
AND ARTIST SURPRISE A HERO.
>> IT WAS MY FIRST TIME PAINTING
>> Adrienne: IN QUEBEC, THE CITY
OF SHER BROCK HAS CLOSED ALL OF
ITS PUBLIC OUTDOOR POOLS AFTER A
LIFEGUARD TESTING POSITIVE
FOREVER COVID-19.
OTHER LIFE GUARDS ARE NOW BEING
TESTED.
MEANWHILE, A HOCKEY CAMP IN
MONTREAL HAS SHUTDOWN AFTER A
COACH TESTS POSITIVE FOR THE
VIRUS.
THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR IS JUST
WEEKS AWAY.
MILLIONS OF CANADIAN STUDENTS
STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL
LOOK LIKE.
PARENTS ARE TRYING TO WEIGH THE
RISKS OF GOING BACK VERSUS
STAYING HOME.
CHRISTINE BIRAK BRINGS US THE
LATEST ON COVID AND KIDS.
>> Reporter: HAVING HER CHILDREN
HOME FOR MONTHS HASN'T BEEN EASY
BUT SHE ISN'T EAGER TO SEND THEM
BACK TO SCHOOL EITHER.
>> I'M NOT COMFORTABLE AT ALL.
I JUST FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT
CLOSE ENOUGH TO QUITE
UNDERSTANDING THE VIRUS ITSELF.
>> Reporter: MOST STUDIES
EXAMINING KIDS IN COVID-19 ARE
TRYING TO ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS.
>> WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF
CHILDREN GETTING THE INFECTION
AND WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF
THEM SPREADING THE INFECTION?
>> Reporter: A RECENT ANALYSIS
LOOKED AT 550 COVID-19 CASES
AMONG CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN
CHINA, ITALY AND SPAIN.
IT FOUND JUST NINE CHILDREN HAD
A SEVERE INFECTION.
ONE WHO HAD UNDERLYING
CONDITIONS, DIED.
WHEN COMES TO INSPECTING
CAREGIVERS, A LARGE STUDY FROM
SOUTH KOREA FOUND CHILDREN UNDER
10 TRANSMITTED THE VIRUS LESS
OFTEN TO ADULTS AT HOME.
WHILE THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES
BETWEEN 10-19 SPREAD THE VIRUS
AS WELL AS ADULTS DO.
RESEARCHERS SPECULATE YOUNG
CHILDREN MAY NOT SNEEZE OR COUGH
AS HARD AND THEY'RE SHORTER AND
THEIR INFECTED DROPLETS MAY NOT
TRAVEL AS FAR.
STILL, WHEN SCHOOLS DO REOPEN
THERE WILL BE NEW CLUSTERS OF
CASES.
A LOT WILL DEPEND ON THE
INFECTION CONTROL MEASURES THAT
ARE PUT IN PLACE BY SCHOOLS AND
WHAT IS HAPPENING JUST OUTSIDE
OF THEM.
>> WE'VE SEEN ANOTHER
JURISDICTION AND SAFEST WAY TO
OPEN SCHOOLS IS WHERE THE
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATES ARE
LOW.
>> Reporter: SOME DOCTORS ARGUE
CHILDREN MAY NOT BE FALLING ILL
BUT THEY'RE OFFERING I SUFFERING IN OTHER
WAYS.
CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM HAS
CONSEQUENCES.
>> THERE'S LONG-TERM IMPACT ON
THEIR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTS AND
ON THEIR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND
ON THEIR OVER ALL ABILITY TO
FUNCTION IN SOCIETY.
>> FOR ME, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE SOME SORT
OF TESTING INVOLVED.
>> Reporter: NEW SALIVA TESTS
COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN BUT NOT
BY SEPTEMBER.
EXPERTS SAY SCHOOLS AND
COMMUNITIES MUST AGENT NOW ON
WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED OR RISK
HARMING A FUTURE GENERATION.
CHRISTINE BIRAK, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," CANADIAN ANTI-MASKERS
GET SOME HELP FROM ANTI-VAXXERS.
A FAMILIAR PLAYBOOK AND THE
BORROWED TACTICS USED TO SPREAD
MISINFORMATION.
BUT FIRST THE DOCTORS ARE INTO
ANSWER YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS.
INCLUDING THIS ONE, IF TWO
PEOPLE ARE BOTH WEARING A MASK
AND SUN GLASSES, WOULD IT BE
SAFE TO SHARE A QUICK HUG WITH
>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
TIME NOW FOR YOUR COVID-19
QUESTIONS.
WITH ME TONIGHT, INFECTION
ANXIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST
DR. SAXINGER AND DR. SAMIR
GUPTA.
SOME SUGGEST AIRLINES ARE NOT
HIGH-RISK BECAUSE OF AIR
CIRCULATION AND FILTER SYSTEMS.
I MIGHT BE FLYING SOON.
CAN I TAKE STEPS TO DECREASE THE
RISK OF CONTRACTING COVID-19.
>> IT'S A GOOD POINT.
PEOPLE THINK AIRLINES ARE STATIC
TUBES OF AIR.
THEY HAVE HIGH AIR EXCHANGES AND
THE REASON FOR THAT IS FUR
SITTING NEXT TO A BABY THAT
SOILED THEIR DIAPER OR SOMEONE
WITH SICKNESS THEY HAVE HIGH AIR
EXCHANGES AND THEY PUT IN HEPA
FILTERS WITH GOOD FILTRATION
SYSTEMS INTO ADDITION TO THAT
AND THEY'RE DISINFECTING BETWEEN
FLIGHTS.
THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS.
WHAT THEY'VE TAKEN AWAY FROM US
THOUGH IS OUR BEST WEAPON IS THE
PHYSICAL DISTANCE SO PEOPLE NEED
TO BE MASKED FOR THE WHOLE
FLIGHT.
THEY NEED TO DISINFECT THE
SURFACE, ESPECIALLY THE TRAY
TABLE.
AND THINK ABOUT THOSE TIMES AND
THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE ISN'T
THAT MUCH AIR EXCHANGE LIKE THE
AIRPORT LOUNGE AND PROBABLY THE
HIGHEST RISK IS GETTING ON AND
OFF THE PLANE.
THAT'S WHERE YOU SHOULD THINK
ABOUT THAT PHYSICAL DISTANCE
BEING.
>> Adrienne: IT'S IMPORTANT TO
BE ALERT.
DR. SAXINGER, DOES YOUR BLOOD
TYPE PUT YOU AT RISK OF
COVID-19?
WE HEAR THIS QUESTION A LOT?
>> THERE WAS DATA EARLY ON IN
THE PANDEMIC THAT SUGGESTED
PEOPLE WITH AB BLOOD TYPES AND
POSSIBLY RH POSITIVE SO THEY CAN
BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE WITH
THOSE LETTERS, MIGHT HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF INCREASED RISK OF
SEVERE DISEASE.
THAT IS COMPLICATED BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY TESTING
ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE AND SO WE'RE
TESTING A FRACTION THAT COMES
FORWARD FOR TESTING.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
CURRENT DATA REALLY LOOKS LIKE
THERE MIGHT BE AN INCREASE RISK
OF ACQUIRING DISEASE OR
ACQUIRING DETECTED DISEASE AND THERE
MAKING A SLIGHT REDUCED RISK OF
HAVING DOCUMENT INFECTION IF YOU
ARE TYPE O.
HOWEVER, THE DIFFERENCE IS
ACTUALLY QUITE SMALL PERCENT
WISE SO WHY THINK ANYONE SHOULD
FEEL THEIR BLOOD TYPE REALLY
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTS THEIR
LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING INFECTION
MORE SO THAN THE THINGS THEY'RE
CHOOSING TO DO.
AND THE OTHER PART IS IT DOESN'T
SEEM PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO
GET SEVERE DISEASE WITH THE
QUOTE HIGHER RISK BLOOD TYPES
AND SO I THINK IT'S A CURIOSITY
AT THIS POINT AND I DON'T THINK
IT IS CHANGING MINUTES THOUGHT.
>> Adrienne: ARE FACE SHIELDS AS
GOOD AS FACE MASKS?
>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
AS HEALTHCARE WORKERS WE DO USE
BOTH AND WHO STRUGGLED WITH FACE
MASKS FOR VARIOUS REASONS,
CLAUSTROPHOBIA OR SPIN
IRRITATION AND THEY ASKED ME IF
FACE SHIELDS ARE A GOOD
ALTERNATIVE.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA IN
THIS AREA BUT A FACE MASK IS
DIRECTLY UP AGAINST YOUR KNOWS
OR MASK AND MANY DROPLETS ARE
COMING OUT AND IT ACTS AS A
FILTER FOR MOST OF THE DROPLETS
COMING IN AS WELL AND THE YIELD
SAT A CERTAIN DISTANCE.
THERE'S A CHANCE FOR THOSE
DROPLETS TO DISBURSE AS THEY
COME OUT AND THE AIR YOU ARE
TRAINING AROUND THAT SHIELD,
WILL ALSO CONTAIN OTHER PEOPLE'S
SALIVA.
IT PROJECTS YOUR EYES.
THAT'S WHY IT'S COMPLIMENTARY
BECAUSE IT SOMETHING MASKS DON'T
DO.
WHAT I'M TELLING PATIENTS IS
IDEALLY I WANT YOU TO WEAR THESE
MASKS.
IF PEOPLE CAN'T WEAR THE MASK,
THE FAIR SHIELD IS BETTER THAN
NOTHING.
>> WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME
HERE.
IF TWO PEOPLE ARE WEAR A MASK
AND SUN GLASSES, WOULD IT BE
SAFE TO SHARE A QUICK HUG WITH
FACES TURNED AWAY.
THE NEED FOR HUMAN TOUCH CAN BE
STRONG.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GETTING
CLOSER, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS
AS BEING A SPECIAL OCCASION
BECAUSE ROUTINE CLOSENESS CAN
LEAD TO INCREASED TRANSMISSION.
IF YOU WERE TO GIVE SOMEONE A
SPECIAL OCCASION HUG WEARING A
MASK, GLASSES, HAND HYGIENE AND
BRIEF CONTACT WITH FACES TURNED
AWAY WOULD BE THE SAFEST WAY TO
DO IT.
IT'S DIFFICULT ONE TO CALL.
>> WE'RE STILL NOT THERE YET.
THANK YOU BOTH ONCE AGAIN.
SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING
YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 AS
OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE SEND US THE QUESTIONS YOU
HAVE.
MESSAGE US DIRECTLY ON INSTAGRAM
AT CBC "THE NATIONAL" OR YOU CAN
SEND US AN E-MAIL.
>>> NEARLY 9,000 CANADIANS WITH
COVID-19 HAVE DIED.
THAT NUMBER DOESN'T SHOW THE
EXTENT OF WHAT AND WHO WE'VE
LOST.
SO CBC NEWS STARTED A PROJECT
CALLED "LIVES REMEMBERED."
TONIGHT CORNELIS IS REMEMBERED
BY HIS DAUGHTER.
>> MY NAME IS PATRICIA AND I'M
THE YOUNGEST OF SIX CHILDREN.
OUR DAD PASSED FROM COVID-19 ON
APRIL 23rd, 2020.
HE WAS 97-YEARS-OLD.
HE GREW UP IN THE NETHERLANDS
WHERE HE MET AND MARRIED OUR
MOM, ANNA.
FOLLOWING THE WAR, HE CONVINCED
MOM TO MOVE TO CANADA.
DAD WAS KNOWN AS CASEY IN
OTTAWA.
AND HE LOVED CHATTING WITH
EVERYONE AND ANYONE THAT WOULD
LISTEN.
HE WAS A FOREMEN IN CONSTRUCTION
AND WHEN HE RETIRED, HE RETURNED
TO HIS GREAT LOVE, FARMING.
BREEDING MINIATURE DONKEYS,
GROWING ORGANIC VEGETABLES TO
SELL BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
HIS FAVOURITE PAST TIME WAS TO
WALK FOR HOURS IN FIELDS ALONG
THE DIRT ROADS IN THE COUNTRY.
ALL OF HIS HARD WORK WITH WAS
THE GOAL TO PROVIDE A BETTER
LIFE FOR ALL OF US, HIS FAMILY.
OUR CHILDHOOD WAS FILLED WITH
SUN ADVENTURES AND LOTS OF
OPPORTUNITIES FROM PLAYING
HOCKEY TO HIM TEACHING US TRACK
AND FIELD IN OUR BACKYARD.
I FEEL LIKE WE ALL INHERITED
SOME OF DAD'S QUALITIES.
HONEST, HARD-WORKING, AND TO
VALUE AND CARE FOR THE THINGS WE
HAVE AND THE PEOPLE WE LOVE.
IF I COULD SAY SOMETHING TO MY
DAD, IT WOULD BE THIS -- DAD,
NONE OF US WERE SURPRISED BY THE
FIGHT YOU PUT UP WITH THIS
VIRUS.
WE WISH WE COULD HAVE BEEN BY
YOUR SIDE TO GIVE YOU STRENGTH
AND WE'RE SORRY YOU WERE BY
YOURSELF.
BUT WE'RE HAPPY AND AT PEACE
THAT YOU ARE BACK WITH YOUR TRUE
LOVE.
MOM.
TOUCH SOON, POP.
>> Adrienne: WE'VE GATHERED MORE
OF THE STORIES OF THOSE LOST TO
COVID-19 ONLINE AS PART OF THE
"LIVES REMEMBERED" PROJECT.
YOU CAN FIND THEM AT
CBC.CA/REMEMBERED.
NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL," A LOOK
AT A COUNTRY PUSHED TO THE BRINK
BY COVID-19.
>> I'M BEGGING FOR THE POT OF
MILK OR THE BAG OF FRIES.
>> Adrienne: LEBANON WAS ALREADY
FACING AN ECONOMIC CRISIS AND
NOW THE PANDEMIC IS LOCKI
>> Adrienne: FLOODS TRIGGERED BY
DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN INUNDATED
THIS HOSPITAL IN INDIA'S MOST
POPULOUS STATE.
ROADS WERE WASHED AWAY,
THOUSANDS WERE DISPLACED,
MILLIONS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY
MONSOON FLOODS IN SOUTH ASIA
THIS YEAR.
>>> AND SOME 80,000 PEOPLE,
MOSTLY DOMESTIC TOURISTS, ARE
BEING RUSHED OUT OF A RESORT
CITY IN VIETNAM AFTER THREE
RESIDENTS TESTED POSITIVE FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
THIS IS THE FIRST CASE THEN
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION IN THE
COUNTRY SINCE APRIL.
OFFICIALS SAY THE PROCESS OF
GETTING PEOPLE OUT WILL TAKE AT
LEAST FOUR DAYS.
MEANWHILE, PHYSICAL DISTANCING
MEASURES IN THE REGION HAVE BEEN
REINTRODUCED.
LEBANON IS OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS A
MICROCOSM OF THE MIDDLE-EAST,
IT'S DIVERSE, VIBRANT AND
PRECARIOUS.
AS COVID-19 SPREADS, IT'S NOW
FACING A FRESH LOCKDOWN AND
ORDERS THAT WILL STRETCH WELL
INTO NEXT MONTH.
MARGARET EVANS SHOWS US A
COUNTRY NOW DANCING BETWEEN
DESPERATION AND DISASTER.
>> Reporter: LEBANON IS HURTING
AND THIS TIME, SAY MANY
LEBANESE, NO STRANGERS TO
FORTUNES REVERSED, ITS
DIFFERENT.
THEY CATCH A GLIMPSE OF A
HAUNTED FACE AT A CHARITY LIKE
THIS ONE IN BEIRUT, TO SEE WHAT
THEY MEAN.
SHE SAYS ALL FOUR MEMBERS OF HER
HOUSEHOLD HAVE RECENTLY LOST
THEIR JOBS.
>> THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS
COUNTRY SHE SAYS.
NO WATER, ELECTRICITY, OR FOOD.
WITH SUCH CRAZY PRICES, LIVING
SCHEER BANNED.
LEBANON IS IN THE MIDST OF AN
ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT IS
REDRAWING THE MIDDLE-CLASS.
SENDING MANY TUMBLING TOWARDS
POVERTY.
FOR THOSE ALREADY THERE, IT IS
SEEN WORSE.
SHE IS WITH BAIT, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, IT RUNS A FREE
SUPERMARKET FOR THOSE IN NEED.
USING A VOUCHER SYSTEM TO EASE
THE SHAME THAT CAN COME WITH THE
ASKING.
>> YOU CAN SEE MOMS, DADS, WHO
ARE EDUCATED AND THEY USED TO
HAVE JOBS WHO NEVER BEGGED FOR
ANYTHING AND THEY BEGGING FOR
THE POT OF MILK OR BAG OF FRIES.
IT'S DEVASTATING.
>> Reporter: THE CARRIAGE BEING
HANDED OUTCOME COURTESY OF THE
LEBANESE FOOD BANK.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS THE
CHARITIES THEMSELVES ARE
STRUGGLING TO STAY A FLOAT.
>> THE ECONOMIC SITUATION, THE
CORONAVIRUS, EVERYTHING IS MIXED
UP SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
ABLE TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
>> Reporter: THE SEEDS OF
LEBANON'S CURRENT CRISIS WERE
PLANTED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
SECTARIAN POLITICAL ELITES
ACCUSED OF SHINING THEIR OWN
POCKETS AND TRYING TO RUN THE
COUNTRY ON WHAT CRITICS SAY A
UPON SEE SCHEME.
>> IT'S THE BANKERS AND THE
CENTRAL BANK AND THE POLITICIANS
WHO, TO MY MIND, WERE BACK
TOGETHER.
THEY PLAYED A HIGH-RISK STAKES
GAME WITH THE MONEY OF LEBANESE.
>> Reporter: LAST FALL,
REVOLUTION WAS IN THE AIR.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE JAMMING THE
STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
ACROSS SECTARIAN LINES TO DEMAND
CHANGE.
SINCE THEN, THE LEBANESE LIRA
HAS LOST 80% OF ITS VALUE, A
DISASTER IN A COUNTRY THAT
RELIES ON IMPORTS.
AND MANY OF THE SHOPS AND
RESTAURANTS THAT CLOSE DURING
THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN, ARE
SLUMBERING STILL.
CALLS FOR HELP FROM ABROAD HAVE
SO FAR GONE UNANSWERED.
LINKING ANY CASH INJECTION TO A
FIRM END TO CORRUPTION.
>> UNFORTUNATELY THE CURRENT
POLITICAL OFFICE IS SHOWING
EVERY RESISTANCE TO CARRYING OUT
REFORMS NEEDED AND QUITE FRANKLY
THEY CONTINUE OPERATING AS A
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
>> Reporter: IT'S HARDLY THAT.
THE LIGHTS ARE LITERALLY GOING
OUT IN LEBANON, POWER CUTS IN
SOME CASES LASTING UP TO 20
HOURS AT A TIME.
THE PRIVATE HOSPITALS BY FAR THE
MAJORITY IN LEBANON ARE
THREATENING TO SHUT THEIR DOORS,
STRUGGLING TO BUY MEDICINE AND
FUEL TO KEEP GENERATORS GOING.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN
OUR HANDS TO RUN THE DAY-TO-DAY
OPERATIONS.
THE HOSPITALS ARE REACHING A
POINT WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO ADMIT PATIENTS.
>> Reporter: NOT SURPRISINGLY,
THOSE WHO CAN ARE TRYING TO
LEAVE.
IN AN APARTMENT PERCHED OVER THE
FAMED BEIRUT SKYLINE, THIS
COUPLE KNOW THEY OCCUPY A PLACE
OF PRIVILEGE.
STILL, MORE THAN MANAGING.
THEY'RE HOPING FOR VISAS TO
CANADA SOON.
>> WE DON'T SEE ANY HOPES IN THE
NEAR TERM.
HONESTLY, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE
STAYED.
>> Reporter: A DENTIST, CALLS
LEBANON A FAILED STATE.
>> SINCE I WAS A CHILD, I ALWAYS
LISTENED TO MY GRANDFATHER SAY
TOMORROW IT WILL BE BETTER.
MY FATHER USED TO SAY, YOU WILL
SEE TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE
BETTER.
>> Reporter: IT'S A PROMISE
THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE TO THEIR OWN
CHILDREN TO KEEP.
TO THEM, THIS LEAVES LEAVING
LEBANON.
IT 'EM PRIZE A TERRIBLE LOSS OF
FAITH AND THOSE LEAVING BEHIND A
FEAR OF BRAIN DRAIN THAT WILL
SET THE COUNTRY BACK EVEN
FURTHER.
THEY USED TO PLAY AT BARS AND
RESTAURANTS, NOW HE TRIES TO
EARN WHAT HE CAN BUSKING.
>> THERE IS NOTHING, HE SAYS.
NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE.
EVERYONE IS THINKING EMIGRATING,
LEBANON IS FINISHED.
THE DIFFERENCE BEING, THAT NO
ONE IS BETTING ON LEBANON
ANYMORE.
NOT EVEN ITS OWN PEOPLE.
MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," A CLOSER LOOK AT
CANADIAN ANTI-MASKERS.
THEY ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST
MANDATORY MASKS AND THE TACTICS
THEY'RE USING ARE FROMNDITION.
SUBSCRIBE WHERE WHERE YOU GET YOUR
PODCAST.
>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
MORE AND MORE PROVINCES AND
CITIES ARE ADDING A NEW SCHOOL
TO THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THE
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
MANDATORY MASK POLICIES.
ESPECIALLY IF PLACES WHERE IT'S
HARD TO PHYSICALLY DISTANCE.
STARTING TODAY, AFTER TWO WEEK
GRACE PERIOD, PEOPLE REFUSING TO
WEAR A MASK CAN BE BANNED FROM
BOARDING PUBLIC TRANSIT IN
QUEBEC.
IN NOVA SCOTIA, MASKS WILL BE
MANDATORY IN MOST INDOOR PUBLIC
SPACES ON FRIDAY, CALGARY WILL
FOLLOW SUIT ON SATURDAY.
THERE ARE OF COURSE, MEDICAL
EXCEPTIONS TO THOSE RULES.
ON THE WHOLE, MOST PEOPLE SEEM
TO BE COMPLYING.
AS NICOLE IRELAND TELLS US, SOME
GROUPS OPPOSE THE IDEA AND THEY
ARE GETTING HELP FROM
ANTI-VAXXERS TO SPREAD
MISINFORMATION.
>> Reporter: WHEN MANDATORY
MASKING CAME TO TORONTO, SO TOO
DID EXAMPLES OF PUSH BACK.
LIKE THIS ONE AT A TORONTO
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
>> YOU ARE MAKING ME WEAR A
MASK.
YOU ARE GOING TO DENY ME
SERVICE?
>> Reporter: ORGANIZED ANTIMASK
GROUPS HAVE SPRUNG UP TO PROTEST
MASKING BUT PHYSICAL DISTANCING,
CONTACT TRACING, AND MOST OTHER
PUBLIC-HEALTH MEASURES TO FIGHT
COVID-19.
>> WE'VE WITNESSED THIS
STRIPPING OF OUR BASIC HUMAN
RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AT
BREATHTAKING SPEEDS UNDER THE
FALSE PRE TENSIO CONTINUES OF A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE TACTICS
USED BY THE ANTI-VACCINATION
MOVEMENT.
NOW, CBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED THAT
AT LEAST ONE ANTI-MASKING GROUP
IN TORONTO HAS PARTNERED WITH
THE CANADIAN ANTI-VAXXERS
ORGANIZATION.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN THE ANTI-MASKING
SENTIMENTS AND MOVEMENT WITH
ANTI-VACCINE.
>> Reporter: MAYA SAYS ORGAN TEE
VACCINATION GROUPS AND
ANTI-MASKING GROUPS GROW OUT OF
A MISTRUST OF GOVERNMENT AND
HEALTH AUTHORITIES.
>> WHEN YOU DON'T TRUST THE SORT
OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC
WELL-BEING, YOU ARE GOING TO
COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF
TACTICS TO TRY TO RESIST IT.
>> Reporter: THOSE TACTICS
INCLUDE SPREADING FALSE CLAIMS
THAT WEARING A MASK CAN CAUSE
PEOPLE TO SUFFER OXYGEN
DEFICIENCY, BREATHE IN TOXINS,
OR EVEN DEVELOP A COMPROMISED
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
>> I HAVE TO SAY IT DISCOURAGED
ME WHEN I SEE PEOPLE ACTING ON
INFORMATION THAT I'M QUITE SURE
IS NOT ONLY INCORRECT BUT
MISLEADING AND POTENTIALLY
LEADING TO HARMFUL OUTCOMES
PARTICULARLY WHE WHEN IT COMES TO
THE VULNERABLE PATIENTS.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS EMPHASIZE
THERE ARE SOME LEGITIMATE
MEDICAL THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM
WEARING MASKS.
THE GUIDANCE HAS CHANGED AND
IT'S CONFUSING.
THEY ARE LEARNED MORE ABOUT HOW
THIS NEW VIRUS HAS SPREAD AND
HOW WEARING A MASK CAN HELP
PEOPLE SAFE INSIDE STORES LIKE
THIS.
NICOLE IRELAND, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," FRONTLINE WORKERS GET
SOME SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
PERSONAL PORTRAITS BY ARTISTS
THAT THEY'VE NEVER MET.
THE REACTION WHEN THIS SEE THE
>> Adrienne: ARTIST IN
NEWFOUNDLAND ARE HONOURING
FRONTLINE WORKERS IN THE BEST
WAY THEY KNOW HOW.
BY PAINTING PORTRAITS OF THEM.
SO THE TRICK HERE, THE ARTIST
HAVE NEVER MET THEIR SUBJECTS
UNTIL THE PORTRAITS WERE
UNVEILED AND THAT IS OUR
"MOMENT."
I AM AN AVID FOLLOWER OF ART ON
INSTAGRAM.
I STARTED TO SEE THIS ONE
HASHTAG POPPING UP AND IT WAS
ACTUALLY STARTED BY A PORTRAYED
ARTIST LOCATED IN THE U.K.
THE ARTIST WOULD CONNECT WITH A
WORKER, DO A PORTRAIT AND
ACTUALLY GIVE THAT PORTRAIT TO
THE WORKER THEMSELVES.
AND IT SORT OF SEEMS LIKE THE
KIND OF THING THAT NEWFOUNDLAND
WAS MADE FOR.
WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO JUST
GIVE IT A TRY HERE.
WE ACTUALLY WERE GOING WITH THE
IDEA OF FRONTLINE WORKERS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE NATHAN THE COR
TRAIT THAPORTRAIT I'VE WORKED ON.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME PAINTING
SOMEONE I NEVER MET BEFORE.
>> WOW.
I LOVE IT.
I ACTUALLY LOVE IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU
ARE DOING.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> IT'S SHOWING THESE PEOPLE
WHEN THEY DID SOMETHING FOR
PEOPLE AROUND HEM TOO.
>> Adrienne: AS YOU HEARD, THIS
STARTED IN THE U.K. AND IT WAS
ONLY FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS BUT
THE FOLKS IN NEWFOUNDLAND
DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO EXPAND
THAT.
HE WAS THRILLED TO GET THE
PORTRAIT AND THE RESPECT AND HE
DESERVES BOTH.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
JULY 27th.
GOOD NIGHT.
