The National for Wednesday, August 8, 2018 — Toronto Flood, Saudi Arabia, Reconciliation

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>> Ian: ON THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR, TWO MEN,
NO CELL SERVICE AND WATER RISING
BY THE MINUTE.
>> THERE IS PANIC, THERE IS
PRAYING.
>> Ian: THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO
SWAM TO THEIR RESCUE WITH JUST
MOMENTS TO SPARE.
THIS AS TORONTO GOT MORE RAIN IN
ONE NIGHT THAN IT USUALLY GETS
IN A MONTH.
ARE CITIES PREPARED?
>> Adrienne: THE PRIME MINISTER
NOT BOWING TO SAUDI ARABIA AS
THE KINGDOM RATCHETS UP THE
PRESSURE AND THE PROPAGANDA.
>> Rosemary: AND THE DEBATE OF
MEMORIALIZING A PAINFUL PAST.
THE FIRST TO TEAR DOWN A STATUE
OF SIR JOHN A.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL".
>> LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S WATER.
>> Ian: THAT WAS ONE OF THE MILD
REACTIONS LAST NIGHT TO A
DANGEROUSLY POWERFUL DELUGE, IT
DRENCHED THE CITY, KNOCKING OUT
POWER TO THOUSANDS OF HOMES.
IT ALSO NEARLY TURNED AN
ELEVATOR INTO A DEATH TRAP.
TWO MEN WERE WORKING LATE WHEN
THEY REALISED THEIR CARS WERE AT
RICK.
>> Reporter: KLEVER FREIRE AND
GABRIEL OTRIN WEREN'T SURE IF
THEY'D GET OUT OF THIS ELEVATOR
ALIVE.
>> WE PASSED DOWN TO THE
BASEMENT.
WE FELT AND HEARD A STRONG
WOOSH.
>> Reporter: THEY WERE HEADED
DOWN TO THE PARKING GARAGE TO
MOVE THEIR CARS AFTER RAIN WATER
STARTED TO FLOOD IN, BUT THEY
HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH.
>> DESCRIBE THE MOMENT AS THE
ELEVATOR HITS THE GROUND FLOOR?
>> IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE SHOCK,
SORT OF MOMENT OF DISBELIEF.
>> WATER STARTED COMING IN.
>> Reporter: THEY SAY WITHIN
MINUTES THE WATER WAS UP TO
THEIR WAIST.
>> AS THE WATER WAS COMING IN,
WE WERE LOOKING FOR EMERGENCY
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> Reporter: THEY MANAGED TO GET
AHOLD AN OPERATOR WITH THE
EMERGENCY PHONE.
THE CONVERSATION OVER IN
SECONDS.
>> THE WATER ROSE THROUGH THE
LEVEL OF THE SPEAKER AND FRIED
THE ELECTRONICS.
>> Reporter: GABRIEL OTRIN
ATTEMPTED TO CALL FOR HELP FROM
HIS CELL PHONE, BUT COULDN'T GET
A SIGNAL.
>> MY FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS TO
CLIMB UP ON THE RAIL AND TRY TO
PUSH THE TOP PANEL OUT, BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN
MOVIES.
>> Reporter: THEY WEREN'T ABLE
TO OPEN IT WIDE ENOUGH, BUT THEY
DID PRY ENOUGH GAP TO GET A CELL
SIGNAL AND CALL 911.
POLICE ARRIVED IN MINUTES, JOSH
McSWEENEY AND RYAN BARNETT.
>> WE CAN HEAR THEM INSIDE
SCREAMING FOR HELP.
THE WATER WAS GETTING HIGH AND
THEY NEEDED US.
WE STARTED TRYING TO PULL THE
DOOR OPEN, BUT THE PRESSURE WAS
TOO GREAT.
SO JOSH IMMEDIATELY WENT
UPSTAIRS AND GOT A PRY BAR.
>> Reporter: WHILE POLICE
SCRAMBLED TO TRY TO PRY THE DOOR
OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE, THE WATER
LEVEL WAS JUST A COUPLE OF FEET
FROM THE TOP.
KLEVER FREIRE AND GABRIEL OTRIN
WORRIED THEY WERE OUT OF TIME.
>> I WOULD SAY BY THE TIME WE
FIRST GOT THERE, THE TIME I GOT
THE SECOND CROWBAR, THE WATER
HAD RISEN.
>> AT THAT TIME WE'RE TREADING
WATER.
YOU CAN NO LONGER TOUCH THE
GROUND.
>> I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO DIE
IN THIS DIRTY WATER IN AN
ELEVATOR, THAT'S NOT THE WAY I'M
GOING TO GO.
>> Reporter: IT TOOK A FEW
MINUTES, THAT FELT LIKE HOURS,
BUT POLICE WERE ABLE TO PRY THE
DOORS OPEN WITH A CROWBAR.
>> WE KNEW THE SITUATION GOING
ON, BUT THERE WAS NO PANIC, WE
WERE CALM.
WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT WE
NEEDED TO DO.
>> I JUST REMEMBER BEING HAPPY I
WAS GOING TO SEE MY FAMILY.
>> Ian: SO WHY DID TORONTO GET
SO DRENCHED SO QUICKLY?
AND HOW MUCH RAIN FELL LAST
NIGHT?
WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON WHERE IN
THE CITY YOU WERE.
THE TORONTO ISLAND AIRPORT NEAR
DOWNTOWN RECORDED 77
MILLIMETRES, MORE RAIN THAN IN
THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY.
BUT LOOK AT THIS, JUST
KILOMETRES AWAY, BARELY ANY
PRECIPITATION AT ALL.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS
CONCENTRATED OVER VERY SMALL
AREAS.
WHAT HAPPENED?
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE
NORTH END OF TORONTO AROUND
8:00, IT WAS A SLOW-MOVING STORM
TAKING THREE HOURS TO GET TO THE
SOUTHERN PART OF TORONTO, SO THE
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR STALLED OVER
THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
DIDN'T CLEAR UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
RESULT, DRAMATIC FLASH FLOODING
AND NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AS SALIMAH SHIVJI REPORTS,
EXTREME WEATHER IS AN EXTREME
CHALLENGE IN CITIES LIKE
TORONTO.
>>
>> Reporter: LIKE THE REST OF
THE BASEMENT, IT'S COVERED IN
DIRTY SEWAGE WATER.
>> WITHIN MINUTES, MY WHOLE
BASEMENT WAS FLOODED AND I
NOTICED THAT THE HARDWOOD FLOOR
WAS COMING OUT, THE LAMINATE WAS
COMING OUT, AND IT WAS FLOATING.
>> Reporter: AT ANOTHER HOME,
SOGGY FAMILY PHOTOS ARE RESCUED
AND SET OUT TO DRY.
>> WHAT CAN WE DO?
>> Reporter: EVEN NEIGHBOURS WHO
WEREN'T HIT ARE FRUSTRATED.
>> THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE WORKING
HARD TO AFFORD A HOUSE IN THE
CITY, AND TO HAVE IT FLOODED AND
FLOODED AGAIN, AND THE CONCERNS
IGNORED?
>> Reporter: IT'S HAPPENED
BEFORE, FLASH FLOODING TWO YEARS
AGO AND THREE YEARS BEFORE THAT.
SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS WHETHER
THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE CAN
HANDLE IT AS THE CLIMATE
CHANGES.
>> THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS UPGRADED
WHETHER IT HAS TO DO WITH
BASEMENT FLOODING OR THE OTHER
EFFECTS.
>> TOTALLY PREDICTABLE.
>> Reporter: THIS CLIMATE
SCIENTIST SAYS TORONTO IS MOVING
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT --
>> I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING IT
FAST ENOUGH.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, EVERY DAY WE
DON'T ADAPT IS A DAY WE DON'T
HAVE.
>> Reporter: WITH OLDER CITY
CORE AND DEVELOPMENT, THE
PROBLEM IS COMPLEX.
>> WE REALLY HAVE LIMITED
OPTIONS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE CAN
MOVE THE WATER AND HOW.
AND SO MUCH OF THE LAND SURFACE
HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A JUNGLE
OF CONCRETE AND ASPHALT.
>> Reporter: THE WORK IN
PROGRESS AS CITIES RUSH TO ADAPT
AND THIS FAMILY TRIES TO CLEAN
UP TODAY.
>> Adrienne: TO THE DIPLOMATIC
STANDOFF BETWEEN OTTAWA AND
RIYADH.
TENSIONS ESCALATED AGAIN.
WE DIVE INTO THE PROPAGANDA
WHIPPING UP ANTI-CANADA
SENTIMENT.
>> Rosemary: FIRST, THE PRIME
MINISTER IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE
FIRST TIME AND HE'S NOT BACKING
DOWN.
CANADA WILL UNAPOLOGETICALLY
DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS ANYWHERE IN
THE WORLD, THAT WAS THE SIMPLE
MESSAGE JUSTIN TRUDEAU DELIVERED
FIRMLY BUT POLITELY TODAY.
HOW OTTAWA IS PLAYING ITS HAND.
>> Reporter: EVEN IN THE MIDDLE
OF A DIPLOMATIC FEUD, THE SHOW
MUST GO ON, BUT THIS HIGH TECH
FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT IN MONTREAL
QUICKLY BECAME ABOUT SAUDI
ARABIA.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI
ARABIA.
THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH
THEIR FOREIGN MINISTER YESTERDAY
AND DIPLOMATIC TALKS CONTINUE.
>> Reporter: CHRYSTIA FREELAND'S
LONG CONVERSATION DID NOT BRING
A QUICK END TO THE FEUD.
AT LEAST NOT FROM A SAUDI
PERSPECTIVE.
>> CANADA KNOWS WHAT THEY NEED
TO DO.
CANADA STARTED THIS AND IT'S UP
TO CANADA TO FIND A WAY OUT OF
IT.
>> Reporter: THAT'S EASIER SAID
THAN DONE.
>> IT'S A QUAGMIRE, WE'RE
DEALING WITH A KINGDOM THAT IS
ACCUSTOMED TO GETTING ITS WAY.
>> Reporter: ACCUSTOMED WITH
GETTING ITS WAY, NOT ACCUSTOMED
WITH BEING LECTURED ABOUT HUMAN
RIGHTS ON TWITTER BY A CANADIAN
CABINET MINISTER, WHICH MEANS
THE SOLUTION MAY LIE IN PUSHING
THINGS UP THE LADDER.
>> I THINK DIALOGUE NEEDS TO
HAPPEN BETWEEN LEADERS OF
GOVERNMENT, ON A DIRECT BASIS.
I DON'T THINK THIS HAS BEEN
HANDLED WELL TO THIS STAGE.
>> Reporter: OR IN CLIMBING
DOWN.
>> IT APPEARS AS IF THE SAUDIS
ARE CALLING FOR APOLOGY OR SOME
SORT OF PUBLIC TAKE-BACK IF YOU
WILL, VERY DIFFICULT TO DO IN
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN THIS
GOVERNMENT IN PARTICULAR HAS
STAKED ITS CLAIM ON HUMAN RIGHTS
AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
>> IS APOLOGY SOMETHING YOU
WOULD CONSIDER?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: CANADIANS HAVE ALWAYS
EXPECTED OUR GOVERNMENT TO SPEAK
STRONGLY, FIRMLY, CLEARLY AND
POLITELY ABOUT THE NEED TO
RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS AT HOME AND
AROUND THE WORLD.
WE WILL CONTINUE DO THAT.
>> Rosemary: SO IF THE FANNIE
MAE IS NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE,
WHAT STEPS IS CANADA WILLING TO
TAKE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, CHRYSTIA
FREELAND HAS BEEN BUSY SINCE
THIS STARTED.
ONE, SHE'S CALLING COUNTRIES IN
THE MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE,
SEEKING THEIR INTERVENTIONS AND
ADVICE IN WAYS TO RESOLVE THIS.
NOTABLY, SHE'S SPOKEN TO SWEDEN
AND GERMANY WHO HAD SIMILAR
DISPUTES WITH SAUDI ARABIA.
SECONDLY, SHE'S DEALING DIRECTLY
WITH SAUDI ARABIA.
>> Rosemary: AT THE OFFICIAL
LEVEL, CANADA IS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY SAUDI
ARABIA'S RETALIATIONS MEANS, FOR
CANADA, ANY WORD ON THAT PART OF
IT?
>> Reporter: THEY'RE TRYING TO
QUANTIFY THINGS, THE IMPACT ON
HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITIES AND
FARMERS AND TRYING TO GET
CLARITY ON REPORTS THAT SAUDI
ARABIA ORDERED A SELLOFF OF
CANADIAN ASSETS.
THIS WAS REPORTED IN THE
FINANCIAL TIMES AND CANADA IS
TRYING TO SEE IF THIS THE CASE
AND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN IF IT WAS
TRUE.
IN THE SHORT-TERM, NO APOLOGY IS
COMING, IT'S NOT GOING UP TO THE
PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE, IT'S
STAYING WITH CHRYSTIA FREELAND.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU.
THAT'S THE GAME OF DIPLOMACY,
BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE REAL
PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE?
HAJJ IS THE ANNUAL MUSLIM
PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA AND IS
QUICKLY APPROACHING AND MANY
CANADIAN MUSLIMS ARE AFRIDAYED
FRAYED TO GO -- AFRAID TO GO.
>> Reporter: THE TRAVEL AGENCY
IS SOMETHING OF A CRISIS CENTRE.
JAMIL AHMED WORKING TWO PHONES
AT ONCE WITH NERVOUS MUSLIMS WHO
PAID THOUSANDS TO TAKE A TRIP OF
A LIFETIME AND ARE NOW BACKING
OUT.
>> 60% OF THE CALLS, WHAT WILL
HAPPEN?
>> Reporter: EVERY MUSLIM IS
EXPECTED TO UNDERTAKE THE HAJJ,
A RELIGION PILGRIMAGE TO SACRED
SITE AT LEAST ONCE.
YESTERDAY, AHMED CANCELLED 15
TRIPS BECAUSE OF ESCALATING
TENSION BETWEEN CANADA AND SAUDI
ARABIA.
SAUDIS NATIONAL AIR CARRIER HAS
CANCELLED ALL FLIGHTS TO CANADA
STARTING NEXT WEEK WHICH COULD
STRAND HUNDREDS OF TRAVELLERS
THERE WELL BEYOND THE END OF THE
HAJJ.
OVERSTAYING AN APPROVED VISIT TO
SAUDI ARABIA COULD LEND YOU A
FINE, OR TIME BEHIND BARS.
OTTAWA IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW MANY CANADIANS WILL BE
EFFECTED AND WHAT IT CAN DO TO
HELP?
>> I HOPE NO ONE GETS STUCK, BUT
IF THEY DO, I ENCOURAGE THEM TO
CALL THE EMBASSY.
>> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE ARE
STILL WILLING TO RISK IT.
FACHRIZAL HALIM AND HIS WIFE
LEFT FOR RIYADH TODAY.
>> WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO GET
BACK TO CANADA.
>> HALIM IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT
BEING STUCK, HE'S A PLAN OF
FAITH.
MALIK MUSHTAQ IS LESS CONFIDENT,
HE ESTIMATES HIS BUSINESS COULD
LOSE MILLIONS IN RELIGIOUS
TRAVEL PACKAGE SALES IF THE
COUNTRIES DON'T BURY THE
HATCHET.
>> CANADIAN GOVERNMENT, SAUDI
GOVERNMENT, PLEASE SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: A SOLUTION THAT
SEEMS UNLIKELY ANY TIME SOON.
>> Rosemary: AND TRAVELLERS
AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD
PAY A PRICE FOR THE DISPUTE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SAUDI
STUDENTS AND AMONG THEM MEDICAL
STUDENTS WHO CONTRIBUTE A LOT TO
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO HAS
TRAINED OVER A THOUSAND SAUDI
DOCTORS IN THE LAST 40 YEARS,
THERE ARE 216 SAUDI MEDICAL
RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS WORKING IN
HOSPITALS AROUND THE CITY.
225 ARE PROVIDING SYSTEM SERVICE
IN MONTREAL THROUGH McGILL'S
MEDICAL PROGRAMME.
IN TOTAL, CANADA HAS SOME 800
SAUDI DOCTORS IN TRAINING,
PULLING THEM OUT WOULD LIKELY
PUT MORE STRAIN ON AN ALREADY
OVERTAXED SYSTEM.
>> Adrienne: WHILE CANADIANS
PONDER THIS WHOLE MESSY TANGO,
THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA IS
ABUZZ WITH INSULTS AND ATTEMPTS
TO SHAME CANADA ONLINE AND ON
THE AIR.
HERE'S A SENSE OF WHAT THEY'RE
SAYING.
>> Adrienne: BROADCASTERS QUICK
WITH ANTI-CANADA REPORTS.
>> IN CANADA, WOMEN ARE HIGHLY
PERSECUTED A GUEST JUST SAID.
THAT'S INTERESTING.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
ACCORDING TO A 2017 REPORT BY
THE CATO INSTITUTE, CANADA
SCORED A 10 OUT OF 10 IN TERMS
OF WOMEN'S SECURITY AND FREEDOM
OF MOVEMENT.
SAUDI ARABIA FOR THE RECORD,
SCORED A 5 FOR WOMEN SECURITY
AND A 0 FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOM OF
MOVEMENT.
ANOTHER CLAIM ABOUT CANADA'S
PERSECUTION OF PRISONERS OF
CONSCIENCE, USING HOLOCAUST
DENIER AS AN EXAMPLE AND THE
CONTROVERSIAL JORDAN PETERSON,
WHO IS NOT IN PRISON.
A VIRTUAL SAUDI ELECTRONIC ARMY
HAS RELEASED A SERIES OF
ANTI-CANADA TWEETS AND LAUNCHED
A HASH TAG, SAUDIS ARE DEEPLY
CONCERNED ABOUT...
>>> FOLLOWED BY A WAVE OF
TWEETS, QUÉBEC SOVEREIGNTY AND
CANADA'S TREATMENT OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE.
>> IF YOU'RE A GOOD GLOBAL
CITIZEN --
>> IYAD EL-BAGHDADI SAYS THE
KINGDOM'S FURY ABOUT CANADA IS
ABOUT HOW THE CROWN PRINCE
HANDLED KHADR AND YEMEN.
>> WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING
MOHAMMAD BIN SALMAN FOR SEVERAL
YEARS NOW AND HE'S NOT GOOD AT
WALKBACKS.
>> Adrienne: HE SAID HE'S HEARD
FROM WORRIED CANADIANS IN SAUDI
ARABIA.
>> THEY'RE NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY
WATCHED WHAT HAPPENED WITH QATAR
AND THEY THIS YOUNG PRINCE
DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY IMPULSE
CONTROL, HE DOES ALL ESCALATION.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT COMES
NEXT?
IS HE GOING TO ASK CANADIANS TO
LEAVE THE COUNTRY?
>> Adrienne: LEAVE THE COUNTRY?
THAT'S THE TONE OF THIS SAUDI
CARTOON, A CANADIAN TELLING A
SAUDI TO RELEASE THE ACTIVIST
AND THE RESPONSE TO THE SHOCKED
CANADIAN, GET OUT.
SO THAT'S THE -- WELL IT'S
CALLED CREATIVE RESPONSE TO ALL
OF THIS IN THE SAUDI MEDIA.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WESTERN
MEDIA?
OUTSIDE OF CANADA IT'S QUIET
WITH ONE EXCEPTION.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS
HISTORY, THE "WASHINGTON POST"
HAS PUBLISHED AN EDITORIAL IN
ARABIC TODAY AND IT IS A
FEARLESSLY OUTSPOKEN DEFENCE OF
CANADA IN THIS DISPUTE.
IT READS IN PART, WHAT MS.
FREELAND AND CANADA CORRECTLY
UNDERSTAND IS THAT HUMAN RIGHTS
AND BASIC LIBERTY ARE UNIVERSAL
VALUES, NOT THE PROPERTY OF
KINGS AND DICTATORS TO
ARBITRARILY GRANT AND REMOVE ON
A WHIM.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE CANADA
HOLDING ALOT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS
BANNER
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>> Adrienne: AS DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WORSEN, A POSSIBLE
REPRIEVE FOR A SAUDI MAN SEEKING
ASYLUM, HE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE
DEPORTED, BUT THE UNITED NATIONS
ASKED OTTAWA TO KEEP HIM HERE
UNTIL HIS CASE IS INVESTIGATED
FURTHER.
WE'VE CHANGED HIS NAME AND HIS
WIFE BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED
ABOUT THE SAFETY OF RELATIVES IN
SAUDI ARABIA.
JAELA BERNSTIEN HAS THEIR STORY.
>> Reporter: A SYMBOL OF THE
FUTURE THAT NOORA WANTS FOR HER
FAMILY HANGS ON HER LIVING ROOM
WALL.
>> THIS COUNTRY FOR ME AND FOR
MY KIDS.
>> Reporter: SHE AND HER HUSBAND
OMAR HOPE TO START THEIR NEW
LIVES HERE IN MONTREAL.
>> TO STAY AND LIVE TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: BUT THEY'RE NOT
TOGETHER.
OMAR IS NOW IN HOSPITAL, BUT HE
WAS BEING HELD IN THIS DETENTION
CENTRE.
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN'S ASYLUM
APPLICATIONS ARE BEING
PROCESSED, BUT OMAR WAS DECLARED
INELIGIBLE.
HE ORIGINALLY CAME TO NOD ALONE
FEARING FOR HIS SAFETY, AFTER HE
WAS ACCUSED OF CRITICIZING SAUDI
ARABIA'S ACTIONS IN YEMEN.
HE WITH DREW HIS CLAIM TO TRAVEL
BACK TO SAUDI ARABIA TO HELP HIS
WIFE WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND
DETAINED.
OMAR'S LAWYERS HAVE BEEN
SEARCHING FOR AWAY TO HELP HIM
STAY.
>> THE SITUATION IS CLEAR IN
SAUDI ARABIA FOR SHIAS, WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY CANADA --
>> OMAR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON A
FLIGHT TO SAUDI ARABIA THIS
MORNING, BUT THE UNITED NATIONS
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE STEPPED
IN ASKING CANADA TO DELAY THE
DEPORTATI
DEPORTATION WHILE THEY EXAMINE
THE CASE.
IT IS CANADA'S SOVEREIGN RIGHT
AND DUTY TO MAKE ITS OWN
DECISIONS AS AN INDEPENDENT
COUNTRY AND WE WILL DO THAT, BUT
WE WILL WEIGH WHAT THE U.N. HAS
ASKED.
>> Reporter: AT AN EVENT IN
MONTREAL, PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN
TRUDEAU WAS ASKED ABOUT THE
CASE, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
DEPORTING SOMEONE TO A COUNTRY
HIS GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CRITICAL
OF.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE ALWAYS EXPECT AND
CANADIANS EXPECT THAT OUR
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM WHICH IS
BASED ON RULES, ON VALUES, ON
PRINCIPLES THAT ARE CLEARLY LAID
OUT, BE FOLLOWED IN ITS
INTEGRITY AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
>> Reporter: NOORA REMAINS
HOPEFUL.
>> MY KIDS TELL ME EVERY DAY,
WHAT TIME MY FATHER COME BACK?
>> Reporter: OMAR IS EXPECTED TO
HAVE A DETENTION REVIEW HEARING
TOMORROW MORNING.
>> Ian: WATCHING SEVERAL OTHER
DEVELOPING STORIES, INCLUDING
THE DEATH OF A FOREIGN NATIONAL
AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH
CANADIAN BORDER OFFICERS.
VERY LITTLE IS BEING SAID
PUBLICLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, A
PLANE ABOUT TO TAKE OFF FROM
CALGARY AIRPORT YESTERDAY.
TWO OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO
DEPORT A MAN WHEN ACCORDING TO
CBSA, HE WENT INTO MEDICAL
DISTRESS.
CALGARY POLICE WON'T SAY WHAT
HAPPENED, ONLY THAT THE
ALTERCATION IS PHYSICAL.
INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY.
>>> I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT
I INTEND TO RUN IN THE UPCOMING
BYELECTION HERE IN BURNABY
SOUTH.
>> Ian: JAGMEET SINGH MAKING THE
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT HE'S
RUNNING FOR PARLIAMENT.
HE HASN'T HAD A SEAT SINCE HE
BECAME THE LEADER OF THE N.D.P.
10 MONTHS AGO.
THE RIDING WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD
BY KENNEDY STEWART WHO RESIGNED
IN JUNE.
SINGH SAYS IF HE WINS THE
BYELECTION, HE'LL MOVE TO THE
SUBURB.
>> Adrienne: VICTORIA PLANS TO
TAKE DOWN A STATUE OF THE
COUNTRY'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER.
BRIAR STEWART TAKES US TO THE
DEBATE ON THE STREET.
>> Rosemary: AND THE VOTES ARE
STILL BEING RECOUNTED IN OHIO.
KEITH BOAG BREAKS DOWN WHY ONE
ELECTION HAS SUCH BIG MIDTERM
IMPLICATIONS.
>> Ian: AND A WILD UP CLOSE
ENCOUNTER IS THE "MOMENT OF THE
DAY".
>> IT WAS SO EXCITING FOR THE
GUESTS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE COMING FROM THE
U.K., GETTING UP IN THE BATHROBE
AND SEEEE
[ * ]
>> Rosemary: THE MARGIN OF
VICTORY IS TOO THIN TO SEE IN
OHIO.
REPUBLICANS ARE FIGHTING TO HANG
ONTO WHAT WAS ONCE A SAFE SEAT.
BALDERSON LEADS BY LESS THAN A
PERCENTAGE POINT OVER HIS RIVAL.
AND THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS HAVE
YET TO BE COUNTED.
AS KEITH BOAG EXPLAINS, THIS HAS
MANY WONDERING IF THIS IS A SIGN
OF WHAT IS COMING IN THE
NOVEMBER MIDTERM.
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK PRESIDENT
TRUMP!
>> Reporter: THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE TROY BALDERSON TOOK IT
AS GIVEN HE WILL END UP THE
WINNER IN THE OHIO DISTRICT.
TRUMP FLEW INTO HIGHWAY SATURDAY
TO HELP PUSH HIM OVER THE TOP.
BUT THE FACT IS BALDERSON MAY
NOT BE THE WINNER.
THERE ARE STILL BALLOTS TO COUNT
AND THE RACE IS TIGHT.
AS FAR AS GIVING DUE CREDIT,
DEMOCRATS MAY HAVE BEEN MORE
DRIVEN BY TRUMP TO VOTE AGAINST
BALDERSON THAN REPUBLICANS VOTE
FOR HIM.
DANNY O'CONNOR SAW NO REASON TO
CONCEDE.
>> WE'RE NOT STOPPING NOW!
TOMORROW WE REST AND THEN WE
KEEP FIGHTING THROUGH TO
NOVEMBER.
>> Reporter: INDEED, NO MATTER
THE FINAL SCORE, O'CONNOR AND
BALDERSON WILL FACE EACH OTHER
AGAIN ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.
AND THIS ONCE ROCK SOLID
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE A
TOSSUP.
DEMOCRATS ARE TICKLED HOW MUCH
MONEY AND EFFORT REPUBLICANS ARE
PUTTING INTO CAMPAIGNS THAT
SHOULD BE SAFE.
>> A RACE WE HAD NO BUSINESS OF
WINNING REQUIRED A VISIT FROM
THE PRESIDENT AND WE'RE
COMPETITIVE IN A PLACE WHERE THE
CONGRESSMAN IN 2016 WON BY 30
POINTS.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS ARE GOING
TO THE POLLS IN SPECIAL
ELECTIONS AND OFF-YEAR ELECTIONS
IN HIGH NUMBERS, AS THOUGH IT
WERE A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR.
THE CHANCES IN NOVEMBER LOOK
GOOD.
PLUS, THERE IS THIS...
>> TODAY WE ANNOUNCE CRIMINAL
CHARGES.
>> Reporter: THE F.B.I. CHARGED
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN CHRIS
COLLINS WITH SECURITY CRIMES
TODAY.
>> HE TIPPED HIS SON TO
CONFIDENTIAL CORPORATE
INFORMATION AT THE EXPENSE OF
REGULAR INVESTORS AND THEN HE
LIED ABOUT IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO COVER IT UP.
>> Reporter: THAT NOT ONLY HANGS
A CLOUD OVER HIS REELECTION IN
NOVEMBER, BUT RISKS LOOKING LIKE
TRUMP REPUBLICANS ARE CREATURE
WAS THE VERY SWAMP THAT THE
PRESIDENT PROMISED TO DRAIN.
>> Rosemary: ANOTHER THING TO
WATCH IN NOVEMBER'S MIDTERM
ELECTION, MORE WOMEN CANDIDATES
THAN EVER WILL BE FIGHTING FOR
SEATS IN CONGRESS, AND FOR
GOVERNORSHIPS.
AFTER LAST NIGHT'S PRIMARIES,
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE
NOMINATED 184 WOMEN IN U.S.
HOUSE RACE THIS IS YEAR,
BREAKING 2016'S RECORD OF 167.
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
THOSE WOMEN, THREE QUARTERS, ARE
DEMOCRATS.
THERE ARE ALSO 11 FEMALE
NOMINEES FOR GOVERNOR THAT YEAR
AND THAT TOPS THE PREVIOUS HIGH
OF 10.
>> Ian: STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL", SAYING GOODBYE TO
MASSEY HALL FOR NOW, FOR THE
ICONIC MUSIC HALL CLOSES FOR
RENOVATIONS.
I HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR IT.
WE'LL REVISIT THE MEMORIES.
>> Adrienne: AND READING BETWEEN
THE NOTES.
MEET THE CANADIAN WHO SAYS HE
HAS CONDUCTED MATHEMATICS
ANALYSIS OF?
SOME OF THE -- OF SOME OF THE
BEATLES GREATEST HITS TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WAS WRITTEN BY JOHN AND
WHAT WAS WRITTEN BY PAUL.
>> JOHN MADE A LOT OF USE OUT OF
THE TONIC CHORD AND
>> Ian: ON "THE NATIONAL"
TONIGHT, THE U.S. WILL IMPOSE
NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA
OVER A NERVE AGENT ATTACK.
BACK IN MARCH, SERGEI SKRIPAL
AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE
HOSPITALIZED FOR WEEKS AFTER
BEING POISONED.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS
WELCOMED THE SANCTIONS.
>>> AND THE STANFORD STUDENT
WHOSE SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL DREW
NATIONAL ATTENTION LOST HIS
APPEAL.
HE WAS CONVICTED OF RAPE AGO
WOMAN OUTSIDE A FRAT PARTY, BUT
IT WAS THE SENTENCE THAT
GARNERED OUTRAGE, 6 MONTHS.
HE APPEALED THE CONVICTION,
SAYING THE TRIAL WASN'T FAIR.
>> STATE POLICE IS FULLY
PREPARED TO ACT ON VIOLENCE, ANY
ACTS OF VIOLENCE OR ANY
VIOLATIONS OF LAW.
>> Ian: A PRE-EMPTIVE STATE OF
EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED IN
VIRGINIA AHEAD OF THE ONE YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
CHARLOTTESVILLE RALLY.
ONE WOMAN WAS KILLED AND DOZENS
MORE INJURED AS A CAR PLOWED
INTO THE CROWD OF PROTESTERS.
IT FOLLOWED A DEBATE WHETHER TO
TEAR DOWN A STATUE OF ROBERT E.
LEE.
>> Adrienne: THE U.S. DEBATE
OVER CONFEDERATE STATUES HAS A
CERTAIN ECHO IN CANADA.
IN CANADA, SIR JOHN A. MacDONALD
IS COMMEMORATING ON EVERYTHING
FROM BRIDGES TO TA $10 BILL, BUT
HE WAS ALSO A KEY PLAYER IN THE
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO NOW THE CITY OF VICTORIA IS
LOOKING FOR ONE LESS REMINDER OF
HIM.
>> Reporter: MOST CANADIANS KNOW
SIR JOHN A. MacDONALD IS THE
COUNTRY'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER.
BUT HE WAS ALSO AN M.P. FOR
VICTORIA AND HIS STATUE HAS BEEN
STANDING HERE FOR MORE THAN 35
YEARS, BUT LIKELY NOT MUCH
LONGER.
>> IN ORDER TO REALLY COMMIT TO
RECONCILIATION, WE NEED TO
REMOVE THE STATUE OF COLIN
McDONALD FROM THE TORONTO STEPS.
>> Reporter: THE DRIVING FORCE
OF CONFEDERATION IS GOING INTO
STORAGE BECAUSE OF A HISTORY
THAT IS NOT CELEBRATED.
THE FACT THAT HIS GOVERNMENT
CREATED THE INDIAN ACT AND
ESTABLISHED THE RESIDENTIAL
SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE THOUSANDS
WERE ABUSED AND GENERATIONS OF
TRAUMA FOLLOWED.
THE DECISION TO MOVE THE STATUE
WAS MADE BY A GROUP CALLED THE
CITY FAMILY.
MADE UP OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND
MEMBERS OF NEARBY FIRST NATIONS
AND THEIR FOCUS IS ON
RECONCILIATION.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP
WAS THAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS
WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WALKING PAST
THIS STATUE AND INTO CITY HALL.
INSIDE THIS BUILDING IS AN
INDIGENOUS EXHIBIT DEDICATED TO
RECONCILIATION AND ONE OF THE
ARTISTS BEHIND IT, SAYS IT WAS
TIME FOR THE STATUE TO GO.
>> WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
ME ABOUT THIS STATUE BEING
REMOVED IS THAT IT'S THE LOCAL
INDIGENOUS NATIONS KNOWN TODAY
AS ESQUIMALT AND SONGHEE WHO
HAVE ASKED FOR IT TO BE MOVED.
>> Reporter: THE CITY IS TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT HIS
LEGACY INTO CONTEXT.
THE DECISION HAS TO BE VOTED BY
CITY COUNCIL FIRST, WHILE IT IS
EXPECTED TO PASS, NOT EVERYONE
AGREES.
>> I DON'T LIKE THAT IT HAPPENED
SO SUDDENLY.
I THINK IT IS AN ISSUE THAT
DESERVES DISCUSSION.
>> Reporter: THERE IS PLENTY OF
DEBATE.
>> HISTORY IS WITH US, AND I
THINK THEY SHOULD CONSIDER THAT
IN ADDITION TO BEING POLITICAL
SENSITIVE.
>> OFTEN HEAR IT'S ERASING
HISTORY, BUT DEFINITELY LOOKING
ATE, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE HE BELIEVES
THAT MacDONALD SHOULD BE
REMEMBERED FOR ALL OF HIS C
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANADA INSTEAD
OF BEING UNQUESTIONABLY REVERED.
>> Adrienne: CANADIAN HISTORY IS
FULL OF POLARIZING FIGURES, MANY
OF THEM RECOGNIZED DESPITE THEIR
OPPRESSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AND THAT HAS MEANT A MAJOR
RETHINK.
UNTIL JANUARY, THIS STATUE OF
EDWARD CORNWALLIS HAD STOOD IN A
HALIFAX PARK FOR NEARLY NINE
DECADES, BUT THE CITY FOUNDER
PUT A BOUNTY OP THE SCALPS OF
MI'KMAQ PEOPLE.
THIS STATUE OF B.C.'S FIRST
CHIEF JUSTICE WAS RECENTLY
REMOVED FROM THE LAW SOCIETY
FOYER.
HE WAS NICKNAMED THE HANGING
JUDGE FOR SENTENCING SIX CHIEFS
TO DEATH IN THE
PRE-CONFEDERATION DAYS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CHANGING THAT NAME.
THAT IS A BIG CHING, BECAUSE
THAT'S PART OF RECONCILIATION.
>> Adrienne: LAST YEAR, THE
PRIME MINISTER STRIPPED THE NAME
OFF THE BUILDING THAT HOUSES HIS
OFFICE.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF SIR JOHN A.'S
CABINET AND ARCHITECT OF THE
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SPEAKING OF SCHOOLS, RYERSON
UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN UNDER REAL
PRESSURE TO CHANGE ITS NAME.
EDGERTON RYERSON MAY HAVE BEEN A
PIONEER OF EDUCATION, BUT HE
ALSO SHAPED POLICY FOR
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS.
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
PREPARING TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP
TOWARDS RECONCILIATION BY
EXONERATING CHIEF POUNDMAKER.
IN 1885, THE LEGENDARY CREE
LEADER WAS CONVICTED OF TREASON
FOR HIS ROLE IN THE NORTHWEST
REBELLION, BUT TO HIS PEOPLE,
POUNDMAKER WAS A MAN OF PEACE
WHO REJECTED VIOLENCE AND SAVED
LIVES.
FOR MEMBERS OF THE SASKATCHEWAN
FIRST NATION THAT BEARS HIS
NAME, IT'S HIGH TIME CANADIAN
HISTORY REFLECT THAT.
OLIVIA STEFANOVICH HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: DRILLING INTO
HISTORY IS A DELICATE TASK.
BUT AFTER MORE THAN 130 YEARS,
PEOPLE IN POUNDMAKER CREE NATION
ARE READY FOR REDEMPTION.
TO UNVEIL THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR
FOUNDER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Reporter: THIS PAINTING BY
RENOWNED CREE ARTIST TED MONCTON
WAS DONATED TO THE FIRST NATION,
FOR THE CHIEF'S EXONERATION.
>> WHAT IS HE DOING IN THE
PICTURE?
>> HE'S TELLING THEM ABOUT THE
PIPE, WE MADE AN OATH WITH THE
PIPE.
>> THIS CONFIRMS THE STORIES
THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD AND HOW WE
LIVE OUR LIVES HERE.
>> Reporter: IT DEPICTS
POUNDMAKER WHEN AS HE IS
REMEMBERED BY HIS PEOPLE, A
PEACEMAKER WHO PREVENTED
BLOODSHED, BUT WAS CONVICTED OF
TREASON.
>> HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THAT, HE DIDN'T NEED TO GO
THROUGH THAT, YET THAT HAPPENED
AND WE'RE READY TO, I GUESS, TO
FORGIVE THAT AND JUST KIND OF
MOVE ON FROM THERE.
CELESTE IS A DESCENDANT OF
POUNDMAKER, FIVE GENERATIONS
BACK.
FOR OVER A CENTURY, CHIEF
POUNDMAKER HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS
A TRAITOR IN HISTORY BOOKS, BUT
PEOPLE HERE NOW IT'S NOT TRUE
AND NOW THE REST OF CANADA WILL.
>> THIS WHOLE AREA WAS A
BATTLEFIELD.
>> Reporter: POUNDMAKER STOPPED
HIS WARRIORS FROM CHASING
CANADIAN FORCES DOWN DURING A
BATTLE ON THESE GROUNDS IN 1885.
IT'S BELIEVED HE PREVENTED THE
DEATHS OF 330 MEN.
FORMER CHIEF BLAINE FAVEL HAS
DONE THE MATH AND HE ESTIMATES
THAT TRANSLATES TO 100,000
DESCENDANTS WHO ARE STILL ALIVE
TODAY.
>> THAT'S WHY HE WAS HUGELY
IMPORTANT.
>> Reporter: BUT POUNDMAKER
WOULD NOT BE SEEN IN THIS LIGHT
UNTIL AFTER HIS DEATH.
HE WAS TRIED AND CONVICTED FOR
TREASON.
ACCUSED OF PROVOKING THE FIGHT.
HE WAS JAILED AND DIED A FEW
MONTHS AFTER HIS RELEASE.
>> THIS WAS A HUGE OPEN WOUND, A
FESTERING WOUND FOR CANADIAN
INDIGENOUS RELATIONS.
>> Reporter: FOR THE NEXT 35
YEARS, FAVEL SAYS THE COMMUNITY
WASN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE A CHIEF.
THE GOVERNMENT TOOK AWAY THEIR
GUNS AND HORSES, LEAVING THEM
WITH LITTLE TO MAKE A
LIVELIHOOD.
FAVEL IS NEGOTIATING THE TERMS
OF THE EXONERATION.
>> I THINK I'LL HAVE A HARD TIME
KEEPING A DRY EYE THAT DAY,
BECAUSE IT'S SO SIGNIFICANT FORT
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: FAVEL WANTS AN
APOLOGY FROM THE PRIME MINISTER,
FOLLOWED BY A FINANCIAL
SETTLEMENT.
>> CANADA IS BUILT DAY BY DAY,
RELATIONSHIP BY RELATIONSHIP, SO
IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE COMING INTO
THE CANADIAN FABRIC.
>> Reporter: OTTAWA IS MOVING
FORWARD WITH THE COMMUNITY'S
REQUEST.
A DATE HASN'T BEEN SET, BUT WHEN
IT DOES, HISTORY WILL HAVE TO BE
REWRITTEN.
>> THE SIGN HAS GOT TO GO.
THE SIGN WILL GO.
THAT SIGN WILL GO.
ALL THE SIGNS AROUND HERE WILL
HAVE TO GO.
THE CANADIAN HISTORY BOOKS HAVE
TO CHANGE.
>> I JUST LOVE THIS LAND.
IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
>> Reporter: MAVIS BILLESBURGER
GETS EMOTIONAL EACH TIME SHE
DRIVES IN.
POUNDMAKER WAS HER GREAT, GREAT,
GREAT, GREAT-GRANDFATHER AND
CHOSE THESE VALLEYS TO MAKE A
HOME FOR HIS PEOPLE.
>> TIME TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
WE SURVIVED AND IT WAS BECAUSE
OF CHIEF POUNDMAKER, BECAUSE IN
THIS COMMUNITY ANYWAY, HE
THOUGHT OF THE FUTURE.
HE THOUGHT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS
LIVING ON THIS LAND.
>> Reporter: NOW THOSE
GENERATIONS WILL GROW UP KNOWING
AND READING THEIR PEOPLE'S
TRUTH, ABOUT HOW THEIR LEADER
PUT HIS COMMUNITY FIRST.
OLIVIA STEFANOVICH, CBC NEWS,
POUNDMAKER CREE NATION.
>> Rosemary: STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL", THIS IS MY FAVOURITE
PART, SURPRISE ON A VANCOUVER
ISLAND LODGE, THE "MOMENT OF THE
DAY".
>> I LOVE IT THAT BLIEF
WILDLIFE IS IN THE NEWS.
>> THIS CLIP HAS MADE
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, YOU CAN SEE
WHY.
IT'S RACKED UP MILLIONS OF
VIEWS.
WE'LL BRING YOU THE STORY BEHIND
THE MOMENT IN OUR "MOMENT OF THE
DAY".
>> THE NATIONAL TAKES YOU INSIDE
OUR JOURNALISM EVERY AFTERNOON,
GOES DEEPER ON THE TOP STORIES
AND HIGHLIGHTS STORIES YOU MAY
HAVE MISSED.
TODAY, A SCATHING NEW REPORT
FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LINKS
HUNDREDS OF MIGRANT DEATHS AT
SEA DIRECTLY TO NEW
ANTI-IMMIGRATION POLICIES FROM
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER.
* IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND
LOVE *
* WHAT A TALE MY THOUGHTS COULD
TELL *
>> Ian: LOVE THAT SONG.
ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LEGENDARY
VENUES CLOSED ITS DOORS IN JULY
FOR TWO YEARS OF RENOVATIONS.
IN THE LAST MONTH, PRODUCTION
EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND
STORED.
THE ORIGINAL SEATS FROM 1894
ASSESSED AND INVENTORIED, BUT
LET'S REVISIT THE STAGE BEFORE
THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED.
>> GOOD EVENING.
TONIGHT, WE INVITE YOU INTO THE
HOME OF THE TORONTO SYMPHONY.
[ * ]
>> THIS WAS THE PLACE, THIS WAS
LIKE WHEN YOU PLAYED MASSEY
HALL, YOU'VE ARRIVED.
THE ROOM MAKES ME SMILE.
IT'S MIXED UP WITH SO MANY
MEMORIES, BOTH AS A FAN AND
PERFORMER.
>> WHEN YOU GET ON THE STAGE,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ONE OF THE BIG
CATS, THIS IS WHERE YOU WERE
MADE IN THE INDUSTRY.
AMAZING SHOWS HAVE HAPPENED
HERE.
[ * ]
>> Ian: IMAGINE IF MASSEY COULD
HEAR THOSE VOICES TODAY SPEAK
ABOUT THE GIFT HE GAVE THE CITY
OF TORONTO ALMOST 125 YEARS AGO.
A MEMORIAL TO HIS SON WHO DIED
AT THE AGE OF 36.
A CONCERT HALL THAT WAS ALSO
MEANT AS A TOWN HALL.
A SECULAR SPACE TO CELEBRATE NOT
JUST MUSIC, BUT SPEECHES AND
SPORT.
[CHEERING]
>> WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PULLED UP
OLD PROGRAMMES, PHOTOGRAPHS,
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS.
>> Ian: IT'S A HALL OF FAME OF
MUSICAL STARS FROM THE MOST
CANADIAN PERFORMERS TO THE MAN
WHO WAS ONCE OTT WORLD'S MOST
FAMOUS SINGER.
CARUSO'S FINAL CONCERT HERE COST
A MONTH SALARY FOR A LABORER.
>> THERE WERE OTHERS WHO
COULDN'T AFFORD THE $8 TO SEE
HIM PLAY.
AND SUCH WAS THE CROWD, HE CAME
OUT ON THE FIRE ESCAPES AND SANG
AN ARIA AT THE END OF THE
CONCERT FOR THE CROWDS BELOW.
[ * ]
>> Ian: TO WALK AROUND IS TO
FEEL THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IT, TOO.
NO ONE QUESTIONS THE NEED FOR
RENOVATION HERE, BUT SOME ARE
WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT DO
TO THE ESSENCE OF THE HALL.
>> YOU ALWAYS WANT TO SOUND FOR
THE AUDIENCE TO BE GREAT.
I HOPE THEY DON'T RUIN THAT.
>> Reporter: GORDON LIGHTFOOT
KNOWS WHAT IS THE STAKE.
HE'S PLAYED HERE MORE THAN ANY
OTHER, MORE THAN 160 TIMES.
NOW ALMOST 80 HE'S GOING TO
PERFORM AN ANNUAL SERIES OF
CONCERTS IN A PLACE THAT FEELS
LIKE HOME.
>> Ian: ONE OF THE THINGS I
FOUND INTERESTING, YOU WALK IN
YOUR FRONT DOOR AND HERE WE GO,
MASSEY HALL INSIDE AND OUT.
>> YOU CAN HARDLY TELL WHAT THIS
IS, BUT IT'S THE INTERIOR.
YOU LOVE GOING THERE BECAUSE IT
WAS LIKE WE MADE IT THROUGH
ANOTHER YEAR OF LIVING, PLAYING,
PERFORMING.
[ * ]
>> Ian: DO YOU REMEMBER THE
FIRST TIME, THE KIWANIS MUSIC
FESTIVAL?
>> OH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS 13 AND I WAS GOING BE
SINGING THAT EVENING.
AND I WAS KIND OF NERVOUS.
I WALKED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I WALKED UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS
AND IT FELT DIFFERENT.
IT FELT BIG, LIKE SOMETHING
REALLY IMPORTANT.
WHICH IT WAS.
[ * ]
>> Ian: I JUST WONDERED SOMEBODY
WATCHING NOW, WHO IS WATCHING
THIS IN CALGARY, OR ST. JOHN'S,
NEWFOUNDLAND, AND THEY'RE GOING,
MASSEY HALL, LIKE WHO -- WHAT IS
SO SPECIAL ABOUT MASSEY HALL,
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
>> THERE IS SOMETHING CHARMING
ABOUT THE OLD PLACE.
IT'S GOT A GREAT SOUND.
WONDERFUL AMBIENT SOUND.
[ * ]
>> Ian: YOU CAN HEAR THAT
WONDERFUL AMBIENT SOUND FOR
YOURSELF IN A SERIES OF
RECORDINGS.
THE GREATEST JAZZ CONCERT EVER.
NEIL YOUNG LIFE AT MASSEY HALL,
1971.
AND RUSH ALL THE WORLD'S A
STAGE.
>> THE FIRST TIME WE RECORDED
LIVE.
SO THE FIRST TIME THE RECORDING
TRUCK WAS GOING, IT MAKES YOU
HYPER AWARE OF EVERY NOTE YOU
PLAY.
>> Ian: YOU GUYS ARE AN ARENA
ROCK GROUP.
IN TERMS OF THE SOUND IS SO BIG,
WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO DO, BRING
THE VOLUME FROM 11 TO 8 WHEN
YOU'RE HERE?
>> NO, WE DIDN'T DO THAT.
THE TRUTH IS, IT'S A TOUGH
BUILDING FOR A REALLY LOUD BAND
LIKE US.
THE SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL IS
QUITE INTENSE.
SO WE SOUND VERY LOUD IN HERE.
>> Ian: WHAT DID IT MEAN TO YOU
TO PLAY HERE?
>> OH, IT WAS GINORMOUS FOR ME,
PERSONALLY.
MY BAND MATES, TOO.
MASSEY HALL FOR AN ONTARIAN, A
CANADIAN, WAS A LEGENDARY
BUILDING.
AND I SAW SO MANY HEROES HERE
THAT THE IDEA OF PLAYING HERE
WAS SORT OF INCOMPREHENSIBLE, SO
THE FIRST TIME YOU DO LOAD IN
AND ACTUALLY PLAY, IT'S
TREMENDOUSLY THRILLING.
THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CANADA'S
SPECIAL MUSIC HALL, JUST LIKE
CARNEGIE IS TO NEW YORKERS, AND
YOU KNOW.
>> Ian: I LOVE THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN RUSH AND BARENAKED
LADIES.
ED ROBERTSON TELLS A STORY ABOUT
GETTING A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE
FROM YOU, WHEN THEY HAD A
4-NIGHT STAND HERE.
>> RIGHT.
>> Ian: WITH THAT 4-NIGHT STAND,
BARENAKED LADIES BROKE RUSH'S
RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE CONCERT
NIGHTS.
>> THIS CHAMPAGNE CAME WITH A
CARD, IT SAID, YOU'RE ONLY
SUPPOSED TO DO THREE NIGHTS,
BOYS.
AND I CARRIED THAT BOTTLE OF
CHAMPAGNE AROUND FOR ABOUT TWO
HOURS BETWEEN SOUND CHECK AND
THE SHOW AND EXPLAINED TO EVERY
EVERYBODY, IT'S FROM RUSH, RUSH,
SENT US CHAMPAGNE.
>> IT WAS SORT OF A RECORD AT
THE TIME FOR A ROCK BAND AND WE
WERE PROUD OF THEM.
>> Ian: IN CASE YOU THINK THE
OLD HALL'S APPEAL IS LOST ON THE
NEW GENERATION, LISTEN TO THE
GOOD LOVELIES WHO PLAYED HERE
THE FIRST TIME JUST A FEW WEEKS
AGO.
[ * ]
>> ALWAYS GIVE A CHANCE TO FULLY
LOOK AT CAROLINE ON STAGE, BUT
TONIGHT, IT WAS LIKE I DIDN'T
WANT TO STOP WATCHING HER.
>> WE DEFINITELY PLAYED BIGGER
PLACES THAN THIS, BUT IT'S SO
LEGENDARY THAT IT FEELS SO MUCH
BIGGER THAN IT IS.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE, BUT YEAH, IT SORT OF GOES
UP RATHER THAN OUT.
>> EVERYBODY IS RIGHT THERE.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE AN
INTIMATE ROOM AND THAT WAS
REALLY NICE, REALLY NICE THING.
>> Ian: SO MASSEY HALL'S MAGIC
LIVES ON, BUT IT'S SHOWING THE
124 YEARS AND SO FUNDED LARGELY
BY THE FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT, THE RENO WILL BE
EXTENSIVE.
SO YOU HAVE THIS AWESOME LEGO
MODEL.
IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN TWO
YEARS.
THERE WILL BE NEW WASHROOMS, TWO
NEW PERFORMANCE SPACES.
THE SEATS WILL BE CHANGED.
AND ABOUT 100 ORIGINAL STAIN
GLASSED WINDOWS COVERED UP LONG
AGO TO KEEP OUT STREET NOISE,
WILL BE RESTORED.
ALL WHILE TRYING TO PRESERVE
WHAT HAS MADE THIS NATIONAL
HISTORIC SITE SO BELOVED BY SO
MANY PERFORMERS.
>> SO WILL THERE BE A CHANGE?
PROBABLY.
BUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT
IT'S A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER AND
THAT THE ACOUSTICS IN THE HALL
FINE-TUNE WHAT IS AN INCREDIBLE
INSTRUMENT, WHICH IS THE
ORIGINAL AUDITORIUM.
>> Ian: THE NEW LOOK WITH WITH
THAT OLD SOUND WILL BE REVEALED
IN THE FALL OF 2020.
WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF
CLASSIC SOUNDS, LET'S TURN TO A
BEATLES SONG THAT POSED A BIT OF
A MYSTERY, DID PAUL WRITE IT OR
JOHN?
* THERE ARE PLACES I REMEMBER
>> IT'S A FAMOUS SONG AND PEOPLE
HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER, WHETHER THEY'RE
MUSICIANS OR NON-MUSICIANS ABOUT
THE SONG.
* SOME ARE DEAD AND SOME ARE
LIVING *
* MY LIFE I LOVE THEM ALL
>> Reporter: A POSITIVER OF
MATH -- HE AND A COLLEAGUE SET
OUT TO USE A STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS OF TRAITS WHO LIKELY
COMPOSED IN MY LIFE.
MOST BEATLES SONGS ARE CREDITED
TO LENNON AND McCARTNEY.
>> THEY BOTH COULD HAVE WRITTEN
ANYTHING AT THE TIME.
>> Reporter: OF COURSE, A LOT OF
FANS HAVE THEIR OWN IDEAS ABOUT
WHAT MAKES A PAUL SONG OR A JOHN
SONG.
>> YOU THINK OF YESTERDAY, WHEN
YOU THINK OF PAUL AND WHAT DID
PAUL DO IN YESTERDAY.
OR FOR JOHN, YOU THINK OF
NOWHERE MAN, OR NORWEGIAN WOOD,
BUT THEY DON'T REPRESENT
NECESSARILY THE GENERAL SONG
THEY WRITE.
>> Ian: BROWN ANALYZED SONGS
WHERE THE AUTHORSHIP WAS WELL
KNOWN.
AFTER WEIGHING ALL THE EVIDENCE
--
>> IT WAS LIKELY JOHN WHO HAD
WRITTEN THE SONG IN MY LIFE.
>> A POTENTIAL DISAPPOINTMENT
FOR McCARTNEY FANS.
>> THE BEATLES HAVE BEEN OVER
SINCE 1970, YET PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT THEM.
AND YET THEY'RE AT THE FOREFRONT
OF DISCUSSION, THEY'RE AT THE
FOREFRONT OF MUSICALITY AND WHAT
A GREA
>> Rosemary: OK.
SO THESE TOURISTS WERE AT GREAT
BEAR LODGE IN B.C. TO SEE, YOU
KNOW, BEARS, BUT THEY GOT
SOMETHING BIGGER.
TWO HUMPBACK WHALES DROPPED BY
FOR BREAKFAST AND IT WAS CAUGHT
ON VIDEO.
AS OF TODAY, THAT VIDEO HAS BEEN
VIEWED 2.1 MILLION TIMES ON
INSTA-GRAM AND NOW A MILLION
AFTER WE GIVE IT TO YOU.
WE SPOKE WITH THE LODGE OWNER
ABOUT THE EARLY MORNING GUESTS
AND THAT'S OUR "MOMENT OF THE
DAY."
>> WHO COULD YOU IMAGINE GETTING
UP IN YOUR BATHROBE AND SEEING
WHALES THAT GOES TO THE LODGE.
I WOKE UP AND SAW A WHALE BLOW
IN THE DISTANCE.
AND THEN ANOTHER GUIDE SPOTTED
ANOTHER ONE.
SHE GOT EVERYONE OUT, JUST IN
TIME TO SEE A WHALE CREATING A
NET OF BUBBLES AROUND SOME FISH
AND BOTH WHALES CAME UP TO EAT
THEM.
SO I POSTED THE VIDEO ON
INSTA-GRAM.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IF YOU
FOR SOME OF OUR FRIENDS TO SEE
IT.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE STARTED
TO GET MORE LIKES.
IT'S EXCITING FOR US AS STAFF
BECAUSE WE USUALLY SEE MORE
BEARS THAN WHALES.
I LOVE THAT SO MUCH WILDLIFE IS
IN THE NEWS.
>> Ian: TWO THINGS COME TO MIND.
ONE, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WE
HAVE.
AND THE OTHER THING, OF COURSE,
WHETHER IT'S THE BAY OF FUNDY OR
THE WEST COAST, THE MAGIC OF
WHALES.
>> Adrienne: AND THE 2.1 MILLION
VIEWS, HALF OF THEM HAVE BEEN US
TODAY.
[LAUGHTER]
LOOKING AT IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
I'M ASTONISHED AT THE WAY THEY
EAT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
APPARENTLY THE HUMPBACK WHALES
EAT FOR 22 HOURS A DAY IN THE
SUMMER, A LITTLE LIKE ME
SOMETIMES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Rosemary: AND YOU MAY WANT TO
KNOW HOW WE DECIDE ON THESE
VIDEOS.
WE GET A LIST OF THINGS FROM OUR
PRODUCERS AND ADRIENNE AND I SAW
THIS ONE AND SAID, "WHALES!"
WHAT ELSE WOULD WE TALK ABOUT?
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR AUGUST
8.
WE HAD A WHALE OF A TIME.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Adrienne: GOOD NIGHT.
>> Ian: GOOD NIGHT.

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