(♪♪) >> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, I'M ADRIENNE ARSENAULT. ANDREW IS AWAY. >>> TONIGHT, A COURT APPEARANCE FOR AN ACCUSED MASS KILLER. >> IT APPEARED THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A CARE IN THE WORLD AND THAT WAS VERY UPSETTING FOR ME. >> Adrienne:AS CANADA'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY CONTENDS WITH THE KIND OF HATE THEY SAY THAT LED TO THIS. >> WE NEED TO DEFINE ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ENFORCE THE LAWS. NO MORE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. >> IT REMINDS US YET AGAIN, YET AGAIN, YET AGAIN, THAT THERE THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. >> Adrienne: ALSO TONIGHT -- ALBERTA ENTERS PAGE 2, BUT CAN THE PROVINCE HIT THEIR NEXT VACCINATION TARGET? >> THE FIRST DOSE DEMAND IS SLOWING. WE NEED EVERYONE TO DO THEIR PART. >> Adrienne: PLUS, AS ONTARIO GETS READY TO OPEN, THE PROVINCE SPEEDS UP SECOND DOSES IN A RACE AGAINST THE VARIANT THREATENING SUMMER. >>> AND A RARE ASTRONOMICAL TREAT FOR ANYONE WHO WAS AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> WE CAME AROUND THIS CORNER AND, BOOM, THERE'S THIS PERFECT LOOKOUT. >> Adrienne: AND IF YOU WEREN'T, WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED. >>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL." (♪♪) >>> IN LONDON, ONTARIO, RIGHT NOW THERE IS AT ONCE A DESPERATE NEED FOR HEALING AND A PUSH FOR ANSWERS AFTER POLICE SAY THAT MEMBERS OF A MUSLIM FAMILY WERE TARGETED AND KILLED BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH. THE VIOLENCE HAS SHAKEN PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY AND ADDED TO FEAR THAT WAS ALREADY THERE. TONIGHT, YOU WILL SEE NEW EXAMPLES OF WHY, BUT, FIRST, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF THIS -- A MOTHER, FATHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL KILLED BY A SINGLE BRUTAL ACT. THOMAS DAIGLE WITH DETAILS OF THE SUSPECT'S COURT APPEARANCE TODAY AND HOW THE FAMILY IS BEING HONOURED. >> Reporter: AS HARD AS THI WEEK BEEN FOR SONICA, SEEING HER HANDMADE RIBBONS APPEAR ALL OVER LONDON GIVES HER STRENGTH. >> THE PURPLE RESEMBLES YUMNA'S FAVOURITE COLOUR AND THE GREEN RESEMBLES ISLAMOPHOBIA. WE SEE THIS AND IT GIVES US HOPE THAT WE'RE BEING SUPPORTED. >> Reporter: SHE WAS CLOSE TO THE FAMILY. YUMNA AFZAAL, MADIHA SALMAN, SALMAN AFZAAL, AND TALAT AFZAAL, ALL KILLED ON SUNDAY, AND THE YOUNG BOY, FAYEZ, STILL IN HOSPITAL. THE MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HI -- THEM REMAINS IN THIS LONDON JAIL. HE APPEARED IN COURT VIRTUALLY. FEW PICTURES HAVE EMERGED OF NATHANIEL VELTMAN AND POLICE IN CANADA DON'T ALWAYS RELEASE MU SHOTS, BUT NOW THESE COURT SKETCHES GIVE A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE. AT THE COURT APPEARANCE HE WAS PRACTICALLY EMOTIONLESS AS HE SPOKE BRIEFLY OVER ZOOM. >> IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE HAD A CARE IN THE WORLD AND THAT WAS VERY UPSETTING FOR ME TO WATCH THAT. >> Reporter: AS POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION AT VELTMAN'S LONDON APARTMENT, CBC NEWS HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH ACQUAINTANCES AND REVIEWING COURT DOCUMENTS THAT TELL OF TURBULENT RECENT YEARS AND SIGNS OF AGGRESSION. DOCUMENTS FROM 2016 RELATED TO HIS PARENTS' DIVORCE SAY THAT HE WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION AND TOLD TO ATTEND COUNSELING FOR OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND DEPRESSION. HIS MOTHER STATING THAT HE'D BECOME SO COMBATIVE AND ARGUMENT MENTIVE I HAVE TO LOCK MYSELF IN MY BEDROOM. IN HIS HOMETOWN OF STRATHROY, HIS NAME APPEARS IN 14 INCIDENTS FROM 2016-2020. A FRIEND OF THE SUSPECT SAID THAT HE WENT FISHING WITH HIM ON THIS TRIP TWO WEEKS AGO. HE SAYS THAT THE MAN HAS A DRINKING PROBLEM AND IN RECENT DAYS LOST HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS SUPPORTING HIM FINANCIALLY. LONDON POLICE SAY THAT THE ACCUSED TARGETED THE FAMILY BECAUSE THEY'RE MUSLIM. >> I CAN'T CONFIRM THIS, THIS IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A TERRORIST ACT BY POLICE AUTHORITIES. >> Reporter: HE'S CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. >> Adrienne: SO, THOMAS, I GUESS THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE SUSPECT'S FAMILY NOW TOO, RIGHT? >> Reporter: YEAH, THE SUSPECT'S FATHER IS TELLING THE CANADIAN PRESS THIS WAS A SENSELESS ACT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE FOCUS TONIGHT HERE IN LONDON, ADRIENNE. IT'S SQUARELY ON THE FAMILY. THE FUNERALS SET FOR SATURDAY AND EVENTS TO HONOUR THEIR MEMORY TOMORROW, INCLUDING FRIDAY PRAYERS FOR -- FRIDAY PRAYER SERVICES SET AT THE LONDON MUSLIM MOSQUE. THEY COINCIDE WITH A LIFTING OF CERTAIN COVID RESTRICTIONS, MEANING THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE TO PRAY. AND THEN IN THE EVENING, THERE IS AN INTERFAITH MARCH THAT IS BEING PLANNED FROM THE SITE OF THE ATTACK ALL THE WAY TO THE MOSQUE, ADRIENNE. IT'S SURE TO BE A POIGNANT MOMENT. >> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, THOMAS, THANK YOU. >>> THIS NEXT STORY HAS VIDEO IN IT THAT IS OFFENSIVE, IT'S HARD TO WATCH. WE'LL ONLY PLAY A SHORT CLIP. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE IT ILLUSTRATES THE KIND OF HATE THAT MANY MUSLIM PEOPLE REGULARLY EXPERIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. MAKDA GHEBRESLASSIE LAYS OUT THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN JUST LAST FEW DAYS. >> HOLY SHIT, BOYS. >> Reporter: IT'S AN ONLINE VIDEO STRIKING MORE FEAR IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. THE CAMERA TRACKS A GROUP OF WOMEN OUT FOR A WALK WHILE IN THE BACKGROUND, A VOICE CALLS FOR A REPEAT OF THE LONDON ATTACK. >> DID YOU SEE THAT? I HAVE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE, LIKE, THE FEELINGS OF IT. >> Reporter:SALMA SAWAR FIRST WATCHED THE VIDEO WHILE SHE WAS VISITING THE MEMORIAL SITE FOR THE FOUR VICTIMS. POLICE SAY THAT THE MAN WHO RAN THEM DOWN WAS MOVED BY ANTI-MUSLIM HATE. THIS VIDEO JUST ADDS TO THE PAIN. >> IT MAKES YOU ANGRY. YOU GET SHOCKED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S LIKE -- WE KIND OF HAVE SEEN IT. WE'VE BEEN SEEING IT. >> Reporter: HATE INTERRUPTED THIS ONLINE VIGIL TOO. ORGANIZERS SAY THAT PEOPLE STARTED MAKING RACIST AND ISLAMOPHOBIC COMMENTS. POLICE IN WATERLOO, ONTARIO, ARE INVESTIGATING. >> IT REMINDS US YET AGAIN, YET AGAIN, YET AGAIN, THAT THERE'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO B CONFRONTED SYSTEMICALLY. >> Reporter: MUS OF THAT FAROOK SAYS THAT AFTER EVERY ATTACK ON MUSLIMS, HATE IS AMPLIFIED, IN PERSON AND ONLINE. >> IF YOU DO SEE THINGS THAT ARE DANGEROUS, THAT ARE VILE, THAT CALL FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST HUMAN BEING, PLEASE FIGHT IT FOR THE AUTHORITIES. >> Reporter: HIS ORGINISATION IS CALLING FOR A NATIONAL ACTION SUMMIT ON ISLAMOPHOBIA. SO IS THIS SASKATOON DOCTOR. AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO HE WAS LEFT -- >> ANGRY AND FEARFUL FOR MY -- FOR MY FELLOW CITIZENS. WE NEED TO DEFINE ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ENFORCE THE LAWS. NO MORE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. >> Reporter: IT DOESN'T END WITH THESE TWO INCIDENTS. ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ANOTHER VIDEO IN WHICH A MAN REFERENCES THE LONDON ATTACK DURING AN ANTI-IMMIGRATION RANT. THAT VIDEO HAS BEEN FLAGGED AND REMOVED. MAKDA GHEBRESLASSIE, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Adrienne: THERE HAS BEEN RENEWED SCRUTINY OF QUÉBEC'S BILL 21 THIS WEEK, THE LEGISLATION THAT BANS CIVIL SERVANTS FROM WEARING RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AT WORK. A LAW CRITICS HAVE SAID THAT UNFAIRLY STIGMATIZES MUSLIMS. TODAY THE PROVINCE'S PREMIER RESPONDED. >> BILL 21 HAS NOTHING -- NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN LONDON, ONTARIO. >> Adrienne: CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ROSIE BARTON AND THE "AT ISSUE" PANEL TAKE THAT ON AND THE CALL FOR ACTIONS IN THE WAKE OF THE TRAGEDY. THAT IS COMING UP IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. >>> TURNING NOW TO CANADA'S BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19, A BATTLE THAT COULD BE ENTERING ITS FINAL PHASE. EMPHASIS ON "COULD BE." HERE'S THE SITUATION IN TWO SIMPLE LINES. THIS IS THE ROLLING SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE OF DAILY COVID INFECTIONS IN THE THIRD WAVE. FROM SOME 8,700 AT THE MID-APRIL PEAK, TO WELL BELOW 2,000 TODAY AND THIS IS CANADA'S SOARING VACCINATION RATE, 63% HAVE NOW HAD AT LEAST ONE SHOT. ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE WORLD. NECK-AND-NECK WITH ISRAEL. NOW THAT SUCCESS IS DRIVING RE-OPENING STRATEGIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING ALBERTA, WHICH ENTERED STAGE TWO OF ITS AGGRESSIVE REOPENING PLAN TODAY. PEOPLE THERE NOW ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND TO ORDER RIGHT OFF THE MENU, EVEN CATCH A MOVIE ON THE BIG SCREEN. ERIN COLLINS WENT OUT TO GAUGE THE EXCITEMENT. >> Reporter: YOU CAN ALMOST SMELL THE ANTICIPATION. THE CURTAIN RISING ON THE NEXT PHASE OF ALBERTA'S REOPENING PLAN. THE LONG WAIT TO CATCH A FLICK IN A THEATRE IS OVER. >> ENJOY YOUR MOVIE. >> YOU MIGHT BE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO HEAD BACK TO THE MOVIES IN CANADA. >> WELL, PEOPLE GET OUT THERE AND SUPPORT THE THEATRES. I MEAN, THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DOWN FOR A LONG TIME. >> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST THEATRES THAT ARE BACK IN BUSINESS IN ALBERTA TODAY. MOST EVERYTHING FROM MUSEUMS TO CASINOS CAN OPEN WITH LIMITED CAPACITY. ALL PART OF THE PROVINCE'S PLAN TO GET THE ECONOMY ROLLING AGAIN. AT THIS BOWLING ALLEY, EXCITEMENT AT THE PROSPECT OF OPENING UP THE LANES. >> WE'VE BEEN READY FOR FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, HOPING AND WISHING THAT WE COULD OPEN. SO TODAY GETTING A CHANCE TO OPEN IS JUST FANTASTIC. >> Reporter: BUT NOT EVERY PLACE THAT CAN OPEN UP TODAY IS. LIBRARIES IN CALGARY WILL OPEN MONDAY, TAKING TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PREPARED. >> OUR STAFF ARE ALREADY BUSY GETTING THINGS READY. IT'S LIKE SPRUCING UP THE HOUSE FOR COMPANY. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED. >> Reporter: THE NATIONAL MUSIC CENTRE WILL WAIT EVEN LONGER TO WELCOME GUESTS BACK. THEY PLAN TO OPEN UP FOR THE PUBLIC FOR FREE ON CANADA DAY, BUT GETTING PAYING CUSTOMERS BACK IN THE DOOR IS CRUCIAL. >> WE'RE EXCITED, RELIEVED, AND ANXIOUS TO GET GOING AGAIN BECAUSE OUR SECTOR HAS REALLY BEEN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC. >> Reporter: THE PROVINCE WANTS ALL COVID RESTRICTIONS SCRAPPED BY THE TIME THAT THE DOORS OPEN HERE, BUT TO DO THAT THEY SAY THAT 70% OF ALBERTANS 12 AND UP WILL HAVE TO BE VACCINATED BY NEXT WEEK. AND THE PREMIER SAYS THAT UPTAKE IS SLOWING. >> WE NEED EVERYONE TO DO THEIR PART. SO THE FULL OPENING OF OUR PROVINCE IS IN THE HANDS OF ALBERTANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN MAYBE A LITTLE UNDECIDED ABOUT GETTING VACCINATED. >> Adrienne: SO, ERIN, WHILE THE NEXT STAGE OF REOPENING IS CLEARLY STILL A LITTLE UNCERTAIN, HOW EAGER WERE ALBERTANS TO EMBRACE TODAY'S RESTRICTIONS? >> Reporter:ADRIENNE, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SCIENTIFIC, BUT BY THE LINES HERE AND THE FACT THAT THE NEXT MOVIE IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT, I THINK THAT ALBERTANS ARE PRETTY EXCITED TO GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSE AND DO SOMETHING -- ANYTHING. AND THEY CAN DO MORE THAN JUST GO TO THE THEATRE, THEY CAN EAT IN A RESTAURANT TODAY TOO. SO LOTS ON THE MENU FOR ALBERTANS TODAY. >> Adrienne: BRIEFLY, WHAT IS THE MOVIE? >> Reporter: IT'S "THE CONJURING," A HORROR MOVIE, SO APPROPRIATE FOR THE END OF A PANDEMIC, I GUESS. >> Adrienne:A LITTLE ESCAPISM MAYBE? OKAY, ERIN COLLIN, THANK YOU. >> Reporter: YOU BET. >> Adrienne: ONTARIO IS PROCEEDING MORE CAUTIOUSLY. IT'S EASING INTO ITS PHASE ONE TOMORROW WITH THINGS LIKE PATIOS AND RETAIL STORES ALLOWED TO REOPEN AT LIMITED CAPACITY. BUT AS JACQUELINE HANSEN EXPLAINS, HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY MOVING TO CONTAIN THE NEXT POSSIBLE THREAT. >> Reporter: THIS IS A TES RIDE, THE CYCLE CLUB'S FIRST EVER OUTDOOR SPIN CLASS AND THEY'RE GOING TO GREAT LENGTHS TO DO IT. >> WITH ALMOST 16 MONTHS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO OPERATE AND WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED TO BE OUTSIDE AND TO DO SOMETHING. >> Reporter: TOMORROW ONTARIO ONTARIO OPENS THE DOOR FOR SOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR SMALL GROUPS, A CAUTIOUS STEP IN ITS RE-OPENING PLAN AS IT TRIES TO GET AHEAD OF THE MORE TRANSMISSIBLE AND POTENTIALLY MORE DANGEROUS DELTA VARIANT. >> THE VARIANT THAT HIT INDIA SO HARD IS HERE AND IT IS ON TRACK TO BE THE DOMINANT FORM OF THE VIRUS THIS SUMMER. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN CONTROL IT WITH THE RIGHT ACTIONS. >> Reporter: AS OF MONDAY IN DELTA VARIANT HOTSPOTS, PEOPLE WHO GOT A FIRST SHOT OF THE PFIZER OR MODERNA VACCINES ON OR BEFORE MAY 9TH CAN SIGN UP TO GET A SECOND DOSE. >> YOU CAN'T MAKE IT SUCH THAT THE REOPENING IS LIKELY TO BE LESS TUMULTUOUS. AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE VACCINATED, THE MORE LIKELY WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE RE-OPENING PLANS. >> Reporter: BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THOSE WHO GOT THE AstraZeneca VACCINE. THE GOVERNMENT STILL RECOMMENDS A 12-WEEK WAIT BETWEEN DOSES. THIS EPIDEMIOLOGIST SAYS THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD RETHINK THAT. >> WE NEED TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE WHO ARE HAVING THAT DELAY, BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE PLACING ESSENTIAL AND FRONTLINE WORKERS AT INCREASED RISK AS WE MOVE INTO THE REOPENING. >> Reporter: THIS OTTAWA BOOKSTORE OWNER IS WORRIED THAT THE REOPENING WON'T LAST. >> IT JUST SEEMS TO BE LOCKDOWN AFTER LOCKDOWN AFTER LOCKDOWN. >> Reporter: HE'S EAGER TO SEE HIS CUSTOMERS IN PERSON AGAIN. THE WEBSITE THAT HE BUILT TO SELL HIS BOOKS HAS BEEN A HEADACHE AND HUGE COSTS. >> THAT HAS COST ME RIGHT NOW OVER $33,000 TO DO, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN EVEN CLOSE THAT THAT COMING IN. >> Reporter: REOPENING CREATIVELY IS COSTLY TOO. >> I'M JUST HOPING THAT PEOPLE SHOW UP AND IT'S WORTH IT. >> Reporter: AS THE PROVINCE HOPES THAT THE RACE TO VACCINATE ALSO PAYS OFF. JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Adrienne:AND MANITOBA LAID OUT A VISION FOR ITS REOPENING PLAN. LIKE ONTARIO AND ALBERTA, THE PLAN IS TIED TO PEOPLE ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES. >> THE KEY TO REOPENING SAFELY AND STAYING OPEN IS YOU GETTING VACCINATED. NOT ONCE -- BUT TWICE. >> Adrienne: WELL, THE PREMIER GOT A SECOND JAB TODAY. STAGE ONE OF THE REOPENING PLAN CAN BEGIN IF THESE TARGETS ARE MET. 70% OF ALBERTANS 12 AND UP HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE DOSE AND OVER 25% HAVE HAD A SECOND DOSE BY CANADA DAY. >> IN EUROPE, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGINISATION IS URGING CAUTION AHEAD OF THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. >> WE SHOULD ALL RECOGNIZE THE PROGRESS MADE ACROSS MOST COUNTRIES AND REGIONS AND WE MUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE BY NO MEANS OUT OF DANGER. >> Adrienne: AS EUROPEANS PREPARE FOR SUMMER TRAVEL, THE W.H.O. WARNS THAT VACCINATION RATES IN THE REGION ARE STILL TOO LOW TO PROTECT AGAINST ANOTHER SURGE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE RISE OF THE DELTA VARIANT. THE ORGINISATION SAYS THAT ONLY ABOUT 30% OF EUROPE'S POPULATION HAS RECEIVED A FIRST DOSE. STRICT HEALTH PROTOCOLS WERE ENFORCED TODAY WHEN JUSTIN TRUDEAU LANDED IN BRITAIN, HIS FIRST TRIP ABROAD SINCE THE PANDEMIC SET IN OVER A YEAR AGO. AND THE FIRST G7 MEETING IN TWO YEARS. EVAN DYER IS FOLLOWING THE PRIME MINISTER AS PRESSURE GROWS ON CANADA TO HELP VACCINATE OTHER COUNTRIES. >> Reporter: AFTER TWO YEARS OF ENFORCED SEPARATION, THESE LEADERS HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. THE PANDEMIC, OF COURSE, NOT JUST ON THE AGENDA, BUT AFFECTING EVERY PART OF THIS SUMMIT HELD IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE ALPHA VARIANT FIRST APPEARED. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU WILL BEGIN EVERY DAY IF ENGLAND THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE AT THIS SUMMIT -- STICKING ONE OF THESE UP HIS NOSE AND DOWN HIS THROAT. HE THEN HAS TO PUT THAT IN A TEST KIT AND WAIT 30 MINUTES FOR A RESULT. IF THE RESULT IS NEGATIVE, HE HAS TO REGISTER WITH BRITAIN'S NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. ONLY WHEN HE GETS AN EMAIL BACK IS HE EVEN ALLOWED TO LEAVE HIS ROOM. THE LEADERS OF THE RICH WESTERN NATIONS KNOW THEY FACE CRITICISM FOR MONOPOLIZING THE VACCINE SUPPLY AND TWO HAVE ANNOUNCED MAJOR DONATIONS. >> President Joe Biden: THE UNITED STATES WILL PURCHASE HALF A BILLION DOSES OF PFIZER AND COVID-19 VACCINE, TO DONATE TO NEARLY 100 NATIONS THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THIS PANDEMIC. THAT'S AN HISTORIC STEP. THE LARGEST SINGLE PURCHASE AND DONATION OF COVID-19 VACCINES BY ANY SINGLE COUNTRY EVER. >> Reporter: AND THE HOST, BRITAIN'S BORIS JOHNSON, TODAY PLEDGED TO DONATE 100 MILLION DOSES BY THE END OF THE YEAR. >> WHAT WE WANT FROM THE G7 IS AN AGREEMENT TO GO FURTHER AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO -- I KNOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I KNOW THAT PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU IS ALSO VERY KEEN ON THIS AS WELL AS ANGELA MERKEL AND EMMANUEL MACRON. >> Reporter: THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED AN ADDITIONAL 100 MILLION DOSES, BRINGING THE POT TO 700 MILLION. BUT THE G7 AIMS TO HIT AROUND ONE BILLION DOSES BY THE END OF THE SUMMIT. THAT LEAVES THE G7 OTHER MEMBERS, INCLUDING CANADA, TO MAKE UP THE OTHER 300 MILLION. CANADIAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THIS SUMMIT ENDS ON SUNDAY. EVEN A BILLION DOSES WON'T END THE PANDEMIC IN A WORLD WITH EIGHT BILLION PEOPLE, MOST WHO WILL NEED TWO SHOTS. EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, FALMOUTH, ENGLAND. >> Adrienne:IN OTTAWA, M.P.s ON THE ETHICS COMMITTEE RELEASED THEIR REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTROVERSIAL DEALINGS WITH THE "WE" GROUP. >> CANADIANS DESERVE A GROUP THAT WILL SERVE THEM INSTEAD OF THE LIBERAL BELIEF. SO WILL THIS CORRUPT GOVERNMENT START PUTTING THE INTEREST OF CANADIANS FIRST AND IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINED IN THAT REPORT? >> Adrienne: ONE RECOMMENDATION -- THE COMMITTEE WANTS BETTER SCREENING OF MINISTERS FOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST AHEAD OF CABINET DECISIONS. FORMER FINANCE MINISTER BILL MORE NO WAS FOUND TO HAVE BREACHED THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT WHEN HE TOOK PART IN DISCUSSION OF A POSSIBLE CONTRACT FOR THE "WE" GROUP. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS CLEARED OF WRONGDOING. >>> ONTARIO'S GOVERNMENT IS UNDER FIRE TONIGHT FOR ATTEMPTING TO MAKE USE OF A CONTROVERSIAL CONSTITUTIONAL CLAUSE TO OVERRIDE A COURT DECISION. ELLEN MAURO TAKES US THROUGH IT. (♪♪) >> YOUR DEEP CUTS TO HEALTH CARE ARE MAKING THINGS WORSE -- >> Reporter: THIRD-PARTY POLITICAL ADS LIKE THIS ONE ARE AT THE CENTRE OF THE DISPUTE. >> PREMIER FORD -- WE ASK YOU -- NO, WE'RE TELLING YOU -- PLEASE CARE. >> Reporter: TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT INVOKING THE CONSTITUTIONAL NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE, OVERRIDING A LEGAL JUDGMENT THAT A LAW PASSED BY PREMIER DOUG FORD'S GOVERNMENT EXTENDING LIMITS ON SPENDING FOR THOSE ADS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. >> PROTECTING THE ELECTIONS AND DEFENDING DEMOCRACY ACT -- >> ORDER. >> TO RESTORE RESPONSIBLE GUARDRAILS TO ENSURE THAT WEALTHY ELITES AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS AND CORPORATIONS WON'T RUN OUT THE VOICE OF INDIVIDUALS. >> Reporter: THE NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE ALLOWS TO GO AROUND THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AND THE COURTS. FORD THREATENED TO INVOKE IT ONCE BEFORE IN A FIGHT OVER THE SIZE OF CITY COUNCIL. >> HE HAD AN INSTANTANEOUS REACTION TO COURT RULING THAT WENT AGAINST HIS POLITICAL PREFERENCE. THAT INSTANCE, AND THIS INSTANCE, ARE IN THE ELECTORAL CONTEXT. >> YEAH, I'M A LITTLE PISSED. A LITTLE PISSED, A LITTLE MIFFED. >> Reporter: RECENTLY, SPENDING FOR THIRD-PARTY ADS STARTED SIX MONTHS BEFORE AN ELECTION, THE FORD GOVERNMENT'S LAW EXTENDS THAT TO A FULL YEAR, DOUBLE BEING THE TIME WITH NO BIG JUMP IN THE AMOUNT THAT GROUPS CAN SPEND. >> THE COURT STRUCK THAT DOWN SAYING THAT IT'S TOO LONG AND THE AMOUNT IS TOO LOW. YOU JUST CAN'T RESTRICT PEOPLE FROM SPEAKING OUT ON ISSUES AND GOVERNMENT ACTIONS AND DECISIONS FOR A FULL YEAR BEFORE AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN BEGINS. >> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THEIR LAW PROMOTES FAIRER CAMPAIGNS, CRITICS SAY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO STIFLE DISSENT BEFORE NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION, INCLUDING THE FORMER CHIEF O STAFF TO CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER. >> THEY'RE CLEARLY THINKS THAT IT WILL HELP THEM WHEN IT SHOULDN'T BE. >> Reporter: ONTARIO'S LEGISLATURE WILL DEBATE OVER THE WEEKEND. WITH A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT, THE BILL IS EXPECTED TO PASS ON MONDAY. ELLEN MAURO, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Adrienne: A HUGE LOSS TONIGHT FOR THE FEDERAL GREEN PARTY, ONE OF ITS STAR M.P.s IS NOW A LIBERAL. >> I NEVER EXPECTED THIS DAY TO COME. >> Adrienne: NEXT, WHY SH DECIDED TO DEFECT AND WHERE IT LEAVES THE PARTY NOW WITH JUST TWO M.P.s. >>> AS VACCINATIONS RISE AND CASES FALL, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? >> FORGIVE ME IF THIS IS A DUMB QUESTION, BUT HOW DOES IT END? >> IT WILL PROBABLY END THE WAY THAT IT BEGAN. >> Adrienne: WHY THE PANDEMIC'S FINISH LINE MAY LOOK DIFFERENT FROM HOW YOU EXPECT IT. >>> AND CANADIANS WAKE UP EARLY FOR A CELESTIAL STUNNER. >> WE COME AROUND THIS CORNER AND, BOOM, THERE'S THIS PERFECT LOOKOUT. >> Adrienne: TAKING A MOMENT TO WATCH THE RING OF FIRE. WE'RE BACK IN TWO. >> Adrienne: FORMER CANADIAN FORCES RESERVIST PATRIK MATHEWS HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO MULTIPLE CHARGES IN THE UNITED STATES, RELATED TO HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH A NEO-NAZI GROUP. THE 28-YEAR-OLD WAS ALLEGEDLY ACTING AS A RECRUITER FOR THE GROUP WHILE LIVING IN MANITOBA IN 2019 BEFORE CROSSING INTO THE U.S. HE WAS ARRESTED IN MARYLAND AND ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY ENTERING THE COUNTRY WHILE POSSESSING WEAPONS WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT A FELONY. HE WILL BE SENTENCED IN OCTOBER. >>> VICTORIA'S CITY COUNCIL IS CANCELLING ITS VIRTUAL CANADA DAY EVENT THIS YEAR. IT WILL INSTEAD PRODUCE A BROADCAST GUIDED BY FIRST NATIONS WHICH WILL AIR LATER THIS SUMMER. THE MAYOR SAYS THAT THE REPORTED DISCOVERY OF REMAINS AT THE KAMLOOPS RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL LED TO THE UNANIMOUS VOTE. THE NEW BROADCAST WILL CONSIDER, ACCORDING TO THE COUNCIL, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CANADIAN. >>> THE HEAD OF A STATUE FROM TORONTO'S RYERSON UNIVERSITY HAS REAPPEARED IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO. IT NOW RESTS ON A PIKE AT THE SITE OF AN ONGOING LAND DISPUTE SOUTH OF HAMILTON. ON SUNDAY, PROTESTERS PULLED DOWN THE STATUE OF EGERTON RYERSON. RYERSON IS CONSIDERED THE -- ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF CANADA'S RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM. >>> TONIGHT THE FEDERAL GREEN PARTY CAUCUS IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. AN M.P. CROSSED THE FLOOR TODAY TO SIT WITH THE GOVERNMENT. AND AS DAVID COCHRANE SHOWS US, HER DEFECTION HIGHLIGHTS AN APPARENT DIVIDE IN THE GREEN PARTY RANKS. >> Reporter: ONCE POLITICAL RIVALS AND NOW FELLOW LIBERALS AS A BRIGHT GREEN LIGHT TURNS RED. >> THE COLOUR OF MY TEAM DOES NOT COMPROMISE WHO I AM OR WHAT I'M LOOKING TO DO FOR THIS RIDING. [Cheers and Applause] >> Reporter: THE GREEN HOPE WAS THAT JENICA ATWIN'S BREAKTHROUGH IN FREDERICTON WOULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIGGER IN ATLANTIC CANADA. BUILDING ON PROVINCIAL SUCCESS IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND P.E.I. SHE JOINED ELIZABETH MAY AND PAUL MANLEY TO GIVE THE GREENS A CAUCUS OF THREE THAT'S NOW DOWN TO TWO. >> AGAIN, I NEVER EXPECTED THIS DAY TO COME. >> Reporter: IT CAME IN PART BECAUSE OF INTERNAL GREEN PARTY DISAGREEMENT OVER ISRAEL. WHEN PARTY LEADER ANNAMIE PAUL CALLED FOR A DEESCALATION OF VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, ATWIN TWEETED THE STATEMENT WAS INADEQUATE AND WROTE, I STAND WITH PALESTINE. ONE OF PAUL'S ADVISORS RESPONDED ON FACEBOOK ACCUSING ATWIN OF APPALLING ANTI-SEMITISM, VOWING THAT WE WILL WORK TO DEFEAT YOU. >> IT'S REALLY BEEN DIFFICULT TO FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS, SO IT HAS CERTAINLY PLAYED A ROLE. >> I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYTHING BUT INCREDIBLY POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HER. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO CAMPAIGNING FOR HER IN THE NEXT ELECTION. >> Reporter: PAUL SAYS THAT SHE WAS SURPRISED BY THE MOVE, DOESN'T AGREE WITH IT, BUT CLAIMS THAT ATWIN'S CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LIBERALS PRE-DATE THE CONTROVERSY OVER ISRAEL. >> NONE OF THOSE REASONS TOUCHED UPON ME AND HER DECISION PRE-DATED -- NOT HER DECISION -- BUT HER APPROACH TO THE LIBERALS WELL PRE-DATED THE EVENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED. >> Reporter: BUT PAUL'S OWN M.P SEEMED TO CORROBORATE ATWIN'S VERSION OF EVENTS. PAUL MANLEY AND ELIZABETH MAY SAY THEY'RE HEARTBROKEN AT THE LOSS OF THEIR COLLEAGUE AND BLAMING THEIR OWN LEADER'S ADVISOR FOR CAUSING THIS CRISIS. DAVID COCHRANE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA. >> Adrienne:SO WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR FUTURE OF THE GREENS? ROSIE IS NEXT WITH "AT ISSUE." AND LATER -- >> I'M FURIOUS, I'M ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS. >> Adrienne: DOZENS OF SHOPPERS DRUG MART CUSTOMERS SAY THEY WERE (♪♪) >> Hon. Justin Trudeau: THIS KILLING WAS NO ACCIDENT. THIS WAS A TERRORIST ATTACK MOTIVATED BY HATRED IN THE HEART OF ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. >> THE CANADA WE HAVE IS ONE WHERE FOUR OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NEVER GOING HOME. >> CANADA IS A PLACE WHERE MUSLIMS ARE NOT SAFE. >> Rosemary: THE POLITICAL RESPONSE TO THE ATTACK IN LONDON, ONTARIO, HAS BEEN MET WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ENOUGH HAS BEEN DONE TO FIGHT ISLAMOPHOBIA. THAT'S LED TO SCRUTINY OVER PAST ACTIONS, LIKE A 2017 MOTION CALLING ON THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TO DENOUNCE ISLAMOPHOBIA. A MOTION THAT THE MAJORITY OF CONSERVATIVE M.P.s VOTED AGAINST. AND QUÉBEC'S SECULARISM LAW, BILL 21, ALSO FACED MORE BACKLASH THIS WEEK. >> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RELATION -- NO LINK -- BETWEEN BILL 21 AND THAT KIND OF GESTURES OF HATRED. >> Rosemary: SO WHAT SHOULD THE POLITICAL RESPONSE BE MOVING FORWARD? IT'S THURSDAY AND I'M HERE WITH "AT ISSUE." CHANTAL HEBERT AND ANDREW COYNE AND ALTHIA RAJ. AND BECAUSE WE LEFT OFF THERE WITH THE BLOC QUÉBÉCOIS, MAYBE I'LL START WITH YOU CHANTAL. YOU KNOW, I FOUND MR. BLANCHET'S COMMENTS CURIOUS, MAYBE EYEBROW RAISING A LITTLE BIT. BUT TELL ME WHAT YOU MADE OF THE POLITICAL CONVERSATION THAT'S COME OUT OF THIS? AND REALLY WHETHER THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN DIFFERENT OR NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD IN ANY WAY? >> HMM. I TALK TO POLITICAL LEADERS BY AND LARGE AND HAVE THE PROPER POLITICAL RESPONSE. I DON'T THINK THAT ONE SHOULD BE DOING POLITICS ON A TRAGEDY AND THIS IS A TRAGEDY. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT LOOKING IN THE MIRROR MATTERS MORE THAN FINDING DIVERSIONS TO SAY, IT MUST BE SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO CONVERSATION ABOUT BILL 21 IS ONGOING IN QUÉBEC. IT IS ONGOING IN THE COURTS. BUT IT IS A LITTLE EASY TO SAY OH, WELL, LET'S JUST MAKE BILL 21 THE MIDDLE OF THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE ISSUE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA DESERVES A LARGER CONVERSATION. >> Rosemary: FOR SURE, BUT -- ALTHIA -- AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S TO BLAME, BUT, SURELY, IT -- I FOUND WHAT MR. BLANCHET HAD TO SAY REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS ALSO A LITTLE RICH, THAT IT DOESN'T IN ANY WAY CONTRIBUTE TO ISLAMOPHOBIA. I KNOW THAT IT'S VIEWED AS A SECULAR BILL IN QUÉBEC BUT STILL -- >> I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE OUR CUES ON THAT FROM MUSLIMS THEMSELVES. AND FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING WATCHING CBC AND READING VENUES LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON THIS PANEL, THAT IT'S MOSTLY MUSLIM GROUPS WHO ARE MAKING THAT LINK BETWEEN BILL 21 AND SENTIMENTS -- RISING SENTIMENTS THAT ARE ISLAMOPHOBIC. AND I THINK THAT IT'S UP TO, YOU KNOW, US TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO TELL US THAT THEY FEEL THEY'RE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR FEDERAL LEADERS ACT. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT A GOOD PART OF THE QUÉBEC LIBERA -- THE FEDERAL LIBERAL CAUCUS HERE BELIEVES THAT THE REASON THEY DON'T HAVE A MAJORITY IS BECAUSE IN 2019 THE LIBERALS HAD A DIFFERENT POSITION ON BILL 21 THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT HURT THEIR CHANCES IN QUÉBEC. AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PRIME MINISTER TOE A LINE THAT IS MORE QUÉBEC FRIENDLY, AND THAT IS CERTAINLY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN. IN FACT, FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S EARLY REMARKS THIS WEEK WHERE HE SAID, NO, HE DIDN'T THINK THAT BILL 21 CONTRIBUTED OR FOSTERS, LET'S SAY, THE WORD WAS FOSTER -- FOSTERS HATRED AND DISCRIMINATION, BUT THEN WENT ON TO MAKE OTHER COMMENTS THAT COULD BE SEEN ASLINGING BILL 21 WITH ISLAMOPHOBIC STATEMENTS. NOW HE SEEMS TO HAVE MOVED THE LIBERALS EVEN CLOSER TO TH LIBERAL POSITION. THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE JUSTICE MINISTER WAS DEFENDING THE BILL TODAY IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SAYING, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO FLAG THIS IS IN FRONT, OF COURSE, THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT A PARTY TO THE CRIMINAL COURT CASES ON THIS -- OR THE JUDICIAL REVIEW CASE ON THIS. SO IT IS AN INTERESTING PICKLE FOR THE LIBERALS, BUT IN THE END THEY ARE PLEASING NOBODY. THEY'RE NOT PLEASING MUSLIMS AND THOSE WHO FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE GOING FURTHER. AND THEY'RE NOT PLEASING QUÉBECERS WHO WOULD LIKE THE LIBERALS TO BUTT OUT. >> Rosemary: ANDREW, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE RESPONSE BY THE POLITICAL LEADERS, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. >> IT'S A LOT OF CHEAP LIP SERVICE, I WOULD SAY. IT'S A LITTLE LATE IN THE GAME. YOU KNOW, GRANTED, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN ATTACH SPECIFIC BLAME TO SPECIFIC PIECES OF LEGISLATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR ACT. OR SPECIFIC DEBATES THAT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE PAST. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DOG WHISTLING BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF ACQUIESCING IN DOG WHISTLING. SO WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE LIBERALS ARE TRYING TO ATTACH BLAME TO THE CONSERVATIVES WHO ARE SOMETIMES TIP-TOEING UP TO THE LINE OR SOMETIMES CROSSING THE LINE THEY HAVE ENGAGED IN THE PAST. BUT IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT MORE DEFENSIBLE IN THE FACE OF BILL 21 TO BASICALLY RUN AND HIDE AS ALL OF THE FEDERAL PARTY LEADERS HAVE DONE. SO THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A TIME IN WHICH IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE ARE SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION, ON THE ONE HAND, WHO ARE ANGRY AND WILLING -- LOOKING ABOUT FOR SCAPEGOATS. AND OTHER SECTIONS OF THE POPULATION WHO FEEL THEMSELVES TO BE SCAPEGOATED AND UNDER ATTACK, TO BE ISOLATED, TO BE WITHOUT POLITICAL SUPPORT, ETC. AND IT'S THE JOB OF POLITICAL LEADERS TO LEAD ON THIS. >> Rosemary: LAST TO CHANTAL AND THEN I'LL CHANGE TOPICS. YEAH? >> I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CONVERSATION OVER BILL 21 IN QUÉBEC IS NOT OVER, BUT I TEND TO THINK THAT THE COURT'S WORDS ON THE BILL -- AND THE VERY HARSH WORDS ABOUT WHAT THE LEGISLATION WAS DOING AND HOW IT WAS CREATED WILL PROBABLY HAVE MORE IMPACT THAN ANY POLITICIAN COMING FROM OUTSIDE. AND ESPECIALLY LINKING IT WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A BIT OF A COP OUT FOR LESS INTROWSPECTION INTO WHAT HAS LED TO THIS, WHICH I THINK THAT BILL 21 MAY OR MAY NOT BE A PART OF IT, DEPENDING WHERE YOU STAND, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A LARGER DISCUSSION. >> Rosemary: OKAY, I WANT TO GET TO ANOTHER PIECE OF RATHER BIG POLITICAL NEWS TODAY AS WELL -- VERY DIFFERENT IN NATURE. SO I'M GOING TO CHANGE TONE HERE. GREEN M.P. JENICA ATWIN ANNOUNCED THAT SHE'S CROSSING THE FLOOR TO THE LIBERALS. >> IT'S A GOOD DAY, I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE THING FOR MY COMMUNITY AND I -- YOU KNOW, THE PAST MONTH I HAVE BEEN AT A CROSSROADS. IT'S BEEN IN A WORD DISTRACTING. AND SO I'M GOING WHERE I CAN DO MY BEST WORK ON BEHALF OF MY COMMUNITY. >> Rosemary: THE DISTRACTING PIECE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE DECISIONS AROUND THE GREEN'S PARTY POSITION ON THE MIDDLE EAST. ALTHIA, WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING HERE? THE CAUCUS HAS NOW LOST ONE-THIRD OF ITS MEMBERS. WHAT SHOULD WE MAKE OF THIS? >> IT'S PROBABLY A POLITICALLY SMART MOVE FOR HER. SHE MAY HAVE A BETTER TIME HOLDING A SEAT AS A LIBERAL. IT IS NOT AN EASY MOVE THOUGH. SHE IS VERY VOCAL ON CERTAIN ISSUES THAT SHE WILL FIND OR HAVE NOT SHARED WITH MANY OF HER LIBERAL COLLEAGUES, NOTABLY ON THE MIDDLE EAST ISSUE. SHE COULD CAUSE HER NEW LEADER JUSTIN TRUDEAU A LOT OF TROUBLE ON THAT VERY ISSUE, BECAUSE SHE CERTAINLY IS NOT ALIGNED WITH WHERE LIBERAL PARTY POLICY IS ON THAT. NEVER MIND OTHER THINGS SUCH AS OIL PIPELINES AND WHATNOT. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY TRANSITION AS SHE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE LIKE A NATHANIEL ERSKINE-SMITH M.P., AND THE TWO OF THEM ARE PRETTY CLOSE, ACTUALLY. IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR THE LIBERALS. ASIDE FROM THE -- THE MIDDLE EAST ISSUE -- BECAUSE THEY CAN NOW LOOK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID IN HER OWN PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE ONLY OPTION THAT SHE HAD WAS THE LIBERAL PARTY. SHE DID NOT LOOK AT THE N.D.P. WE KNOW THAT THE LIBERALS ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUNG VOTERS AND PERHAPS THAT THEY CAN POINT TO HER AS SAYING THAT THOSE YOUNG VOTERS ARE STILL WELCOMED AND OPPOSING VIEWS ARE WELCOME HERE IN THE LIBERAL PARTY. >> Rosemary: WHAT DOES IT SAY THOUGH, ANDREW, ABOUT THE GREEN PARTY AND THE LEADER WHO DOES NOT HAVE A SEAT YET, AND THIS WAS -- ALTHOUGH SHE WOULDN'T GO THERE IN HER PRESS CONFERENCE - I MEAN, DO I THINK THAT THIS IS A COMMENT ON HER LEADERSHIP. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT IT, BUT IT SAYS SOMETHING. >> WELL, I FIND IT PUZZLING, FRANKLY THOUGH. BECAUSE IF THERE'S A FOUNDATIONAL BELIEF FOR THE GREEN PARTY IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOUR LEADER, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAV MONOLITHIC CAUCUS SOLIDARITY. THAT IT'S OKAY FOR M.P.s TO DISAGREE, TO VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE OR TO VOTE AS THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND I DO AGREE WITH THAT. SO THAT'S PUZZLE NUMBER ONE. PUZZLE NUMBER TWO, IF SHE'S INTERESTED IN SPEAKING FREELY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE LIBERAL CAUCUS IS REALLY THE PLACE TO GO WITH THAT. I THINK THAT SHE'LL FIND THAT THERE'S A FOUNDATIONAL LIBERAL BELIEF IS THAT YOU STICK WITH THE LEADER. SO IT DOES CAUSE YOU TO WONDER WHAT SHE THINKS THAT SHE'S ACCOMPLISHING BY IT, OTHER THAN THE OBVIOUS -- THAT THIS IS MAYBE ENHANCES HER CHANCES OF GETTING RE-ELECTED. I THINK THE ELECTORS OF HER RIDING WHO VOTED FOR HER ON THE BASIS OF HER BEING A MEMBER OF THE GREEN PARTY MIGHT HAVE A THING OR TWO TO SAY ABOUT THAT. NORMALLY I'D SAY SHE SHOULD BE OBLIGED TO RUN IN THE BY-ELECTION BUT WITH AN ELECTION COMING UP MAYBE IT'S A TIME TO PUT IT TO THE TEST. >> Rosemary: THEY ALLOW PEOPLE TO DISAGREE AND ANNAMIE PAUL, ONE OF HER ADVISORS SPOKE OUT AND POINTED AT JENICA ATWIN FOR HER POSITION ON THIS, CONDEMNING IT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW COLLABORATIVE IT IS REALLY IN THEORY, IT IS. BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT IS THE CASE. CHANTAL? >> I'M GOING TO STEP BACK FROM TODAY'S EVENTS AND SAY THIS WAS A GOOD DAY FOR THE N.D.P., BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE TROUBLE OF WELCOMING SOMEONE WHO MAYBE WILL NOT AGREE WITH MANY OF THEIR POSITIONS. BUT IT DOES POINT TO A WEAKNESS OF THE GREEN PARTY THAT I BELIEVE THAT HAS BEEN BAKED IN SINCE ELIZABETH MAY RETIRED. AND THAT COULD BE A BIG ADVANTAGE FOR THE N.D.P., FOR INSTANCE, AND B.C. WHERE ELIZABETH MAY'S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, OR EVEN IN ONTARIO. SO UP TO A POINT I THINK THAT THE LIBERALS HAVE A GOOD DAY, AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONCE IN A WHILE THAT MAKES IT AN EVEN BETTER DAY FOR THE N.D.P. >> Rosemary: SEE, THAT'S WHY I KEEP YOU GUYS AROUND, YOU GET ME THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW -- THE N.D.P. WINS THE DAY -- OR SORT OF WINS THE DAY. OKAY, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. BEFORE WE GO, BE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE TO "AT ISSUE," THE PODCAST FOR EXTRA CONTENT. THIS WEEK WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHY THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT INTRODUCING THE NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE AND WHAT KIND OF PRECEDENT THIS SETS, IF ANY. LOOK FOR IT ON ANY MAJOR PODCAST APP AND OUR WEBSITE AT cbcnews.ca/thenational, AND NOW LET'S TAKE IT BACK TO ADRIENNE IN TORONTO. >> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, ROSIE. >>> UP NEXT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WORLD IS FINALLY VACCINATED? FORGIVE ME IF THIS IS A DUMB QUESTION, BUT HOW DOES IT END? >> IT WILL PROBABLY END THE WAY THAT IT BEGAN. >> Adrienne: WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE GET THERE. BUT FIRST -- >> IT'S A PIECE OF OUR HARBOUR. >> Adrienne: HALIGONIANS GATHERED THIS MORNING TO BID A FOND FAREWELL TO A WATERFRONT STAPLE. THEODORE II, A REPLICA OF THE TUGBOAT HAS BEEN CHUGGING ABOUT THE HARBOUR FOR 21 YEARS. >> I WAS THERE THE DAY THEY LAUNCHED THEM, WITH OUR LITTLE GIRLS. >> Adrienne: IT WAS LEGITIMATELY AN EMOTIONAL GOODBYE FOR THOSE WHO GREW UP WITH THEODORE'S BIG SMILE. THE VESSEL WAS FLANKED BY FELLOW TUGBOATS, AS YOU DO, AS IT LEFT FOR ITS NEW HOME IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO. >> NOW IT'S GETTING ITS CHANCE TO GO UP TO THE GREAT LAKES AND TO DO ITS WORK UP >> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK. AFTER A SLOW START, CANADA HAS BECOME A GLOBAL LEADER IN COVID-19 VACCINATION. WITH NEARLY 63% OF THE POPULATION AT LEAST PARTIALLY VACCINATED, CANADA IS AHEAD OF MOST OTHER G7 COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF FIRST DOSES ADMINISTERED AND MILES AHEAD OF POORER NATIONS. IN FACT, 88% OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION HASN'T EVEN HAD A SINGLE DOSE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT GLOBAL HEALTH EXPERTS SAY IS A PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE. THEY HAVE WARNED THAT COVID WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD IS VACCINATED. BUT HOW DO WE GET THERE? AND THEN WHAT? WHAT IS THE MARKER OF WHEN THIS IS TRULY OVER? WE HAVE MORE FROM AN ECONOMIST WHO RUNS A THINK TANK ABOUT GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND HAS BEEN LOOKING HARD AT WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE. WE SAT DOWN IN A PARK IN TORONTO TO TALK LIFE AFTER COVID. FORGIVE ME IF THIS IS A DUMB QUESTION, BUT HOW DOES IT END? >> IT WILL PROBABLY END THE WAY THAT IT BEGAN, THERE WILL BE A W.H.O. DECLARATION, BASED ON TECHNICAL INDICATORS AS WELL AS SOME JUDGMENTS ABOUT WHEN ENOUGH PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD DON'T HAVE THE DISEASE. BUT WE ARE UNLIKELY TO STAMP OUT COVID-19 THE DAY THAT THE W.H.O. HAS DECLARED THE PANDEMIC OVER. SO THE PANDEMIC MAY BE OVER, BUT THE VIRUS AND THE ILLNESSES MIGHT LINGER. I GO BACK TO SMALLPOX WHICH DESPITE A GLOBALLY UNPRECEDENTED EFFORT TO FIGHT, IT TOOK US A GOOD 20 YEARS TO ERADICATE. >> Adrienne:WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SMALLPOX AND YOU TALKED ABOUT UNPRECEDENTED COOPERATION, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE WAS THE U.S. AND THE SOVIET UNION AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR COOPERATING ON ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF ERADICATING THE DISEASE. FINDING A VACCINE, GETTING IT OUT TO THE COUNTRIES WHERE IT WAS NEEDED, COOPERATING ON THE POLICIES THAT WE REQUIRED, INCLUDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TO GET IT OUT THERE. AND SIMPLY NOT LET IMPEDIMENTS GET IN THE WAY. >> Adrienne: AND IT STILL TOOK 20 YEARS? >> AND IT STILL TOOK 20 YEARS. PENICILLIN -- WHICH HAD BEEN KIND OF DISCOVERED IN 1928, ITS THERAPEUTIC USES BEGAN BECOMING APPARENT AT THE START OF WORLD WAR II AND PENICILLIN PRODUCTION IN THE U.S. WAS MASSIVELY RAMPED UP WITH A COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN COMPANIES AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. WHERE I.P. PLAYED A VERY LITTLE ROLE. WHY? BECAUSE THIS WAS SEEN AS DOING SOMETHING COLLECTIVELY TO FIGHT A COMMON BAD -- WHICH WAS THE WAR. THAT'S THE KIND OF FOOTING THAT WE SHOULD BE ON NOW. >> Adrienne: YOU HEAR COUNTRIES SOMETIMES TALK ASPIRATIONALLY, LIKE AUSTRALIA, LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO COVID ZERO. DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? >> COVID ZERO IN OUR MINDS MIGHT WORK. SO WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHEN DO YOU AND I FEEL THAT IT'S SAFE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE USED TO DO BEFORE? THAT WOULD BE A JUDGMENTAL COVID ZERO. SO COVID ZERO IS NOT ABOUT ERADICATING THE VIRUS TOTALLY, IT'S ABOUT HAVING A LIFESTYLE THAT IS NORMAL ENOUGH FOR US. >> Adrienne:IS THERE A POINT THAT WE GET TO WHERE THERE'S A SUSTAINED LEVEL OF INFECTION AND DEATH WITH COVID AS THERE IS WITH THE SEASONAL FLU? SO WE PERCEIVE IT AS AN ACCEPTABLE RISK OR A MANAGEABLE RISK? >> I SUSPECT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE LIVED, THAT WE LIVE WITH MANAGEABLE RISKS THAT PEOPLE DIE FROM FLU EVERY YEAR, AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT, WE DON'T LET THAT LET OUR LIVES GRIND TO A HALT. WE TAKE PRECAUTIONS. THERE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE BOOSTER SHOTS FOR THE VIRUS THAT WE WILL BE TAKING ANNUALLY FOR YEARS TO COME. AND WE WILL LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT. BUT THAT'S NOT COVID ZERO. THAT'S LIVING WITH COVID THAT IS AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL. >> Adrienne: SO COVID-19 IS NOT LEAVING US SOON. THE G7 LEADERS WILL CERTAINLY BE PUSHED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO DO MORE AND TO DO IT FASTER. >>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL" -- >> I'M FURIOUS, ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS. >> Adrienne: DOZENS OF SHOPPERS DRUG MART CUSTOMERS SAY THAT THEY ARE BEING PUSHED TO BY-PASS CASHIERS AND JU >> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK. WELL, CLEARLY THE PANDEMIC HAS CHANGED SHOPPING. AND WHILE ONLINE SHOPPING HAS SEEN BIG INCREASES, THOSE HEADING INTO STORES ARE SEEING MORE SELF-CHECKOUTS, BUT ONE CHANGE IS BEING ACCUSED OF PUSHING CUSTOMERS TO USE THEM. DIANNE BUCKNER SHOWS US. >> Reporter: THESE LONG-TIME SHOPPERS DRUG MART CUSTOMERS ARE NOT HAPPY. >> I'M FURIOUS, ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WERE LIKE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE CASH, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SELF-CHECKOUT. >> Reporter: THE COUPLE ARE UNION MEMBERS WHO AVOID SELF-CHECKOUT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT WORKERS AND JOBS AND THEY SAY THEY HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE AT ANOTHER SHOPPERS IN THE TORONTO AREA. >> IT WAS THE SAME SITUATION THERE, VERY FLUSTERED OLDER LADY WORKING AT A CASH REGISTER, TELLING PEOPLE WE'RE SORRY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE CASH, WE CAN'T TAKE YOU HERE. >> Reporter: THEY SAY THAT MEANS THAT IN ORDER TO CHECK OUT WITH A PERSON, THEY HAVE TO IGNORE PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS TO USE A CONTACTLESS PAYMENT METHOD SUCH AS CASH. AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH COMPLAINTS. CBC NEWS HAS HEARD FROM DOZENS OF SHOPPERS CUSTOMERS RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAYING THEY WERE MADE TO FEEL THEY COULD ONLY USE SELF-CHECKOUT. >> I DID GO OVER THERE BECAUSE I COULD SEE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHECK ME OUT UNLESS I'VE GOT CASH. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, SHOPPER'S PARENT COMPANY, LOBLAW, SAYS THAT CUSTOMERS SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION TO CHECK OUT WITH A CASHIER. BUT THAT THE COMPANY HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SELF-CHECKOUT USE WITH NO INCREASE IN CUSTOMER CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS. AS FOR WHY SOME CUSTOMERS ARE NOW COMPLAINING ABOUT A LACK OF CHOICE -- NO EXPLANATION WAS OFFERED. >> WE'LL SEE HOW IT UNFOLDS. >> Reporter: THIS CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR ANALYST SAYS THAT ONCE THE PANDEMIC ENDS, ACCEPTANCE OF SELF-CHECKOUTS COULD VERY WELL DECLINE AS PEOPLE MAY BECOME MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PRESERVING JOBS AND EAGER TO INTERACT WITH A FRIENDLY CASHIER ONCE AGAIN. >> I HAVE A FEELING THAT BACKLASH AGAINST AUTOMATION IS REALLY GOING TO BE EVIDENT WHEN WE COME THROUGH TO THE END OF THIS COVID PERIOD. >> Reporter:THESE SHOPPERS CUSTOMERS SAY THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE, WHETHER IT WAS POLICY OR NOT, MEANS THEY WON'T BE BACK. >> I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND ANOTHER PENNY IN SHOPPERS. >> Reporter: THEY SAY THEY'LL TAKE THEIR BUSINESS TO STORES THAT OFFER THEM THE SERVICE THEY WANT. DIANNE BUCKNER, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Adrienne: JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T CATCH THIS MORNING'S ECLIPSE, YOU CAN GET A TASTE NEXT IN OUR "MOMENT." (♪♪) >> Adrienne: THIS IS EARLY THIS MORNING -- I CONFESS, I COMPLETELY MISSED IT, I WAS FAST ASLEEP. WHAT I MISSED WAS WHEN THE SUN AND MOON COMBINE FOR A FEW BRIEF MINUTES TO CREATE A DAZZLING DISPLAY, A RARE ANNUAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. SO EARLY RISERS IN A FEW PARTS OF THE WORLD GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE CELESTIAL SIGHT, AND FOR MANY IT MEANT A LOT AND TONIGHT IT'S OUR "MOMENT." (♪♪) >> I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IF THE SUN WAS GOING TO BE ON THIS SIDE OR OVER HERE OR OVER HERE, BUT I KNEW THAT THIS SORT OF TRAJECTORY WAS GOING TO GIVE ME THAT SHOT. I HAVE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES, THIS SORT OF THING, BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS CLOSE TO A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, IT'S VERY COOL. YOU SEE THE SUN IN A SHAPE THAT IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN. I TRIED TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO ENJOY IT. YOU CAN SEE THE CLOCKWORK OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM UNFOLDING RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES. >> THE SUNRISE IS STARTING TO CRACK AND YOU COME AROUND THIS CORNER AND, BOOM, THERE'S A PERFECT LOOKOUT. AND YOU ARE REALLY SEEING THIS CRESCENT SOLAR SUNRISE HAPPEN. I WAS WEARING LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT -- FOUR SUNGLASSES BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER EYE SAFETY WEAR. IT WAS REALLY REFRESHING, RESETTING ALMOST, LIKE WE'LL GET OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LIFE AND IT WAS SUPER HOPEFUL. IT WAS AWESOME. >> Adrienne:AND NICK SAYS A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE 10-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS THERE BEFORE HE GOT THERE WHO HAD A BETTER MAP, A BETTER LOCATION, AND HAD MADE AN ECLIPSE VIEWER ON ZOOM CLASS. >>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR JUNE 10th. GOOD NIGHT. (♪♪) (♪♪) (♪♪)
