(♪♪) >> Ian:TONIGHT, AS VOTERS ACROSS EUROPE TURN TO THE RIGHT, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE ECONOMY, THE CLIMATE AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE. >> THERE ARE NATIONAL ELECTIONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. >> Ian: YOU CAN ADD ONE MORE -- A SUDDEN ELECTION CALL IN FRANCE. >>> WHEN IT COMES TO NAMING THE M.P.s WHO MAY HAVE HELPED FOREIGN STATES, THEY AGREE TO ASK FOR HELP OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. >> TO SOME DEGREE IT WOULD BE PARLIAMENT PASSING ON A RESPONSIBILITY THAT IT HAS. >> Ian: AND THE AMERICAN SCIENTIST WHO EXPERIMENTED ON INDIGENOUS KIDS IN CANADA. >> ONE OF OUR PARTNERS HAD A PANIC ATTACK FROM THE TREATMENT WE HAD. >> IN MY EYES THAT IS ABUSE. >> Ian: AN EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO HOW IT WAS ALL ALLOWED. (♪♪) >> Announcer: FROM CBC NEWS THIS IS "THE NATIONAL," WITH IAN HANOMANSING. (♪♪) >> Ian: THE REPERCUSSIONS ARE BEING FELT ACROSS EUROPE AFTER THE WEEKEND'S STUNNING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS. TONIGHT CAMPAIGNING IN FRANCE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AFTER THAT SNAP ELECTION CALL. WHILE THE VOTERS HAVE PUT POLITICIANS ACROSS THE CONTINENT ON NOTICE. GIVING SIGNIFICANT GAINS TO FAR-RIGHT PARTIES. SOME OF THE BIGGEST SHIFTS HAPPENED IN THE HEART OF EUROPE -- FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY -- ALL SEEING A SURGE OF SUPPORT TO THE RIGHT. AND IT RAISES QUESTIONS FOR THE REGION AND THE WORLD ON WHAT IT MEANS ON KEY ISSUES LIKE TRADE, THE CLIMATE AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE. OUR REPORTERS ARE IN EUROPE TONIGHT AND TRACKING THE FALLOUT. IN A MOMENT WE'LL GET TO BRIAR STEWART ON THE GROUND IN KYIV, BUT LET'S START WITH SUSAN ORMISTON ON THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH IN FRANCE. >> [Speaking French] >> Reporter:"CATASTROPHIC," SAYS THIS FRENCH VOTER. AS PEOPLE PROTESTED FOR A SECOND NIGHT IN PARIS. >> [Speaking French] >> Reporter: PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON STEPPING OUT ON DAY ONE OF A SURPRISE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, HOPING TO PROP UP CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT. HIS PARTY WAS BUMPED LAST NIGHT BY MA RHINE LE PEN'S NATIONALIST PARTY, WHICH WON A THIRD OF FRANCE'S E.U. SEATS, DOUBLE THAT OF MACRON'S. A SHIFT TO THE RIGHT, ECHOED IN ITALY, AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. >> IT IS CLEAR THAT THE RADICAL RIGHT IS RISING, EVEN THOUGH THEIR SUCCESS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS MIGHT NOT BE AS BIG AS SOME WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. THE THING THAT IS HARD IS THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. >> Reporter: A GRIM GERMAN CHANCELLOR SAID THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >> Reporter: AFTER HIS PARTY HAD POSTED ITS WORST SHOWING EVER. WHILE THE FAR RIGHT A.F.D. POSTED ITS BEST. >> THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR RADICAL RIGHT PARTIES ARE IMMIGRATION, INTEGRATION AND SECURITY, AND ALSO MORE GENERALLY THEIR ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT DISCOURSE AND THEY REPRESENT THE IDEA OF CHANGE. >> Reporter: CHANGE FOR THE GREENS MEANT THEY LOST A QUARTER OF THEIR SEATS. >> ESPECIALLY FRANCE/GERMANY WHICH IS, OF COURSE, THE CORE OF ALSO THE GREEN MOVEMENT. WE TOOK A BIG HIT AND THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DIGEST. >> Reporter: AND FIGHT. THE FAR RIGHT PARTIES AND THEIR ALLIES WHO WANT TO SLOW DOWN OR KILL THE CLIMATE LEGISLATION. THE CENTRE RIGHT DID HOLD THE EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY WON THE MOST SEATS, URSULA von der LEYEN, URGING STABILITY AND CONTINUITY, SHE SAID. BUT IN A RESHUFFLED PARLIAMENT WITH PRESSURES FROM THE RIGHT, IT WILL BE HARDER TO UNIFY THE E.U.'S POSITIONS AT HOME AND ON THE WORLD STAGE. >> Ian: AND, SUSAN, LOOKING AHEAD, WHERE ARE SOME OF THE PRESSURE POINTS? >> Reporter: WELL, CLEARLY SOME EUROPEANS FEEL A LITTLE ALIENATED FROM POLITICAL ELITES AND EMBOLDENED BY THESE WINS, SO THEY'LL KEEP PRESSURING. AND FOR SOME IT'S A MATTER OF COST -- HOW MUCH WILL THESE E.U. POLICIES COST ME? YOU WANT ME TO BUY AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TO MEET THE EUROPEAN CLIMATE TARGETS? OKAY, BUT HOW? THE COMMISSION HAS ALREADY FELT THE PRESSURE ON SOME MIGRATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, THEY CAN EXPECT MORE. >> Ian: SUSAN ORMISTON REPORTING TONIGHT FROM AMSTERDAM. FOR MORE ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE ELECTION RESULTS AND WHAT THEY COULD MEAN FOR THE WAR IN UKRAINE, LET'S BRING IN BRIAR STEWART IN KYIV. AND, BRIAR, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE DOES THE VOTE SEND ABOUT SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE? >> Reporter: WELL, IAN, UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY THAT OVERALL THE RESULT IS POSITIVE BECAUSE CENTRIST PARTIES, WHICH ARE SUPPORTIVE OF UKRAINE, STILL HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF SEATS, WHILE THE RIGHT-WING PARTIES WOULD EITHER CHALLENGE OR OPPOSE THE SUPPORT DIDN'T GROUND AS MUCH GROUND AS SOME HAD PREDICTED. BUT, CERTAINLY, THE RESULTS IN FRANCE AND GERMANY MUST BE TROUBLING FOR KYIV. AS SUSAN MENTIONED, EMMANUEL MACRON'S PARTY WAS TROUNCED, AND HE HAS BECOME ONE OF THE STRONGEST VOICES WHEN IT COMES TO LOBBYING FOR UKRAINE. AND OLAF SCHOLZ'S PARTY CAME BEHIND THE A.F.D. PARTY WHICH OPPOSES GERMANY'S BACKING OF UKRAINE. THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICAL TENSION, IAN, AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT RUSSIA HAS SEIZED UPON IT. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE KREMLIN TODAY SAID THAT RIGHT-WING PARTIES ARE STEPPING ON THE HEELS OF THE PRO-EUROPEAN. >> Ian: NOW IN TERMS OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE, WHERE ARE THINGS NOW? >> Reporter: WELL, I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN JUST ABOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE KNOW THAT RUSSIA IS EXPECTED TO LAUNCH AN OFFENSIVE. IT SEIZED A NUMBER OF SETTLEMENTS NORTH OF KHARKIV, AND WHILE UKRAINE SAYS THAT THE SITUATION THERE HAS STABILIZED, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY PIVOTAL TIME. LATER THIS WEEK THERE'S GOING TO BE A PEACE SUMMIT IN SWITZERLAND AND DOZENS OF COUNTRIES AND ORGINISATIONS WILL ATTEND, BUT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE RUSSIA WON'T BE THERE. INSTEAD, THOSE ATTENDING SAY IT WILL BE ABOUT COMING UP WITH THE ROADMAP FOR WHAT A FUTURE PEACE PROCESS COULD LOOK LIKE. >> Ian: BRIAR STEWART IN KYIV. >>> THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE U.S.-SPONSORED RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. SASA PETRICIC LOOKS AT THE PLAN AND THE OBSTACLES IN GETTING IT FROM AN IDEA TO REALITY. >> PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND -- >> Reporter: THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CEASEFIRE PLAN AIMED AT ENDING THE EIGHT-MONTH WAR IN GAZA. THE U.N. VOTE ENDORSES A THREE-PHASED DEAL, ANNOUNCED BY THE U.S., WHICH WOULD SEE HOSTAGES RELEASED AND POSSIBLY FIGHTING STOPPED FOR GOOD. IT'S NOT BINDING, THOUGH IT DOES BUILD PRESSURE. >> ISRAEL HAS ALREADY AGREED TO THIS DEAL, AND THE FIGHTING COULD STOP TODAY IF HAMAS WOULD DO THE SAME. >> Reporter: BUT ARAB COUNTRIES ARE SKEPTICAL OF ISRAEL'S COMMITMENT TO ANY CEASEFIRE DEAL. >> IT IS TIME TO HOLD THE KILLING. >> Reporter: THE VOTE COMES AS U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN MAKES HIS EIGHTH TOUR OF THE MIDDLE EAST CAPITALS. >> IF YOU WANT A CEASEFIRE, PRESS HAMAS TO SAY YES. >> Reporter: IN ISRAEL, BLINKEN PRESSED PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FOR A CLEARER VISION OF THE PALESTINIAN RULE AFTER THE CONFLICT ENDS, BUT THE DEAL'S FUTURE HAS BEEN COMPLICATED BY EVENTS. FIRST, BY ISRAEL'S RAID TO RESCUE FOUR HOSTAGES FROM GAZA OVER THE WEEKEND. IT KILLED MORE THAN 270 PALESTINIANS, HAMAS SAYS, SPARKING ANGER, NOT ONLY IN GAZA, BUT AMONG FAMILIES OF THOSE STILL HELD HOSTAGE. >> IT'S OBVIOUS TO US THAT IN ORDER TO GET 120 PEOPLE SAFELY HOME THAT THE MOST LIKELY WAY TO DO THAT IS GOING TO BE THROUGH A DEAL, AND NOT THROUGH OPERATIONS LIKE THAT. >> Reporter: THE OTHER COMPLICATION IS THE RESIGNATION OF BENNY GANTZ, A MODERATE OPPOSITION POLITICIAN WHO LEFT ISRAEL'S WAR CABINET OVER HOW THE CONFLICT WAS BEING RUN. >> GANTZ WAS A MODERATE VOICE IN THE CABINET, THE INNER WAR CABINET THAT NETANYAHU WAS LEADING, AND WITH HIM GONE IT SORT OF TUGS ALL OF THE DECISION TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE MORE EXTREME. >> Reporter: HAMAS' POSITION IS ALSO UNCLEAR. IT SAYS THAT IT WELCOMES THE U.N. VOTE, BUT STILL HAS HASN'T ENDORSED THE CEASEFIRE PLAN THAT WASHINGTON IS PROMOTING. SASA PETRICIC, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Ian: JURY DELIBERATIONS ARE NOW UNDERWAY IN THE CRIMINAL TRIAL OF THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S SON HUNTER BIDEN. THAT IS BIDEN LEAVING THE COURT IN DELAWARE TODAY AFTER DELIBERATIONS ENDED WITHOUT A VERDICT. HE FACES THREE FEDERAL CHARGES, ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE CLAIMS TO BUY A GUN IN 2018. THE JURY IS SET TO RECONVENE TUESDAY MORNING. >>> THE FEDERAL LIBERALS ARE BACKING A NEW CALL FROM OPPOSITION PARTIES TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF EXPLOSIVE ALLEGATIONS THAT SOME M.P.s HELPED FOREIGN STATES. BUT SOME OUTSIDE OBSERVERS SAY THAT THE POLITICIANS ARE GOING ABOUT IT THE WRONG WAY. EVAN DYER HAS TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. >> Reporter:IN THE HOUSE, THE BLOC PRESENTED A MOTION TO SEND THE SECRET ARE THE NAMING M.P.s WHO WORKED FOR FOREIGN POWERS TO JUSTICE MARIE-ZOSSE HOGUE, WHO IS ALREADY LOOKING INTO THE PAST TWO ELECTIONS. THE MOTION QUICKLY DREW SUPPORT FROM BOTH THE CONSERVATIVES AND FROM THE N.D.P. >> THEY HAVE BETRAYED THE TRUST PLACED IN THEM. THEY HAVE BETRAYED THEIR OATH OF OFFICE. AND THEY HAVE CAST A DARK CLOUD OVER THE INSTITUTION OF PARLIAMENT. NO ONE WITH THOSE INTERESTS IN MIND SHOULD BE SITTING IN THIS HOUSE OF COMMONS. THEY SHOULD NOT BE WELCOME IN THE PARLIAMENT OF CANADA. >> Reporter: EVEN SOME LIBERALS SAID THEY WERE IN FAVOUR. >> UNTIL WE KNOW WHO EXACTLY IS NAMED IN THAT REPORT AS BEING CONSPIRING WITH THAT FOREIGN ENTITIES, THAT A DARK CLOUD HEADACHES OVER ALL 338 MEMBERS. >> Reporter: AND IN THE END THE GOVERNMENT THREW ITS SUPPORT BEHIND IT. >> WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION PRECISELY BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THE HOGUE COMMISSION OFFERS US AN APPROPRIATE FORUM. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE AT SENATE HEARINGS, SOME WARNED AGAINST A RUSH TO NAME PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T YET HAD DUE PROCESS. >> THE PROPER PLACE FOR NAMING NAMES IS THROUGH AN INVESTIGATION IN THE COURT OF LAW, WHERE SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE NAMED FOR COMMITTING SOME KIND OF CRIME OR OTHER, WOULD HAVE THE APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> Reporter: AND ONE FORMER CSIS DIRECTOR SAID THAT HOGUE COMMISSION WOULDN'T BE THE RIGHT PLACE TO DROP THIS ISSUE. >> I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S TIME TO DO IT. SHE'S BEEN GIVEN UNREASONABLE TIMEFRAMES TO BEGIN WITH. AND, SECONDLY, I THINK THAT TO SOME DEGREE IT WOULD BE PARLIAMENT PASSING ON A RESPONSIBILITY THAT IT HAS. >> Reporter: BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE IDEA WHETHER TO NAME NAMES WILL NOW BE PASSED TO JUSTICE HOGUE. WHAT IS LESS CERTAIN WHAT SHE CAN DO ABOUT IT, OR WHETHER THE SAME LAWS THAT FORCE THE M.P.s TO REMAIN SILENT WILL ALSO PREVENT HER FROM MAKING NAMES PUBLIC. EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA. >> Ian: A SEARCH-AND-RESCUE IS UNDERWAY IN MALAWI TONIGHT AFTER A MILITARY PLANE WENT MISSING. IT WAS CARRYING THE COUNTRY'S VICE PRESIDENT AND NINE OTHERS. AVIATION AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THE AIR QUAFT, QUOTE, WENT OFF THE RADAR ON WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 45-MINUTE FLIGHT FROM THE CAPITAL TO AN AIRPORT IN THE NORTH. >>> OTTAWA IS PUSHING AHEAD WITH A PROPOSED CHANGE ON THE TAXES THAT YOU PAY ON CAPITAL GAINS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT THIS IS ABOUT TAX FAIRNESS, BUT MANY SAY IT WON'T BE FAIR TO THEM. KATE McKENNA LOOKS AT THE POLICY AND THE POLITICS THAT MAY BE AT PLAY. MR. SPEAKER, A POINT OF ORDER. >> Reporter: FINANCE MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A TAX TWEAK, INTENDED TO BRING IN BILLIONS OF NEW REVENUE. >> Hon. Chrystia Freeland: OUR GOVERNMENT IS TAKING ACTION TO APPROVE TAX FAIRNESS FOR ALL CANADIANS. >> Reporter:A UPON CAPITAL GAIN IS THE INCREASE OF A PURCHASE AND THE SALE. ASSETS LIKE A COTTAGE OR STOCKS. AT PRESENT, 50% OF THOSE GAINS ARE TAXABLE. UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN, THAT WOULD STAY THE SAME FOR INDIVIDUALS WHERE THE GAINS ARE $250,000 OR LESS. BUT FOR GAINS BY INDIVIDUALS ABOVE THAT, 66% WOULD BE TAXABLE, AND FOR CORPORATIONS, TWO-THIRDS OF ALL CAPITAL GAINS WOULD BE. >> Hon. Chrystia Freeland: WE KNOW NOW IS THE TIME TO INVEST IN CANADA AND IN CANADIANS. AND WE KNOW THAT THE FAIR WAY, THE RESPONSIBLE WAY, TO PAY FOR THOSE INVESTMENTS IS TO ASK THOSE AT THE TOP TO CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> Reporter: BUT OTHERS SEE IT DIFFERENTLY, INCLUDING FARMERS WHO SAY THAT THEY'RE BEING UNFAIRLY DINGED BECAUSE THEY'RE FACING MORE TAXES WHEN THEY SELL LAND. >> ON PAPER, FARMERS HAVE A LOT OF CASH BUT IT'S TIED UP IN LAND. AND THEN THE ENTIRE PURPOSE BEHIND FARMING IS TO PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. SO ANYTHING THAT MAKES THAT MORE COMPLEX, MORE DIFFICULT AND MORE EXPENSIVE, ISN'T GOOD. >> Reporter: SOME DOCTORS ARE ALSO CONCERNED. MANY RUN THEIR PRACTISES AS INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES. >> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO TO GROW WITH THE INTENTION OF SELLING, AS YOU MIGHT DO WITH ANOTHER BUSINESS. IT REALLY IS ABOUT RETAINING AND INVESTING FOR OUR FUTURE. >> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT CREATED SEPARATE LEGISLATION FOR THIS TAX CHANGE, FORCING THE OPPOSITION TO EITHER VOTE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT. THE CONSERVATIVES HAVEN'T SAID WHERE THEY STAND ON THIS ISSUE, JUST THAT THEY'RE STUDYING IT CAREFULLY. THE VOTE COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS TOMORROW, AND PROPOSED CHANGES COULD BE IN EFFECT BY THE END OF THE MONTH. KATE McKENNA, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA. >> Ian: POLICE SAY THAT THEY'RE INVESTIGATING AN ARSON IN LONDON, ONTARIO, AS A POSSIBLE HATE-MOTIVATED CRIME. A HOUSE THAT WAS TARGETED HAD DISPLAYED PRO-PALESTINIAN SIGNS. KATIE NICHOLSON ON THE SUSPECT BEING SOUGHT AND THE COMMUNITY'S CALL FOR MORE ACTION. >> Reporter: PLYWOOD AND SCORCHED STONE, EVIDENCE OF AN ARSON ATTACK AND POSSIBLY A MUCH LARGER PROBLEM. >> THE ACT IT REPRESENTS IS A TERRIFYING ESCALATION OF HATE. >> Reporter: LONDON POLICE SAY THAT THIS MAN VISITED THE HOME TWICE SATURDAY NIGHT. FIRST, TO REMOVE SIGNS ON THE LAWN AND THEN TO SET A FIRE. THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE TREATING IT AS A POSSIBLE HATE-MOTIVATED INCIDENT. BUT THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY THAT THERE'S NO DOUBT IN THEIR MINDS. >> THE RESIDENTS HAD PUT UP SIGNS ON THEIR LAWNS THAT HAD CALLED FOR AN END TO ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RECOGNISED THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS. >> Reporter: THIS INCIDENT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AN ISLAMOPHOBIC TERROR ATTACK, WHEN A MAN RAN DOWN AND KILLED FOUR MEMBERS OF A MUSLIM FAMILY OUT FOR A WALK. A HORRIFIC DAY THAT PROMPTED BIG PROMISES OF CHANGE. >> Prime Minister Trudeau: YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FACE THAT HATE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, IN YOUR COUNTRY. WE CAN, AND WE WILL, ACT. >> Reporter: SINCE THEN, OTTAWA HAS APPOINTED A SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON COMBATING ISLAMOPHOBIA AND A COMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS. ON MONDAY, THE WEEKEND ARSON CAME UP REPEATEDLY. >> I SPOKE WITH A FAMILY MEMBER LAST NIGHT WHO TOLD ME HAD THEY BEEN AT HOME, HAD THEY RUSHED TO OPEN THE DOOR TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, THAT A FAMILY MEMBER WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN ENGULFED IN THE FLAMES. >> Reporter: REPORTS OF HATE CRIME AGAINST BOTH MUSLIMS AND JEWS HAVE ROCKETED UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY SINCE OCTOBER 7TH WHEN HAMAS KILLED ABOUT 1,200 PEOPLE. LONDON IS NO EXCEPTION, WHERE POLICE SAY THAT ANTI-MUSLIM CRIME SHOT UP 62% BY THE END OF DECEMBER. THOSE NUMBERS AND AN APPARENT LACK OF PROGRESS ARE FRUSTRATING THE NEIGHBOURS OF THE ARSON VICTIMS. >> WE NEED PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND SAY WE WON'T STAND FOR THIS, AND WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO SEE ACTION, MORE THAN JUST LIP SERVICE FROM POLITICIANS. >> Reporter: UNTIL THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. KATIE NICHOLSON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Ian: CALGARY'S MAYOR IS THANKING THE RESIDENTS FOR CUTTING BACK ON WATER USE SINCE THAT MASSIVE WATER MAIN BREAK LAST WEEK, AND SHE'S URGING PEOPLE TO KEEP IT UP. >> IF WE DON'T STICK TO USING LESS WATER, THE REALITY IS THAT WE MAY RUN OUT OF WATER. YOU COULD END UP TURNING ON A TAP AND NOTHING WILL COME OUT. >> Ian: THE CITY SAYS THAT WATER USE HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 25% AS THE CREWS CONTINUE THE REPAIRS AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FEEDER MAIN. THAT COULD TAKE A MINIMUM OF FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS. THE PIPE PROVIDES WATER TO 60% OF THE CITY. >>> A FIRE AT A TRAINING FACILITY IN MARCH HAS LED TO SERIOUS CHALLENGES FOR SOME MEMBERS OF CANADA'S OLYMPIC TEAM. >> IT'S HARD TO BE IN AN AQUATIC SPORT WITHOUT WATER. >> Ian: THE OBSTACLES THEY'RE OVERCOMING TO GET READY FOR THE GAMES IN PARIS NEXT. (♪♪) >>> PLUS, A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED ON CHILDREN, MOST OF THEM INDIGENOUS. >> ALL I CAN THINK OF IS HOW -- HOW DID THIS GET APPROVED? >> Ian: A CBC NEWS INVESTIGATION LOOKS INTO ALLEGATIONS OF UNETHICAL PRACTISES. >>> AND LATER THE RAFTER THAT CAME TO A RESCUE. (♪♪) >> Ian: QUICK THINKING FROM A STRANDED KITE SURFER ON A CALIFORNIA CLIFF SIDE BEACH LE TO THIS LONG LINE HELICOPTER RESCUE YESTERDAY. THE KITE SURFER USED ROCKS TO SPELL OUT THE WORD "HELP" AND IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF A PASSING PILOT WHO ALERTED RESCUE TEAMS. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES. >>> AND TORONTO POLICE SAY THAT THE FIRE THAT DESTROYED A HISTORIC CHURCH ON SUNDAY IS NOT CONSIDERED SUSPICIOUS, AT LEAST NOT SO FAR. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, AND THE ONTARIO FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE SAYS THAT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OR CIRCUMSTANCES. ST.-ANNE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH WAS COMPLETED IN 1908. INSIDE WAS ART BY THREE MEMBERS OF CANADA'S FAMED GROUP OF SEVEN. >>> A BIG DAY FOR SOME OF CANADA'S ARTISTIC SWIMMERS NAMED TO THE OLYMPIC TEAM, BUT THIS COMES AFTER SOME MAJOR CHALLENGES WITH PARIS LOOMING NEXT MONTH. SARAH LEAVITT HAS THE STORY. [Cheers and Applause] >> Reporter: TEEMING WITH PRIDE IN FRONT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THIS IS TEAM CANADA'S ARTISTIC SWIMMING TEAM. AN EMOTIONAL RETURN TO THE OLYMPICS FOR SOME AND A BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE FOR OTHERS, BUT IT HAS BEEN FAR FROM AN EASY ROAD. >> THEY HAVE DELIVERED INCREDIBLE AND INSPIRATIONAL PERFORMANCES DESPITE THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE FACED. >> Reporter: THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE? JUST MONTHS BEFORE THE GAME THEY LOST THEIR HOME BASE FOR TRAINING. AT THE END OF MARCH, A FIRE BROKE OUT AT MONTRÉAL'S OLYMPIC STADIUM. IT HOUSES A MAJOR SPORTS TRAINING COMPLEX AND THE NATIONAL SPORTS INSTITUTE. >> IT'S HUGELY DEBILITATING TO US. AT FIRST, FINDING A POOL. IT IS NOT JUST ANY KIND OF POOL, WE CAN'T SWIM IN A BATHTUB OR ANY KIND OF POOL. THE OLYMPICS WILL BE IN A 15-METRE-BY-25-METRE AND SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS AND THAT IMPACTS OUR PERFORMANCE GRAVELY. YRKSZ IT'S HARD TO BE IN AN AQUATIC SPORT WITHOUT WATER. >> Reporter: THE SPORT OFFICER MANAGED TO SECURE A SPOT AT A POOL AND THEN IT CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE. >> WE GOT KICKED OUT OF THAT POOL. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THEY AGREED TO OPEN UP EARLY AND HEAT IT. SO WE'RE IN THERE. AND THEN WE GET A PHONE CALL SAYING THAT THE PUMP IS BROKEN AND THE POOL IS CLOSED FOR AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF TIME. >> Reporter:ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT AND SOUND SYSTEMS -- EVEN THEIR SWIMMING SUITS -- GONE. THE SCHEDULES WERE UP-ENDED. >> THERE'S A STRESS FACTOR COMING WITH CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS AND NOT KNOWING THE DIMENTION OF THE POOL, NOT KNOWING EVEN IF WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO A GYM. >> Reporter: BUT CANADA'S CHEF du MISSION FOR PARIS SAID THAT THE ATHLETES AFFECTED BY THE FIRE HAVE SHOWN AN INCREDIBLE RESILIENCE. >> THE ATTITUDE IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, IN PARIS WE'LL BE READY TO GO. >> Reporter: THE WOMEN HERE SAY THAT THEIR HARD WORK OUTWEIGHS THE CHALLENGES WITH THE OLYMPICS JUST A MONTH AND A HALF AWAY. SARAH LEAVITT, CBC NEWS, MONTRÉAL. >> Ian: A NEW CANADIAN-MADE PRODUCT COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO THE WINE IN YOUR GLASS. >> THOSE GRAPEVINES, WHEN SPRAYED WITH THE SOLUTION OF THE ANN LOLL WERE ABLE TO BE FIVE OR SIX DEGREES MORE TOLERANT TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. >> Ian: HOW IT IS PROTECTING THE GRAPES AGAINST CHILLIER WEATHER. >>> PLUS, MIND EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT ON INDIGENOUS CHILDREN. >> TO PUT A CHILD THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS ABUSE. >> Ian: WHY SOME SAY THAT THE RESEARCH WAS UNETHICAL. >> CLEARLY, A SERIOUS MISTAKE WAS MADE. >> Reporter: A CBC NEWS INVESTIGATION LOOKS AT WHY IT WAS APPROVED IN THE FIRST PLACE. >>> "THE NATIONAL" BREAKS DOWN THE STORIES SHAPING OUR WORLD NEXT. (♪♪) >> THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF AN EXCITING NEW CHAPTER OF PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. >> Ian: APPLE IS PARTNERING WITH CHATGPT TO CREATE APPLE INTELLIGENCE. LAUNCHING THIS FALL ON APPLE DEVICES, THE A.I. TOOLS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ITS ASSISTANT SIRI, AND THE TECH GIANT SAYS THAT USERS WILL BE IN CONTROL WITH THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE WHEN A.I. IS ACTIVE, AND WHETHER OR NOT PERSONAL INFORMATION IS SHARED. >>> CANADIAN RESEARCHERS MAY HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION TO HELP TO PROTECT WINE GRAPES FROM COLD TEMPERATURES. IT INVOLVES SPRAYING A PLANT-BASED COMPOUND ON ITS LEAVES AND STEMS. ETHAN WILLIAMS LOOKS AT WHAT THE EARLY RESULTS COULD MEAN FOR FARMERS. >> Reporter: IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN IS REAL. AND IT COULD CHANGE THE FACE OF AGRICULTURE. RESEARCHERS ARE CREATING PRODUCTS FROM A PLANT HORMONE CALLED ABSCISIC ACID. TO SPRAY IT ON GRAPE CROPS TO WITHSTAND THE COLD TEMPERATURES. ABSCISIC OR ABA OCCURS, AND IT CLOSES THE PLANT'S STOMATA, ON ITS LEAVES AND STEM, BUT INITIAL A.B.A. DOESN'T ALWAYS LAST A LONG TIME IN THE PLANT. ABAzyne SAYS THAT IT CAN OUTLAST ABA, AND NOT ONLY MAKING THE CROPS HARDY TO THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES, BUT STOPPING THEM FROM BUDDING TOO EARLY DURING THE MID-WINTER WARM SPELLS. ABAzyne'S SAYS THAT THE RESULTS FROM THE CROPS IN ONTARIO HAVE BEEN PROMISING SO FAR. >> THOSE GRAPEVINES, WHEN SPLAYED WITH A SOLUTION OF OUR ANALOG, THEY WERE ABLE TO BE FIVE, SIX DEGREES MORE TOLERANT TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. >> Reporter: JIM WILLWERTH IS TESTING THE PRODUCT ON HIS GRAPES AT BROCK UNIVERSITY. HE SAYS THAT ITS TIMELY RESEARCH, GIVEN HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPACTING THE GROWING SEASON. >> WE COULD HAVE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, AND THAT COULD LEAD TO PREMATURE HARDINESS LOSS. >> Reporter:THE RESEARCH IS BENEFICIAL FOR COMMERCIAL WINE GRAPE GROWERS LIKE MATTHIAS OPPENLAENDER, AND HE HAS LOST CROPS IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO OVER THE YEARS DUE TO COLD DAMAGE. >> IT CAN COST $60,000 TO THEIR 70,000 AN ACRE TO PLANT. AND IT TAKES TWO OR THREE YEARS TO GET THAT KIND OF PRODUCTION AGAIN. >> RIGHT NOW IT IS A BIT EXPENSIVE. >> Reporter: THE NEXT STEP IS TAKING PRODUCT FROM THE LAB AND SELLING IT COMMERCIALLY WITH RESEARCH SHOWING THAT IT COULD ALSO BE USED ON OTHER FRUIT CROPS. ETHAN WILLIAMS, CBC NEWS, SASKATOON. >> Ian: NOW IT'S TIME TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE STORIES THAT ARE SHAPING OUR WORLD. (♪♪) >>> CBC NEWS INVESTIGATES AN EXPERIMENT CARRIED OUT ON ABOUT 60 CHILDREN. >> CLEARLY A SERIOUS MISTAKE WAS MADE. >> Ian: THE KIDS, MOSTLY INDIGENOUS, WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD MAKE LIFE BETTER BY LEARNING TO CONTROL THEIR BRAIN WAVES. >> IT WAS BONKERS. >> Ian: THAT WAS A DECADE AGO IN SASKATCHEWAN. TODAY SOME SAY THAT STUDY VIOLATED BASIC ETHICS RULES AND IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY A MAJOR UNIVERSITY. GEOFF LEO HAS OUR EXCLUSIVE STORY. (♪♪) >> Reporter: THIS IS JAMES HARDT, HE'S A BRAIN TRAINING GURU. >> WITH BRAIN WAVES YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. LEVITATE. WALK ON WATER. WALK ON FIRE. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT HIS BRAIN TRAINING PROGRAMME WILL INCREASE YOUR I.Q., YOUR CREATIVITY AND YOUR HAPPINESS. HIS WORK HAS MADE HIM A BIT OF A CELEBRITY. >> WE FIND DR. JIM HARDT AND HIS BIOCYBERNAUT PROGRAMME EXTRAORDINARY. >> Reporter: IN 2014, HARDT TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO SASKATCHEWAN, TO A GROUP OF MOSTLY INDIGENOUS KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES. >> WE HAVE A NOVEL GROUP, WE HAVE A POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> Reporter: HARDT TESTED THAT TECHNOLOGY ON THE BRAINS OF ABOUT 60 KIDS FROM PRINCE ALBERT. >> IT WAS MORE THAN HALF OF THE DAY LISTENING TO TRUMPETS. AND I AM THINKING, OH, MY GOD, THIS PLACE IS REALLY WEIRD. >> IT WAS TRAUMATIZING. >> CLEARLY, A SERIOUS MISTAKE WAS MADE. >> TO MY EYES THAT IS ABUSE. TO PUT A CHILD THROUGH THAT, ALL I CAN THINK OF IS HOW -- HOW DID THIS GET APPROVED? >> Reporter: THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER. >> WELCOME TO BIOCYBERNAUT. >> Reporter: FOR DECADES HARDT HAS BEEN STUDYING AND PROMOTING NEURO FEEDBACK. WHICH HE SAYS THAT IS BACKED BY SCIENCE. >> AS A RESULT OF THE FIRST WEEK, THERE'S A 50% INCREASE IN CREATIVITY. I.Q. GOES UP 11 POINTS, AND SEVEN POINTS. AND NEGATIVE THING GOES AWAY LIKE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, PARANOIA, SCHIZOPHRENIA. >> Reporter: NEWO FEEDBACK IS A TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES PEOPLE TO HEAR OR TO VIEW THEIR OWN BRAIN WAVES IN REAL TIME. PRACTITIONERS LIKE HARDT SAY IT CAN HELP PEOPLE TO DETECT AND FIX THEIR FAULTY THINKING PATTERNS. HARDT HAS HIS OWN PATENTED VERSION OF THE TECHNOLOGY. >> I'M THE INVENTOR AND THE CREATOR OF THE TECHNOLOGY. >> YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE TONES -- >> Reporter: HIS INNOVATION IS INTENSITY. HE SAYS THAT IN JUST ONE WEEK THAT HIS APPROACH PROVIDES THE EQUIVALENT OF 21 TO 40 YEARS OF ZEN MEDITATION. FOR HOURS A DAY, PEOPLE ARE ALL ALONE IN A TINY PITCH BLACK ROOM, LISTENING TO THEIR OWN BRAIN WAVES. EVEN FANS OF THE PROGRAMME SAY IT IS A LOT TO TAKE IN. >> I'VE GOT TO GO INTO THIS DARK LITTLE ROOM THAT HAS NO LIGHT, AND ALL DAY -- AND IT'S FREEZING COLD -- BUT IT'S A BITCH! IT'S HORRIBLE! I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS EASY EXPERIENCES. >> Reporter: THEY SPEND HOURS MORE IN GROUP SESSIONS AND DISCUSSING TRAUMATIC LIFE EXPERIENCES AND COMING UP WITH MORE POSITIVE WAYS TO THINK ABOUT THEM. >> SIT COMFORTABLY WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED. THE TEST STARTS NOW. (♪♪) >> Reporter: HARDT DESCRIBES HIS BRAIN TRAINING PROGRAMME AS "SPIRITUAL SCIENCE." [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] HE CLAIMS THAT SOMETIMES THE PARTICIPANTS CAN SEE INTO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. HE SAYS THAT IS JUST WHAT HAPPENED DURING A SESSION WITH A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER. >> BUT HE WAS TERRIFIED BECAUSE THREE ANGELS SHOWED UP IN THE CHAMBER AND WENT, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN LIVING A VERY GOOD LIFE. >> Reporter: BIOCYBERNAUT'S FOCUS ON SASKATCHEWAN BEGAN WHEN AN INDIGENOUS TEACHER FROM PRINCE ALBERT APPROACHED HARDT TO SEE IF HE WOULD OFFER HIS PROGRAMME IN HER CITY. AND SHE HAD RECENTLY TAKEN THE TRAINING. HARDT WAS ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING AND IN 2014 HE LAUNCHED A STUDY, FOCUSED ON CHILDREN FROM 12-15 YEARS OLD, FROM SCHOOLS WITH A HIGH POPULATION OF INDIGENOUS STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL DIVISION SUPPORTED THE STUDY AND ALLOWED BROCHURES LIKE THIS ONE TO BE HANDED OUT TO STUDENTS. >> I WAS SO EXCITED AND I KEPT BUGGING HER UNTIL SHE WOULD, LIKE, AGREE TO GO. >> Reporter: CHYNA GALLERNEAUT WAS 12 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE GOT A OFFER -- AN ALL-EXPENSES PAID WEEK-LONG TRIP TO VICTORIA FOR BRAIN SCHOOL, FOR ONE CHILD OR ONE PARENT OR GUARDIAN. >> THEY MADE IT SOUND MORE LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE, LIKE, AN ENJOYABLE, YOU KNOW, VACATION, WHERE WE GO TO LEARN TO GET HEALTHIER. >> Reporter: ALMA STONESTAND WAS SKEPTICAL, BUT SHE WAS ALSO HAPPY TO SEE HER DAUGHTER EXCITED ABOUT SELF-IMPROVEMENT. >> I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THERAPY AND I BELIEVED IN HEALING AND I BELIEVED IN GETTING BETTER. CHYNA WANTS TO GO, SO WE WILL GO. >> Reporter: SO A FEW MONTHS LATER THEY ARRIVED AT BIOCYBERNAUT IN VICTORIA. THEIR FIRST MORNING BEGAN WITH A SHOCK WHEN THEY WERE USHERED INTO A ROOM WITH ANOTHER PAIR FROM PRINCE ALBERT -- A GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDDAUGHTER, AND TECHNICIANS BEGAN PUTTING ELECTRODES ON THEIR HEADS. >> WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT UNTIL JUST WHEN IT STARTED HAPPENING TO US. AND AT THAT POINT WE COULDN'T TURN AROUND. [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] >> Reporter: THEY WERE PLACED ALL ALONE INTO PITCH BLACK ROOMS WITH SPEAKERS AROUND THEIR HEADS. THEY WERE TOLD THAT EACH ONE WAS PLAYING A DIFFERENT SOUND CREATED BY THEIR BRAIN WAVES. CHYNA AND ALMA SAY THEY WERE STUCK IN THESE CHAMBERS FOR HOURS A DAY. IN A SEPARATE ROOM, TECHNICIANS WERE WATCHING. [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] >> AND ONE OF OUR PARTNERS HAD A PANIC ATTACK FROM CLAUSTROPHOBIA AND BEING IN THE ROOM AND I SEEN HER HAVE THAT PANIC ATTACK AND THAT SCARED ME. >> Reporter: YOU'RE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WAS BEING EXPERIMENTED ON, RIGHT? AND CHYNA SAID THAT HER TRAINING TOOK AN EVEN STRANGER TURN WHEN SHE ASKED WHAT THE RESEARCHERS WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT SHE HAD SPECIAL BRAIN WAVES THEY COULD HARNESS FOR GOOD. >> THEY ARE TRYING TO CREATE A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DELTA OR BETA WAVES TO SEE IF THEY COULD, LIKE, CHANGE THE COURSE OF NATURAL DISASTERS. AND SHE CALLED IT LIKE A TEAM SUPERHERO. >> Reporter: WHEN THEY WEREN'T IN THE CHAMBER, THEY WERE IN A GROUP DISCUSSION, LAYING ON CANOPY BEDS, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST TRAUMATIC MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES. >> THEY SAID THEY COULD LEAD WHAT YOU WERE FEELING OR WHAT WE WERE THINKING WHEN WE WERE EXPOSED TO A CERTAIN NOISE BY HOW THE GRAPHS WENT. AND I THOUGHT THAT IS KIND OF MUMBO-JUMBO SHIT, YOU COULD BE MAKING UP ANYTHING. [LAUGHTER] >> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA SOCIAL WORK PROFESSOR AMANDA LaVALLEE WHO IS MÉTIS, MET WITH CBC HERE AT BIOCYBERNAUT'S FORMER VICTORIA LOCATION. IT HAS SINCE BEEN TURNED INTO A RETREAT CENTRE. BACK IN 2014, SHE WAS A PH.D STUDENT IN SASKATCHEWAN AND WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE STUDY'S RESEARCH TEAM. >> IT WAS CRAZY. >> Reporter: AS PART OF HER DUE DILIGENCE SHE CAME HERE TO EXPERIENCE THE TRAINING FIRSTHAND. >> GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH STRANGERS, BEING RECORDED, AND THEN HAVING TO LAY ON A BED AND REGURGITATE ALL OF THAT PAIN OVER AGAIN, AND THEY COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE "BETTER" MEMORY OF THOSE SITUATIONS. TO EXPOSE A CHILD TO THAT PROCESS IS ABUSE. IN MY EYES, THAT'S ABUSE. >> Reporter: ALMA SAID THAT BY DAY THREE, CHYNA JUST WANTED TO GO HOME. >> WE WERE GIVEN A FREE TRIP AND WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY BECAUSE WE HAD NO WAY BACK. >> Reporter: WHEN WE COME BACK, REALITY HITS HARD AS CHYNA AND ALMA RETURN HOME. AND CBC'S INVESTIGATION DISCOVERS A SHOCKING FLAW AT THE CENTRE OF THIS STUDY. >> ALL I CAN THINK OF IS HOW -- HOW DID THIS GET APPROVED? (♪♪) (♪♪) >> Ian: WHY CRITICS BELIEVE THAT ETHICAL GUIDELINES WERE BREACHED WHEN DOZENS OF SASKATCHEWAN CHILDREN WERE RECRUITED FOR AN EXPERIMENT. >> THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUBJECTED TO THIS RESEARCH DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO. >> Ian: WE ASKED THE MAN BEHIND THE SCIENCE TO ADDRESS THE MANY CONCERNS. HERE'S GEOFF LEO WITH THE CONCLUSION OF HIS EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION. (♪♪) >> Reporter: AFTER THEIR WEEK OF BRAIN TRAINING IN VICTORIA, ALMA AND CHYNA ARRIVED BACK IN PRINCE ALBERT. REALITY HIT HARD. >> AND I HOPED THAT THE WORL WAS GOING TO CHANGE AROUND AND IT WOULD MAKE CHANGES IN THE WORLD, BUT THE WORLD STILL S SUCKED. >> Reporter: SHE SAID AFTER THE PROGRAMME THAT LIFE WAS WORSE FOR THEM AND FOR THOSE WHO TOOK PART. >> AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMME. >> Reporter: NEUROFEEDBACK PRACTITIONER AINAT ROGEL SAID THAT SIDE EFFECTS LIKE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND DISASSOCIATION ARE POSSIBLE. >> NEUROFEEDBACK IS A STRONG TOOL. AND IT DOES CHANGE THE BRAIN. WE GEAR FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT IT CAN CAUSE AN ADVERSE REACTION. >> Reporter: ROGEL SAYS THAT WHILE NEUROFEEDBACK CAN BE EFFECTIVE, SHE SAYS THAT SEVERAL THINGS ABOUT HARDT'S METHODOLOGY CONCERNED HER. WHILE HIS NEUROFEEDBACK SESSIONS RUN HOURS A DAY, HER RESEARCH SHOWS CHILDREN CAN ONLY HANDLE A FEW MINUTES. >> WE STARTED WITH 30 MINUTES AND WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS TOO LONG. AND WE STARTED SHORTENING THE SESSIONS ALL THE WAY TO SIX TO 10 MINUTES. AND THE IMPACT OF THE NEUROFEEDBACK WAS MUCH STRONGER. INCLUDING MUCH LESS ADVERSE REACTIONS. >> Reporter: SHE ALSO SAID THAT NEUROFEEDBACK PRACTITIONERS SHOULD BE IN THE ROOM WHEN TREATING CLIENTS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. >> TO LEAVE CHILDREN ALONE WITH THIS SCHEDULE, FOR ME, IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. >> MUCH OF THE FIRST THREE DAYS WE TELL PEOPLE IS JUST LEARNING HOW TO LEARN. >> Reporter: HARDT SAYS THAT IT IS LAUGHABLE TO SUGGEST THAT NEUROFEEDBACK CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT HE DOES SAY THAT HE LIMITED THE TREATMENT TO JUST TWO HOURS A DAY FOR THIS STUDY FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN. HE POINTS OUT THAT HIS STAFF CAREFULLY MONITORED THE PARTICIPANTS. CBC ALSO ASKED HARDT ABOUT THE CONCERNS RAISED BY ALMA AND CHYNA, BUT HE DIDN'T REPLY. BACK IN 2014, JUST AS THE STUDY WAS GETTING STARTED, AMANDA LaVALLEE WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE RESEARCH TEAM. BUT AFTER SHE EXPERIENCED THE BIOCYBERNAUT TRAINING SHE SAID NO. >> I DIDN'T WANT TO BE PART OF THAT PROJECT. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS, UM, WHACKED, FOR A SIMPLE TERM -- IT WAS BONKERS. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT SHE'S SHOCKED THAT A RESEARCH ETHICS BOARD APPROVED THIS STUDY. LaVALLEE SAYS THAT ORDINARILY PROPOSALS GO THROUGH RIGOROUS EVALUATION, ESPECIALLY IF THEY INVOLVE INDIGENOUS CHILDREN. >> SO ALL I CAN THINK OF IS LIKE HOW -- HOW DID THIS GET APPROVED? >> Reporter: THAT QUESTION IS AT THE HEART OF CBC'S INVESTIGATION. OUR SEARCH TOOK US ON A WINDING PATH THAT EVENTUALLY LED US HERE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA AND TO THIS CRUCIAL DOCUMENT. THIS IS THE RESEARCH ETHICS APPLICATION. AND WHAT IS MOST INTERESTING ABOUT IT IS WHAT IS MISSING FROM IT. >> CLEARLY A SERIOUS MISTAKE WAS MADE. >> Reporter: MEDICAL HISTORIAN IAN MOSBY SAID THAT THE ETHICS APPLICATION FAILED TO DESCRIBE WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN AT BRAIN SCHOOL. >> THAT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. THERE'S NO DESCRIPTION ANYWHERE IN THE APPLICATION THAT ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT WHAT THAT IS. YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE EXPERIMENT. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT THERE WAS A CONSENT FORM BUT IT WAS NOT ADEQUATE. >> YOU CAN'T HAVE INFORMED CONSENT WITHOUT INFORMATION. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUBJECTED TO THIS RESEARCH DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO. AND THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM. >> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA REFUSED OUR REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW. SO IN AN EMAIL WE ASKED WHY IT APPROVED THIS STUDY. THE UNIVERSITY SAID THAT ITS RESEARCH ETHICS BOARD ACTUALLY ONLY REVIEWED A SMALL PORTION OF THE STUDY RELATING TO A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE PROJECT. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THAT IT DID NOT REVIEW BIOCYBERNAUT'S METHODOLOGY. >> THAT'S PRETTY SURPRISING. >> Reporter:STPHEN HOPTION CANN SAYS THAT EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA WAS JUST INVOLVED IN A SMALL PORTION OF THE STUDY, THAT IT WAS OBLIGATED TO ENSURE THAT THE ENTIRE THING HAD RECEIVED ETHICAL REVIEW. >> YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, WELL, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THIS SMALL PART. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT PART COMES FROM TO MAKE SURE THAT IS BEING DONE ETHICALLY. >> Reporter: WHICH TAKES US BACK TO JAMES HARDT. HE TOLD US THAT BIOCYBERNAUT'S ROLE IN THE STUDY WAS NOT SUBJECT TO ETHICS REVIEW. >> AS A PRIVATE COMPANY, AS PART OF AN INSTITUTE OF CANADA, L.T.D., NONE OF THAT WAS NECESSARY. WE WERE TRAINING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC -- >> WELL, HE CERTAINLY MISINFORMED AND PRIVATE COMPANIES CAN'T JUST DO UNAPPROVED RESEARCH. THEY DEFINITELY NEED ETHICS BOARD APPROVAL. [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] >> Reporter: WHILE THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA INITIALLY DEFENDED ITS ROLE IN THIS STUDY, EVENTUALLY IT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAVE GONE WRONG. IN AN EMAIL OF U OF R VICE PRESIDENT CHRISTOPHER YOST SAID THAT THE UNIVERSITY IS SORRY FOR ANY ROLE THAT IT MAY HAVE PLAYED IN CAUSING HARM. IT SAID THAT SINCE THAT TIME THE UNIVERSITY HAS TIGHTENED UP ITS RULES. (♪♪) THERE'S ONE FINAL TWIST TO THIS STORY -- IT RELATES TO A SASKATCHEWAN ACADEMIC WHO TOOK THE LEAD ROLE IN PROMOTING THIS PROJECT IN FIRST PLACE. TERRY BOURASSA, THE PRINCIPAL ADVISOR, WHO AT THE TIME WAS A RISING STAR IN ACADEMIA. INITIALLY IT WAS BOURASSA WHO ATTRACTED LaVALLEE TO THE PROJECT BECAUSE SHE WAS LaVALLEE'S FRIEND AND MENTOR. >> SO I THINK BACK AND I THINK HOW FOOLISH I WAS. >> Reporter: LaVALLEE TRUSTED BOURASSA IN PART BECAUSE SHE CLAIMED TO BE MÉTIS, JUST LIKE LaVALLEE. BUT THIS RESEARCH PROJECT MADE HER BEGIN TO DOUBT BOURASSA'S JUDGMENT. >> IF YOU'RE AN INDIGENOUS PERSON, WHERE WOULD IT BE OKAY TO DO RESEARCH LIKE THIS? >> Reporter: THEN IN 2021 -- THIS -- >> Reporter:ONE OF CANADA'S LEADING INDIGENOUS HEALTH EXPERTS IS BEING ACCUSED OF LYING ABOUT HER ANCESTRY. >> Reporter: A CBC INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT BOURASSA WAS OF ENTIRELY EUROPEAN DESCENT. LaVALLEE WORRIES THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA MAY HAVE GIVEN THE BIOCYBERNAUT STUDY LESS SCRUTINY BECAUSE IT MISTAKENLY BELIEVED THAT THE PROJECT WAS LED BY AN INDIGENOUS RESEARCHER. >> THERE'S THIS CONTENTION SOMETIMES OF, OH, THIS IS INDIGENOUS RESEARCH, LET'S JUST APPROVE IT, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CHALLENGE IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED A RACIST IF WE CHALLENGE IT. [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] >> Reporter: ALMA STONESTAND SAYS WHEN CBC FIRST REACHED OUT FOR AN INTERVIEW SHE WAS HESITANT BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY POWERFUL PEOPLE INVOLVED. BUT NOW SHE SAYS THAT SHE HOPES TO GET SOME ANSWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. >> TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE KIDS -- TO USE THEM FOR THEIR OWN STUDY, TO FURTHER THEIR OWN PURPOSES, AND WITH EMPTY PROMISES -- I THINK THAT THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY FOLLOW THROUGH. THAT WAS OFFENSIVE. >> Ian: GEOFF LEO IS IN REGINA. GEOFF, WHERE DOES THIS STORY GO FROM HERE? >> Reporter: SO AS YOU HEARD IN THE DOCUMENTARY, ALMA SAYS THAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. SHE'S LOOKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. AND IAN MOSBY, THE MEDICAL HISTORIAN IN THE DOCUMENTARY, SAYS THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA OWES HER. AND THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN THIS STUDY. MOSBY SAYS THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA TO SIMPLY SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A LONG TIME AGO -- WE APOLOGIES, -- APOLOGISE, AND WE HAVE TIGHTENED UP OUR ETHICAL REVIEW PROCESSES. MOSBY SAYS THAT THE UNIVERSITY NEEDS TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT HOW THIS STUDY GOT APPROVED IN THE FIRST PLACE, OR TO CALL IN AN INDEPENDENT BODY THAT CAN DO THAT STUDY ITSELF. >> Ian: THANKS, GEOFF. >> Reporter: YOU'RE WELCOME. (♪♪) >> Ian: COMING UP, A MAJESTIC CREATURE IN ITS MOMENT OF NEED. >> I LITERALLY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN THE 17 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS. >> Ian: WHITE WATER RAFTERS WHO STEPPED IN TO HELP NEXT IN OUR "MOMENT." (♪♪) >> Ian: YOU'RE LOOKING AT A MINKE WHALE STRANDED ON A SAND BAR IN THE SHUBENACADIE RIVER IN NOVA SCOTIA. NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE AS YOU HEADED OUT WHITE WATER RAFTING. BUT A GROUP OF RAFTERS JUMPED INTO ACTION. THEY SCARED OFF BIRDS THAT WERE LOOKING FOR A MEAL AND SPLASHED WATER ON THE ANIMAL UNTIL THE TIDE CAME BACK IN. AND THEIR QUICK THINKING IS OUR "MOMENT." >> WE SAW SOMETHING OUT ON THE BEACH, SOMETHING BIG. AND, SURE ENOUGH, IT TURNED OUT TO BE THIS LIVE WHALE. IN A SMALL TIDAL POOL, ABOUT HALF A METRE DEEP. >> SHE PROBABLY CAME IN FROM THE BAY. ENTERED IN WHEN IT WAS DEEP AND PROBABLY GOT TOO FAR DOWN THE RIVER. THE RIVER CAN RISE AND DROP UP TO TWO FEET PER MINUTE. AND THEN BY THAT TIME SHE REALIZED THAT IT WAS TOO SHALLOW. >> I DEFINITELY COULD TELL BY LOOKING AT IT THAT WAS NOT HAVING A GOOD DAY. FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR WE WERE SPLASHING WATER ON THIS WHALE, AND WAITING FOR THE TIDE TO COME IN. YOU COULD GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO IT THAT YOU COULD TOUCH IT. LIKE IT WAS IN THE SAND, AND YOU COULD WALK RIGHT UP TO IT. >> IT WAS HUGE, IT WAS BIGGER THAN THE BOAT. I HAD LITERALLY NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN THE 17 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS. HAPPY FEELING STORY, BECAUSE AS THE WATER LEVEL COMES UP, IT WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE DEEPER WATER AND THEN ONCE WE WERE HEADING BACK TO HOME BASE, IT STARTED COMING WITH US BACK TOWARDS THE BAY. >> I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THIS STORY HAS A HAPPY ENDING. >> Ian: AND THAT HAPPINESS CONTINUES. THE MARINE SOCIETY SAW IT HEADING OUT TO THE BAY OF FUNDY ON SUNDAY EVENING AND HAVEN'T SEEN IT SINCE THEN, WHICH WE ARE TOLD THAT IS GOOD NEWS. >>> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "THE NATIONAL," THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. YOU CAN WATCH ANY TIME, ANYWHERE, ON THE FREE CBC NEWS APP AND SUBSCRIBE TO "THE NATIONAL'S" YouTube CHANNEL. >>> I'M IAN HANOMANSING IN VANCOUVER. SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT. (♪♪) (♪♪)
