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>> Rosemary: ON THIS TUESDAY
NIGHT A CANADIAN DOCTOR IS
SPEAKING ABOUT TENDING TO THE
INJURED IN THOSE VIOLENT
PROTESTS IN GAZA AND HOW HE
HIMSELF WAS SHOT.
THE CHAOS AND THE CARNAGE IS NOW
THE SUBJECT OF HEATED DIPLOMATIC
DEBATE.
ISRAEL IS STANDING BY ITS
MILITARY AS THE PALESTINIANS
MOURN THEIR DEAD.
WE'LL TAKE TO YOU THE BORDER, A
FENCE DIVIDING THE MIDDLE EAST.
>> Ian: ALSO TONIGHT... A NEW
TRIAL FOR AN ALBERTA COUPLE
CONVICTED IN THE DEATH OF THEIR
SON.
THEY TREATED EZEKIEL'S
MENINGITIS WITH NATURAL REMEDIES
AND ONLY CALLING 911 WHEN HE
STOPPED BREATHING.
WHY THE SUPREME COURT NOW SAYS
THAT THE TRIAL JUDGE MADE A
MISTAKE.
>> Rosemary: AND THE SMALL
B.C. HOTEL IS TAKING ON EXPEDIA
FOR TELLING CUSTOMERS THAT IT
WAS FULLY BOOKED FOR TWO YEARS.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> FOR 70 YEARS PALESTINIANS
HAVE SPENT THIS DAY
COMMEMORATING THE TIME WHEN
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PALESTINIANS FLED OR WERE FORCED
FROM THEIR HOME AS ISRAEL WAS
CREATED.
THIS YEAR IN GAZA THE DAY WAS
SPENT BURYING THE DEAD AND
TREATING THE WOUNDED.
MUCH OF THE WORLD CONTINUED TO
CONDEMN THE RESPONSE TO
YESTERDAY'S PROTESTS.
IN TURKEY THERE WAS ANGER.
PROTESTERS THREW EGGS AT THE
EMBASSY.
THEY CALLED OUT ISRAEL FOR
KILLING AT LEAST 60 PALESTINIAN
PROTESTERS, INCLUDING CHILDREN.
NONE OF WHOM ACTUALLY BREACHED
THE BORDER.
>> AN ATTEMPT TO APPROACH OR TO
CROSSING OR DAMAGING THE GREEN
LINE FENCE DO NOT DEMAND A
THREAT TO LIFE OR SERIOUS INJURY
AND NOT SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR
THE USE OF LIVE AMMUNITION.
>> Rosemary: BUT ISRAEL SAYS
THAT THE RESPONSE WAS
APPROPRIATE AND BLAMED HAMAS.
>> YOU ARE PUSHING CIVILIANS,
WOMEN, CHILDREN, INTO THE LINE
OF FIRE WITH A VIEW OF GETTING
CASUALTIES.
WE TRIED TO MINIMIZE CASUALTIES
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO INCUR
CASUALTIES IN ORDER TO -- IN
ORDER TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL
WHICH IS HORRIBLE.
>> Reporter: YOU SAY THEY WANT
KIDS TO DIE?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: PUTTING KIDS IN
THE LINE OF FIRE?
>> YES.
>> Rosemary: CBC'S DEREK
STOFFEL SPENT THE DAY IN
GAZA WITH PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED
THE VIOLENCE AND DEATH
FIRSTHAND.
>> Reporter: IN GAZA THERE IS
STILL MUCH ANGER AND DEFIANCE
TOO.
WITH PROTESTERS RETURNING TO THE
SCENE OF MONDAY'S BLOODSHED.
THE DEMONSTRATIONS TODAY ARE
MUCH SMALLER THAN WHAT WE SAW
YESTERDAY, BUT THERE ARE
PALESTINIANS OUT, THAT'S THE
BORDER FENCE, ABOUT 200 METRES
BEHIND ME.
IT'S WHERE THE ISRAELI FORCES
ARE STATIONED.
THEY'RE USING DRONES UP IN THE
AIR TO SEND TEAR GAS DOWN ON THE
PROTESTERS HERE BELOW.
THE ISRAELI FORCES KEPT TRYING
TO PUSH THE DEMONSTRATORS BACK
FROM THE FENCE.
MEDICAL STAFF TREATED THIS WOMAN
WHO APPEARED TO BE OVERCOME BY
TEAR GAS.
GAZA'S MAIN HOSPITAL WAS
OVERFLOWING AGAIN TODAY.
SOME OF THE WOUNDED WERE
TRANSFERRED TO OTHER MEDICAL
CENTRES.
INSIDE OF THE ORTHOPEDIC WARD WE
FOUND IBRAHIM RACKMAN WHO WAS
SHOT IN BOTH LEGS YESTERDAY.
HE WAS STILL WAITING FOR
SURGERY.
YOU CAME BACK FROM THE PROTEST
AND YOU SAW HIS LEGS HOW DID YOU
FEEL?
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: I STARTED CRYING,
HE SAYS, THIS IS HARD TO WATCH.
DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDS SAYS THAT
1,300 PEOPLE SUFFERED GUNSHOT
WOUNDS INFLICTED BY ISRAELI
FORCES.
>> WE QUESTION THE FORCE.
AND WE QUESTION THE FACT TO USE
LIVE AMMUNITION AGAINST YOUNG
PROTESTERS.
>> Reporter: FUNERAL TENTS
WERE ERECTED ALL OVER GAZA
TODAY, PLACES WHERE FAMILY AND
FRIENDS CAN GATHER TO MOURN LOST
LOVED ONES.
SAÏD WAS 15 AND SHOT DEAD OUT AT
THE PROTESTS WITH HIS
GRANDFATHER, HIS FAMILY SAYS.
AND ADDING THAT THE TEENAGER WAS
UNARMED.
HE WAS LOVELY, HIS FATHER SAYS,
HE NEVER SAW ANYTHING AND NEVER
EXPERIENCED ANYTHING IN THIS
WORLD.
ACROSS GAZA THERE ARE CALLS FOR
ISRAEL TO BE HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR
THE DEATHS OF THE PALESTINIANS
YESTERDAY.
BUT FEW HERE HOLD OUT ANY HOPE
THAT THAT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
DEREK STOFFEL, CBC NEWS GAZA.
>> Rosemary: YOU SAW THERE IN
DEREK'S ITEM THAT HEAVILY
FORTIFIED FENCE THAT SEPARATES
GAZA FROM ISRAEL THAT HAS BECOME
A FLASHPOINT FOR THIS CONFLICT.
IT SNAKES 60 KILOMETRES ACROSS
THE ENTIRE PALESTINIAN
TERRITORY.
FOR ISRAELIS IT'S A LAST LINE OF
DEFENCE AGAINST INVASION.
TO APPROACH IT, THEY WARN, IS TO
RISK DEATH.
BUT FOR PALESTINIANS TO REACH
THAT FORBIDDEN ZONE MEANS
DEFYING THE COUNTRY WHOSE
BLOCKADE KEEPS THEM POOR.
THOSE WHO TRY TO RUN THE
GAUNTLET FACE THIS -- FIRST A
CRUDE BARBED WIRE BARRIER.
BEYOND THAT JUST A 30 SECOND
DASH AWAY IS THE MAIN FENCE.
A 10-FOOT HIGH BARRIER EQUIPPED
WITH SENSORS TO DETECT
TRESPASSERS.
AND THERE ON THAT FRONTLINE
TRYING TO CATCH THE WAVE OF
INJURED PROTESTERS WAS A
CANADIAN.
DR. TARIQ LOUBANI.
WHILE TRYING TO HELP HE WAS SHOT
IN THE LEG.
HE TELLS TO CBC ON "AS IT
HAPPENS" WITH A WARNING -- THERE
IS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE HERE.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD AN
INCREDIBLY LAND BANG.
I ENDED UP ON THE GROUND AND THE
FIRST THING I YELLED JUST AS
LOUD AS I COULD WAS -- FUCK.
>> Reporter: THE BULLET DIDN'T
HIT BONES BUT DAMAGED TISSUE.
LOUBANI SAYS THAT HE WAS AWAY
FROM THE PROTESTING AT
THE TIME AND WEARING CLOTHES TO
INDICATE THAT HE WAS A DOCTOR.
>> BECAUSE I WAS A PHYSICIAN I
DRESSED DIFFERENTLY.
I WAS WEARING FULL HOSPITAL
GREENS.
LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES GREENS,
ACTUALLY, FROM LONDON, ONTARIO,
WHICH NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
EXPLAIN TO LINEN WHY THEY HAVE
BULLET HOLES.
>> Rosemary: LOUBANI AND HIS
COLLEAGUES WERE IN GAZA ON A
SPECIAL PROJECT.
THEY MADE TOURNIQUETS,
STRAPS TO STOP THE LIMBS FROM
BLEEDING OUT USING 3D PRINTERS.
A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO
HOPE TO FIELD TEST.
A CRUEL IRONY THAT HE WOULD NEED
ONE THOUGH HE REFUSED.
>> WE JUST HAD TOO FEW AND I
KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE FEW
WORSE INJURIES SO I SAID NO.
>> Rosemary: HE SPENT WEEKS IN
JAIL IN CAIRO WITHOUT CHARGE FOR
GIVING MEDICAL AID TO
DEMONSTRATORS THERE.
HE WAS LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED IN
GAZA.
THE PARAMEDIC WHO RESCUED HIM,
MOUSSA ABU-HASSAN WASN'T.
>> ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER HE
RESCUED ME, HE WAS ON ANOTHER...
TRYING TO GET ANOTHER PATIENT
AND ENDED UP GETTING HIT IN THE
CHEST.
THERE WAS SO MUCH FIRE -- LIVE
FIRE -- THAT HIS COLLEAGUES WERE
UNABLE TO TAKE HIM OUT FOR ABOUT
ANOTHER 20 MINUTES.
UNFORTUNATELY HE DIED.
>> Rosemary: LOUBANI IS NOW
RECUPERATING OUT OF HOSPITAL.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU WAS ASKED ON HIS
VIEW IF ISRAEL HAD USED
EXCESSIVE FORCE.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WE'RE CALLING FOR A
STOP TO THE VIOLENCE, A
DEESCALATION OF THE -- OF THE
VIOLENCE IN THE REGION RIGHT
NOW.
WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY WAY
FORWARD IS THROUGH DIRECT
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN
PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS TO GET
TO A TWO-STATE SOLUTION.
>> Rosemary: THE U.S. FACES
ACCUSATIONS OF FUELLING THE
ALREADY SIMMERING ANGER.
YESTERDAY IT OPENED UP A NEW
EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM AND TODAY A
TOP U.S. DIPLOMAT WAVED THAT
ASIDE.
>> HOW IS THAT JUSTIFIED?
AS OUR PRESIDENT SAID WHEN HE
ANNOUNCED THE DECISION IN
DECEMBER, THE LOCATION OF OUR
EMBASSY HAS NO BEARING ON THE
SPECIFIC BOUNDARIES OF ISRAELI
SOVEREIGNTY IN JERUSALEM OR THE
RESOLUTION OF CONTESTED BORDERS.
IT HAS NO BEARING ON JERUSALEM'S
HOLY SITE.
IT DOES NOT PRE-JUDGE WHATEVER
THE PARTIES MIGHT NEGOTIATE IN A
PEACE AGREEMENT.
IT DOES NOT UNDERMINE THE
PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN ANY WAY.
>> Rosemary: SO WHAT COULD
THAT PEACE PROCESS LOOK LIKE
NOW?
AND DOES THE U.S. STILL HAVE A
ROLE IN IT?
>> President Donald Trump: IF
YOU CAN'T PRODUCE PEACE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, NOBODY CAN.
>> Rosemary: FOR MORE THAN 40
YEARS, THE U.S. HAS LED EFFORTS
TO BROKER THAT ELUSIVE SOLUTION.
>> WHEN TRUMP CAME INTO OFFICE
HE DECLARED THAT HE'LL GO AFTER
THE ULTIMATE DEAL.
>> Rosemary: BUT IN HIS OWN
WAY.
TRUMP NAMED SON-IN-LAW JARED
KUSHNER AS A REGIONAL ADVISER,
SOMEONE WITH NO DIPLOMATIC
EXPERIENCE.
THE AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL, DAVID
FRIEDMAN, A FIERCE CHAMPION OF
THE ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS.
AND THEN CAME TRUMP'S
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE U.S.
EMBASSY WAS MOVING FROM TEL AVIV
TO JERUSALEM.
>> IT BROKE RELATIONS WITH THE
PALESTINIANS OVER THE PEACE
PROCESS.
BUT LET'S BE REALISTIC THERE
WASN'T MUCH
OF A PEACE PROCESS BEFOREHAND SO
IT DID DAMAGE TO KIND OF
NOTHING.
>> Rosemary: SO SOME SEE A
PERIOD OF STALEMATE AHEAD AS
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU DEALS WITH DOMESTIC
POLITICAL SCANDALS.
OTHERS SEE DANGER, THREATENING
TO CUT OFF FUNDING TO THE U.N.
AGENCY THAT SUPPORTS PALESTINIAN
REFUGEES AND THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY.
IS TRUMP DRIVING A HARD BARGAIN?
OR PUTTING PEACE OUT OF REACH?
>> I THINK THAT THE PROBLEM IS
THAT THE UNITED STATES,
ESPECIALLY WITH ITS POSITION IN
THE WORLD, NEEDS TO HAVE A CLEAR
POLICY, NEEDS TO SIGNAL TO
FRIENDS AND FOES ALIKE EXACTLY
WHERE IT STANDS.
>> Ian: HERE'S WHAT ELSE WE'RE
WORKING ON TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL"...
>>> ROYAL FANS ARE GETTING READY
TO CELEBRATE THE NEWLYWEDS.
BRITISH MEDIA IS OBSESSED AGAIN
TODAY OVER WHETHER OR NOT
MEGHAN'S
FATHER WILL ATTEND.
>> Rosemary: ACCORDING TO
EXPEDIA THIS B.C. INN IS THE
HOTTEST SPACE IN TOWN, THERE'S
NO ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR TWO
YEARS.
HOW THE INN OWNERS TOOK ON THE
TRAVEL GIANT.
>> Ian: FIRST, A NEW TWIST IN A
TRAGIC STORY OUT OF ALBERTA.
THE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT
THE PARENTS OF EZEKIEL STEPHAN
SHOULD GET A NEW TRIAL.
DAVID AND COLLET STEPHAN WERE
CONVICTED OF NOT PROVIDING THEIR
19-MONTH-OLD WITH THE
NECESSARIES OF LIFE.
DESPITE EZEKIEL'S SYMPTOMS, THEY
INCLUDED DIFFICULTY BREATHING
AND STIFFNESS THEY TREATED HIM
WITH NATURAL
PRODUCTS INCLUDING ONION POWDER
AND HOT PEPPERS.
TODAY THEIR CONVICTIONS WERE
OVERTURNED.
ERIN COLLINS HAS MORE ON THE
RULING AND THE REACTION.
>> Reporter: THE LONG AND
WINDING JOURNEY OF DAVID AND
COLLET STEPHAN TOOK ANOTHER
TWIST TODAY.
THIS TIME IN THE HIGHEST COURT
IN THE LAND.
>> WE WOULD ALLOW THE APPEAL TO
QUASH THE CONVICTIONS AND ORDER
A NEW TRIAL.
>> Reporter: THAT 2016
CONVICTION FOR FAILING TO
PROVIDE THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE
STEMS FROM THE DEATH OF THE
STEPHAN'S SON, EZEKIEL, IN 2012.
THE 19-MONTH-OLD DIED FROM THE
COMPLICATIONS OF MENINGITIS
AFTER HIS PARENTS FAILED TO TAKE
THE
TODDLER TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL THE
LITTLE BOY HAD STOPPED
BREATHING.
INSTEAD THE COUPLE TREATED THEIR
SON WITH
NATURAL REMEDIES LIKE HOMEMADE
SMOOTHIES.
THE PROSECUTION ARGUED THAT
CONTRIBUTED TO EZEKIEL'S DEATH.
THE JURY AGREED AND THE JUDGE
SENTENCED DAVID
STEPHAN TO FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL
AND COLLET STEPHAN THREE MONTHS
HOUSE ARREST.
THE COUPLE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO
TAKE
THEIR REMAINING CHILDREN TO A
DOCTOR ONCE A YEAR.
TODAY IN CANADA'S SUPREME COURT
THOSE DECISIONS WERE OVERTURNED
BECAUSE THE JUDGE IN THE INITIAL
CASE DIDN'T GIVE CLEAR
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JURY.
A DECISION FRAMED AS A WIN BY
THE STEPHANS.
>> WE FEEL VERY VINDICATED AND
WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
WE'RE GRATEFUL BECAUSE THIS IS A
MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND
WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING THE WHOLE TRUTH FORWARD
AND WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED TO
HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
>> Reporter: HOWEVER, THIS LAW
PROFESSOR SAYS THAT JUST BECAUSE
THE CONVICTIONS WERE OVERTURNED
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE STEPHANS
WON'T BE CONVICTED AGAIN.
>> WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THAT
THE JUDGE DID NOT GIVE THE JURY
THE TOOLS THEY NEEDED TO RENDER
THEIR DECISION, BOTH IN FACT AND
IN LAW.
>> Reporter: FOR NOW THE CROWN
IN ALBERTA WILL DELIBERATE ON
WHETHER TO RETRY THE STEPHANS.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE COUPLE NOW
LIVING IN B.C.
WILL REMAIN FREE.
ERIN COLLINS, CBC NEWS, CALGARY.
>> Ian: TO BE CLEAR, THE SUPREME
COURT OF CANADA WASN'T ASSESSING
THE EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE OR THE
VALIDITY OF THE CRIMINAL
CHARGES.
THE JUSTICES DECIDED THAT THE
TRIAL JUDGE'S INSTRUCTIONS TO
THE JURY WERE IMPROPER, BUT AS
YOU HEARD, DAVID STEPHAN
CONSIDERS THIS VINDICATION.
EVEN AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED HE
CONTINUED TO PROMOTE HIS
CONTROVERSIAL APPROACH TO HEALTH
CARE AND ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS.
>> OVER THE PAST 120 YEARS WE
HAVE SEEN SUCH A RADICAL
CHANGE IN OUR FOOD AND THE
QUALITY OF IT THAT IT ACTUALLY
PUT US IN A POSITION...
>> Ian: IN FEBRUARY HE WAS
SLATED TO SPEAK AT HEALTH AND
WELLNESS EXPOS BUT HE WAS
DROPPED AFTER SPONSORS AND
VENDORS THREATENED TO PULL OUT
IN PROTEST.
STEPPES COMPANY, TRUEHOPE, SELLS
VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO
IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH.
IN 2003 AND IN 2007, HEALTH
CANADA ISSUED WARNINGS ABOUT ONE
PRODUCT, EMPOWER PLUS, IT SAID
THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT
THE PRODUCT WAS SAFE TO CONSUME.
>>> TO A CBC NEWS INVESTIGATION
NOW, A SMALL BOUTIQUE HOTEL ON
VANCOUVER ISLAND IS ACCUSING THE
TRAVEL GIANT EXPEDIA OF KEEPING
POTENTIAL GUESTS AWAY FROM THEIR
PROPERTY.
THE OWNERS CLAIM THAT THE ONLINE
TRAVEL COMPANY LISTED THEIR INN
AS FULLY BOOKED WHEN IT WAS
USUALLY HALF EMPTY.
EVEN WORSE, THEY SAY THAT
EXPEDIA RE-DIRECTED TRAVELLERS
TO RIVAL HOTELS.
ERIC RANKIN HAS THIS CBC NEWS
EXCLUSIVE.
>> Reporter: PERCHED ATOP THE
MALAHAT SUMMIT NORTH OF
VICTORIA, MOON WATER LODGE
PROMISES ONE OF CANADA'S BEST
VIEWS.
>> SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING LIKE
THIS WEEKEND?
>> Reporter: BUT THE CO-OWNERS
LAURIE AND RANDY STRANDLAN
BELIEVE THAT MORE GUESTS WOULD
HAVE SEEN THE VIEW IF EXPEDIA
HADN'T TOLD THEIR POTENTIAL
CUSTOMERS THAT THEIR 13 ROOMS
WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR TWO YEARS.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN ROBBED
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF
BUSINESS.
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING
COMPETITIVE.
IT IS ABOUT CUTTHROAT BUSINESS
PRACTISE.
>> Reporter: EXPEDIA BRINGS IN
BILLIONS A YEAR COLLECTING
BOOKING FEES FROM CLIENT HOTELS.
BUT MOON WATER LODGE ISN'T ONE
OF THEM.
AFTER INITIAL TALKS WITH EXPEDIA
IN 2015, THE STRANDLUND'S SIGNED
WITH ANOTHER, CHEAPER SITE.
A YEAR LATER THEY DISCOVERED
THIS... SEARCH MOON WATER LODGE
ONLINE AND UP POPS EXPEDIA.CA AS
ONE OF THE TOP BOOKING SITES,
OFFERING PRICES AND DEALS.
QUICK, EASY AND SECURE BOOKING.
BUT UNTIL RECENTLY ANY ATTEMPT
TO BOOK A ROOM ANYTIME WAS MET
WITH "ROOMS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR
YOUR TRIP DATES ON EXPEDIA."
A DEADEND LINK THAT RE-DIRECTED
THE POTENTIAL MOON WATER LODGE
CUSTOMERS TO RIVAL HOTELS.
>> SO IF WE SHOW AS FULL AND A
PERSON TAKES A DIFFERENT HOTEL
THAT IS PART OF THE EXPEDIA
GROUP OF COMPANIES, EXPEDIA WILL
GET THEIR PAYCHEQUE.
>> Reporter: AFTER BEING
CONTACTED BY CBC NEWS, EXPEDIA
PULLED DOWN THE ROOMS ARE
UNAVAILABLE SEARCH RESULT FOR
MOON WATER LODGE, BLAMING A
GLITCH.
AND SAYING "THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME WE HAVE SEEN THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE."
BUT IN 2011 A FRENCH HOTEL
ASSOCIATION SUCCESSFULLY SUED
EXPEDIA OVER SIMILAR "NO
VACANCY" POSTINGS.
THE ONLINE GIANT FINED MORE THAN
HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS FOR MISLEADING
BUSINESS PRACTICES.
AND TWO U.S. HOTELS HAVE
LAUNCHED A PROPOSED
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT FOR A BAIT
AND SWITCH MARKETING SCHEME THAT
PUSHES CONSUMERS TO EXPEDIA'S
NEARBY MEMBER HOTELS.
THE COMPANY BLAMES TECHNICAL
ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN SOLVED.
THE STRANDLUND ISs ARE
WEIGHING
THEIR LEGAL OPTIONS.
>> I'M JUST ANGRY, IT'S SO
WRONG.
>> Reporter: THE STRANDLUNDS
SUGGEST THAT ALL OTHER SMALL
HOTELS SHOULD CHECK TO SEE IF
THEY HAVE NO ROOMS AVAILABLE ON
EXPEDIA AND IF THEY ARE A
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT COULD BE
LAUNCHED HERE.
ERIC RANKIN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: SO JUST HOW MUCH CHOICE
IS OUT THERE WHEN YOU ARE
SHOPPING AROUND FOR TRAVEL DEALS
ONLINE?
WE WERE SURPRISED TO LEARN HOW
MULTIBILLION DOLLAR MERGES IN
RECENT YEARS MEANS THAT THERE'S
ACTUALLY LESS COMPETITION THAN
EVER BEFORE.
>> AND IF TRIVAGO WORKS FOR YOU
AND COMPARES PRICES FOR 600,000
HOTELS ON 150 WEBSITES.
>> Ian: MANY OF THOSE DIFFERENT
TRAVEL WEBSITES ARE ACTUALLY
OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANY.
TRIVAGO, THE COMPARISON SITE IS
OWNED BY EXPEDIA.
>> EXPEDIA, BOOK A FLIGHT AND
HOTEL.
SAVE MONEY.
>> Ian: THREE YEARS AGO EXPEDIA
WENT ON AN ACQUISITION TEAR AND
GOBBLING UP ITS TWO RIVALS,
TRAVELOCITY AND ORBITZ.
IT HAS 17 BRANDS INCLUDING
HOTWIRE AND HOTELS.COM.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH
EXPEDIA GROUP YOUR OPTIONS ARE
PRETTY LIMITED.
RIVAL ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCIES
LIKE BOOKING.COM AND PRICELINE
AND KAYAK ARE OWNED BY THE ONE
COMPANY, BOOKING HOLDINGS.
IN FACT, EXPEDIA AND BOOKING
ACCOUNT FOR THREE-QUARTERS OF
ONLINE TRAVEL SALES WORLDWIDE.
AND THIS POWERFUL DUOPOLY OWNS
95% OF THE MARKET IN THE UNITED
STATES.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL"... A JOURNALISTIC
PIONEER AND A LITERARY
SUPERSTAR.
THE LEGACY OF TOM WOLFE NEXT.
>> Rosemary: PLUS A SPACE
DESIGNED FOR AND BY WOMEN.
WHY WOMEN ONLY WORKPLACES ARE
TAKING OFF.
>> Ian: AND WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE
GETTING READY FOR A CERTAIN
WEDDING THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING
STUDENTS FROM MEGHAN MARKLE'S
OLD HIGH SCHOOL AND A COUPLE OF
CANADIAN TOURISTS WHO JUST CAN'T
STAY AWAY.
>> I THINK THAT AFTER GOING TO
THE LAST WEDDING, KATE AND
WILL'S, AND EXPERIENCING THAT,
WE JUST HAD TO GO BACK FOR THIS
ONE.
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>> Ian: TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL" A DEVELOPMENT IN THE
PIPELINE DISPUTE.
TOMORROW MORNING BILL MORNEAU
WILL PROVIDE WHAT IS DESCRIBED
AS A MAJOR UPDATE ON THE STATE
OF THE NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE
CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO A SENIOR
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.
IT'S HAPPENING ON THE SAME DAY
THAT KINDER MORGAN SHAREHOLDERS
ARE GATHERING FOR THEIR ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING IN CALGARY.
KINDER MORGAN HAS THREATENED TO
ABANDON THE PROJECT.
IT'S GIVEN THE GOVERNMENT TO MAY
31st TO ASSURE A CLEAR PATH
FORWARD.
>>> NORTH KOREA HAS ABRUPTLY
SUSPENDED HIGH LEVEL
TALKS WITH SOUTH KOREA AND IT'S
THREATENING TO SCRAP ITS PLANNED
SUMMIT WITH THE U.S.
THE REASON, ACCORDING TO THE
NORTH, ARE ANNUAL JOINT
U.S.-SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY
DRILLS WHICH BEGAN LAST FRIDAY.
IT'S CALLING THEM A PROVOCATION.
WHETHER IT WILL ACTUALLY PULL
OUT OF THE U.S. SUMMIT IS STILL
NOT CLEAR.
OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON SAY THEY
ARE PROCEEDING AS PLANNED.
>> WE ARE OPERATING UNDER THE
IDEA AND THE NOTION THAT THE
PRESIDENT'S MEETING IS GOING
FORWARD WITH CHAIRMAN KIM NEXT
MONTH.
>> Ian: THAT MEETING IS
SCHEDULED
FOR JUNE 12th IN SINGAPORE.
IF IT HAPPENS IT WILL BE THE
FIRST TIME THAT A SITTING U.S.
PRESIDENT HAS MET WITH A NORTH
KOREAN LEADER.
>>> SOME NEW DETAILS FROM
TORONTO POLICE TODAY ON THEIR
INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED
SERIAL KILLER BRUCE McARTHUR.
AFTER MONTHS SPENT SCOURING HIS
APARTMENT, POLICE SAY THEY HAVE
COLLECTED 1,800 PIECES OF
EVIDENCE AND TAKEN 18,000
PHOTOGRAPHS.
IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS THE
LARGEST FORENSIC EXAMINATION IN
TORONTO POLICE HISTORY.
McARTHUR HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH
EIGHT COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER.
MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE MEN
CONNECTED TO TORONTO'S GAY
VILLAGE.
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>> Rosemary: THE RIGHT STUFF,
RADICAL CHIC, AND THE ME
GENERATION AND THE NEW
JOURNALISM, ALL OF THEM PHRASES
THAT TOM WOLFE MADE PART OF THE
ENGLISH LEXICON TO SAY NOTHING
OF THAT WHITE LINEN SUIT.
THE ICONIC JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR
DIED YESTERDAY.
STEPHANIE SKENDERIS LOOKS AT HIS
LIFE AND EXTRAORDINARY CAREER.
>> Reporter: TOM WOLFE SHOOK UP
THE WORLD OF JOURNALISM AND
LITERATURE AND HE DID IT ALL
WITH WIT AND HIS WHITE SUIT.
HE BROKE THE RULES BUT STAYED
COMMITTED TO TELLING THE TRUTH.
>> THE REAL THING IN THIS
COUNTRY IS SO MUCH MORE
SPECTACULAR THAN ANYTHING THAT
ARTISTS HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE TO
DO
WITH IT.
>> Reporter: HIS LEGACY ARE
THE WORDS THAT HE LEAVES
BEHIND -- IN ARTICLES AND NOVELS
AND NON-FICTION BOOKS INCLUDING
THE NEW JOURNALISM, THE STYLE
THAT HE HELPED TO CREATE.
>> I BELIEVE IN THE TECHNIQUE OF
WRITING AND TO DO THAT YOU'VE
GOT TO
HAVE BUILT YOUR WRITING WHEREVER
POSSIBLE, OUT OF SCENES AND OUT
OF DIALOGUE AND THE KIND OF
DETAILS THAT NOVELISTS AND SHORT
STORY WRITERS USE TO BRING IT
ALIVE.
>> HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL JOURNALISTS OF THE
MODERN TIME.
>> Reporter: FOR THIS AUTHOR
AND PROFESSOR IT WAS WOLFE'S WAY
OF WRITING THAT GOT EVERYONE'S
ATTENTION.
>> HE WAS AN EXTRAVAGANT WRITER
WHO USED EXCLAMATION POINTS AND
ITALICS AND
ELIPSES ALL OVER THE PAGE.
>> Reporter: FOR MANY HE HAD THE
RIGHT STUFF, THE STORY OF THE
PIONEERING ASTRONAUT.
HOLLYWOOD LIKED IT TOO.
>> I'M RUNNING THIS SHOW HERE.
>> WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.
>> Reporter: WOLFE HAD
EMBRACED FICTIONAL TECHNIQUES
FULL WE HIS FIRST NOVEL,
"THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES" A
PORTRAIT OF GREED AND EXCESS IN
1980s MANHATTAN.
>> DON'T LOSE OUR COMPOSURE OVER
A FEW HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
>> Reporter: ON THE SURFACE
WOLFE WAS A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN,
HIS FAMOUS WHITE STUFF BECOMING
THE STUFF OF POP
CULTURE LEGEND.
>> THE NEW PEOPLE WERE SAYING
WHO IS THAT WEIRDO IN THAT WHITE
SUIT AND THAT WEIRD BLUE -- BLUE
SHOES WITH THE CANE?
I MEAN, WHAT'S HE TRYING TO
PROVE?
HE WASN'T AFRAID OF THAT AND HE
WASN'T AFRAID OF WRITING
CONTROVERSIAL WORK THAT STILL
DEMANDS COMMENT TODAY.
>> Reporter: WOLFE ALSO WASN'T
AFRAID TO EXAMINE HIS OWN
MORTALITY.
>> IT'S QUITE HUMBLING TO KNOW
THAT DESPITE ALL OF YOUR
ASPIRATIONS AND ALL OF YOUR
DREAMS AND ALL OF THE TALENTS
THAT YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE
THAT YOU ARE MADE OF CLAY.
>> Reporter: TOM WOLFE DIED
YESTERDAY IN NEW YORK CITY AT
THE AGE OF 88.
STEPHANIE SKENDERIS, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
AFTER A DAY OF SPECULATION IT
SEEMS THAT MEGHAN MARKLE'S DAD
WON'T BE THERE TO WALK HER DOWN
THE AISLE.
>> Rosemary: I CAN BARELY KEEP
UP.
AND NEED AN EMPLOYEE?
THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT.
WE'LL SHOW YOU THE LATEST GIG
ECONOMY TOOL
THAT IS RAISING QUESTIONS ON HOW
TO PROTECT WORKERS THAT DEPEND
ON IT.
>> IT'S GREAT IF YOU'RE A
STUDENT AND IT'S GREAT IF YOU
HAVE ANOTHER MAJOR GIG, WORKING
ON A BUSINESS OR YOU HAVE A
PASSION AND YOU CAN BRING IN A
LITTLE MONEY THIS WAY.
IT DOESN'T WORK SO GREAT AS A
MODEL IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE
THIS YOUR FULL-TIME JOB.
AND THAT'S I THINK WHERE PEOP
(*)
>> Rosemary: THE QUEEN
WELCOMES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO
BUCKINGHAM PALACE TODAY FOR HER
FIRST GARDEN PARTY OF THE YEAR.
SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PRINCE
ANDREW AND PRINCE EDWARD AND HER
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SOPHIE.
GARDEN PARTIES DATE BACK TO THE
1860s AND ARE A WAY TO
RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WHO SERVE THE
PUBLIC.
>>> THERE'S THIS OTHER ROYAL
PARTY THAT IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL
JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY.
"THE NATIONAL" WILL HAVE
EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF HARRY AND
MEGHAN'S WEDDING TONIGHT AND ALL
WEEK, INCLUDING PRE-WEDDING
CONFUSION.
WILL MEGHAN MARKLE'S FATHER BE
THERE WHEN SHE MARRIES PRINCE
HARRY?
YESTERDAY WE HEARD THAT HE WILL
NOT ATTEND.
AND TODAY, WELL, HERE'S NAHLAH
AYED TO TAKE US THROUGH IT ALL.
>> Reporter: IT MAY HANG AT
THE CRUX OF WEDDING ANXIETY.
BUT THE DRESS IS ONLY THE START.
AND NO ONE KNOWS BETTER JUST HOW
FRAGILE THE FAIRYTALE THAN THE
BRIDE HERSELF.
>> THE TYPE OF BOUQUET AND THE
SPEECHING ARE WORKING OUT OKAY.
AND THE WEATHER...
>> I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT WALKING
DOWN THE AISLE AND HAVING
EVERYBODY LOOKING AT ME.
>> Reporter: THEY KNOW
SOMETHING OF WHAT MEGHAN MARKLE
MIGHT BE THINKING.
THE CELEBRITY NEWS SITE, TMZ, IS
CENTRAL TO THE STORY.
APPARENTLY BLINDSIDING
KENSINGTON PALACE.
FIRST REPORTING LESS THAN A WEEK
OUT THAT HER FATHER WON'T BE
WALKING HER DOWN THE AISLE AS
PLANNED.
EMBARRASSED OVER THIS, STAGING
PAPARAZZI PHOTOS.
THE ACTION SAYS MEGHAN'S
ESTRANGED HALF-SISTER, OF A MAN
OVERWHELMED BY MEDIA ATTENTION.
>> THEY PRESENTED HIM IN THE
MOST HORRIBLE WAYS AND HIGHLY
INACCURATE.
AND THE GOALS OF THOSE
PHOTOGRAPHS WAS BASICALLY
BECAUSE
HE WAS FEELING DEFENCELESS.
>> Reporter: THE PALACE
DEFENDS HIM TOO AND CALLING FOR
UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT BUT
CONFIRMING NOTHING.
>> IT'S BACKFIRED IN THE MOST
APPALLING WAY AND I FEEL VERY
SORRY FOR HIM.
I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR MEGHAN, NO
BRIDE WANTS THIS ON THE EVE OF
HER WEDDING.
>> Reporter: A STORY FILLED
WITH HEADLINES THAT MUST INCLUDE
QUESTION MARKS.
WHO WILL WALK HER DOWN THE AISLE
SATURDAY?
SPECULATION IS THAT IT COULD BE
MARKLE'S MOTHER.
IT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME.
QUEEN VICTORIA DID JUST THAT FOR
HER TWO DAUGHTERS AFTER THEIR
FATHER PRINCE ALBERT DIED.
TODAY MEGHAN'S FATHER CHANGED
HIS MIND.
CATCH UP TO THE ROLLER COASTER,
IT'S BACK TO THE WEBSITE OF TMZ.
ONE LAST TWIST AND FINALLY SOME
CLARITY, ACCORDING TO TMZ,
ANYWAY.
THOMAS MARKLE WON'T BE ATTENDING
THE WEDDING BECAUSE OF HEART
SURGERY.
HERS IS STILL A FAIRYTALE BUT
IT'S MEETING REALITY.
NAHLAH AYED, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> Rosemary: YOU HEARD MENTION
OF MARKLE'S MOTHER THERE, SHE'LL
ARRIVE IN LONDON FROM LOS
ANGELES WHERE MEGHAN WAS BORN
AND RAISED.
TODAY THE STUDENTS AT HER FORMER
HIGH SCHOOL HELD A SPECIAL TEA
AND TOAST IN HER HONOUR.
>> WE THAN SHE WENT HERE AND SHE
STILL
TALKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THAT
MEANS THAT THIS SCHOOL REALLY
PUSHED HER TO BE THE GREATEST
PERSON THAT SHE COULD BE.
>> IT'S VERY COOL THAT SHE'S
GONE ON TO DO SUCH GREAT THINGS
WITH HER LIFE.
AND WE ASPIRE TO DO THOSE THINGS
WHEN WE GROW UP.
>> IT'S COOL THAT SHE WALKED
THESE GROUNDS AND WE'RE AT LIKE
THE SAME PLACE.
>> Rosemary: A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT AT IMMACULATE HEART
HIGH SCHOOL TODAY.
HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, UNION
JACKS IN HAND, GATHERED TO SING,
DANCE
AND CHEER ON THEIR ROYAL ALUMNA.
MEGHAN MARKLE GRADUATED THERE IN
1999.
THEY PROBABLY WON'T ALL MARRY
PRINCES THOUGH.
WHILE MOST PEOPLE WERE WATCHING
THE WEDDING FROM HOME, MORE THAN
100,000 ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE
IN PERSON FOR THE BIG DAY.
THOMAS DAIGLE TOOK A ROYAL TOUR
ON A DOUBLE-DECKER BUS AS THE
CITY PREPARES FOR A TOURISM
BOOM.
(*)
>> Reporter: BOARDING NOW... A
BUS TOUR WITH A TWIST.
A TRIBUTE TO PRINCE HARRY AND
MEGHAN, SLOWLY SNAKING ITS WAY
THROUGH LONDON TRAFFIC.
THERE WILL BE A HELPING OF
HISTORY FOR THESE ROYALISTS.
BUT, FIRST, TEA IN THOSE SPILL
PROOF CUPS FOR THE BUMPY RIDE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, FRESH
SCONES, SERVED WITH A LESSON IN
BRITISH ENGLISH.
>> SCONES AS IN "GONE" OR RHYMES
WITH "GONE."
THAT'S THE PRONUNCIATION.
>> Reporter: THE MENU WAS
CHOSEN SPECIFICALLY IN HONOUR OF
HARRY AND MEGHAN.
LIKE THIS AVOCADO AND CRAB
CREATION FOR MEGHAN'S HOME
STATE, CALIFORNIA.
TRADITIONAL ENGLISH FINGER
SANDWICHES BECAUSE WE ARE IN
ENGLAND, AFTER ALL.
AND HOW ABOUT THESE MAPLE SYRUP
CREAM PUFFS IN HONOUR OF
MEGHAN'S TEMPORARY HOME, CANADA.
DON'T MIND IF I DO.
(*)
WITH THE SPECIAL MENU COME THE
BITES OF HISTORY.
A VIEW OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY, THE
SITE OF MANY ROYAL NUPTIALS.
>> AND THE LAST WEDDING TO TAKE
PLACE HERE OF COURSE WAS PRINCE
WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON.
>> Reporter: AND LATER A PEEK
AT THE ALBERT MEMORIAL IN HONOUR
OF HARRY'S
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT
GRANDFATHER SURROUNDED BY THE
GREENERY OF KENSINGTON GARDENS,
AS CLOSE AS WE'LL GET TO THE
COUPLE'S HOME.
>> I COME FROM LONDON AND I KNOW
ABOUT LONDON AND I HAVE NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
>> WE'RE AMERICAN AND SHE'S
AMERICAN AND IT'S EXCITING TO
THINK THAT ONE OF OUR OWN IS
JOINING ONE OF THEIRS.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> Reporter: THERE'S STILL
TIME FOR BUBBLY AND WISHES FOR A
LONG HAPPY MARRIAGE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
DISASTERS, THE WEDDINGS THAT
HAVE GONE
COMPLETELY PEAR-SHAPED.
>> Reporter: HOPEFULLY THIS
WON'T.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT IT WILL GO
PEAR-SHAPED AND I THINK THAT
THEY'RE QUITE OPEN AND HONEST, I
THINK THEY ARE MARRYING FOR
LOVE.
>> Reporter: THIS TOUR MAY BE
OVER BUT THERE WILL BE PLENTY
MORE CELEBRATIONS ON THE ROAD TO
WEDDING DAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Reporter: THOMAS DAIGLE,
CBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> Rosemary: IT LOOKS LIKE A
REALLY TOUGH ASSIGNMENT FOR HIM.
AMONG THOSE MAKING THE TREK TO
LONDON IS TWO WOMEN FROM B.C.
AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM
BEFORE THEY LEFT FOR VICTORIA.
>> WELL, I THINK THAT AFTER
GOING TO THE LAST WEDDING, KATE
AND WILL'S, AND EXPERIENCING
THAT AND WE HAD TO JUST GO BACK
TO THIS ONE.
>> WE MET SO MANY PEOPLE AND I
THINK THAT THE FACT THAT WE WERE
WEARING SUCH LOUD AND PROUD
CANADIANA, PEOPLE LOOKED UP AND
SAID,
HEY, CANADA!
AND STARTED CHATTING AWAY.
IT BROKE THE ICE.
>> WE ARE WEARING THESE
FUNNY-LOOKING HATS THAT WE MADE
AND, ACTUALLY, IF YOU WANT TO
LOOK AT THE INSIDE, LOOK THEY'RE
A LADY BIRD FROM THE DOLLAR
STORE.
AND RED AND WHITE.
AND OUR PROUD FLAGS WILL BE PART
OF IT.
AND WE HAVE BACKPACKS AS WELL.
>> WE MAY HAVE TO REPRESENT
CANADA.
[laughter]
BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ANY
POLITICIANS THERE.
WE'LL REPRESENT THE SENIORS OF
CANADA.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
>> Rosemary: ADRIENNE IS IN
THE U.K. TONIGHT AS WE GET SET
TO COVER ALL ANGLES OF THE ROYAL
WEDDING AS WE ALREADY HAVE,
INCLUDING, OF COURSE, THOUGH
GROWING UP IN THE SHADOW OF HIS
MOTHER'S DEATH AND HOW IT'S
PROPELLED PRINCE HARRY TO FOLLOW
IN HER CHARITABLE FOOTSTEPS.
EVEN RETURNING TO THE SAME
H.I.V. CLINIC WHERE PRINCESS
DIANA MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE.
>> Adrienne: DIANA IS
EVERYWHERE HERE.
>> Adrienne: DIANA IS
EVERYWHERE HERE.
AND NOW THAT IT'S HER SON WHO
SHOWS UP IT'S THE SPIRIT OF HER
HE SOMETIMES SEEMS TO LOOK FOR.
>> HE LOVES TO HEAR THE STORIES
OF HER VISITS HERE.
>> Adrienne: HARRY TELLS OF A
MIRACULOUS WOMAN WHO MET DIANA
AS AN ILL CHILD BUT SURVIVED.
HARRY HAD QUESTIONS FOR HER.
>> SHE SAID TO PRINCE HARRY, I
REMEMBER CUDDLING UP TO HER ON
HER LAP AND HOW SOFT AND
COMFORTABLE IT WAS.
AND HE SAID I REMEMBER THAT
WELL.
(*)
>> Adrienne: AND, OF COURSE,
HE WOULD.
HIS MEMORIES ARE THE FROZEN ONES
OF A CHILD, JUST 12 WITH THOSE
CLINCHED FISTS WALKING BEHIND
THE CASKET OF HIS MOTHER.
>> Rosemary: TOMORROW NIGHT
ADRIENNE WILL BRING US "THE
NATIONAL" FROM LONDON.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SHE WILL BE
IN WINDSOR.
DON'T FORGET TO SET YOUR ALARMS
AND COFFEE MAKERS.
ADRIENNE BEGINS BRIGHT AND EARLY
ON SATURDAY MORNING AND WE'LL
GIVE YOU A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THE
WEDDING OF THE YEAR, BEGINNING
AT 4:00 a.m. EASTERN UNLESS OF
COURSE, YOU ARE GETTING MARRIED
AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR WEDDING
OF THE YEAR.
WATCH THE ROYAL WEDDING, HARRY
AND MEGHAN, CBC NEWS, CBC NEWS
NETWORK AND cbcnews.ca.
>> Ian: THE WORKPLACE AS WE KNOW
IT IS CHANGING FASTER THAN EVER
BEFORE.
THE MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 9:00 TO
5:00 GRIND SPENT AT A DESK IS
GIVING WAY TO TELE-COMMUTING AND
SHARING OFFICE SPACES AND
WORKING ON DEMAND.
THE SO-CALLED GIG ECONOMY HAS
REVOLUTIONIZED THE WAY THAT WE
WORK, CONNECTING WORKERS AND
CUSTOMERS DIRECTLY THROUGH
SMARTPHONE APPS LIKE UBER.
AND PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE WHEN AND
WHERE TO WORK AND WHEN NOT TO.
AND A NEW CANADIAN APP CLAIMS TO
CAPITALIZE ON THIS NEW MOVEMENT.
HIRE LETS WORKERS INDICATE WHEN
THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO WORK.
THE APP THEN CONNECTS THEM WITH
BUSINESSES URGENTLY NEEDING
STAFF LIKE WHEN SOMEONE CALLS IN
SICK OR DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR A
SHIFT.
THE DEVELOPERS SAY
ABOUT 300 TORONTO RESTAURANTS
NOW USE IT AND MORE THAN 5,000
WORKERS HAVE LOGGED IN.
HIRE SAYS THIS IS GREAT FOR BOTH
EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS BUT AS
RON CHARLES EXPLAINS SOME ARE
QUESTIONING WHETHER THIS IS
REALLY A WIN-WIN.
>> I WILL BE YOUR SERVER TODAY.
>> Reporter: MANDY MAGDAN SAYS
THIS IS HOW SHE PREFERS TO WORK,
PICKING UP SHIFTS AT RESTAURANTS
AND BARS THROUGH THE HIRE APP.
SHE SAYS THAT IT LETS HER TO
PURSUE HER REAL PASSION --
ACTING.
>> AT LEAST IF SOMETHING IS
COMING UP I DON'T HAVE TO BATTLE
TO GIVE AWAY A SCHEDULE FOR AN
AUDITION WHEN THE AUDITION IS
ALREADY SO STRESSFUL.
>> Reporter: HIRE IS THE
LATEST IN A SLEW OF APPS DRIVING
THE GIG ECONOMY WHERE WORKERS
ARE CALLED INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS AND JOBS ARE CALLED
SHIFTS OR GIGS.
BUT TO THOSE DESIGNATIONS, DO
THEY LEAVE THE APP USERS OUTSIDE
LABOUR LAWS?
>> WHO IS THE EMPLOYER IN THIS
SITUATION?
IS IT HIRE, THE APP CONNECTING
WORKERS TO EMPLOYERS?
IS IT THE BUSINESS OWNER WHO
HIRES SOMEBODY FOR AN HOUR
THROUGH HIRE?
IS A BUSINESS USING THE APP TO
SKIRT AROUND SOME OF THE LAWS
AND MISCLASSIFY THAT WORKER AS
AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR?
>> Reporter: STILL, EXPERTS
SAY THAT LIKE IT OR NOT THE GIG
ECONOMY IS EXPANDING AND SOCIETY
NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE
IT WORK.
>> THIS IS GREAT IF YOU'RE A
STUDENT AND IT'S GREAT IF YOU
HAVE ANOTHER MAJOR GIG WORKING
ON A BUSINESS OR YOU HAVE A
PASSION AND YOU CAN BRING IN A
LITTLE MONEY THIS WAY.
IT DOESN'T WORK SO GREAT AS A
MODEL IF YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE
THIS YOUR FULL-TIME JOB.
THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
DIFFICULTY WITH IT.
>> Reporter: HIRE'S CANADIAN
CO-FOUNDER SEEMED TO PARTLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEMS LIKE
TRADITIONAL TEMP AGENCIES THAT
TAKE A CUT OF EARNINGS.
HIRE RETAINS 19% TO
30%, BUT THEY ALSO OFFER A POINT
SYSTEM TOWARDS VACATION DAYS.
>> AS WE GROW AND HOPEFULLY BY
THE END OF THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF
A VACATION DAY WE'LL PARTNER
WITH AN INSURANCE PROVIDER SO
THEY COULD GET HEALTH OR DENTAL
BENEFITS OR INSURANCE.
>> Reporter: HIRE IS PLANNING
A MAJOR EXPANSION OVER THE NEXT
MONTH INTO THE RETAIL INDUSTRY
AND HAS PLANS TO EVENTUALLY
BRING ITS APP TO ANY COMPANY
THAT USES SHIFT WORKERS.
RON CHARLES, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: SO WHY DO CANADIANS WANT
TO WORK IN THIS ON-DEMAND
ECONOMY?
A RECENT SURVEY FOUND THAT 41%
ARE DOING IT TO SUPPLEMENT
REGULAR INCOME.
47% WANT A GREATER WORK-LIFE
FLEXIBILITY.
AND ONE IN FIVE SAY THEY STILL
NEED TO OR THEY WANT TO WORK
WHILE THEY'RE RETIRED.
AND IT'S NOT JUST WORKING GIGS
THAT IS CATCHING ON.
MORE CANADIANS ARE FREELANCING
OR WORKING REMOTELY AND SHARED
WORKSPACES ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING
A NORM.
THEY PROVIDE A PROFESSIONAL WORK
ENVIRONMENT AND CAN BREAK THE
ISOLATION OF A HOME OFFICE.
AND RENÉE FILIPPONE FOUND OUT
THAT SOME SPACES ARE NOW
TARGETING A PARTICULAR MARKET --
WOMEN.
(*)
>> Reporter: THE BEGINNING OF
THE WORK DAY IS, WELL, DIFFERENT
HERE TO SAY THE LEAST.
>> I INVITE YOU TO JUST DROP
INTO YOUR BREATH AND YOUR BODY
FOR A MINUTE... BEFORE COMING
INTO STILLNESS.
MAYBE GIVE A LITTLE WIGGLE...
>> Reporter: THE WOMEN DRAW
INSPIRATION FROM SOMETHING
CALLED A GODDESS CARD AND THEN
THEY SHARE.
>> MY NAME IS JACKIE AND I DO
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING.
AND THE CARD THAT I HAVE HERE IS
IRENE AND SHE REPRESENTS PEACE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS
SHECOSYSTEM, TO HAVE
FREELANCERS AND
ENTREPRENEURS TO SPEND THEIR
WORKING DAY.
IT'S DESIGNED FOR WOMEN BY EMILY
ROSE ANTFLEK.
>> I WAS GOING THROUGH A HARD
TIME PERSONALLY AND I WAS HAVING
SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS AND I HAD
AN ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS BREAKING
UP.
AND THERE WAS JUST NO PLACE FOR
THAT AT WORK.
I HAD SPENT YEARS MOVING FROM
JOB TO JOB AND THINKING THAT
THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH
ME BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S
REALLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE
DOMINANT CULTURE OF WORK.
>> Reporter: FOR THE WOMEN
HERE THIS IS A POSITIVE
REASSURING COUNTER TO THE
TYPICAL MALE-DOMINATED WORK
WORLD.
>> YOU CAN SMELL SORT OF WHAT
THE VAPORIZER AND YOU HAVE MUSIC
GOING ON AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT MOST PEOPLE INSURANCE WHEN
THEY SHOW UP AT THE OFFICE?
>> YEAH, EXACTLY.
SO THIS IS OUR CO-WORKING AREA.
>> Reporter: MEN ARE ALLOWED
BUT PRIMARILY IT'S WOMEN WHO
FORK OVER A COUPLE HUNDRED
DOLLARS A MONTH TO WORK IN THIS
SPACE.
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT COLLECTING
BUSINESS CARDS, YOU KNOW, IT'S
ABOUT BEING, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTED
ALONG THIS JOURNEY.
(*)
>> Reporter: IT'S AN IDEA THAT
IS ALREADY TAKING FLIGHT IN NEW
YORK.
THE WING IS A HIGH-PROFILE
WOMEN'S ONLY CLUB.
WORKSPACE BY DAY, NETWORKING BY
NIGHT.
IT ATTRACTS SOME SERIOUS STAR
POWER.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY THE BEST FORM
OF REVENGE.
[laughter]
BY MAKING IT CLEAR THAT YOU ARE
NOT GOING TO BE STOPPED, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO BE DISRESPECTED.
(*)
>> Reporter: THE SPACE IS
DESIGNED SO THAT EVERY PHOTO IS
INSTAGRAM WORTHY.
MEMBERS PAY MORE THAN $2,000 A
YEAR AND MEN, THEY ARE BANNED
ALL TOGETHER HERE.
THE WING HAS BECOME SO POPULAR
THAT IT'S RAPIDLY EXPANDING
ACROSS THE U.S.
AND THERE ARE PLANS FOR A
TORONTO LOCATION NEXT YEAR.
>> WE'RE IN A MOMENT RIGHT NOW
WHERE WE'RE LEARNING JUST HOW
TOXIC WORKPLACES CAN BE WITH THE
"ME TOO" MOVEMENT.
AND SO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE
EXPLORING THESE OTHER KIND OF
WORKSPACES IS MAYBE A RESPONSE
TO THAT.
>> Reporter: SARAH KAPLAN IS A
PROFESSOR OF GENDER AND THE
ECONOMY.
SHE'S CONCERNED THAT SPACES LIKE
THESE ARE NOT DEALING WITH THE
BIGGER ISSUE.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE
ECONOMY WITH WOMEN'S ONLY
SOLUTIONS.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO
ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF
JOBS AND CORPORATIONS, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S THE QUESTION OF
STRIPPING OUT THE BAD BEHAVIOUR.
SO, YES, OBVIOUSLY, NO SEXUAL
HARASSMENT, THAT WOULD BE A
REALLY GOOD START.
AND ALSO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PROMOTION, EQUAL PAY, ALL OF
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
(*)
>> Reporter: THIS TORONTO
CO-WORKING OFFICE OPENED JUST
SIX MONTHS AGO.
THIS NO-NONSENSE SPACE HAS
ALREADY NEARLY A HUNDRED
MEMBERS.
>> OUR MEMBERSHIP IS ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
WE'VE GOT LAWYERS AND PEOPLE
WORKING IN FASHION AND WRITING,
FOOD, PUBLISHING, THE LIST GOES
ON.
>> Reporter: FOR THE FOUNDER
IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT EXCLUDING
MEN AS IT IS TO MAKE A SPACE
WHERE WOMEN WANT TO BE AND
THAT'S WHY THIS YOUNG
ENTREPRENEUR SIGNED UP.
>> BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR IS
ALREADY HARD ENOUGH SO HAVING
THESE KIND OF SOCIETAL PRESSURES
IS KIND BE OF LIKE AN EXTRA
LAYER.
SO COMING IN HERE I FEEL SAFE TO
WORK ON MY BUSINESS AND GET
STUFF DONE.
(*)
>> Reporter: FOR THESE WOMEN
IT'S ABOUT CREATING A FEMININE
OASIS.
AN ESCAPE, YES, AND PERHAPS ONLY
A PARTIAL SOLUTION, BUT, STILL,
A CONCRETE COUNTER TO AN OFTEN
COLD, MALE-DOMINATED WORKING
WORLD.
RENÉE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Rosemary: BEFORE WE GO TO
BREAK WE HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT
THIS ONLINE SURVEY THAT TOOK
OVER OUR LINEUP MEETING.
IT SEEMS TO BE BLOWING UP THE
INTERNET TONIGHT.
WE'LL REMIND YOU OF THAT
DRESS BACK IN 2015 THAT EVERYONE
HAD AN
OPINION ON.
AND PEOPLE SAW IT AS GOLD AND
WHITE OR BLUE AND BLACK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAW IT AS,
IAN.
WE'LL GET TO THAT.
SO NOW THERE'S AN AUDIO CLIP
THAT SORT OF IS DOING THE SAME
THING.
YOU GO.
>> Ian: YES, THIS IS THE PART --
I'M MESMERIZED BY THE DRESS AND
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH OF
THE TWO COLOURS I REMEMBER AND I
HAVE BLANKED IT FROM MY MEMORY.
THIS IS FROM A SOCIAL MEDIA
BLOGGER WHO POSTED AN AUDIO
RECORDING TO HER INSTAGRAM
STORY.
AND THE QUESTION, LAUREL OR
YANNY -- W
BLOGGER WHO POSTED AN AUDIO
RECORDING TO HER INSTAGRAM
STORY.
AND THE QUESTION, LAUREL OR
YANNY -- WHAT DO YOU HEAR?
BUT THE
ANSWER ISN'T OBVIOUS.
SO LISTEN.
>> LAUREL, LAUREL, LAUREL.
LAUREL.
LAUREL.
LAUREL.
>> Rosemary: WHAT DID YOU HEAR
THERE?
>> Ian: WELL, THERE I HEARD
LAUREL, LAUREL, LAUREL, LAUREL.
>> Rosemary: ME TOO.
>> Ian: BUT EARLIER I HEARD
YANNY.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S WHAT I
HEARD EARLIER TOO SO I THINK
THAT
SOMEONE IS MESSING WITH US NOW,
THAT'S WHAT I THINK.
>> Ian: THAT IS POSSIBLE AND I
WANT TO REASSURE THE PEOPLE WHO
JUST TURNED ON "THE NATIONAL"
AND THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT'S
HAPPENING, SO THIS HAS BEEN ON
THE INTERNET AND IT'S BEEN
SHARED LOTS AND LOTS -- LIKE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
TIMES -- AND APPARENTLY SOME
PEOPLE ARE IN THE LAUREL CAMP
AND SOME ARE IN THE YANNY CAMP
AND OUR YOUNG SCIENTIST,
ROSEMARY, CAN EXPLAIN WHY.
>> Rosemary: IT HAS TO DO WITH
THE AUDIOWAVES OR ACOUSTICS OR
SOMETHING.
>> Ian: THE FREQUENCIES, RIGHT?
SO THE PEOPLE WHO HEAR HIGHER
FREQUENCIES AS I'M TOLD HEAR
"YANNY" AND THOSE WHO HEAR LOWER
FREQUENCIES HEAR THE OTHER ONE,
"LAUREL."
BUT COLOUR US SKEPTICAL,
WHATEVER THE COLOUR THE DRESS
WAS, COLOUR US SKEPTICAL.
>> Rosemary: THAT WAS PROBABLY
THE WEIRDEST MOMENT EVER ON "THE
NATIONAL."
MORE TO COME ON "THE NATIONAL."
OUR "MOMENT OF THE DAY."
WE'LL HEAR FROM A SASKATCHEWAN
DUO CALLING ON THEIR PROVINCE TO
ADOPT THE LAS VEGAS GOLDEN
KNIGHTS AND WHETHER THE FANS ARE
ALSO FEELING THE LOVE.
>> WE SHOULD BE THE OFFICIAL
TEAM OF SASKATCHEWAN.
WE STARTED DOING THE PATH AND WE
SAID IT ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE
VEGAS.
>> Ian: SOME DRAMATIC DETAILS
TONIGHT ABOUT AN EMERGENCY ON
BOARD A FLIGHT IN CHINA.
MEDIA REPORTING THAT THE
FLIGHT'S CO-PILOT WAS SUCKED
HALFWAY OUT OF THE PLANE AFTER
THE COCKPIT'S WINDSHIELD CRACKED
AND BLEW OUT AT CRUISING
ALTITUDE.
THE CO-PILOT WAS WEARING HIS
SEATBELT AND WAS PULLED BACK IN.
THE PILOT TOLD LOCAL REPORTERS
THAT HE WAS ABLE TO LAND THE
PLANE MANUALLY.
NONE OF THE 119 PASSENGERS ON
BOARD WERE HURT.
THE CO-PILOT WAS TREATED FOR
SCRATCHES AND A SPRAINED WRIST.
AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDER
WAY.
>>> THIS WAS THE SCENE TONIGHT
IN GRAND FORKS, BRITISH
COLUMBIA, 200 KILOMETRES
SOUTHEAST OF KELOWNA.
PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY STILL
UNDERWATER AND OFFICIALS SAY
IT'S NOT OVER YET.
WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES MELTING SNOW FASTER
THAN USUAL PLUS RAIN IN THE
FORECAST, PEOPLE ARE BEING
WARNED THAT MORE FLOODING IS
LIKELY.
>> THIS IS NOT -- THE WIND IS
RIDICULOUS.
>> Ian: A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS
IS SWEEPING THROUGH THE U.S.
NORTHEAST BRINGING WIND, HAIL
AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.
THERE'S BEEN WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES.
AT NEW YORK'S GRAND CENTRAL
TERMINAL, CHAOS AFTER SERVICE
WAS SUSPENDED.
HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN
CANCELLED.
AND THIS IS NOT OVER YET.
STORMS MAKING THEIR WAY SOUTH
TOWARDS MARYLAND.
>>> THE KILAUEA VOLCANO IS STILL
WRECKING HAVOC.
THE AERIAL IMAGES SHOW JUST HOW
MUCH DAMAGE KILAUEA HAS CAUSED.
THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE FISSURES
TO OPEN IS HIGH.
VOLCANOLIGISTS ARE EXPECTING
MORE EXPLOSIONS.
>> Rosemary: SASKATCHEWAN HOCK
C
EY FANS LOOKING FOR A TEAM CAN
JUST LOOK SOUTH.
THE REASONING IS OUR "MOMENT OF
THE DAY."
>> WE'RE NOT TRADERS.
WE'RE REALISTS.
WE LOVE HOCKEY IN THIS PROVINCE
AND WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN NHL,
SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, WHO
SHOULD BE THE OFFICIAL TEAM OF
SASKATCHEWAN?
WE DID THE MATH AND SAID, IT
NEEDS TO BE VEGAS.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE
WINTERTIME WHERE IT'S -40, DO
YOU WANT TO GO TO WINNIPEG WHERE
IT'S -40 OR FLY TO VEGAS.
WHO IS REALLY CANADA'S TEAM?
>> LET'S TAKE 'EM.
THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM.
VEGAS IS SUPPORTING THEM IN A
BIG WAY.
LET'S RUN WITH IT.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
I THINK THERE'S MORE JETS' FANS.
>> IF WE HAD A TEAM IN REGINA,
IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY.
>> I WOULD SAY INITIALLY IT WAS
LIKE, ARE YOU SERIOUS?
AND THEN AS WE HIT THE PAVEMENT,
SINCE NOVEMBER, PEOPLE ARE
COMING ON BOARD AND THEY
REALISE, WAIT A MINUTE.
THIS IS A LOT OF FUN.
IT MAKES SENSE.
THEY WANT US.
>> SEEING PEOPLE INTO THE MAJOR
CITY SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR
PROVINCE, I THINK THERE'S
NOTHING BETTER.
>> HOW MANY MAJOR CITIES CAN
EVEN PRONOUNCE SASKATCHEWAN, LET
ALONE WHERE IT IS.
>> WE TALKED TO THE PLAYERS.
THEY GAVE US MEDIA PASSES TO GO
TO THE DRESSING ROOM.
THE PLAYERS LOVE IT.
THEY SAID, YEAH, GET ON BOARD.
AND NOT JUST BRIAN MCNABB, WHO
IS FROM SASKATCHEWASASKATCHEWAN, BUT THE
TEAM IS LIKE, WE LOVE THIS.
GET ON BOARD.
LET'S DO IT.
>> Ian: GOOD FOR THEM FOR DOING
THIS.
APPARENTLY YOU CAN GET MEDIA
PASSES TO AN AMERICAN NHL TEAM
BY TRYING TO HAVE THEM ADOPT A
PROF INS -- PROVINCE.
I LOVE THAT VEGAS IS PLAYING
ALONG.
A LOT OF AMERICAN TEAMS COULDN'T
CARE LESS ABOUT CANADA AND MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO FIND IT ON THE
MAP.
MY CO-HOST FROM MANITOBA, WHAT
IS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS?
>> Rosemary: THAT THE WINNIPEG
JETS ARE CANADA'S TEAM AND
ALMOST ALWAYS SASKATCHEWAN'S
TEAM AS WELL.
SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT
FOR MOST PEOPLE IN SASKATCHEWAN.
>> Ian: SO DECREED BY ROSEMARY.
>> Rosemary: I SAY NO.
THAT'S IT FOR "THE NATIONAL,"
TUESDAY, MAY 15.
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
>> Ian: GOOD NIGHT.
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