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>> Rosemary: ON THIS SUNDAY
NIGHT, TURNING UP THE HEAT ON
CANADA DAY.
THE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES KEEP
THOUSANDS OFF THE HILL.
THE PRIME MINISTER WASN'T THERE
EITHER.
HE TOOK HIS MESSAGE ON TARIFFS
STRAIGHT TO CANADIANS AS TRADE
TENSIONS WITH THE U.S. REACH A
BOILING POINT.
THE NOT SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MESSAGE FROM DONALD TRUMP.
>> Ian: ALSO TONIGHT, WHAT IS
BEHIND THAT SERIES OF BRAZEN
SHOOTINGS IN TORONTO.
>>> AND $77 MILLION AND FOR LEAF
FANS IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY.
NHL STAR JOHN TAVARES COMES HOME
TO TORONTO.
IS IT ENOUGH TO WIN THE CUP?
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>> Rosemary: JULY 1st IS A
DAY TO GATHER AROUND THE
BARBECUE, WEAR RED AND WHITE,
AND SHOW OFF SOME CANADIAN
PRIDE.
IT'S NOT USUALLY VERY POLITICAL
BUT THIS YEAR CANADA DAY FALLS
SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRADE
WAR AS OTTAWA SLAPS NEW TARIFFS
ON AMERICAN PRODUCTS.
THE PRIME MINISTER, WELL, HE HIT
THE ROAD.
WITH MORE HERE'S THE HOST OF
"POWER & POLITICS", VASSY
KAPELOS.
* O CANADA
>> Reporter: SAME LYRICS,
DIFFERENT LOCATION.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU BECAME THE FIRST
PRIME MINISTER IN 43 YEARS TO
MISS OUT ON CANADA DAY
FESTIVITIES ON PARLIAMENT HILL.
INSTEAD, HE WAS HERE IN
LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO.
AND THEN IN REGINA, TRYING TO
REASSURE WORKERS AFFECTED BY A
TRADE WAR WITH THE U.S. THAT
KICKED INTO HIGH GEAR TODAY WITH
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
$16 BILLION OF CANADIAN TARIFFS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: CANADIANS STAND UP FOR
EACH OTHER, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
>> Reporter: HIS CANADA DAY
MESSAGE WAS DECIDEDLY
OPTIMISTIC.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: OF COURSE, THERE ARE
ALWAYS CHALLENGES BUT FULLY
CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER AND OVERCOME WHATEVER
LAYS IN OUR PATH.
>> Reporter: BUT OVERCOMING
THOSE CHALLENGES JUST GOT EVEN
HARDER.
THE U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
DIDN'T MINCE WORDS IN AN
INTERVIEW ON FOX THIS MORNING...
>> President Donald Trump:
NAFTA, I COULD SIGN IT
TOMORROW, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH
IT.
I WANT TO MAKE IT MORE FAIR.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN'T DO
NAFTA BEFORE THE MIDTERMS?
>> President Donald Trump: I
WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE
ELECTION.
>> Reporter: TRANSLATION?
EXPECT THE TRADE WAR BETWEEN OUR
TWO COUNTRIES TO LAST AT LEAST
UNTIL THOSE MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN
NOVEMBER.
IN THE MEANTIME
THINGS WILL PROBABLY GET WORSE
BEFORE THEY GET BETTER.
>> President Donald Trump: YOU
KNOW WHY?
THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THEIR
CARS IN AMERICA, THEY'RE GOING
TO MAKE THEM HERE.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT IS
RATCHETING UP THREATS TO SLAP A
TARIFF OF UP TO 25% ON VEHICLES
IMPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES.
TRUMP CLAIMS HE'LL BE ABLE TO
IMPOSE THEM UNDER THE PRETENSE
OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
JUST LIKE HE DID WITH STEEL AND
ALUMINUM AS SOON AS A MONTH FROM
NOW.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S
GOING TO DISAPPEAR FOR ANYTIME
SOON.
I THINK THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE
FOR A WHILE.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS NOT SHOWN
THAT HE'S INTERESTED IN BACKING
AWAY FROM A FIGHT.
>> Reporter: AND THERE ARE
ALREADY
BRUISES FROM THAT FIGHT HERE.
TANERES,
A COMPANY THAT MAKES STEEL PIPES
LAID OFF 40 WORKERS IN NORTHERN
ONTARIO TODAY BECAUSE OF THE
AMERICAN STEEL TARIFFS.
THE FEAR, OF COURSE, IS THAT
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
A VERY DIFFERENT CANADA DAY AND
AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME FOR THIS
COUNTRY.
VASSY KAPELOS, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Rosemary: IT WASN'T JUST
THE PRIME MINISTER WHO SKIPPED
THE FESTIVITIES ON THE HILL.
HE WENT TO MINGLE WITH OTHER
CANADIANS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY, BUT THE CROWD IN THE
NATION'S CAPITAL, WELL, IT
DROPPED DRAMATICALLY FROM LAST
YEAR IN PART THANKS TO
OPPRESSIVE TEMPERATURES.
IT FELT LIKE 47° IN OTTAWA WITH
THE HUMIDITY.
TYING AN ALL-TIME RECORD FOR THE
CITY.
AND IN SPITE OF THE MISTING
MACHINES AND WATER STATIONS, IT
WAS SIMPLY TOO HOT TO ATTRACT
REGULAR CANADA DAY CROWDS.
>> IT'S VERY HOT BUT IT'S WORTH
IT TO BE HERE.
>> WE ARE CANADIANS AND WE CAN
TAKE A LITTLE HEAT WHENEVER IT
COMES.
>> WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH THIS.
>> I WAS HOPING THAT IT WOULDN'T
BE AS HOT AS IT IS.
>> Rosemary: IT TOPPED OUT AT
6,500 PEOPLE ON THE HILL AT
MOST.
LAST YEAR THERE WERE 25,000.
THAT DIDN'T STOP THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL CELEBRATING HER
FIRST CANADA DAY ON THE JOB.
SHE ROLLED ON PARLIAMENT HILL,
NOT IN A LIMO,
BUT ON A BIKE, A
CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT PHYSICAL
FITNESS.
AND HER SPEECH GOT INTERRUPTED
BY A FRIEND.
>> HELLO?
>> Rosemary: A FELLOW
ASTRONAUT AND DUAL CANADIAN
AMERICAN DREW FEUSTEL, CALLING
LIVE FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WOO-HOO!
>> I SAW THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WEST
TO EAST AND I SAW THEM
PHOTOGRAPH NEARLY EVERY MAJOR
CITY.
IT'S CLEAR AND
SUNNY OVER MOST OF THE COUNTRY
AND IT'S GOOD WEATHER FOR A
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
* IN ALL OF US COMMAND
>> Rosemary: THE DAY ALSO
MARKED THE FIRST NATIONAL
HOLIDAY WITH THE NEW GENDER
NEUTRAL LYRICS TO "O CANADA"
SUNG TO THE PARLIAMENT HILL
CROWD.
MEANWHILE THE PRIME MINISTER
RESPONDED FOR THE FIRST TIME
ABOUT A VERY DIFFERENT ISSUE
TODAY.
AN INCIDENT FROM NEARLY TWO
DECADES AGO BEFORE HE WAS EVEN
AN M.P. THAT RECENTLY RESURFACED
IN NEWS REPORTS.
CATHERINE CULLEN BRINGS US THAT
STORY TONIGHT.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: I HAD A GOOD DAY THAT
DAY AND I DON'T REMEMBER ANY
NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS THAT DAY
AT ALL.
>> Reporter: "THAT DAY" WAS
BACK IN AUGUST IN 2000 AT A B.C.
FESTIVAL.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU WAS 28, YEARS
BEFORE HIS POLITICAL CAREER
BEGAN.
THE NEXT DAY AN UNSIGNED
EDITORIAL APPEARED IN THE LOCAL
NEWSPAPER "THE CRESTON VALLEY
ADVANCE" THAT ACCUSED TRUDEAU OF
GROPING AND INAPPROPRIATELY
HANDLING AN UNNAMED YOUNG FEMALE
REPORTER.
THERE WERE NO OTHER SPECIFICS.
THE EDITORIAL SAID THAT WHEN
TRUDEAU WAS ASKED ABOUT THE
INCIDENT HE RESPONDED, "I'M
SORRY.
IF I HAD KNOWN THAT YOU WERE
REPORTING FOR A NATIONAL PAPER I
NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN SO
FORWARD."
CBC NEWS HAS SPOKEN BY PHONE AND
EMAILED WITH THE WOMAN WHO WAS
THE SUBJECT OF THE
EDITORIAL AND SHE SAID THAT SHE
WASN'T INTERESTED IN BEING
ASSOCIATED WITH ANY FURTHER
COVERAGE OF THE STORY AND SHE
ASKED THAT HER NAME NOT BE USED
AND SHE NOT BE CONTACTED ABOUT
THE STORY AGAIN.
CBC NEWS HAS ALSO SPOKEN WITH
THE PUBLISHER OF THE NEWSPAPER
FROM THAT TIME WHO REPORTS
SPEAKING WITH THE REPORTER AFTER
THE ENCOUNTER.
>> MY RECOLLECTIONS OF THE
CONVERSATION WHERE SHE CAME TO
ME BECAUSE SHE WAS UNSETTLED BY
IT.
SHE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HAD
HAPPENED.
SHE WASN'T SURE HOW SHE SHOULD
PROCEED WITH IT BECAUSE, OF
COURSE, WE'RE TALKING SOMEBODY
WHO WAS KNOWN TO THE CANADIAN
COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: WHILE SHE DIDN'T
SEE THE INTERACTION WITH
TRUDEAU, THE FORMER REPORTER
DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED AS A
BRIEF TOUCH.
AND SHE SAID IN HER OPINION
THAT IT WAS NOT SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THE EDITORIAL RESURFACED ONLINE
AND IN NEWS COVERAGE IN RECENT
WEEKS BUT TODAY WAS THE FIRST
TIME THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WAS
ASKED PUBLICLY ABOUT IT.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: I REMEMBER THAT DAY IN
CRESTON WELL.
IT WAS A FOUNDATION EVENT TO
SUPPORT -- TO SUPPORT AVALANCHE
SAFETY.
I HAD A GOOD DAY THAT DAY.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANY NEGATIVE
INTERACTIONS THAT DAY AT ALL.
>> Reporter: THE ALLEGATION
ITSELF IS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO
WHAT TRUDEAU HAD SAID ABOUT HIS
OWN PAST.
>> Reporter: AS YOU LOOK BACK
AT YOUR OWN CAREER IS THERE A
CHANCE AT SOME POINT THAT YOUR
ACTIONS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
CONSTRUED THE WAY THEY WERE
INTENDED?
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: I DON'T THINK SO.
I HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY CAREFUL
ALL MY LIFE TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND
TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE'S
SPACE AND PEOPLE'S -- PEOPLE'S
HEAD SPACE AS WELL.
>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER
TRUDEAU WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT HE
WAS GOING TO EVENTUALLY BE ASKED
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN CRESTON.
NOW HE HAS TO WAIT AND SEE
WHETHER HIS ANSWER ENDS THE
MATTER.
CATHERINE CULLEN, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Ian: HERE'S WHAT ELSE WE'RE
WORKING ON TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL," JOHN THAT VARY SAYS A
MAPLE LEAF.
WORDS THAT SOME FANS WHO HAD
SUFFERED THROUGH A STANLEY CUP
DROUGHT THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER
HEAR.
JUST AHEAD.
>> Rosemary: PLUS, ANOTHER
TRAGIC ACCIDENT WITH A LINK TO
HUMBOLDT, SASKATCHEWAN.
OUR OLIVIA STEFANOVICH TAKES US
TO A COMMUNITY IN MOURNING.
>> Ian: BUT, FIRST, WE KNOW MORE
TONIGHT ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF
THAT BRAZEN DAYLIGHT SHOOTING IN
DOWNTOWN TORONTO.
THE EASY-GOING MOOD OF CANADA
DAY WEEKEND CAME TO AN ABRUPT
HALT WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT
YESTERDAY EVENING IN THE HEART
OF THE CITY JUST A COUPLE WEEKS
AFTER ANOTHER SHOCKING SHOOTING
AT A PLAYGROUND.
HERE'S WHERE YESTERDAY'S ATTACK
HAPPENED.
IT'S USUALLY VERY BUSY ALONG
HERE.
SO IT WAS A VERY STRANGE SIGHT
TO SEE QUEEN'S STREET TODAY.
SEALED OFF FOR BLOCKS, NOT FAR
FROM THE SCENE, POLICE
INVESTIGATED THE SCENE NOT FAR
FROM THE CITY'S BEST KNOWN
LANDMARKS.
THREE PEOPLE WERE SHOT, TWO OF
THEM HAVE DIED.
THE CBC'S NATALIE NANOWSKI HAS
MORE ON WHO'S INVOLVED.
>> Reporter: AS SHOCKED PEOPLE
WATCHED, POLICE SEAL OFF QUEEN
STREET AND THEY TRY TO COME TO
TERMS WITH WHAT THEY SAW.
>> I HEARD ONE GUNSHOT AND I
LOOKED OUTSIDE BECAUSE I THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS FIREWORKS.
I SEEN ONE YOUNG BLACK MAN FALL
TO THE GROUND.
>> Reporter: THREE PEOPLE WERE
SHOT.
A WOMAN WAS INJURED, TWO MEN
KILLED.
TODAY POLICE RELEASED THEIR
NAMES.
21-YEAR-OLD JAHVANTE SMART AND
28-YEAR-OLD ERNEST MODEKWE.
BOTH KNOWN IN THE HIP-HOP
COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY SMART, WHO
WENT BY THE NAME SMOKE DAWG.
* IF I WANT IT I GET IT, GET IT
* STRAIGHT TO THE TOP WHERE I'M
HEADED *
>> THEY HADN'T REACHED SUPER
INTERNATIONAL HEIGHTS YET BUT
THEY WORKED INTERNATIONALLY
QUITE A BIT AND THEY WERE
DEFINITELY MAKING
PRETTY BIG WAVES HERE IN
TORONTO.
>> Reporter: BIG ENOUGH TO
TOUR WITH DRAKE IN 2017.
THEY RELEASED THIS ON INSTAGRAM
SAYING "ALL THE INNER LIGHTS
BEING EXTINGUISHED LATELY IS
DEVASTATING.
I WISH PEACE WOULD WASH OVER OUR
CITY."
THE CITY'S MAYOR ADDRESSED THE
VIOLENCE AND ALSO PUSHED FOR
TOUGHER BAIL RULES.
>> SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE
OUT ON BAIL AND HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS REPEATEDLY AND INVOLVED
WITH GANGS WHO ARE THE ONLY ONES
THAT POSE A THREAT TO THE SAFETY
OF THE CITY.
>> Reporter: SMOKE DAWG IS
FROM
REGENT PARK.
HIS HIP-HOP GROUP, THE HALAL
GANG.
A FEW DAYS AGO HE POSTED A MUSIC
VIDEO SHOT IN A DIFFERENT
GOVERNMENT HOUSING PROJECT,
RAISING
SPECULATION THAT THIS VIDEO
SOMEHOW SPARKED A NEIGHBOURHOOD
WAR.
BUT EXPERTS WARN AGAINST LINKING
HIP-HOP AND VIOLENCE.
>> HIP-HOP OFTEN PROVIDES
AT-RISK YOUTH WITH A CREATIVE
ALTERNATIVE TO THE GANG LIFE.
>> TORONTO HAS BECOME SUCH A
WORLD STAGE FOR HIP-HOP.
AND A
LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THESE
GUYS RAP ABOUT IN THEIR SONGS
ARE VIOLENT AND THAT, BUT THAT'S
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND
IT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S
NECESSARILY ANYTHING THAT THEY
ARE TRYING TO
PROMOTE OR GLORIFY.
>> Reporter: POLICE ARE
NOT SAYING IF THEY HAVE ANY
SUSPECTS IN MIND BUT THEY ARE
APPEALING TO THE PUBLIC AND
ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
OR VIDEO TO COME FORWARD.
NATALIE NANOWSKI, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: AND TONIGHT ANOTHER
SHOOTING IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO,
THIS TIME NEAR KENSINGTON
MARKET.
FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURT,
INCLUDING ONE MAN WHO IS IN
SERIOUS CONDITION.
POLICE SAY THAT FOUR SUSPECTS
WERE SEEN RUNNING AWAY.
>>> WELL, NOW TO SASKATCHEWAN
WHERE A SMALL COMMUNITY IS
DEALING WITH TRAGEDY THIS
WEEKEND AFTER A HORRIFIC CAR
ACCIDENT WIPED OUT AN ENTIRE
FAMILY.
JUST
MONTHS AFTER THE TOWN OF
HUMBOLDT WAS SHATTERED BY A BUS
CRASH THAT KILLED 16 PEOPLE.
AND AS OLIVIA STEFANOVICH
REPORTS THERE'S A SAD PARALLEL
BETWEEN THESE TWO STORIES.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT
FOR EVERYONE TO KEEP MOVING
FORWARD WITHOUT THEM.
>> Reporter: ADAM CRASPER WAS
JUST GETTING TO KNOW THE
GASPERS.
THE YOUNG FAMILY OF FIVE HAD
RECENTLY MOVED ON
CRASPER'S STREET IN
ROSETOWN, SASKATCHEWAN.
>> OUR KIDS WOULD PLAY OVER
THERE AND THAT'S ALL YOU WOULD
HEAR IS THE KIDS UP AND DOWN THE
STREET AND IT'S GOING TO BE
NOTICEABLY A LOT QUIETER FOR
QUITE A WHILE HERE.
>> Reporter: 26-YEAR-OLD TROY
GASPER AND HIS 28-YEAR-OLD WIFE,
CARISSA, DIED ON FRIDAY.
ALONG WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN,
AGES 6, 4 AND 2.
THEY WERE TRAVELING ON THIS
CURVED PART OF HIGHWAY 4 NORTH
OF ELROSE, ABOUT 30 MINUTES FROM
THEIR HOME, WHEN THEY
COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE.
CHARRED GRASS MARKS THE SPOT.
A 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM SWIFT
CURRENT ALSO DIED.
SHE HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED.
>> YOU CAN'T THINK OF A TRAGEDY
LIKE THIS OR MANY OTHER PLACES
THAT WE HAVE LIVED ACROSS
THIS PROVINCE WHERE JUST ONE
FAMILY
JUST ISN'T THERE ANYMORE LIKE
THIS.
>> Reporter: EVEN MORE SO WITH
THE FACT THAT THIS
TRAGEDY COMES LESS THAN THREE
MONTHS AFTER THE HUMBOLDT
BRONCOS' BUS CRASH CLAIMED 16
LIVES IN THE PROVINCE.
GASPER USED TO PLAY FOR THE
BRONCOS
BETWEEN 2009 AND 2011.
>> IT DOES STING THAT IT'S SO
CLOSE.
>> Reporter: TAYLOR JOHNSON
USED TO PLAY WITH GASPER AND HE
GOT THE NEWS LAST NIGHT.
>> HE WAS THERE CHEERING PEOPLE
UP PRE-GAME WHEN MAYBE I'M
LOSING MY COOL AND WE'RE NOT
PLAYING SO HOT, HE'D QUOTE A
MOVIE AND SAY SOMETHING STUPID
THAT JUST GOT THE BOYS LAUGHING
AND READY TO PLAY AGAIN.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ALWAYS
COUNT ON HIM AS A TEAMMATE AND
AS A FRIEND.
>> Reporter: TRIBUTES ARE
POURING IN QUICKLY, BUT ANSWERS
WILL TAKE LONGER.
THE CAUSE OF THE COLLISION IS
STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
OLIVIA STEFANOVICH, CBC NEWS,
ELROSE, SASKATCHEWAN.
>> Ian: AND THE
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS PAID
TRIBUTE TO HUMBOLDT LAST NIGHT
AHEAD OF THEIR SHOWDOWN WITH THE
MONTREAL ALOUETTES.
A GAME TITLED "HUMBOLDT STRONG."
THE ROUGHRIDERS GREETED THE
CURRENT BRONCO PLAYERS AND THE
FAMILY MEMBERS OF SOME OF THE
VICTIMS AND BRONCOS AND
"HUMBOLDT STRONG"
MERCHANDISE WAS SOLD THROUGHOUT
THE STADIUM.
PROCEEDS WILL GO TO HELP THE
FAMILIES AFFECTED BY APRIL'S
DEADLY CRASH.
>>> WE ARE TRACKING SOME OF THE
DEVELOPING STORIES THIS EVENING
STARTING WITH A TRAGIC TURN TO
CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS IN
ABBOTSFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA.
AN ELDERLY MAN WAS KILLED AFTER
DEVELOPING STORIES THIS EVENING
STARTING WITH A TRAGIC TURN TO
CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS IN
ABBOTSFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA.
AN ELDERLY MAN WAS KILLED AFTER
HE FELL FROM THE BED OF A
PICKUP TRUCK AND WAS HIT BY THE
TRAILER THAT HE TOWED BEHIND.
THE FLOAT WAS INVOLVED IN A
CANADA DAY PARADE EARLIER IN THE
DAY.
>>> MEXICO HAS A NEW PRESIDENT,
ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR
KNOWN BY HIS SUPPORTERS AS
"AMLO" HAS WON BY A
HEALTHY MARGIN.
HIS TWO MAIN RIVALS HAVE
CONCEDED.
AMLO IS A LEFT-LEANING CRUSADER
AGAINST CORRUPTION WHO DOESN'T
SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH DONALD
TRUMP, TO PUT IT MILDLY.
TRUMP HAS TWEETED HIS
CONGRATULATIONS.
>>> AND DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE
CLEVELAND CAVALIER FANS.
LeBRON JAMES IS LEAVING AGAIN.
JAMES HAS AGREED TO A FOUR-YEAR,
$154 MILLION CONTRACT WITH THE
L.A. LAIXERS.
HIS DEPARTURE IS GOOD NEWS FOR
THOSE IN THE EAST AND THAT
INCLUDES THE TORONTO RAPTORS.
>>> BUT IN THIS COUNTRY, TORONTO
MAPLE LEAF FANS COULD BE
FORGIVEN IF CANADA DAY FELT MORE
LIKE CHRISTMAS DAY.
THEY LEARNED THAT SUPERSTAR JOHN
TAVARES HAD SIGNED WITH THE TEAM
AND HE ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS
ON
TWITTER POSTING THIS PICTURE
OF HIMSELF AS A CHILD SAYING,
NOT EVERY DAY THAT YOU
LIVE A CHILDHOOD DREAM."
SO HOW BIG A DEAL IS TAVERES?
>> TAVERES IS ALONE, TAVERES
SCORES!
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>> Ian: THE 27-YEAR-OLD FROM
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, IS ONE OF
THE NHL STARS.
AND OVER THE FIRST NINE SEASONS
OF HIS CAREER HE WAS A LEADER OF
THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS.
HE'S AN IMPACT PLAYER IN HIS
PRIME.
>> SHOOTS AND SCORES!
A HAT TRICK FOR JOHN TAVARES!
>> Ian: ACCUMULATING 621 POINTS,
IN 669 REGULAR SEASON GAMES.
HE HELPED TEAM CANADA TO
DEFEND ITS GOLD MEDAL AT THE
SOCHI OLYMPICS.
TAVERES COMES TO TORONTO IS THE
BIGGEST SIGN IN THE LEAGUE'S
HISTORY, A SEVEN-YEAR
CONTRACT WORTH $77 MILLION U.S.
SO MUCH JOY AND OPTIMISM IN
TORONTO TODAY FROM MAPLE LEAF
FANS, OF COURSE, AND AS GREG
ROSS TELLS US FROM THE NEWEST
MEMBER OF THE TEAM AS WELL.
>> IT WAS ONCE IN A LIFETIME I
FELT LIKE.
AND I'M JUST LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU
GO OUT THERE AND GRAB IT.
>> Reporter: WHEN IT CAME DOWN
IT, JOHN TAVERES SAID THAT A BIG
PART OF HIS DECISION TO SIGN FOR
THE LEAFS WAS ABOUT FULFILLING A
CHILDHOOD DREAM.
>> AS A KID CHEERING FOR THE
LEAFS GROWING UP AND YOU START
TO GET THOSE FEELINGS AGAIN.
>> Reporter: TAVERES PLAYED
MUCH OF HIS MINOR HOCKEY IN
TORONTO.
NOW HE COMES FULL
CIRCLE AND AGREEING TO A
SEVEN-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE
LEAFS, NEWS WORTH CELEBRATING
FOR SOME FANS.
>> YES!
TAVERES, I LOVE IT!
>> Reporter: AND THE MAPLE
LEAFS BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE
MUCH MORE
CELEBRATING TO COME.
>> 2019, WE'RE WINNING THE CUP.
WE ARE WINNING THE CUP.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU LITERALLY
SHAKING RIGHT NOW?
>> I AM SOMEWHAT SHAKING.
YEAH.
UP THERE IT'S LIKE ONE OF THE
BEST LEAF MOMENTS I
HAVE EVER WITNESSED.
>> Reporter: TAVERES JERSEYS
WERE SUDDENLY IN HIGH DEMAND AT
THE LEAFS' OFFICIAL STORE.
>> AS THE NEWS BROKE SOMEBODY
WAS IN THE STORE AND, BOOM,
RIGHT AT THE CASH REGISTER.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS THIS
MAN.
>> I CAME OUT HERE AND I TRIED
MY LUCK AND I SAID MAYBE I CAN
BUY A SHIRT AND I DID.
>> Reporter: YOU THINK THIS IS
THE BIGGEST SIGNING IN LEAF
HISTORY?
>> I'LL TELL YOU, LET'S PUT IT
THIS WAY, IT'S
THE BIGGEST SIGNING SINCE THEY
LAST WON THE STANLEY CUP.
>> Reporter: SPORTSNET HOCKEY
ANALYST JOHN SHANNON SAID
THAT THE LEAFS WERE ALREADY ON
THE VERGE OF SOMETHING BIG, THE
PLAYERS LED BY AUSTON MATTHEWS
AND NOW THIS PUTS THEM AMONG THE
LEAGUE'S ELITE TEAMS.
>> THIS IS A TEAM SINCE
CONCEPTION THAT HAS NEVER HAD
ONE OF
THE TOP 10 PLAYERS IN THE
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE.
FINALLY THE MAPLE LEAFS WITH ALL
OF THE PLAYERS THAT HAVE PLAYED
HERE ARE ON THE VERGE OF HAVING
NOT JUST ONE SUPERSTAR BUT TWO
SUPERSTARS.
>> Reporter: AND THOSE FANS
HOPE THAT THIS HOMETOWN HERO
WILL BE THE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
THAT WILL HELP THIS CITY TO
BREAK A STANLEY CUP DROUGHT THAT
HAS LASTED MORE THAN FIVE
DECADES.
TAVERES KNOWS ALL TOO WELL WHAT
THAT WOULD MEAN TO THIS CITY.
>> IT'S HARD TO PUT THAT IN
WORDS, RIGHT?
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT
FOR A LONG TIME AND PEOPLE ARE
HUNGRY FOR IT.
THE PASSION FOR THE GAME AND
THE PASSION FOR THE MAPLE LEAFS
IS UNPRECEDENTED.
>> Reporter: GREG ROSS, CBC
NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Ian: YOU KNOW, ROSEMARY, I'M
IN VANCOUVER TONIGHT AND YOU,
OBVIOUSLY, ARE IN OTTAWA.
AND I WAS SAYING THAT I LOVE THE
FACT THAT ON CANADA DAY THE
TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AMONG MANY
PEOPLE WAS THIS SIGNING.
IN YOUR CIRCLES AS WELL?
>> Rosemary: NO.
[laughter]
AND YOU KNOW THAT.
>> Ian: I KNOW.
>> Rosemary: BUT I WILL SAY
THIS, I FEEL THAT IT'S A LOT OF
PRESSURE FOR ONE DUDE AS HE
COMES BACK -- NOW YOU GUYS WILL
WIN THE CUP?
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A LOT AND
MAYBE LET HIM GET THERE AND EASE
INTO THINGS.
THAT'S WHAT I'D SAY.
>> Ian: NOBODY ON THE MAPLE
LEAFS EASES INTO THINGS IN
TORONTO.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S TRUE.
>> Ian: STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," RUSSIA HAS ITS WORLD
CUP PARTY ON.
OUR CHRIS BROWN POINTS OUT THAT
THE SOCCER HYPE IS GOING A LONG
WAY TO SOFTEN THE COUNTRY'S
IMAGE.
>> Rosemary: AND WHAT BETTER
WAY TO CELEBRATE CANADA DAY THAN
TO INTERVIEW A MAN WHO HAS
EXPERIENCED ABOUT JUST ALL OF
THIS COUNTRY.
WHY NOT REVISIT MY INTERVIEW
WITH THE RICK MERCER.
THAT'S JUST AHEAD.
>> Ian: AND BEHIND THE SCENES OF
HISTORY.
THOMAS DAIGLE GETS A LOOK AT THE
PREPARATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AS THEY
TAKE A STINT FOR THE FIRST TIME
AS THE QUEEN'S GUARD.
>> I DID GET A CHANCE TO GO DOWN
THROUGH TO THE CROWN JEWELS AND
LOOK AT THEM AND I'M LIKE, WOW,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE
[Cheers and Applause]
>> Ian: THE WORLD CUP FANS
EARLIER TODAY AS THE RUSSIANS
KNOCKED OUT THE HEAVILY FAVOURED
SPAIN AFTER TWO EXHAUSTING HOURS
OF REGULAR TIME RESULTED IN A
1-1 TIE.
RUSSIA PREVAILED ON PENALTY
KICKS AND THAT TRIGGERED A
CELEBRATION THAT SPILLED ON TO
THE STREETS.
IT SEEMS LIKE NOTHING CAN
COMPETE WITH WORLD CUP FEVER IN
RUSSIA RIGHT NOW, NOT EVEN TYING
THE KNOT, APPARENTLY.
JUST ASK THIS WEDDING PARTY IN
ST. PETERSBURG.
[Cheers and Applause]
OR THESE PEOPLE ON VACATION
THOUSANDS OF KILOMETRES AWAY.
[Cheers and Applause]
ALL OF THEM ECSTATIC OVER
RUSSIA'S UNEXPECTED SUCCESS.
AND SO WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT THE
RUSSIAN PLAYERS CAN HOLD THEIR
HEADS HIGH.
THEY STARTED THIS TOURNAMENT
RANKED LAST AND NOW THEY MOVE ON
TO THE QUARTERFINALS AGAINST
CROATIA.
AND AS CHRIS BROWN REPORTS FROM
MOSCOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE
PLAYERS SHATTERING EXPECTATIONS.
>> [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]
>> Reporter: THE WORLD CUP HAS
BROUGHT OUT A SIDE OF RUSSIA...
>> WELCOME TO RUSSIA!
>> Reporter: THAT EVEN
RUSSIANS SEEM SURPRISED AT.
>> [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]
>> Reporter: IT'S LIKE WE'RE
NOT IN RUSSIA, SHE SAYS.
THIS STREET NEAR THE KREMLIN
TURNS INTO A SPONTANEOUS PARTY
DAY AFTER DAY.
>> IT'S AN AMAZING ATMOSPHERE.
RUSSIA IS A VERY FRIENDLY
COUNTRY.
LOOK AT THIS...
>> Reporter: THE PROMINENT
VIEW HERE IS THAT ALL OF THIS
FUN SHATTERS MYTHS PERPETUATED
BY HOSTILE WESTERN GOVERNMENTS
ABOUT RUSSIA, THAT IT'S MENACING
AND UNFRIENDLY.
(*)
>> Reporter: ANA IS PART OF A
GROUP OF SINGING RUSSIAN
GRANNIES AND SHE SEES THE WORLD
CUP AS A PUBLIC
RELATIONS WIN FOR THE KREMLIN.
>> [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]
>> Reporter: THIS IS GOOD, SHE
SAYS, BECAUSE THE INTERNATIONAL
MEDIA HAS WRITTEN GARBAGE ABOUT
US AND NOW PEOPLE CAN SEE FOR
THEMSELVES WHO WE REALLY ARE.
THE HAPPY SCENES SEEM TO ALSO
UNDERMINE THE RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA
TOO THAT WESTERNERS HATE US AND
FOREIGNERS SHOULD BE TREATED
WITH SUSPICION.
ARE YOU SURPRISED?
>> YES, VERY.
>> Reporter: WHY?
>> BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THEY'RE
FOREIGN PEOPLE, THEY DON'T LIKE
US RUSSIANS.
(*)
>> Reporter: ALSO STRIKING, IS
HOW THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE
HANDLED THE CROWDS WITH RELAXED
POLICE OFFICERS, RATHER THAN THE
USUAL PRACTISE OF BARRIERS.
FILMMAKER YULIA MELANIZ SAYS ON
A PERSONAL LEVEL SENSING FREEDOM
CAN BE POWERFUL BUT DON'T EXPECT
THAT IT WILL CHANGE THE
PUTIN GOVERNMENT OR
RELATIONS WITH THE WEST.
>> IT'S VERY CHILDISH TO BELIEVE
THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
OUR COUNTRIES WILL IMPROVE.
NO, I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS.
BUT FOR PEOPLE IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO EXPERIENCE.
>> Reporter: THESE UNUSUALLY
CHATTY RUSSIAN POLICEMEN
CONFIRMED AS MUCH TO US, THAT
WHEN THE LAST WHISTLE BLOWS IT'S
BACK TO NORMAL.
>> BECAUSE OF THE RUSSIAN WAR
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED DRINKING ON
THE STREETS BUT UNTIL
THE END OF THE WORLD CUP IT'S
POSSIBLE.
(*)
>> Reporter: BUT FOR NOW IN
MOSCOW AND UNTIL THAT FINAL
WORLD CUP GAME IT SEEMS THAT
ALMOST ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
>> [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]
>> Reporter: CHRIS BROWN, CBC
NEWS, MOSCOW.
>> Rosemary: A DIFFERENT SIDE
OF RUSSIA FOR SURE.
FROM COAST-TO-COAST-TO-COAST,
RICK MERCER HAS SEEN WHAT THIS
COUNTRY HAS TO OFFER SO WHO
BETTER TO HEAR FROM ON CANADA
DAY?
NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL," MY
INTERVIEW WITH RICK AS HE
PREPARES TO LEAVE "THE MERCER
REPORT."
>> WHEN WE STARTED I WOULD SHOW
UP IN A TOWN AND A KID WOULD SEE
ME AND THEY WOULD KNOW ME FROM
TELEVISION AND THEY'D SAY, LIKE,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THAT KIDS
FEEL
ABOUT THEIR TOWN -- WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE!
AND IN THE SECOND YEAR I WAS IN
THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
IN A SMALL TOWN AND THIS KID
SAID, I KNEW THAT YOU'D SHOW UP
EVENTUALLY.
[laughter]
>> CANADA, WE ARE A LARGE
NORTHERN LAND MASS AND BY AND
LARGE WE HAVE ENJOYED 141 YEARS
OF PEACE, ORDER AND GOOD
GOVERNMENT.
AND OUR OFFICIAL SUMMER SPORT IS
LACROSSE.
BASICALLY THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO
KNOW.
>> Rosemary: HE'S ALWAYS BEEN
AS CANADIAN AS THE ROCKIES, AS
SPIRITED AS A BOTTLE OF SCREECH,
THE HOST OF "THE RICK MERCER
REPORT" STEPPED DOWN FROM THIS
VERSION OF HIS SOAPBOX EARLIER
THIS SEASON, BUT NOT BEFORE WE
GOT A CHANCE TO ASK HIM A FEW
QUESTIONS.
AND ON THIS CANADA DAY WE
REVISIT THAT INTERVIEW.
HOW DID YOU GET TO THAT POINT
WHERE YOU SAID I WANT TO GO TO
ALL OF THESE WEIRD PLACES THAT
NOBODY HAS HEARD OF AND NOBODY
GOES TO.
WHAT MADE YOU DO THAT IN THE
FIRST PLACE?
>> RIGHT OFF THE START THAT WAS
PART OF THE IDEA FOR THE SHOW.
YOU KNOW, I WAS ON "THIS HOUR
HAS 22 MINUTES" FOR EIGHT YEARS
AND I GOT TO DO A BIT OF
TRAVELLING ON THAT SHOW.
AND I ALWAYS LOVED THAT.
AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO
NUNAVUT.
AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A REASON
NOT
TO GO TO NUNAVUT.
AND OH, NO, IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE
OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS OR IT'S
THAT.
SO WHEN I GOT THIS SHOW ONE OF
THE VERY FIRST PLACES WE WENT TO
WAS NUNAVUT.
THERE WAS A SUGGESTION, YOU
KNOW, THAT YOU'RE OPENING THE
SHOW AND IT'S EARLY IN ITS
TENURE, YOU KNOW, THE G.T.A. HAS
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE,
AND YOU SHOULD SHOOT IN THE
G.T.A. AND WE STUCK TO OUR GUNS
AND WE SAID, NO, WE'RE GOING TO
NUNAVUT.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE RESPONDED TO
THAT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE AN INATE
INTEREST IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY
WANT TO TRAVEL THE COUNTRY.
THEY CAN'T ALWAYS DO THAT BUT
THEY
GET TO LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH
THE SHOW.
>> Rosemary: AND THROUGH YOU?
>> YEAH.
>> Rosemary: WHAT ABOUT THOSE
TRAVELS SURPRISED YOU THE MOST?
BECAUSE I HAVE A SIMILAR JOB
WHERE I GET TO GO PLACES THAT
PEOPLE WOULDN'T GET TO GO AND
SEE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T
GET TO SEE.
WHAT SURPRISED YOU ABOUT SOME OF
THAT?
>> ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT
HAPPENED TO ME WHEN WE STARTED,
I WOULD SHOW UP IN A TOWN AND A
KID WOULD SEE ME AND THEY WOULD
KNOW ME FROM TELEVISION.
AND THEY'D SAY, LIKE, WHAT ARE
DOING HERE!
BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THAT KIDS
FEEL ABOUT THEIR TOWN -- WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE!
AND THEN LIKE IN THE SECOND YEAR
I WAS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA IN A SMALL TOWN AND
THIS KID SAID, I KNEW THAT YOU'D
SHOW UP EVENTUALLY.
[laughter]
AND I THOUGHT, WE HAVE DONE IT,
WE HAVE
BROKEN THROUGH.
THAT'S THE SHOW THAT I WANT.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I'M THE
MOST PROUD OF, REALLY, YEAH.
>> Rosemary: I WANT TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEWFOUNDLAND,
BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, YOU LOVE IT,
A SPECIAL PLACE FOR YOU.
BUT IT DOES SEEM TO BE A PLACE
THAT HAS A LOT OF TALENT,
MUSICIANS, COMEDIANS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
>> WELL, WE DON'T SHUT UP IS ONE
OF THEM.
WE DON'T SHUT UP.
>> Rosemary: FAIR.
>> WE LIKE TO TALK AND WE HAVE
LOTS OF OPINIONS BUT THERE'S
CERTAINLY A LOT OF US.
YOU KNOW, TOM IS THERE WHO NOW
HOSTS "Q" AND CRITCH IS THERE
FROM "22 MINUTES."
>> Rosemary: YEP, SPEAKING OF
CRITCH, HE SENT YOU A LITTLE
MESSAGE.
>> HE DID NOT!
>> Rosemary: YES, HE DID.
>> WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL ALL
OF ST. JOHN'S WAS RAVING ABOUT
RICK MERCER'S ONE MAN SHOW, SHOW
ME THE BUTTON AND I'LL PUSH IT
OR CHARLES LYNCH MUST DIE.
IT WAS SOLDOUT BUT I VOLUNTEERED
TO TEAR TICKETS SO I COULD SEE
IT.
THAT WAS IN 1991 AND I HAVE SEEN
YOU RANT EVER SINCE.
I KNOW YOU'RE STEPPING AWAY BUT
WHENEVER YOU FEEL THE NEED TO
PACE
AND SHOUT ABOUT OTTAWA YOU ARE
WELCOMED HERE AT YOUR OLD ALMA
MATER.
I'LL KEEP THE DESK WARM FOR YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OF US
HERE AT "22 MINUTES."
BEER IS ON ME AT THE SHIP
PUB THIS SUMMER.
>> VERY NICE.
>> Rosemary: WHERE IS THE SHIP
PUB?
WILL EVERYONE BE THERE THIS
SUMMER?
>> YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE L.D.S. HALL WHERE I DID
THAT
SHOW AND WHERE CRITCH TOOK
TICKETS.
>> Rosemary: THE THING THAT
YOU AND I HAVE IN COMMON IN
POLITICS, A LOVE OF POLITICS,
YES?
>> YEP.
>> Rosemary: AND YOU TOOK, I
DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY TAKE THE
PISS OUT OF SOMEONE BUT THAT'S
WHAT YOU WERE DOING ALL THE
TIME.
>> SURE, YEAH.
>> Rosemary: DID YOU EVER DO
IT AND THINK THAT YOU STEPPED
OVER A LINE, OR SOMEONE GOT
ANGRY, CERTAINLY LOTS OF PEOPLE
GOT ANGRY WITH YOU AND YOU
THOUGHT, MAYBE THAT'S TOO MUCH?
>> THERE WERE CERTAINLY TIMES.
I'VE ALWAYS FOUND THAT CABINET
MINISTERS AND PRIME MINISTERS
AND PREMIERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
THAT BUSINESS, THEY HAVE A VERY
THICK SKIN.
THEY ACTUALLY -- IT DOESN'T
BOTHER THEM.
IT BOTHERS THE PEOPLE AROUND
THEM.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW IN OTTAWA
EVERY CABINET MINISTER HAS A
NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING
WITH THEM AND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE
THINK THAT CABINET MINISTER IS
THE GRAVEST GIFT TO DEMOCRACY
SINCE NELSON MANDELA AND THAT'S
ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL
EVERYONE SEES HOW GREAT THAT
PERSON IS.
SO THEY'RE VERY SENSITIVE.
>> Rosemary: WAS THERE ANYONE
THAT WOULDN'T PLAY BALL AND YOU
THOUGHT, THIS WOULD HELP YOU --
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> OVER THE YEARS I HAVE BACKED
AWAY FROM IT BECAUSE I DECIDED
THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT AS
MUCH ANYMORE.
BUT OVER THE YEARS WE HAD
TREMENDOUS ACTS.
I REMEMBER WHEN MICHAEL
IGNATIEFF SAID THAT HE COULDN'T
COME ON THE SHOW BUT THEN HE WAS
INTERESTED IN SEEING SAMPLES OF
MY WORK.
BECAUSE HE'S LIKE, "22 WHAT?"
WE WERE LIKE, I GUESS THAT WE
COULD DIG UP SAMPLES.
IT'S ON THE CBC.
>> Rosemary: THAT SUMS UP A
LOT THERE.
>> HE EVENTUALLY CAME ON THE
SHOW, OF COURSE.
>> Rosemary: HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT POLITICAL SATIRE?
BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU STARTED
15 YEARS AGO AND THERE WEREN'T A
MILLION PEOPLE DOING THAT AT
THAT TIME, NOT 15 YEARS AGO.
>> NO.
>> Rosemary: AND THERE ARE
NOW.
>> OH, THERE'S A TONNE NOW.
WHEN WE STARTED "22 MINUTES" IT
WAS -- IT WAS GROUNDBREAKING IN
A LOT OF WAYS.
I HATE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE IT
SOUNDS LIKE I WAS
GROUNDBREAKING!
BUT IN THIS BUILDING PEOPLE WERE
FREAKING OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE
SAYING THEY LOOK LIKE A NEWS
SHOW.
THEY CAN'T LOOK LIKE A NEWS
SHOW.
PEOPLE ARE THINKING THAT IT'S
THE NEWS AND WHERE DID THEY GET
THAT NEWS FOOTAGE.
AND SOME VERY POWERFUL PEOPLE
LET US HAVE THAT NEWS FOOTAGE,
BUT THERE WAS ALSO VERY POWERFUL
PEOPLE WHO WERE LIKE THIS IS
CROSSING A LINE, THEY CANNOT BE
PLAYING WITH NEWS.
AND SO IT WAS GROUNDBREAKING AND
IT WAS EXCITING.
AND OCCASIONALLY WE DID THINGS
THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY BECAME THE
STORY THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I LAUNCHED THE
STOCKWELL DAY PETITION TO CHANGE
HIS NAME TO DORIS DAY...
>> NOW THE PETITION SIMPLY
STATES THAT WE DEMAND THAT THE
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA FORCE
STOCKWELL DAY TO CHANGE HIS
FIRST NAME TO DORIS.
[laughter]
>> THE WEEK BEFORE I DECIDED TO
DO THAT WE REALIZED THAT "THIS
HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES" DIDN'T HAVE
A WEBSITE OR A DOMAIN NAME.
LIKE, IT WAS THAT LONG AGO.
TV SHOWS DIDN'T HAVE WEBSITES.
SO WE'RE LIKE, WELL, WE'LL
CREATE ONE OF THESE NEW FANCY
WEBSITES THAT WE'RE HEARING
ABOUT AND IT BECAME A REAL STORY
INSIDE OF AN ELECTION, THAT WAS
PRETTY EXCITING.
>> Rosemary: I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE POLITICIAN,
IS THAT POSSIBLE?
I DON'T KNOW.
>> I MENTIONED NELSON MANDELA.
HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD ONE.
>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT, MAYBE
THIS
GUY, HANG ON.
>> THE NORTHERN LIGHTS HAVE SEEN
STRANGE SIGHTS BUT THE STRANGEST
THEY EVER DID SEE WAS THE DAY
THAT BOB RAE WITH RICK MERCER
DID PLAY ON THE SHORES OF LAKE
KILNARNEY.
OH, IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH TO SEE
THEM BOTH IN THE BUFF.
RICK MERCER WITH
BOB AT HIS SIDE, BUT IF TRUTH BE
TOLD THEY'RE BOTH PRETTY OLD SO
THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO HIDE.
>> THAT'S A LONG POEM.
THERE'S MORE!
>> RICK, WHAT A LIFE WE HAVE
HAD TOGETHER.
OH, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
ME
IN QUITE A WHILE BECAUSE I HAVE
RETURNED TO MY OBSCURITY WHICH
HAS BEEN SO RICHLY OBSERVED AND
ONLY ILLUMINATED OCCASIONALLY TO
A VISIT TO AN AIRPORT OR
SOMEWHERE WHERE A GUY WILL COME
UP AND SAY TO ME, BOB, NICE ASS.
THANK YOU, RICK.
AND THANK YOU, CANADA, FOR
WATCHING IT.
[laughter]
>> Rosemary: I'D ALSO LIKE TO
THANK YOU BECAUSE I HAD TO
INTERVIEW HIM KNOWING WHAT HIS
ASS LOOKED LIKE.
[laughter]
HE'S A GOOD SPORT.
>> HE WAS A GOOD SPORT.
HE WAS A GOOD SPORT THAT DAY TO
GET NAKED AND JUMP IN THE LAKE.
AT THE TIME HE WAS RUNNING FOR
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LIBERAL
PARTY SO HE HAD TO MAKE A CALL
RIGHT THERE.
AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE
THAT -- OF THAT LEVEL THAT I
SPENT TIME WITH THAT CAME
COMPLETELY ALONE.
THERE WAS NO ENTOURAGE, NO ONE
TO SAY, NO, YOU ARE NOT DOING
THAT.
AND HE WAS LIKE, YEAH, I'LL DO
IT.
IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T CATCH ANY
FISH.
>> Rosemary: OH, SO YOU HAD TO
DO SOMETHING.
>> WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING OR
OTHERWISE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE
LOOKED AT US AND HAVE SAID, OH,
THOSE GUYS ARE MORONS.
GOING TO NORTHERN ONTARIO IN
THIS PRISTINE WILDERNESS AND
THEY DIDN'T CATCH ANY FISH?
TOO BAD WE DIDN'T CATCH ANY
FISH.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT,
BOB.
>> TELL ME WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
>> IT'S ABOUT THE MEMORY, BOB.
>> OH, THE MEMORY.
>> AND WE STILL HAVE TO GET THAT
ONE MEMORABLE MOMENT.
>> I HAVE AN IDEA.
[laughter]
>[Applause]
>> Rosemary: LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE RANT.
(*)
>> Rosemary: THAT'S RICK
MERCER REHEARSING HIS RANT IN
GRAFFITI ALLEY.
WE WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW HIM WHILE
HE PREPARED.
>> IS THE SUN KILLING YOU?
THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF
SHOOTING IN THE ALLEY.
SEE THE SUN SHIFTS.
PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD
WE'VE GOT IT.
THERE WE GO.
>> Rosemary: LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE RANT.
>> UM-HMM.
>> Rosemary: SO I'VE HEARD THE
STORY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
YOU WRITE YOURSELF IN YOUR
OFFICE.
>> YEP.
>> Rosemary: YOU DECIDE WHAT
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT?
>> SURE, OH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Rosemary: AND HOW DID THEY
EVOLVE OVER THE 15 YEARS?
>> MY OPINION HAS CERTAINLY
EVOLVED AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE
MORE PERSONAL NOW.
I REALISED OVER THE LAST NUMBER
OF YEARS THAT I DIDN'T ALWAYS
TRY -- DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
FUNNY.
I THINK THAT WHEN I STARTED THAT
THEY WERE COMMENTARY BUT I WAS A
LITTLE MORE FOCUSED ON BEING
CLEVER.
AND I REALISED THAT WASN'T
NECESSARILY WHAT WAS IMPORTANT.
AND I NEVER LOST TRACK OF THE
FACT THAT IT WAS A HUGE
PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO DO
BECAUSE THINK OF IT, WE'RE ALL,
YOU KNOW, SO MANY CANADIANS RANT
AND HAVE AN OPINION AND TO GET
TO DO IT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION
EVERY SINGLE WEEK, IT'S A GIFT.
THAT'S THE GREATEST THING THAT
HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN MY CAREER
THAT I GET TO DO THAT.
AND IN MANY WAYS I VIEW THE
WHOLE SHOW AS
WRAPPED AROUND THAT MOMENT.
>> Rosemary: DO YOU MEMORIZE
THAT?
I ALWAYS WONDERED THAT.
>> I MEMORIZE IT.
THERE'S NO TELEPROMPTER.
>> Rosemary: DO YOU DO IT
ONCE?
>> I HAVE DONE IT ONCE ON
OCCASIONS BUT I OFTEN HAVE TO DO
IT 10, 15 TIMES.
>> Rosemary: NO!
>> WELL, IT'S AN ALLEY AND THE
ALLEY IS
ALSO A FUNCTIONING ALLEY AND
DELIVERY TRUCKS GO THROUGH THERE
AND ART STUDENTS ARE TAKING
PHOTOS NONSTOP NOW BECAUSE OF
THE ARTWORK THAT'S THERE.
AND THERE'S OTHER TRADE THAT
GOES ON IN ALLEYS.
[laughter]
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DODGE DEAD
RATS.
AND MY CAMERAMAN DON IS GOING
BACKWARDS.
>> Rosemary: NO, THAT'S NOT
FUN.
>> THERE'S ICE AND HE TRIPS AND
FALLS AND THERE'S A LOT OF
THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG.
>> Rosemary: THOSE RANTS
THOUGH, I THINK THAT THEY TOO
WERE THE PARTS THAT PEOPLE TUNED
IN FOR TO SEE WHAT YOU HAD TO
SAY IN A GIVEN WEEK.
THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE VERY,
VERY POWERFUL, YOU KNOW, THE
VOTING ONE RESONATED REALLY
DEEPLY AT A MOMENT WHERE PEOPLE
NEEDED MAYBE TO HEAR THAT.
>> IT IS A CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE WILL NOT VOTE.
AND THE PARTIES, THEY LIKE IT
THAT WAY.
IT'S WHY YOUR TUITION KEEPS
GOING UP.
>> Rosemary: THE BULLYING
AGAINST GAY KIDS.
>> WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY TO THESE
KIDS WHO ARE BEING BULLIED, YOU
KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE RIGHT, THESE
ARE NOT THE BEST DAYS OF YOUR
LIFE.
IN FACT, THESE ARE PROBABLY THE
WORST.
BUT AFTER THIS THEY GET BETTER.
AND THEN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
THEY GET GREAT.
TRUST ME, I'M ONE OF THE
SMARTEST GUYS I KNOW.
>> Rosemary: IT TURNED INTO A
NEWS STORY.
I MEAN, THAT WAS THE POWER OF
THOSE MOMENTS AND YOUR VOICE.
DO YOU GRASP THAT?
>> OCCASIONALLY YOU KNOW THAT
ONE OF THE RANTS HAS REALLY
RESONATED.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALL
GOING TO RESONATE LIKE THAT.
BUT OCCASIONALLY THEY DO
RESONATE.
AND THE ANTI-BULLYING RANT, IT
TRAVELLED ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
SOMEONE SENT ME AN ARTICLE AND
THEY SAID THIS MAN IN CANADA HAS
THIS TO SAY, WHY HE'S WALKING
AROUND IN THAT ALLEY, WE HAVE NO
IDEA.
AND THEY ARE LIKE, WHAT IS HE
DOING?
[laughter]
AND OCCASIONALLY I GOT TO RANT
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T IN
THE MEDIA AT ALL, I JUST THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
THREE YEARS AGO THE HARPER
GOVERNMENT WENT TO COURT IN A
FIGHT WITH CANADIAN VETERANS...
MY FRIEND PAUL FRANKLIN HAS NO
LEGS BECAUSE HE LOST HIS LEGS IN
AFGHANISTAN AND HE WAS
CONSTANTLY HAVING TO PROVE TO
VETERANS AFFAIRS THAT HE STILL
HAD NO LEGS.
>> Rosemary: AND OTHER PEOPLE
TOO.
>> YEAH, AND I KNEW THIS ABOUT
HIM BECAUSE HE'D TELL ME ABOUT
IT.
AND THEN I WOULD SAY, CAN I DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?
AND HE WOULD SAY, NO, BECAUSE
SOLDIERS DON'T COMPLAIN.
YOU'RE GOING TO JUST SUCK IT UP?
YEP, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
AND EVENTUALLY HE SAID THAT YOU
CAN, THE FOURTH TIME THAT HE HAD
TO PROVE THAT HIS LEGS HADN'T
GROWN BACK.
SO
THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU BUMP INTO
AN M.P. AND THEY TELL YOU HOW
MUCH THIS GOVERNMENT HAS DONE
FOR VETERANS, TELL THEM TO PROVE
IT.
SO I GOT TO RANT ABOUT THAT AND
THEN IT BECAME --
>> Rosemary: A POLICY ISSUE.
>> IT BECAME A PUBLIC POLICY
ISSUE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE MINISTER
STOOD UP
AND SAID WE'LL FIX THIS.
SO NOW HE ONLY HAS TO PROVE THAT
HIS LEGS HAVEN'T GROWN BACK
EVERY TWO YEARS.
>> Rosemary: OH, LOVELY.
>> IT USED TO BE EVERY YEAR.
[laughter]
SO THAT'S PROGRESS.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S CHANGE.
[laughter]
>> CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN.
>> Rosemary: BUT YOU DO --
WE'RE LAUGHING ABOUT IT BUT
THOSE WERE POWERFUL MOMENTS FOR
THE COUNTRY.
I REALLY DO THINK THAT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SO
MANY RANTS AND I LIKE TO THINK
THAT SOME OF THEM RESONATED AND
YEAH, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT
THAT.
>> Rosemary: ARE YOU SAD AT
ALL?
>> I'M SAD, SURE.
I'M ALSO EXCITED.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD NEVER COMPLAIN
ABOUT THE SHOW BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, I'D SAY LOOK AT THIS, IF
YOU WANT A CAREER IN SHOW
BUSINESS OR COMEDY THIS IS WHAT
YOU WANT YOUR ENTIRE LIFE WHEN
YOU'RE A KID.
YOU WANT A STUDIO LIKE THIS WITH
YOUR SET AND THE CAMERAS AND
THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN
15 YEARS IS TREMENDOUS.
AND I WOULD NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT
IT.
BUT IT IS ALL-ENCOMPASSING AND
IT TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT DOING
OTHER THINGS AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY ARE YET BUT I'M
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>> Rosemary: I'M EXCITED FOR
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: AND I KNOW THAT
YOU WON'T GO AWAY.
>> WHERE AM I GOING?
I'M NOT RETIRING!
PEOPLE KEEP SAYING HAPPY
RETIREMENT AND I'M LIKE I NEVER
SAID THAT I WAS RETIRING.
>> Rosemary: CONGRATULATIONS.
>> CHEERS, THANK YOU.
>> Ian: THOSE TWO HAVE PRETTY
GOOD CHEMISTRY.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," A CANADA DAY HONOUR
FOR A TORONTO POLICE OFFICER
HAILED A HERO.
>>> BUT, FIRST, WE WANT TO TELL
YOU ABOUT A SPECIAL PROJECT FOR
CANADA DAY ONLINE.
MEET CANADA'S 10 TO WATCH, 10
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING IT
UPON THEMSELVES TO CHANGE THEIR
COMMUNITIES, THEIR COUNTRY, AND
THEIR WORLD.
>> I WANT EVERYONE TO ACHIEVE
THEIR GOALS AND DREAMS AND TO
ALWAYS LOVE THEMSELVES.
>> MY WORK IS ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT
BEGIN TO IMAGINE A WORLD IN
WHICH INDIGENOUS FLOURISHING IS
POSSIBLE.
>> THIS IS ABOUT MY GENERATION
STEPPING UP AND SAYING IT'S TIME
TO DO SOMETHING.
>> I'M GRATEFUL THAT I HAD A
CHANCE TO GROW UP IN SUCH A
PLACE THAT PROVIDED ME WITH SUCH
OPPORTUNITIES.
>> YOU CAN DO ANYTHING, EVEN IF
YOU'RE YOUNG.
>> Ian: JUST A TASTE OF THE
RESOLVE AND THE COMMITMENT OF
SOME OF THESE REMARKABLE YOUNG
PEOPLE.
YOU CAN FIND THEIR STORIES
ONLINE ON OUR FACEBOOK AND
TWITTER PAGES @CBCTHENATIONAL.
(*)
(*)
>> Rosemary: THE ROYAL
CANADIAN AIR FORCE IS NOT JUST
STANDING ON GUARD FOR THEE THIS
CANADA DAY, SOME IN THE RCAF ARE
STANDING ON GUARD WITH THE
QUEEN.
THE CBC'S THOMAS DAIGLE TAKES US
INSIDE AS
MEMBERS GET READY FOR THEIR
ROYAL DUTIES.
(*)
>> Reporter: IT'S THE BIG TEST
BEFORE THE EVEN BIGGER SHOW.
IN THE MIDDLE OF LONDON THEY'VE
COME TO DEMONSTRATE THEY CAN
MARCH AND DRILL WITH POMP AND
PAGEANTRY JUST AS WELL AS ANYONE
FROM ANYWHERE.
>> THIS IS WAY UP ON THE TOP OF
THE BUCKET LIST.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN NEVER DO
AGAIN.3
>> THIS IS WAY UP ON THE TOP OF
THE BUCKET LIST.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN NEVER DO
AGAIN.
>> Reporter: THE ROYAL
CANADIAN AIR FORCE, IN ITS
94-YEAR HISTORY NEVER BEFORE
HAVE MEMBERS GUARDED THE QUEEN
>> Reporter: THE ROYAL
CANADIAN AIR FORCE, IN ITS
94-YEAR HISTORY NEVER BEFORE
HAVE MEMBERS GUARDED THE QUEEN
HERE AT HER HOME.
>> THIS IS LIVING UP TO THE
STANDARD THAT THE BRITISH HAVE
SET FOR US, JUST ENSURING THAT
WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THAT WAS
DEFINITELY GOING THROUGH MY
MIND.
>> Reporter: EVERY MOVE, EVERY
DETAIL HERE IS SCRUTINIZED BY
THE BRIGADE MAJOR OF BRITAIN'S
HOUSEHOLD DIVISION.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE MOVES
UNDER EXAMINATION, IT'S THE
UNIFORM TOO.
IN THE SUIT AND TIE THAT'S A
MASTER TAILOR LOOKING EVERY BIT
THE ROLE INSPECTING EACH CREASE.
EVERY TRADITION IS REHEARSED AND
REVIEWED HERE LIKE THE CEREMONY
OF THE KEYS, PERFORMED NIGHTLY
AT THE TOWER OF LONDON SINCE THE
14th CENTURY.
>> WHO GOES THERE?
>> THE KEYS.
>> WHO IS THE KEYS?
>> QUEEN ELIZABETH'S KEYS.
>> Reporter: WHEN ALL IS SAID
AND DONE IT'S TIME FOR THE GROUP
PHOTO.
THE CANADIANS SO CONFIDENT ON
THEIR PERFORMANCE THAT THEY
INVITE THEIR BRITISH TRAINER TO
POSE WITH THEM.
>> YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE HOW IT WAS ON THE
DRILL SQUAD BACK IN WINNIPEG.
I WAS QUITE PLEASED WITH THAT.
>> Reporter: YES, THEY PASSED
THE INSPECT JOB, BUT ANOTHER DAY
BRINGS ANOTHER CHALLENGE.
(*)
THEY'VE COME BACK CARRYING THE
TOOLS THEY'LL NEED FOR THE SHOW
ITSELF.
THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, NOT TO
MENTION GUARD DUTIES AT OTHER
REGAL ADDRESSES LIKE THE TOWER
OF LONDON.
WARRANT OFFICER JASON PATTERSON
DID TWO TOURS OF DUTY IN
AFGHANISTAN BUT NOTHING QUITE
LIKE THIS.
>> I DID GET A CHANCE TO GO
DOWN THROUGH THE CROWN JEWELS
AND LOOK AT THEM.
I'M LIKE, WOW, I UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR.
SO IT'S A REAL HONOUR AND I JUST
HOPE THAT I DON'T MESS IT UP.
>> Reporter: THE CONTINGENT
FORMED 120 MEMBERS FROM RIGHT
ACROSS CANADA.
SOME VOLUNTEERED AND OTHERS WERE
HANDPICKED.
AS FOR THE AIR FORCE BAND,
THEY'VE COME FROM WINNIPEG WITH
A LONG LIST OF SONGS TO PUT
THEIR OWN TOUCH ON A VERY
BRITISH TRADITION.
(*)
>> WE DO HAVE A VERY
IDENTIFIABLE AND VERY CLEARLY
CANADIAN SOUND.
I WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR THE
DIFFERENCE AND SAY, YOU KNOW
THEY DO IT RIGHT IN CANADA.
(*)
>> Reporter: FINALLY IT'S TIME
FOR THE CROWDS TO HEAR THAT
SOUND.
(*)
THE AIR FORCE MEMBERS MARCHING
TO THE BEAT JUST AS THEY'D
REHEARSED, NOT LETTING THE
LEGION OF TOURISTS DISTRACT THEM
NOW.
THE SPECTACLE, THE MUSIC, ALL
WITHIN AN EARSHOT OF ELIZABETH
HERSELF.
YES, SHE'S HERE, JUDGING BY THE
ROYAL STANDARD FLYING ABOVE.
A SLOW MARCH IN THE FORECOURT OF
BUCKINGHAM PALACE SIGNALS THE
NEW
GUARD'S ARRIVAL.
THEY DISPLAY THEIR WEAPONS AS A
SIGN OF RESPECT FOR THEIR
COUNTERPARTS.
MAJOR GAGNE MEETS THE CAPTAIN OF
THE OLD GUARD.
HE HANDS HER THE KEYS TO THE
PALACE.
IT'S SYMBOLIC, REALLY, THERE ARE
NO KEYS AND THIS PLACE HASN'T
BEEN LOCKED THAT WAY IN YEARS.
WITH JUST A BIT MORE PAGEANTRY
LEFT, THE QUEEN'S FOOT GUARDS IN
THEIR
UNMISTAKABLE UNIFORMS GIVE WAY
TO THOSE BLUES FROM CANADA.
A MOMENT NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
>> I'M MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE
REALIZES AS WELL THAT WE ARE
MAKING HISTORY AND THAT WILL
MAKE THEM EVEN PROUDER OF BEING
HERE.
>> Reporter: AS THE BIG SHOW
WINDS DOWN THEY WILL
KEEP WATCH, NOT JUST SPECTACLE,
IT'S GUARD DUTY, A JOB OUT OF
THEIR REACH UNTIL NOW.
THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> Ian: WELL, TODAY WAS THE
SO-CALLED CANADA DAY CLASSIC
BASEBALL GAME IN TORONTO.
FOR THE JAYS NOT SO CLASSIC,
THEY LOST 9-1.
BUT THE CEREMONIAL OPENING PITCH
WAS PRETTY SPECIAL.
IT FEATURED KEN LAM, THE TORONTO
POLICE OFFICER WHO ARRESTED THE
MAN CHARGED IN THE DEADLY VAN
ATTACK IN APRIL.
AND THAT IS OUR "MOMENT OF THE
DAY."
>> CONSTABLE LAM WAS THE OFFICER
WHO ON THAT DAY IN APRIL WITH
THE HELP OF COLLEAGUES WAS THE
OFFICER THAT APPREHENDED AND
ARRESTED THE SUSPECT DURING THE
ATTACK.
[Applause]
>> Ian: SO LISTEN TO THAT
APPLAUSE.
CONSTABLE LAM WAS HAILED A HERO
WHEN HE ARRESTED THE VAN ATTACK
SUSPECT, NOT SHOOTING,
HOLSTERING HIS GUN AND
PEACEFULLY ARRESTING THE DRIVER.
LAM WAS HONOURED TODAY ALONGSIDE
LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROULEAU.
THEY CAUGHT THAT FIRST PITCH.
>> IT'S YOUR PITCH.
[Cheers and Applause]
>> Rosemary: SO THAT'S PRETTY
COOL BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE
HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN MUCH OF
CONSTABLE LAM AND WE CERTAINLY
HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM SINCE ALL
OF THIS UNFOLDED.
AND I GUESS, WELL, ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT HE SAID HE WON'T
TALK TO THE MEDIA IS BECAUSE
HE'S A WITNESS IN THIS TRIAL
THAT IS STILL YET TO GET
UNDERWAY.
BUT IT'S PRETTY NEAT TO SEE HIM
BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT HIM SO
MUCH THAT DAY.
>> Ian: YEAH, YOU AND I WERE
LIVE ON CBC NEWS NETWORK AND I
REMEMBER WHEN WE SAW THAT VIDEO
OF THE ARREST WE COULD TELL
RIGHT AWAY HOW REMARKABLY CALM
HE WAS UNDER PRESSURE AND SO
NICE TO SEE THE JOY FROM HIM.
YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE THIS FROM
POLICE OFFICERS.
THE JOY FROM HIM AT THE GAME.
>> Rosemary: YEAH, HE GOT A
LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT
DE-ESCALATION, RIGHT, TAKING
ALEK MINASSIAN DOWN, I THINK
THAT IT WAS 37 SECONDS, BUT HE
WAS
VERY, VERY HUMBLE EVERYONE SAID
AFTER IT HAPPENED.
>> Ian: AND HE DIDN'T SHOOT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES US A
CHANCE TO MAYBE GET SOME ANSWERS
AS TO WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL," FOR
SUNDAY, JULY 1st.
HAPPY CANADA DAY.
>> Rosemary: GOODNIGHT.
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