>> Adrienne: ON THIS MONDAY
NIGHT --
>> THE SIX BOYS ARRESTED TODAY
HAVE EACH BEEN CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT, GANG SEXUAL ASSAULT,
AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WITH A
WEAPON.
>> Adrienne: CRIMINAL CHARGES
AND A DEEPENING CRISIS AT A
PRIVATE BOYS SCHOOL IN TORONTO.
WHY DIDN'T MORE PEOPLE COME
FORWARD AFTER SEEING A VIDEO OF
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THIS IS OUR BIGGEST WEEK, BUT
WE HAVE OUR BIGGEST DAYS OF THE
YEAR DURING THIS PERIOD.
>> Ian: CRUNCH TIME IN THE
CANADA POST DISPUTE WITH
UNDELIVERED PACKAGES PILING UP.
WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR
RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS?
>> Adrienne: AND A SHORTAGE OF A
COMMON ANTIDEPRESSANT HAS
DOCTORS AND PATIENTS TAKING
DRASTIC MEASURES.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
*
AT ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE SCHOOL,
FIRST IT WAS RUMOURS AND A VIDEO
SWIRLING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND
THEN CAME THE EXPULSIONS.
NOW IT'S CRIMINAL CHARGES.
THE DISTURBING ALLEGATIONS OF
STUDENT ASSAULT AT THE TORONTO
PRIVATE SCHOOL HAVE LED TO
CHARGES FOR SIX BOYS.
TONIGHT, "THE NATIONAL" SPEAKS
WITH STUDENTS, AN EXPERT, AND A
SURVIVOR OF A SIMILAR ASSAULT
ABOUT HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN, HOW
WIDESPREAD IT COULD BE.
BUT WE START WITH THE POLICE
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.
>> MORE THAN 50 WITNESSES HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND MORE
INFORMATION COMES TO US DAILY.
>> Adrienne: THE LURID LITANY OF
CHARGES AGAINST THE SIX BOYS
TODAY WERE TIED TO JUST ONE
INCIDENT.
POLICE SAID TODAY THEY ARE
INVESTIGATING THREE OTHERS AND
THERE COULD BE MORE.
>> I CAN'T GET INTO WHAT'S
LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT, BUT
I DO BELIEVE THERE'S MORE VIDEOS
AND/OR MORE INCIDENTS.
>> Adrienne: THE INSPECTOR LEFT
OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES FOR THOSE
STILL POSSESSING OR DISTRIBUTING
THE VIDEO THAT LED TO ALL THIS,
AND THEY LEFT OPEN THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THE SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATION COULD FACE
CONSEQUENCES FOR HOW IT HANDLED
THE SITUATION.
SO WE ARE WELL PAST THE MOMENT
OF SHOCKED IN ACTION, OF
CAUTIOUS ATTEMPTS TO GET A
HANDLE ON WHAT HAPPENED ONE
TIME.
WE ARE AT A DIFFERENT POINT NOW,
WHERE THE STORY SPIRALS.
OLIVIA STEFANOVICH TELLS US IT'S
NOT CLEAR WHERE ALL THIS STOPS.
>> Reporter: LITTLE CONSOLATION
CAN BE FOUND OUTSIDE THE
PRESTIGIOUS ALL-BOYS PRIVATE
SCHOOL, WHERE GOODNESS,
DISCIPLINE, AND KNOWLEDGE ARE
WRITTEN ON THE WALLS, BUT THE
OPPOSITE APPEARS TO HAVE
HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM.
>> THESE INCIDENTS ARE CLEARLY
INDICATIVE WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: SIX STUDENTS
BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 15
ARE FACING CHARGES OF ASSAULT,
GANG SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND ASSAULT
WITH A WEAPON STEMMING FROM A
VIDEO THAT THE PRINCIPAL
RECEIVED LAST MONDAY EVENING AND
DIDN'T REPORT TO POLICE UNTIL
WEDNESDAY.
>> I KNOW I'M BEING CRITICIZED
FOR THAT, BUT I'VE SPOKEN WITH
THE VICTIM'S PARENTS.
THEY ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE
TIMELINE.
>> Reporter: BUT ALL THE
NEGATIVE ATTENTION HAS LED TO
THREATS AGAINST THE SCHOOL AND A
HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE.
FOUR INCIDENTS ARE BEING
INVESTIGATED, INCLUDING THE
ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT IN A
LOCKER ROOM.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT.
I THINK MAYBE IT'S ONLY MADE IT
WORSE.
>> WHY IS THAT, SIR?
>> Reporter: HE WANTS TO ADDRESS
THE SEVERITY OF THE CRIMES, AT
LEAST WITH THE MEDIA.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT
TODAY'S CHARGES?
DO YOU FEEL SAFE SENDING YOUR
SON TO THIS SCHOOL?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: WHY'S THAT?
>> BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD SCHOOL.
A FEW KIDS DON'T DO ANYTHING.
>> I THINK SOME PEOPLE CAN
RELATE TO THIS.
>> Reporter: THE REACTION FROM
PARENTS DISMAYS THIS FORMER
STUDENT.
>> I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY
RIDICULOUS HOW THEY ARE MORE
FOCUSED ON SAVING THE NAME OF
ST. MIKE'S OVER EVEN ADDRESSING,
LIKE, WHAT THIS KID MUST HAVE
WENT THROUGH.
I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY
UNBELIEVABLE, AND IT HONESTLY
SICKENS ME.
>> Reporter: WE'VE AGREED TO
PROTECT HIS IDENTITY, BECAUSE HE
FEARS BACKLASH FOR SPEAKING OUT.
HE SAYS HE LEFT THE SCHOOL ONE
YEAR BEFORE GRADUATION OVER A
CULTURE THAT HE SAYS REVERED
PRIVILEGE AND CONDONED BULLYING.
>> I DON'T THINK ENOUGH REALLY
WAS DONE BY THE TEACHERS AT THE
SCHOOL.
>> Reporter: YOU WANTED OUT?
>> I DID, YEAH.
>> Reporter: TORONTO POLICE SAY
THEY ALREADY HAVE MORE VIDEOS,
HINTING THERE MAY BE MORE
VICTIMS.
OLIVIA STEFANOVICH, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: WHEN I SPOKE WITH
ST. MIKE'S PRINCIPAL YESTERDAY,
HE SUGGESTED THE SCHOOL WOULD
HAVE AN APP SO STUDENTS COULD
DIGITALLY REPORT INCIDENTS.
TODAY HE SAID THEY ARE STILL
EXPLORING THAT OPTION, WHILE THE
SCHOOL RESPONDS IN OTHER WAYS.
>>> IT'S INSTALLED AN ANONYMOUS
VOICE MAIL TIP LINE, IT'S HIRING
A SOCIAL WORKER, AND IT HAS
BEGUN SELECTING INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATORS FOR SO-CALLED
DEEP-DIVE REVIEW OF THE SCHOOL'S
CULTURE GOING BACK YEARS.
>> THE GOAL IS TO MAKE THE
INVISIBLE, VISIBLE AND TAKE
ACTION.
>> Adrienne: AMONG SOME
STUDENTS, HOWEVER, THIS WAS FAR
FROM INVISIBLE, IT WAS
WITNESSED, CAPTURED ON CAMERA,
AND CONTINUES TO BE SHARED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS EXPLORES HOW
KIDS CAN SEE A CRIME, HEAR ABOUT
A CRIME, AND YET SAY NOTHING.
>> Reporter: IT WAS ODD TO SEE
AROUND THE LANDSCAPE OF ST.
MICHAEL'S COLLEGE TODAY, AS THE
APPEARANCE OF NORMAL IS
MAINTAINED, EVEN AS THE
SICKENING STORY BREAKS OPEN AND
SPARKS MORE OUTRAGE.
THESE STUDENTS GO TO A NEARBY
SCHOOL, TOO YOUNG TO SHOW THEIR
FACES, BUT WITH A LOT TO SAY.
>> I FEEL BAD FOR THAT KID,
LIKE, HE DIDN'T DESERVE THAT.
>> TERRIBLE.
CRUEL.
>> WHAT OUR TEACHER SAID, THOSE
KIDS, THEIR FUTURE, THEY RUINED
THEIR CAREER, THEIR FUTURE.
>> Reporter: THE CHARGES AGAINST
THE STUDENTS ARE HORRIFIC.
SO, TOO, THE FACT THERE WERE AT
LEAST 50 WITNESSES TO FOUR
ALLEGED ASSAULTS, AND MORE
WATCHING AS POLICE SAY VIDEOS OF
THE ATTACKS CONTINUE TO
CIRCULATE.
>> THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
ARE FAR REACHING AND DETRIMENTAL
TO THE RECOVERY OF THE VICTIM.
I CANNOT STRESS TO YOU THE
IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THESE
VIDEOS ARE IMMEDIATELY DELETED
FROM ALL PHONES OR DEVICES IN
YOUR POSSESSION.
>> Reporter: AND AS THE
PERPETRATORS APPEARED IN COURT,
THE CASE RAISES DISTURBING
QUESTIONS, TOO, OF THE VIRTUAL
BYSTANDERS AND THE ONES WHO WERE
THERE.
WHY DIDN'T THEY STOP THEM?
THE ANSWER MAY LIE, EXPERTS SAY,
IN HOW PERVASIVE HAZING IS, HOW
NORMALIZED IT'S BECOME.
A RECENT SURVEY FOUND NEARLY 60%
OF CANADIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
ENDURED HAZING AT LEAST ONCE.
>> WE LOOK AT IT WITH SHOCK AND
AWE, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT
HORRIFIES US, BUT FOR THESE
ATHLETES AND STUDENTS, IT'S BEEN
A PART OF THEIR CULTURE AND PART
OF THEIR TRADITION FOR SO LONG
THAT THEY DON'T SEE IT AS
PROBLEMATIC.
THEY DON'T SEE IT AS ABUSE.
>> Reporter: SHARING ABUSE
REPEATEDLY ONLINE ALSO LESSENS
THE SHOCK VALUE, BUT ONE AUTHOR
SAYS IT MAY MARK AN ERA OF
RECKONING.
>> THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS IT
ACTUALLY BECOMES EVIDENCE, SO I
THINK THERE WERE GENERATIONS OF
KIDS WHO WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED
THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE, WHO HAD
NO PROOF.
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: BACK OUTSIDE THE
SCHOOL, THAT SAME GROUP OF KIDS
SAY THEY HOPE THEY WOULD HAVE
DONE MORE.
>> YEAH, AND IF I WAS THERE, I'D
BE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
IT'S WRONG.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK YOU'D
BE TOO SCARED TO?
>> I WOULD JUST TELL, LIKE, THE
TEACHER.
IF THEY WERE OLDER, I WOULDN'T
INTERVENE, BECAUSE, LIKE, THEY
WOULD PROBABLY DO IT TO ME, TOO.
I WOULD PROBABLY JUST TELL THE
TEACHER.
>> AND ALSO BE IN MORE TROUBLE.
>> Reporter: THEIR LOGIC, SO
SIMPLE AND BRAVE.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: THE ALLEGED ATTACK
SOUNDS EERILY SIMILAR TO WHAT
HAPPENED TO D'ARCY McKEOWN YEARS
AGO.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM OCCURRED
WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT AT McGILL
UNIVERSITY WHEN HE WAS SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED BY HIS TEAMMATES.
I SAT DOWN WITH HIM EARLIER TO
TALK ABOUT HOW HE FELT WHEN HE
FIRST HEARD THE NEWS ABOUT ST.
MIKE'S.
>> SO, HEARING THAT HAPPENED
THERE, A FLOOD OF EMOTIONS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, DISAPPOINTMENT
THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AT A PLACE
THAT I FELT WAS SO SAFE.
IT WAS FRUSTRATION THAT THESE
THINGS ARE STILL GOING ON.
>> Adrienne: WE ALSO TALKED
ABOUT WHY HE THINKS THIS IS
STILL HAPPENING AND WHAT HE
WANTS THE STUDENTS AT ST. MIKE'S
TO KNOW.
THAT'S COMING UP A LITTLE LATER
ON "THE NATIONAL."
>> Ian: NOW TO THE LATEST IN THE
ONGOING CANADA POST STRIKE THAT
COULD BE AFFECTING A LOT OF
CANADIANS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
THE UNION REJECTING THE LATEST
OFFER FROM CANADA POST.
THE COMPANY ASKED THE UNION TO
PUSH PAUSE ON ROTATING STRIKES
DURING THE BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON,
HOPING MORE THAN A MILLION
PACKAGES STUCK IN HUNDREDS OF
TRUCKS COULD GET BACK ON THE
ROAD FOR DELIVERY.
THE EMPLOYMENT MINISTER WAS
ASKED ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS JUST
AHEAD OF QUESTION PERIOD.
>> IT CERTAINLY DOES FEEL LIKE
PARENTING SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE
WORKING WITH TWO PARTIES WHO
REFUSE TO SIT DOWN AND GET A
DEAL, BUT ULTIMATELY, AT THE END
OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE
STRONG COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS,
WHEN EMPLOYERS AND UNIONS WORK
TOGETHER TO GET A DEAL THAT
WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
THAT'S WHEN THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE
LONGLASTING AND RESPECTED IN THE
WORKPLACE.
>> Ian: WITH NEITHER SIDE MOVING
AND THE BACKLOG OF PACKAGES, THE
PRESSURE IS ON SHOPPERS AND
SHIPPERS TO FIND ANOTHER WAY.
DIANNE BUCKNER HAS THAT STORY.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE LOOKING AT
THE BIGGEST BACKLOG OF
DELIVERIES CANADA POST HAS EVER
SEEN.
OVER 400 TRACTOR TRAILER LOADS
AT THIS TORONTO PROCESSING
PLANT, HUNDREDS MORE IN
VANCOUVER AND MONTREAL.
EVERY TRUCK IS LOADED WITH ABOUT
2,500 PARCELS.
>> WE ARE HITTING A TIME WHERE
IF WE DON'T CLEAR THE BACKLOG
SOON, THOSE BLACK FRIDAY, CYBER
MONDAY VOLUMES HIT, AND THAT
KICKS OFF A PERIOD OF SEVERAL
WEEKS WHERE WE SEE DOUBLE THE
VOLUMES WE NORMALLY DO.
>> Reporter: THE COMPANY ASKED
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO STOP
SENDING MAIL AND PARCELS TO
CANADA.
THE TIMING OF THE LABOUR DISPUTE
COULDN'T BE WORSE.
>> THIS IS OUR BIGGEST WEEK, SO
WE HAVE OUR BIGGEST DAYS OF THE
YEAR DURING THIS PERIOD, AND
LIKE EVERY OTHER E-COMMERCE
PLAYER IN THAT, THIS IS A --
THIS IS THE SUPER BOWL OF
E-COMMERCE HAPPENING THIS WEEK.
>> Reporter: ANDREA STAIRS HEADS
UP eBAY CANADA.
SHE SAYS 80% TO 90% OF THE
SELLERS ON THE E-COMMERCE
WEBSITE USE CANADA POST TO SHIP
PRODUCT.
>> THE BIG GUYS CAN FIGURE OUT
ALTERNATIVE SHIPPING
ARRANGEMENTS AND THEY CAN AFFORD
THEM.
THE LITTLE GUYS ARE THE ONES
THAT HAVE A REAL DIFFICULTY WITH
THAT.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE
ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO SHIP.
THIS COMPANY WORKS WITH COURIERS
OTHER THAN THE POST OFFICE.
>> RIGHT NOW WE'RE SLAMMED.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING VIRTUALLY
HUNDREDS OF SIGN-UPS, YOU KNOW,
EACH AND EVERY WEEK SINCE WORD
OF IT.
>> Reporter: BUT EVERY COURIER
AND DELIVERY SERVICE IN CANADA
PUT TOGETHER COULDN'T HANDLE THE
LOAD CANADA POST DOES.
>> WE DELIVER TWO OUT OF EVERY
THREE PARCELS THAT CANADIANS
ORDER ONLINE.
WE SERVE 200,000 SMALL
BUSINESSES, 11,000 MEDIUM TO
LARGE RETAILERS AND CANADIANS IN
BETWEEN THAT.
>> Reporter: WITH NO RESOLUTION
IN SITE, ONLINE RETAILERS ARE
WARNING CUSTOMERS OF DELAYS, AND
ONLINE SHOPPERS MAY ACTUALLY BE
CONSIDERING A TRIP TO THE MALL.
DIANNE BUCKNER, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: TO ONTARIO NOW, WHERE
PREMIER DOUG FORD IS GETTING AN
EARFUL ABOUT BUDGET CUTS
AFFECTI
AFFECTING FRENCH SPEAKERS.
QUEBEC'S PREMIER WANTS THOSE
DECISIONS REVERSED AND SO DO
MANY OF ONTARIO'S 620,000
FRANCOPHONES.
AS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FRENCH
SPEAKERS OUTSIDE OF QUEBEC, THIS
IS SIGNIFICANT FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
PREMIER DOUG FORD MAY HAVE
UNDERESTIMATED HOW ANGRY THEY
ARE AND HOW MUCH SUPPORT THEY
HAVE.
AS KATHERINE CULLEN TELLS US,
FORD HAS MORE THAN JUST A
PROVINCIAL ISSUE.
>> IT'S WILLIAM.
I'M SORRY TO MISS YOUR CALL.
>> Reporter: THAT IS DOUG FORD
ON THE LINE, KNOWN FOR CALLING
CONCERNED CONSTITUENTS BACK.
FRIDAY HE TOOK A CALL FROM THIS
20-YEAR-OLD FRANCO ONTARIAN.
>> YOU DIDN'T CONSUL AT A TIME
ANY OF OUR FRANCOPHONE
ORGANIZATIONS.
HOW COME?
>> I CAN'T BE MORE CLEAR, WE
DON'T HAVE MONEY.
>> Reporter: TODAY, WILLIAM
BURTON SAYS HE'S GLAD FORD SPOKE
TO HIM, BUT HE DOESN'T FEEL THE
PREMIER WAS REALLY LISTENING.
>> IT'S A RIGHT TO BE FRENCH IN
CANADA, WE'RE ONE OF THE TWO
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, SO WE'RE
MISSING A LOT OF INFORMATION,
CRUCIAL INFORMATION.
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST AN
ONTARIO ISSUE.
TODAY'S QUEBEC'S ISSUE RAISED IT
WITH FORD, SEEMINGLY TO NO
AVAIL.
>> I DON'T THINK IT SENDS A GOOD
MESSAGE TO FRANCOPHONE, BUT IT'S
NOT MY DECISION.
IT'S HIS DECISION.
>> Reporter: THING IS, THERE ARE
A LOT OF FRANCOPHONES IN CANADA.
IN QUEBEC, YES, BUT ALSO IN
ONTARIO AND SIGNIFICANT
POPULATIONS IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND
MANITOBA.
SO FOR A FORD ALLY HOPING TO WIN
MORE SEATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
THIS HAS BECOME A BIT TOUCHY.
ANDREW SCHEER SAID YESTERDAY HE
DID RAISE THE SUBJECT WITH FORD,
BUT -- DID YOU ASK HIM TO
REVERSE THE DECISION?
>> I DID.
IT'S UP TO MR. FORD TO MANAGE
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL
LIBERALS, THOUGH, WANT TO MAKE
THIS SCHEER'S ISSUE TO MANAGE,
SAYING THE CONSERVATIVE LEADER,
RATHER THAN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, IS THE ONE WHO MUST
STOP FORD.
>> YOU NEED TO HAVE THE
POLITICAL COURAGE TO DO THAT.
IF HE DOESN'T, HE'S AFFECTING
THE RIGHTS OF FRANCOPHONES ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: FORD IS PUSHING
BACK AGAINST THE POLITICAL
PRESSURE, POINTING OUT, FOR
EXAMPLE, FRANCOPHONE UNIVERSITY
HADN'T OPENED YET.
>> AGAIN, WASN'T CUT, NEVER HAD
IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, SO IT WAS
A PROMISE.
>> Reporter: FORD HAS SAID THIS
IS ABOUT SAVING MONEY, NOT ABOUT
FRENCH OR, HE SAYS, ABOUT
ENGLISH OR SPANISH OR ANY OTHER
LANGUAGE, BUT THE POLITICS
AROUND THE FRENCH LANGUAGE ARE
DISTINCT.
EVEN IF FORD HIMSELF SEEMS
IMMUNE, THE POLITICAL PRESSURE
IS GROWING.
KATHERINE CULLEN, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Adrienne: TURNING NOW TO AN
ACUTE SHORTAGE IN MEDICINE
CABINETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
RELY ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE
DISCOVERING THEIR PHARMACY HAS
RUN OUT.
IN FACT, TONIGHT, THERE ARE MORE
THAN 1,600 DRUGS THAT CANNOT BE
FILLED.
MANY FOR CRITICAL AND CHRONIC
CONDITIONS.
AND THAT SHORTAGE LIST JUST
KEEPS GETTING LONGER.
OUR HEALTH REPORTER CHRISTINE
BIRAK HAS MORE ON THE DEFICITS
THAT ARE PUTTING PATIENTS AND
CARE AT RISK.
>> WELL, AS OF RIGHT NOW I
REALLY ONLY HAVE FOUR TABLETS OF
THE BRAND NAME WELLBUTRIN
LEFTOVER.
>> Reporter: ANDY HAS A HANDFUL
OF GENERICS.
THAT'S IT FOR A DRUG USED TO
TREAT DEPRESSION CALLED
BUPROPION.
>> WE CALL NEIGHBOURING
PHARMACIES TO SEE IF THEY HAVE
ANY SUPPLY.
>> Reporter: THIS PSYCHIATRIST
IS NOW SEEING ANXIOUS PATIENTS,
WORRIED THEIR MEDICATION WILL
RUN OUT.
>> IT'S A BIG DEAL.
IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL.
SO WHEN THERE'S A SHORTAGE LIKE
THIS, SOME PATIENTS MIGHT
SCRAMBLE AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO
FIND ANOTHER ANTIDEPRESS SENT
THAT'S EFFECTIVE, BUT THEY MAY
NOT.
>> Reporter: DRUG SHORTAGES
CANADA.CA HOUSES A MASTER LIST
OF OVER 1,000 MEDICATIONS IN
SHORT SUPPLY.
IT REVEALS THERE ARE JUST TWO
COMPANIES MANUFACTURING
BUPROPION IN CANADA.
WHY THE SHORTAGE?
MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS NOTES A
DELAY IN SHIPPING.
VALIANT, NOW CALLED BOSCH
HEALTH, DOESN'T OFFER ANY
EXPLANATION.
>> I HAD THAT THOUGHT IN MY
MIND, AHA, IT'S EVIL PHARMA, BUT
REALLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
FIRST OF ALL, IN CANADA, DRUG
COMPANIES CANNOT ARBITRARILY
RAISE PRICES, EVEN WHEN THERE IS
A SHORTAGE.
>> Reporter: INSTEAD, SHORTAGES
AND PRICE SPIKES MAY HAVE MORE
TO DO WITH A LACK OF INTEREST IN
OLDER DRUGS BY COMPANIES AND
DOCTORS.
>> DOCTORS LEARN THERE IS A NEW
DRUG, SO THEY STOP USING THE OLD
DRUG, EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE
THOUSANDS USING THE OLD DRUG,
THE OLD DRUG IS NO LONGER
PROFITABLE, SO COMPANIES STOP
MAKING IT.
>> Reporter: TO TAKE BACK SOME
CONTROL OF THE GENERIC DRUG
SUPPLY, A NOT FOR PROFIT GENERIC
DRUG COMPANY WAS LAUNCHED.
THE FIRST DRUG IS EXPECTED TO BE
READY NEXT YEAR.
>> IT HOPS AROUND FROM ONE TO
THE OTHER.
>> Reporter: THE BUPROPION
SHORTAGE MIGHT SOON BE RESOLVED,
BUT THERE'S A GROWING LIST OF
DRUGS LEAVING EMPTY SPACES ON
PHARMACY SHELVES, CHRISTINE
BIRAK, CBC NEWS, AURORA,
ONTARIO.
>> Ian: HERE'S SOME OF THE OTHER
STORIES WE'RE WATCHING ON "THE
NATIONAL" TONIGHT.
AN ONTARIO MAN WHO CLAIMED HE
WAS ASLEEP WHEN HE SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED A WOMAN BACK IN 2011
HAS BEEN FOUND CRIMINALLY
RESPONSIBLE.
>> SHOCKED, BECAUSE IT'S FINALLY
OVER, BUT RELIEVED OVER ALL
JUST, YOU KNOW, FINALLY SOME
JUSTICE.
>> Ian: THE WOMAN WAS RAPED
SEVEN YEARS AGO WHILE SHE WAS
SLEEPING.
HER ATTACKER, RYAN HARTMAN, WAS
CONVICTED OF THE ASSAULT, BUT
APPEALED THAT DECISION TWICE.
THE SECOND TIME HE ADMITTED TO
THE CRIME, BUT CLAIMED HE HAD
SEXSOMNIA AND DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS
RAPING HER.
WELL, TODAY THE JUDGE SAID
HARTMAN FAILED TO PROVE HE
SUFFERS FROM THE SLEEP DISORDER
AND SAYS IT'S MORE LIKELY HE
BLACKED OUT FROM ALCOHOL.
>>> YOU MAY BE SURPRISED IT
HADN'T HAPPENED ALREADY, BUT
TODAY'S B.C.'s GOVERNMENT
INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO
LEGALIZE RIDE-HAILING.
HOWEVER, IT WILL PROBABLY BE
NEXT FALL BEFORE YOU CAN GRAB AN
UBER OR LYFT IN VANCOUVER.
A CROWN CORPORATION CONTROLS
VEHICLE INSURANCE IN THIS
PROVINCE, AND IT'S STILL WORKING
ON ITS PLAN.
STILL, PEOPLE WE HEARD FROM
TODAY SAY THEY ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO SOME COMPETITION FOR
TAXES.
>> I'VE GOT A DISABILITY, I
CAN'T DRIVE, I NEVER WILL BE
ABLE TO DRIVE, SO IT'S SOMETHING
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO.
>> Ian: RIGHT NOW, VANCOUVER IS
THE LARGEST CITY IN NORTH
AMERICA WITHOUT COMPANIES LIKE
UBER.
>>> AND CALGARY'S OLYMPIC BID IS
OFFICIALLY DEAD AFTER A
UNANIMOUS VOTE BY CITY COUNCIL.
IT WILL ALSO REVEAL DETAILS OF
THE ENTIRE PROCESS, INCLUDING
HOW MUCH IT SPENT.
THIS DECISION FOLLOWS LAST
WEEK'S PLEBISCITE, WHEN 56% OF
C
CALGARY RESIDENTS DIDN'T WANT TO
BID.
>> Adrienne: VIOLA DESMOND ON
THE $10 BILL.
WE'RE THERE AS HER SISTER
CELEBRATES.
>> Ian: AND A CBC NEWS
INVESTIGATION, THEY WERE
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY THEIR
TEACHERS.
NOW DECADES LATER THEY WANT TO
KNOW WHY THEIR SCHOOL BOARD
FAILED TO PROTECT THEM.
>> Adrienne: FIRST, THOUGH,
WE'LL RETURN TO THE ST.
MICHAEL'S INVESTIGATION.
MY IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH
D'ARCY McKEOWN, WHO BECAME A
VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
HIS MESSAGE TO POTENTIAL VICTIMS
NOW, NEXT.
>> YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
THERE ARE WAY MORE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS THAN
ANYONE CARES TO
.
>>> WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE
THERE MAY BE MORE VIDEOS AND
MORE INCIDENTS.
>> Adrienne: AN ALL-BOYS PRIVATE
SCHOOL IN TORONTO CONTINUES TO
SPIRAL IN SCANDAL.
AS WE HEARD EARLIER, SIX TEENS
HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION
WITH AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT
AT ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THREE
OTHER INCIDENTS, SOME OF THEM
SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEY
WARN THERE COULD BE MORE
CHARGES.
AND AS SHOCKING AS ALL OF THIS
IS, IT'S ALSO VAGUELY FAMILIAR.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE
CANADIAN SCHOOL HAS BEEN
CONFRONTED WITH SIMILAR
ALLEGATIONS.
>> THERE WAS INAPPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOUR AT AN INITIATION
ACTIVITY THAT WAS HELD BY ONE OF
OUR SPORTS TEAMS.
>> Adrienne: THAT WAS 2005.
AND THEN AN 18-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN
FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED AT McGILL UNIVERSITY
IN MONTREAL.
IT WAS DURING A HAZING RITUAL
PERPETRATED BY A GROUP OF
VETERAN PLAYERS.
AND WHILE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES
WERE EVER FILED, SEVERAL
STUDENTS WERE SUSPENDED, AND THE
UNIVERSITY CANCELLED THE REST OF
ITS FOOTBALL SEASON.
D'ARCY McKEOWN WAS THE
18-YEAR-OLD VICTIM OF THAT 2005
INCIDENT, AND AS AN ALUMNUS OF
ST. MICHAEL'S, AS WELL, HE
BRINGS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO
THIS CURRENT SCANDAL, SO WE
SPOKE EARLIER TODAY.
IF YOU CAN TAKE US BACK TO
McGILL, WHEN YOU JOINED McGILL
AND WHEN YOU DECIDED TO JOIN THE
FOOTBALL TEAM, WHAT SORT OF
DISCUSSIONS WERE HAPPENING
AROUND INITIATION RITES OR
HAZING OR ANY OF THAT?
>> THERE WAS THIS RUMOUR GOING
AROUND THAT AT THE END OF
TRAINING CAMP THERE WOULD BE A
PROCTOLOGY EXAM FOR EVERY ROOKIE
THAT MADE THE CUT, AND, YOU
KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF LORED OVER
US THE ENTIRE TIME.
WHAT REALLY SHOCKED ME WAS THAT
IT WAS MENTIONED IN FRONT OF
COACHING STAFF AND SUPPORT
STAFF, TRAINERS, THINGS LIKE
THAT, WHICH KIND OF RE-ENFORCED
WHAT I HAD SUSPECTED AT THE
TIME, WHICH IS THAT IT WAS ALL
KIND OF MENTAL WARFARE, TRYING
TO MESS WITH YOUR HEAD A LITTLE
BIT BEFORE TRAINING CAMP
CONCLUDED.
>> Adrienne: YOU NEVER THOUGHT
THEY'D ACTUALLY GO THROUGH WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT WAS JUST
A THREAT?
>> I THOUGHT IF THEY HAD BEEN
SMART ENOUGH TO GET INTO McGILL
AND ALL THAT, YES, THEY WOULD
HAVE BEEN SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW
SOMETHING LIKE THAT WASN'T
APPROPRIATE.
>> Adrienne: CAN YOU WALK US
THROUGH WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
TO YOU?
>> YEAH, SO IT STARTED AFTER A
MANDATORY TEAM DINNER, IN ONE OF
THE DINING HALLS, AND AT THAT
POINT THEY HAD ALL THE ROOKIES
TAKE OFF THEIR SHIRTS, HOLD
HANDS, AND SKIP DOWN TO THE
ATHLETIC CENTRE WHILE CALLING US
HOMOPHOBIC SLURS.
THEY THEN LED US INTO THESE
BASICALLY SQUASH COURTS, WHICH
ARE HOLDING PENS, AND TOLD US TO
HOLD THE PEN TO THE WALL WITH
OUR NOSE, AND EVERY TIME SOMEONE
DROPPED IT, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER
INCH WITH DR. BRUNO.
>> Adrienne: SO YOU CAN'T REALLY
SEE MUCH IF YOU HAVE YOUR NOSE
AGAINST THE WALL, BUT WHAT IS
YOUR SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE
WERE THERE?
>> I WAS BASICALLY IN A HOLDING
PEN WITH THE OTHER ROOKIES, AND
ONE BY ONE WE WERE TAKEN OUT TO
THE SQUASH COURT NEXT DOOR WHERE
WE ALMOST HAD A SPOTLIGHT ON US,
SO COULDN'T REALLY SEE MUCH
BEYOND THAT, AND WE SAW THERE
WERE A COUPLE TEAM CAPTAINS AND
VETERANS ON THE FLOOR, AND THERE
WERE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM
UP IN THE STANDS.
IF I HAD TO ESTIMATE, SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 30 AND 60.
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD
AT THAT TIME, EVEN BEFORE I WAS
LED INTO THE ROOM, WAS THAT THIS
IS ALL A JOKE, YOU KNOW, A THING
TO MESS WITH US MORE THAN A
REALITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WASN'T UNTIL I
GOT IN THERE AND THEY TOLD ME TO
STRIP DOWN AND SHOVE A DOG CHEW
TOY IN MY MOUTH AND BEND OVER
THAT, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF CAME
TO A REALITY.
>> Adrienne: AND YOU STOPPED
THEM?
>> I LEFT RIGHT AFTER, AND LATER
I FOUND OUT THAT BECAUSE OF MY
LEAVING, THEY ENDED UP SHUTTING
DOWN THE INITIATION THAT NIGHT
AND TAKING EVERYONE OUT
SOMEWHERE.
SO I DIDN'T STOP ALL OF IT, BUT
THERE WERE LIMITED PEOPLE WHO
EXPERIENCED WHAT I EXPERIENCED
BECAUSE OF MY LEAVING.
>> Adrienne: HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE
TO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND WHAT
THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THAT
WOULD MAKE YOU BE THE PERSON TO
TRY TO STOP THIS WHEN SO MANY
OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T, THOSE 30 OR
60 PEOPLE WATCHING DIDN'T PUT
THE BRAKES ON THIS EITHER?
>> A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM, I DON'T DOUBT, ESPECIALLY
THE ATHLETES WHO WERE A YEAR
AHEAD OF ME, HAD PROBABLY BEEN
THROUGH THE SAME THING.
I KNOW I HAD ONE OTHER TEAMMATE
TELL ME, YEAH, IT'S REAL, IT
HAPPENS, IT'S AWFUL.
YOU DEAL WITH IT AND MOVE ON.
AND THROUGH TALKING TO SOME
OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE
THROUGH DIFFERENT HAZINGS SINCE
McGILL, WHAT I'VE COME TO
REALIZE IS EVERYONE HANDLES
THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
AND IT'S YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE
HOW YOU BOUNCE THROUGH THIS.
>> Adrienne: WALK ME THROUGH
WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN YOU
FIRST HEARD ABOUT ST. MIKE'S.
>> HEARING ABOUT ST. MIKE'S WAS
TOUGH FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, DURING MY TIME THERE,
I NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING
LIKE WHAT'S GONE ON THE PAST FEW
DAYS, NOR HAD I HEARD ABOUT
OTHER PEOPLE GOING THROUGH IT
WHILE I WAS THERE.
SO HEARING THAT HAPPENED THERE
IS A FLOOD OF EMOTIONS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, DISAPPOINTMENT
THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AT A PLACE
THAT I FELT WAS SO SAFE, IT WAS
FRUSTRATION THAT THESE THINGS
ARE STILL GOING ON, YOU KNOW, I
CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE THINK
THIS IS TEAM BUILDING, BUT IT'S
NOT.
AND IT REALLY JUST CREATES A
CULTURE OF BULLYING AND, YOU
KNOW, JUST KEEPS THE UGLY
TRADITION GOING.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT KEEPS CRIMES
UNDER THE GUISE OF THE TERM
"HAZING," WHEN IT SHOULD BE
CALLED OUT FOR WHAT THEY ARE,
ASSAULT.
>> Adrienne: YOU KNOW, THE
POLICE TODAY MADE REFERENCE TO
THIS BEGINNING AS HAZING AND
THEN MOVING INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU ARE WATCHING THAT NEWS
CONFERENCE.
WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN
YOU HEARD THAT WORD REPEATED
MORE THAN ONCE?
>> I THINK IT SHOWS THE ISSUE
WITH PEOPLE USING THAT TERM,
WHICH IS THAT IT'S ALMOST
CHOCKED UP TO BOYS WILL BE BOYS,
OR IT'S JUST KIDS MESSING ABOUT,
WHEN NOT REALLY EXPRESSING THE
SEVERITY OF THESE ACTIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS EVEN
MORE DANGEROUS, TOO, IS THAT,
YOU KNOW, MORE SO THAN WHAT I
WENT THROUGH AT McGILL, THERE
ARE NOW VIDEOS OF THESE THINGS
CIRCULATING ON THE INTERNET,
WHICH DIDN'T HAPPEN IN MY CASE.
THOSE THINGS CAN POP UP FOREVER,
ESSENTIALLY.
>> Adrienne: IF YOU HAD A CHANCE
TO TALK TO THE WHOLE GRADE, GET
THEM ALL IN A ROOM, WHAT WOULD
YOU SAY TO THEM, WITNESSES,
PERPETRATORS?
>> ONE THING ABOUT ST. MIKE'S,
THEY HAVE VERY SUPPORTIVE
ALUMNI, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A
VERY CLOSE KNIT GROUP OF PEOPLE,
BUT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE
REALITY OF THIS, AND I THINK YOU
HAVE TO RUN THROUGH, OKAY,
HERE'S HOW THIS IS A CRIME.
HERE'S HOW VIDEOTAPING IS A
CRIME, AND JUST NOT BULLYING,
HAZING, OR INITIATIONS.
>> Adrienne: AND SO MY LAST
QUESTION IS, THERE IS AT LEAST
ONE VICTIM OUT THERE WHO'S
PROBABLY STILL STRUGGLING AND
WILL FOR A LONG TIME.
WHAT -- IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO
TALK TO HIM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
>> YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
THERE ARE WAY MORE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS THAN
ANYONE CARES TO ADMIT.
YOU MAY FEEL ALONE, YOU MAY FEEL
ANGRY, AFRAID.
THAT'S ALL PERFECTLY NORMAL.
IT WILL TAKE TIME, BUT YOU'LL
GET THROUGH THIS, AND THERE ARE
OTHERS OUT THERE WHO KNOW HOW
YOU FEEL, AND IF YOU EVER NEED
TO SPEAK, WE'LL BE THERE FOR
YOU.
>> Adrienne: YOU MEAN THAT?
OKAY, D'ARCY, THANKS SO MUCH,
APPRECIATE THAT.
WE SHOULD MENTION D'ARCY IS THE
SON OF BOB McKEOWN.
>> Ian: IN OTTAWA, FORMERS
STUDENTS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL WANT
TO KNOW WHY THEIR SCHOOL FAILED
TO PROTECT THEM.
THREE TEACHERS ASSOCIATED WITH
BELL HIGH SCHOOL SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED FEMALES AND BOYS.
STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND TEACHERS,
THE DISTURBING DETAILS NOW FROM
THE CBC's JULIE IRETON.
>> I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BEING
HERE IN PROXIMITY TO IT.
IT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING.
>> Reporter: PETER HAMER WAS ONE
OF DOZENS OF STUDENTS SEXUALLY
ABUSED BY TEACHERS AT THIS
OTTAWA SCHOOL.
HE HASN'T BEEN BACK TO BELL HIGH
IN YEARS.
>> I REMEMBER STANDING BACK
HERE, BECAUSE THIS WAS THE
OFFICE, AND HE CALLED ME TO THE
OFFICE.
>> Reporter: IN THE 1980s,
HAMER'S MUSIC TEACHER TOUCHED
HIM, ASKED HIM TO TAKE PICTURES
OF HIM, AND MASTURBATED IN FRONT
OF HIM.
HE ASKED HAMER TO KEEP HIM
SECRET.
>> AFTER HE EXPOSED HIMSELF,
NEXT DAY, DID YOU TELL ANYBODY?
NO, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL
ANYBODY.
OKAY, GOOD.
HE WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE.
>> Reporter: BUT IN 1986, HAMER
DID TELL SOMEONE, THE SCHOOL'S
PRINCIPAL.
THE NEXT TERM CLARKE WAS MOVED
TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.
BUT CBC NEWS HAS UNCOVERED
CLARKE WASN'T THE ONLY PROBLEM
TEACHER THAT WAS MOVED.
DON GREENHAM WAS A BASKETBALL
COACH AT BELL HIGH IN THE MID
1970s AND EARLY '80s.
DURING THAT TIME MADELEINE GLAUS
HEARD GREENHAM WAS MOLESTING
STUDENTS, INCLUDING HER SON.
>> HE USED TO SQUEEZE THEIR
GENITALS.
>> Reporter: GRAUS WENT TO A
PRINCIPAL AND SCHOOL BOARD, BUT
ADMINISTRATORS DID NOTHING.
IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE VICTIM OF
A THIRD TEACHER CAME FORWARD
THAT THE SECRETS STARTED TO COME
OUT.
>> NOW THERE'S A BUNCH OF US,
AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING THAT
THERE'S A BUNCH OF US.
>> Reporter: TWO YEARS AGO,
LAUR
LAUR
LAURIE HOWITT PRESSED CHARGES.
THE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN SHE
WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
>> LOOKING BACK ON IT NOW, I CAN
SEE HOW HE USED GROOMING AND
MANIPULATION AND I CAN SEE THAT
CLEARLY NOW, AND IT MAKES ME
SICK.
>> Reporter: STANUTZ WAS THE
MUSIC TEACHER WHO HAD REPLACED
BOB CLARKE AT THE SCHOOL.
WITHIN WEEKS OF CHARGES LAID
AGAINST STANUTZ, OTHER FORMER
STUDENTS CAME FORWARD TO LAY
CHARGES AGAINST CLARKE AND
GREENHAM.
GREENHAM'S CHARGES INVOLVE 22
FORMER STUDENTS, BUT HE DIED
BEFORE HIS TRIAL.
SO DID STANUTZ.
OF THE THREE, ONLY BOB CLARKE
WAS CONVICTED.
NOW HIS VICTIMS WANT ANSWERS.
>> MARC, HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
COME IN.
>> Reporter: MARC LEACH WAS ALSO
ABUSED BY CLARKE.
IT HAPPENED AFTER PETER HAMER
COMPLAINED, AFTER CLARKE WAS
TRANSFERRED OUT OF BELL AND OVER
TO ANOTHER LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.
>> KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW, I
FEEL LIKE THEY PURPOSELY PUT
STUDENTS IN A VULNERABLE
POSITION BY PUTTING US IN A ROOM
WITH THAT GUY.
TO KNOW THAT A GUY HAS A CERTAIN
TYPE OF BEHAVIOUR LIKE THAT AND
TO PUT HIM IN A ROOM WITH MORE
KIDS IS, LIKE, IT'S
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> Reporter: AND THE GUILT STILL
HAUNTS PETER HAMER.
HE ASKED FOR CLARKE TO LEAVE
BELL, AND CLARKE THEN ENDED UP
GROPING MARC LEACH, AND HIS
REPLACEMENT WENT ON TO SEXUALLY
ASSAULT LAURIE AND ANOTHER
TEENAGED GIRL.
>> SO MY PIECE OF IT DIDN'T
HELP.
IN ANY WAY, AND IT'S TAKEN A LOT
OF THERAPY TO FIGURE OUT IT
WASN'T REALLY MY RESPONSIBILITY,
BUT THAT'S HOW I FELT AT THE
TIME.
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, THE
OTTAWA CARLTON DISTRICT SCHOOL
BOARD SAYS GIVEN THE PASSAGE OF
TIME, IT HAS NO PLANS TO OPEN UP
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THESE
HISTORICAL CASES OF SEXUAL
ABUSE, BUT IT REVIEWED EMPLOYEE
FILES TO SEE IF ANYTHING COULD
BE DONE DIFFERENTLY IN THESE
CASES AND FULLY COOPERATED WITH
POLICE INVESTIGATIONS.
IT SAID ABUSE SHOULD NEVER
HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY NOT TO A
CHILD, AND NOT AT A SCHOOL.
JULIE IRETON, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Ian: VICTIMS OF ALL THREE
TEACHERS HAVE FILED LAWSUITS
AGAINST THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IN A STATEMENT OF DEFENSE, THE
SCHOOL BOARD DENIED TIM STANUTZ
MOLESTED STUDENTS, BUT SAID IF
ABUSE DID HAPPEN, IT WAS DONE
WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND WAS
NOT THEIR FAULTS.
STATEMENTS OF DEFENSE HAVE NOT
YET BEEN FILED IN THE OTHER
LAWSUITS.
>> Adrienne: WE HAVE A LOT MORE
AHEAD TONIGHT ON "THE NATIONAL."
ROSY WILL BE HERE AT THE BREAK
WITH THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S
SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE.
>> Ian: AND THE SISTER OF VIOLA
DESMOND IS HERE, WANDA.
>> YOU KNOW I
>> Ian: WE ARE LIVE HERE ON "THE
NATIONAL."
SAUDI MEDIA IS REPORTING CROWN
PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN WILL
ATTEND THE G20 SUMMIT LATER THIS
MONTH, BRINGING HIM FACE-TO-FACE
WITH LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE
DEATH OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI.
THAT JOURNALIST KILLED INSIDE
THE KINGDOM'S CONSULATE IN
ISTANBUL IN OCTOBER, AND U.S.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS HAVE
CONCLUDED THE ORDER CAME
DIRECTLY FROM M.B.S.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS RESTORED JIM
ACOSTA'S PRESS PASS.
THE CNN CORRESPONDENT WAS FORCED
TO RETURN IT FOLLOWING A
COMBATIVE EXCHANGE WITH THE U.S.
PRESIDENT NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CLAIMED
ACOSTA MAN HANDLED AN INTERN
WHEN SHE TRIED TO TAKE A
MICROPHONE FROM HIM.
CNN DECIDED TO SUE, BUT DROPPED
ITS CASE TODAY AFTER ACOSTA'S
CREDENTIALS WERE RESTORED.
IT DID COME WITH A WARNING,
THOUGH, THE WHITE HOUSE SAID IT
COULD REVOKE THE PASS AGAIN IF
HE DOESN'T FOLLOW NEW PRESS
GUIDELINES.
>>> AND THE 2018 SCOTIABANK
GILLER PRIZE GOES TO --
>> ESI EDUGYAN, "WASHINGTON
BLACK."
>> Ian: THAT IS VICTORIA-BASED
AUTHOR ESI EDUGYAN REACTING TO
HER BIG WIN THIS EVENING FOR HER
LATEST NOVEL "WASHINGTON BLACK."
THE BOOK FOLLOWS THE JOURNEY OF
AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO ESCAPES
SLAVERY AT A BARBADOS SUGAR
PLANTATION.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME EDUGYAN
HAS WON THE $100,000 CASH PRIZE.
SHE PREVIOUSLY WON IN 2011 FOR
HER BOOK "HALF-BLOOD BLUES."
ROSEMARY BARTON WAS AT THE EVENT
IN TORONTO AND SPOKE TO THE
WINNER ABOUT HER SECOND GILLER.
>> Rosemary: CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Rosemary: YOU SEEM SINCERELY
SURPRISED.
>> I WAS SINCERELY SURPRISED.
I REALLY DIDN'T THINK I WAS
GOING TO WIN.
YOU KNOW, I WON IN 2011, AND
THERE'S SO MANY SORT OF BOOKS ON
THE SHORT LIST, I REALLY DIDN'T
EXPECT IT.
>> Rosemary: YOU'RE ONE OF THE
FEW PEOPLE WHO HAS WON TWICE.
WHAT DOES THAT CHANGE IN A
WRITER'S LIFE?
WE DID A STORY ON "THE NATIONAL"
FRIDAY ABOUT HOW WRITERS ARE
REALLY STRUGGLING, AND THIS CAN
MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
>> IT REALLY CAN, IT'S WHAT CAN
FLOAT YOU TO THE NEXT BOOK.
WE HAVE, I THINK LIKE MANY
CANADIANS, A LOT OF HOUSEHOLD
DEBT, AND SO THIS IS REALLY HUGE
FOR US.
I'M JUST SO, SO HONOURED.
>> Rosemary: GIVE CANADIANS WHO
HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK YET,
BECAUSE THIS WILL BE ON PEOPLE'S
CHRISTMAS LIST AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE BOOK
SPEAKS TO.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED
ABOUT WAS THE STRONG SENSE OF
IDENTITY AND HOW YOU SORT OF
BECOME SOMEONE THROUGH LIVING,
BUT ALSO THROUGH DIFFICULT
TIMES.
HOW DOES THE BOOK DO THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT A
CHARACTER WHO IS BORN A SLAVE,
SO HE'S KNOWN NOTHING BUT
HARDSHIP AND SAVAGERY HIS WHOLE
LIFE, AND THEN HE'S PLUCKED OUT
OF THIS SITUATION VERY SUDDENLY
AND SURPRISINGLY, AND TAKEN OUT
INTO THE WORLD, AND HE'S A
CHARACTER THAT'S FULL OF
RESILIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, HE
REALLY IS SEEKING HIS PLACE IN
THE WORLD AND UNDERSTANDING THE
LIMITS OF WHAT THAT CAN LOOK
LIKE, BUT ALSO REALLY STRIVING
TO CHANGE THINGS FOR PEOPLE LIKE
HIMSELF.
AND SO IT'S -- I GUESS IT'S A
TALE ABOUT SORT OF HOW YOU CAN
CONTINUE TO GO ON.
>> Rosemary: SO YOU SAID YOU
WOULD USE THIS, I THINK, FOR
HOU
HOUSEHOLD RENOVATIONS?
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE MOST
GLAMOUROUS THING, BUT THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF DEBT.
WE DID A HOUSE RENO, SO THIS
WILL HELP A LOT.
AND ALSO TO WRITE AND NOT HAVE
TO TAKE OUTSIDE WORK.
IT'S HUGE, HUGE.
>> Adrienne: UP NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," FROM THE PRAIRIES TO
P.E.I.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHY CANADA
COULD BE ON THE BRINK OF A
POTATO SHORTAGE.
>> 8% OF THE CROP LEFT IN THE
FIELD WAS NOT HARVESTED, AND
THERE IS A FAIR CHUNK THAT'S
PROBABLY IN HARD SHAPE.
>> IT'S TOUGH TO BE IN A BOAT
THAT'S GOING DOWN TOGETHER, BUT
WE ARE, WE'RE IN A TOUGH BOAT.
>> Ian: FIRST A LOOK AT A STORY
YOU'LL SEE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT
ON "THE NATIONAL."
SASA PETRICIC TAKES US FOR A
LOOK AT HOW RELIGION IS
CONTROLLED IN THAT COUNTRY.
HERE'S A LOOK AT HIS DISPATCH
FROM BEIJING.
>> Reporter: CHINESE OFFICIALS
ARE WAITING FOR US AT THE
APARTMENT GATE.
NO FOREIGNER, NO CAMERA, HE
SAYS.
CLOSE.
THAT IS UNTIL OUR HOST COMES
OUT.
AFTER ARGUING WITH OFFICIALS, HE
INVITES US UP TO HIS SMALL
THIRD-STORY FLAT.
THE POLITICAL PRESSURE ON US IS
GROWING, HE SAYS.
SEE THE TROUBLE YOU HAD?
OUR PEOPLE GET STOPPED ALL THE
TIME.
>> Adrienne: IT MAY SOON GET
MORE EXPENSIVE TO SUPERSIZE YOUR
FRIES, NOT TO MENTION BUYING
THOSE SPUDS FOR BAKING OR
MASHING.
THE COUNTRY IS FACING A POTATO
SHORTAGE.
THAT IS BECAUSE A HARSH FALL
HARVEST IS CAUSING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF CANADIAN
POTATOES TO ROT IN THE GROUND,
AND AS CAMERON McINTOSH
EXPLAINS, THERE WAS ALREADY A
PROBLEM WITH SUPPLY.
>> Reporter: UNDER THAT SNOW,
CHAD BERRY'S POTATOES ARE FROZEN
AND ROTTING.
>> NOT REAL ENCOURAGING, BUT
HOPE BETTER FOR NEXT YEAR.
>> Reporter: OTHERS ARE SPOILING
IN THE BIN.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE GARBAGE.
>> Reporter: THE COLD, WET FALL
MAKING THIS POTATO HARVEST ONE
OF THE WORST IN MEMORY.
>> 8% OF THE CROP LEFT IN THE
FIELD, WAS NOT HARVESTED, AND
THERE IS A FAIR CHUNK IN THE BIN
THAT IS PROBABLY IN ROUGH SHAPE,
THAT MAYBE MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE
MARKETING THROUGH THE YEAR.
>> Reporter: FOR MANITOBA LOSSES
WILL TOTAL AROUND $15 MILLION,
NOT CATASTROPHIC, BUT
COMPOUNDING WHAT COULD BECOME A
NATIONAL POTATO SHORTAGE.
IN P.E.I., A SIMILAR STORY,
WHERE HOPES FOR A RECOVERY FROM
A ROUGH SEASON LAST YEAR IS IN A
MASH.
>> TOUGH TO BE IN A BOAT GOING
DOWN TOGETHER, BUT WE ARE IN A
TOUGH BOAT.
>> Reporter: P.E.I. AND MANITOBA
ARE CANADA'S TWO LARGEST POTATO
PRODUCERS.
HOME TO TWO OF CANADA'S LARGEST
POTATO PROCESSING PLANTS, ONE
EXPANDING TO BE ONE OF NORTH
AMERICA'S LARGEST.
TO KEEP THEM GOING, POTATOES
WILL LIKELY NEED TO COME IN FROM
THE U.S., ADDING TO ALL THIS,
DROUGHT IN EUROPE.
MORE THAN 25% OF POTATO CROPS
WERE LOST THERE, STRETCHING
GLOBAL SUPPLIES.
AS INVENTORIES DWINDLE, CANADIAN
PRICES COULD RISE.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOSS OF
SEVERAL MILLION HUNDRED WEIGHT
OF POTATOES.
>> Reporter: KEVIN McISAAC IS
WITH THE UNITED POTATO GROWERS
OF CANADA.
>> WE KNOW SUPPLY IS LESS.
WE EXPECT TO SEE PRICES INCREASE
SOMEWHAT.
>> Reporter: FOR NOW, WHAT'S
BEING LEFT BEHIND IS A
WRITE-OFF.
>> WE'RE DONE HERE NOW.
THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE DIGGING
ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: THIS YEAR'S FROZEN
CROP WILL BE NEXT YEAR'S
FERTILIZER.
CAMERON McINTOSH, CBC NEWS,
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE.
>> Ian: NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
VIOLA DESMOND BECOMES THE FIRST
CANADIAN WOMAN TO GRACE A
CANADIAN BILL.
AND HER SISTER COULDN'T BE MORE
EXCITED TO FINALLY HOLD IT IN
HER HAND.
>> IF I COULD DANCE, I WOULD
DANCE.
IF I COULD SING, MY RELATIVES
ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, MY SON,
THEY'D SAY, NO, DON'T DO THAT,
MOM.
WE LOVE YOU, BUT DON'T SING.
>> Ian: IT GETS BETTER.
HER REACTION, OUR MOMENT OF THE
DAY RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.
BUT FIRST -- IN CASE YOU MISSED
IT, THE PEOPLE OF FINLAND ARE
BUSY RAKING THEIR LEAVES.
IT'S APPARENTLY AN ACTIVITY THEY
TAKE PRETTY SERIOUSLY.
>> THEY HAVE TO RAKE.
IT'S MANDATORY IN FINLAND YOU
HAVE TO RAKE TWO HOURS PER DAY.
WE HAVE THE GREATEST RAKES IN
THE WORLD.
>> Ian: SO WHY ALL THE EXTRA
MANUAL LABOUR?
WELL, THEY HAVE DONALD TRUMP TO
THANK FOR THAT AND THE COMMENTS
HE MADE DURING HIS VISIT TO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE
WEEKEND, WHERE HE PRAISED
FINLAND'S EFFORTS TO PREVENT
WILDFIRES.
>> I WAS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF
FINLAND, AND HE SAID WE HAVE A
MUCH DIFFERENT FOREST NATION, HE
CALLED IT A FOREST NATION, AND
THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME RAKING
AND CLEANING AND DOING THINGS.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM.
>> Ian: THAT WAS NEWS TO THE
FINNS, AND THEY'VE SINCE TAKEN
TO SOCIAL MEDIA, RAKES IN HAND,
TO SHARE THEIR SARCASM.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP.
>> Ian: JUST SEARCH FOR
#RAKEAMERICAGREATAGAIN, YOU GET
THE IDEA, AND CANADIANS ARE
GETTING IN ON THE FUN.
AS FOR THE PRESIDENT OF FINLAND,
HE SAYS HE BRIEFLY SPOKE TO
TRUMP ABOUT FOREST MANAGEMENT
LAST WEEK AND DOESN'T KNOW WHERE
TH
>> Ian: NEW $10 BILL WENT INTO
CIRCULATION TODAY.
AND PEOPLE IN HALIFAX LINED UP
TO TRADE OLD BANK NOTES FOR THE
NEW.
THIS FEATURES VIOLA DESMOND, WHO
BECAME A CHAMPION OF CIVIL
RIGHTS AFTER SITTING IN THE
WRONG SECTION OF A MOVIE THEATER
IN NEW GLASGOW IN 1946.
HER SISTER WANDA ROBSON WAS AT
THE UNVEILING CEREMONY AT THE
HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM IN WINNIPEG,
AND SHE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO
SPEND THE NEW BILL ON A BOOK
WRITTEN ABOUT HER SISTER.
SHE SPOKE ABOUT THIS DAY AND
WHAT THE DAY MEANT TO HER, AND
THAT IS OUR MOMENT OF THE DAY.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID?
THIS IS SUCH A MOMENTOUS
OCCASION, AND IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
TO THINK THAT -- WELL, I'LL PUT
MYSELF FIRST, MY SISTER, A
WOMAN, A BLACK WOMAN.
YOU SAW HER ON THE $10 BILL.
THE QUEEN IS IN GOOD COMPANY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Adrienne: THE QUEEN IS IN
GOOD COMPANY, AND I KNOW THIS IS
ALL ABOUT VIOLA DESMOND, BUT
CANADIANS ARE QUICKLY FALLING IN
LOVE WITH THIS ROWDY, RIVETING
WANDA.
SHE IS -- I THINK PEOPLE ARE
REALLY FALLING FOR THIS WOMAN,
AND RIGHTLY SO.
THE WHOLE FAMILY IS REMARKABLE.
>> Ian: I HAVE TO ADMIT, WHEN I
FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE
ANNOUNCEMENT, I DIDN'T PAY A
HUGE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION.
BUT AS I SEE THIS STORY TODAY, I
JUST KEEP THINKING BACK TO WHERE
I GREW UP, WHICH WASN'T VERY FAR
FROM NEW GLASGOW, AND I WAS IN
SCHOOL MAYBE JUST OVER 20 YEARS
AFTER THIS HAPPENED.
I DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT
THIS.
I KNEW MORE ABOUT THE AMERICAN
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THAN
SOMETHING HAPPENING IN OUR
BACKYARD, SO GOOD FOR EVERYBODY
INVOLVED IN THIS FOR NOTING IT.
AN IMPORTANT PART OF CANADIAN
HISTORY.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
NOVEMBER THE 19th.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Adrienne: GOOD NIGHT.
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