[Music] tonight how a company accused of spying for China won the contract to maintain an RCMP Communication System it's almost something that you'd expect to be out of a spy novel but characters and spy novels would never be that incompetent a CBC Radio Canada exclusive the Deep security concerns and how easy it is to find this company's checkered past interest rates up again the seventh consecutive hike mortgage holders are cringing we said okay let's go for the variable one I literally feel like I should punch myself on that decision so is there more pain in store for 2023 an elderly woman dies after wandering out of her care home in the freezing cold because she must have felt so cold and scared and alone what went wrong and the demand for answers this is the national the chief correspondent Adrian Arsenault thank you for being with us Radio Canada has learned that the government while trying to buy equipment that protects Communications from eavesdropping may have left itself open to snooping from China the government signed a contract with ontario-based Sinclair Technologies to supply and maintain Communications equipment for the RCMP the problem Sinclair is owned by a Chinese company that in the U.S is blacklisted by regulators and faces multiple Espionage charges and as Ashley Burke explains the government has only just begun to look into the contract and respond to what could be a major security threat this company on the outskirts of Toronto now under intense scrutiny for its ties to China Sinclair provides emergency and secure communication Services the government awarded Sinclair Technologies a contract last year to help the RCMP make its radio frequency secure and in part prevent eavesdropping but Sinclair's parent company hyterra is partly owned by China's government and hyterra faces Espionage charges in the U.S it's like hiring a thief to guard a jewelry store except it's not jewelry it's Canada's essential Communications infrastructure experts say the risks include spying or even jamming or shutting down the radio system altogether I find it disconcerting the government says it's now reviewing the deal we're going to be following up on this uh finding out first of all what needs to be done to ensure that our Communications technology is secure we're going to take a look at both the process and the contract but we're Vigilant against the threats that are posed by hostile State actors the oppositions demanding the contract is scrapped and any technology already installed ripped out it's almost something that you'd expect to be out of a spy novel but characters and spy novels would never be that incompetent so the Prime Minister has to take the responsibility for his own government rather than trying to blame everyone else all the time this former National Security analyst says the government should have known all it would have taken is a quick search online this looks horrendous it looks terrible it looks as if we don't have our house in order the government admits it didn't take security concerns into consideration when it awarded the half million dollar contract sources tell Radio Canada Sinclair underbid the competition by sixty thousand dollars saving money might cost you something that's a lot more valuable than money in terms of your National Security and your safety so Ashley I take it one of the problems here is this contract is in effect right now yeah Adrian the RCMP confirmed it's already started installing this technology in Ontario and Saskatchewan and Sinclair Technologies has declined to answer radio Canada's questions about whether its equipment contains components made in China or if High Terra can access RCMP radio frequencies all right Ashley Burke and Ottawa thanks Ashley the governor of Maryland has joined a growing list of U.S officials targeting
the video sharing app Tick Tock because of the security risk posed by its links to the Chinese government Larry Hogan issued an emergency directive Banning the app from government devices and networks along with other Chinese and Russian products so that follows similar orders from the governors of South Dakota and South Carolina in recent days as the Raging flu season continues to swamp Canada there's more evidence tonight of just how dangerous it can be especially for kids new numbers from BC show five children have died in November alone the Christine Burak warns flu may be just one of the illnesses to be concerned about despite warnings and even pleas from doctors that is sorry that is like the hardest part of this at the moment a crush of sick kids are lying in hospitals right across Canada it's bad we're hearing reports of children dying at a higher rate than what we are used to seeing in a typical flu season federal health officials haven't released the exact number of flu deaths in children so far usually it's fewer than 10 but a BC Coroner's report shows five flu deaths in kids under 18 in November alone among those who've died six-year-old Danielle Cabana from Richmond BC her young teammates recently paid tribute to her and her love of hockey this is absolutely devastating for everyone in the Health Care system and obviously and most importantly for the families involved the question many are asking why is this happening now I think principally we're seeing more severe cases because of the volume in other words a larger number of flu infections inevitably leads to a higher number of severe infections and the flu can leave kids prone to Serious bacterial infections as well in the UK there are reports of nine children dying with strep a infections the bacteria is commonly found in the throat and on the skin in rare cases strep a can cause other infections including pneumonia there are certain strains that have a propensity to cause more severe disease and I suspect that's also what we're seeing in Kelowna the family of Isla low Seth say their nine-year-old died from an untreated strep a infection it shows in this respiratory system how we have to all of us take care of one another flu and strep deaths in children are still rare but doctors point out this year's flu vaccine is a good match for the virus and they're encouraging parents to take advantage of it Christine Burak CBC News Toronto okay so you've got covid-19 RSV the flu now strep a what should parents do if they think their kids are this sick so here to offer some guidance pediatric infectious diseases specialist Dr Fatima kakar Dr kakar I'm curious why are we talking about strep a now where is this coming from so strap a is something we've known we know how to treat it but what's happening right now is after influenza we can get what we call severe invasive group a strep infection that's when the strep bar the strep bacteria gets into your bloodstream and can cause severe septic shock and move very quickly and unfortunately with the rise in influenza cases we're getting these secondary group a strep infections here in North America there's alerts in France in the UK and it's really right now Associated to the rise in influenza so just listening to you talk and and hearing so many people tell stories about little ones being sick it seems like it can be tough a little bit to tell the difference between a lot of these respiratory infections how do you do that it is and I and just as a general framework they are a little bit different in that RSV and young infants is something that causes trouble breathing that runny congested nose doesn't always cause high fever the flu makes you feel unwell knocked out for a couple of days like you've been run over by a bus and usually has fever for about three to four days group based prep is very special and that it usually happens after one of these viruses and the days following so you might have had a cold for a couple of days and then a few days later you start having high high fevers and sometimes what's really a mark of it is this rash what we used to call scarlet fever in the past or it just looks like a sunburn in the middle of December so if your child is presenting with very high fever and a rash that could be signs of a group a strep infection and that's something that we as doctors are going to be looking out for all right and time to go to the hospital all right Dr Fatima kakar pediatric infectious diseases specialist in Montreal thank you doctor thank you for the seventh time this year the Bank of Canada is again raising its Benchmark interest rate as it tries to drag inflation down so this latest hike of half a percentage Point puts the bank's key lending rate at 4.25 percent it hasn't been that high since 2008 and as Peter Armstrong shows us that's having a very real impact on a lot of worried Canadians tonight it's no secret 2022 was a rough year our costs went up prices are up 11 percent High inflation just being more frugal there are Canadians out there really hurting the economy slowed prices soared and a Relentless series of interest rate hikes squeezed and already indebted Nation my kids don't have any extracurriculars because I can't afford it every single penny is going towards a mortgage Rabia shumail is kicking herself back in the summer of 2020 she listened to Canada's Central Banker say this the message is interest rates are going to be low for an extended period so she and her husband bought a townhouse she got a variable rate mortgage with an interest rate of 1.92 costing about 1700 a month before today's 50 basis point hike that rate had climbed to five and a half percent her monthly payment to walloping twenty seven hundred dollars we said okay let's go for the variable one seems like a better choice and I really literally feel like I should punch myself on that decision like why did I why did I listen to all these people that story is playing out across the economy an economist warned It generally takes up to 18 months for interest rate hikes to work their way into the economy I think we've only seen the tip of the iceberg in terms of the impacts on the economy from higher interest rates so things are going to get worse before they get better this is going to be a rough winter higher borrowing costs just as the economy slows and jobs are likely to be lost but there is one glimmer of hope the bank has sent a clear signal it may be ready to pause these rate hikes early next year if they're not exactly at the Finish Line just yet they're very close to that finish line and and so Peter I don't think there's an easy way to say this but looking ahead to next year it seems like there are a bunch of ways this could get worse there are and there's kind of two key tracks that we're worried about one is you take rabbit the story the variable rate mortgage holder who's feeling pinched in all of this her story is about to Cascade out into the Canadian economy as more fixed rate mortgage holders have to renew at way higher prices you'll have more Canadian families more households even more indebted than they are now and all of that's going to be happening just as private sector forecasters are calling for a recession to crash into the Canadian economy they say it's going to be short they say it's going to be mild but as you well know it does not take much to nudge that into something deeper and longer and way more painful okay I don't think I want you to come back but thank you for being here 25 people have been arrested accused in an alarming plot to overthrow the German government they are alleged to be far-right extremists Chris Brown takes us through the scheme and why it has Germans rethinking their security Germany's far right had been a worry but few expected anything like this early morning raids at 150 locations by thousands of heavily earned police officers all to dismantle an alleged plot to overthrow Germany's government at the center of it a 71 year old descendant of a former German royal family Heinrich Royce who calls himself Prince Heinrich he was apparently to be installed as the new leader German authorities claim everyone arrested was part of the far-right reichsberger movement which gained traction for aggressively protesting covid restrictions and is influenced by Q Anon theories Federal prosecutor Peter Frank said the coup plotters had the goal of eliminating the existing German State using violence and Military means police in Italy arrested a former German army colonel and among the 25 people taken into custody was at least one current member of the military and even a sitting judge it's really the French within the French Professor Kai arsheimer is an expert on Germany's far right this whole idea of restoring the monarchy bringing back greater Germany hearkening back to the Third Reich it all sounds very far-fetched yeah unfortunately it's not um so first and foremost the danger of right-wing terrorism in Germany is generally underestimated and what makes it so scary is that these guys seem to have ties to the armed forces and the police the so-called prince who wanted to be the new Kaiser lived at this stately home in Frankfurt a century ago his ancestors once ruled an area in Germany's East [Music] it's really not comprehensible said a neighbor the government we have is not ideal but it's probably better than what they had planned it's unclear how far Advanced the plot was but this dramatic day has many Germans reevaluating the threat Chris Brown CBC News London the White House hosted Jewish leaders to discuss a troubling reality anti-semitic violence is surging in the U.S as Chris Rea shows us for those facing the growing danger the rise in hate itself is only part of the problem her story contains some disturbing images this video captures the moment a Jewish Father and Son were shot by a BB gun outside a Kosher Supermarket in Staten Island over the weekend police say the two were targeted because they're Jewish a man has been charged with a hate crime this violent incident underscores the alarming increase in anti-semitic hate crimes that we see with from its rhetoric in our country in our city in our state there's an epidemic of hate facing our country today at the White House a similar warning from a new Roundtable convened to address anti-Semitism headed by the vice president's husband a Jewish American and I'm in pain right now who are all in pain right now the most prominent examples in recent weeks of anti-Semitic rhetoric dangerous diatribe from the artist formerly known as Kanye West declaring Jews as enemies even praising Hitler in a series of interviews NBA star Kyrie Irving was suspended in Lost sponsorship after he posted a video that denies the Holocaust and they're particularly impact younger people because of their celebrity in the categories they're in the impact has been alarming according to leaders in the Jewish Community last month synagogues in New Jersey were put on high alert after the FBI issued warnings of a broad threat in New York City reports of anti-Semitic incidents more than doubled in November a 125 percent increase compared to last year according to police at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York this message and it's the bystanders who were the true villains and for us well our lesson is be an upstandard don't just idly hear or watch um hate ful words or actions a call to action from a community that fears the consequences of remaining silent against hate Chris Reyes CBC News New York as the war in Ukraine rages on Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the risk of nuclear war is rising but says Russia won't start it is in a meeting with advisors Putin said Russia's nuclear Arsenal would only ever be used in self-defense he also seemed to nod towards recent setbacks on the battlefield admitting his so-called special military operation could be a lengthy process [Music] and President Vladimir zielinski and the spirit of Ukraine have been named Time magazine's person of the year time cited zielinski's leadership and courage saying the decision was the most clear-cut in memory other finalists included Chinese president Xi Jinping Elon Musk and the protesters in Iran now China is easing its strict covid-19 rules tens of millions of people have been on lock down there over the course of the pandemic but a Sasha petrusic explains loosening restrictions now could come at a major cost to the world beijingers woke up knowing something was afoot fewer test booths daily swabs unnecessary stores and Parks unlocked China slowly Reviving and China's Health commission which spent almost three years telling citizens zero covid saves lives announced it says no to arbitrary restrictions quite a U-turn for leader Xi Jinping who made zero covid not just policy but ideology that is until last month when many Chinese protested pandemic controls seeing the rest of the world mostly moving on now many say they like the new policy but there's also a newfound fear says Canadian Noah Fraser in Beijing for the first time in my experience in China in the last three years we're actually seeing people getting covered I mean that was an unheard of phenomenon before seniors especially aren't properly vaccinated experts say up to 2 million people could die and the virus could mutate again but there's nothing to say that the particular conditions of uncontrolled transmission or poorly controlled Transmission in China would not lead to another variant which then could come back and infect the whole world he recommends a mass vaccination program and fast that's also a challenge in the middle of Beijing an older man and gets ready to Brave winter Waters I'm confused he says with this government flip-flop not sure which side to believe he is sure he doesn't trust vaccines believing instead in brisk daily dips for protection CBC News Toronto investigators are looking into the death of an Alberta senior with dementia who wandered off into the bitter cold somehow she slipped out of her long-term care home undetected and hopelessly underdressed here's Paige Parsons on what happened last week Patricia Collins got a call no one ever wants to receive I thought she was fine I thought she was safe I had every confidence her friend was missing from her long-term care home in Viking Alberta never in a million years did I think I would get a phone call that King got out of the Extended Care in these extreme temperature 83 year old K Greene walked away from the extended care Viking wearing just a light sweater and pants with the wind chill it felt like minus 24 degrees staff found her about an hour later lying on her back in the snow she only had one sock on no shoes she was rushed to the nearby hospital I came in the hospital room and I just seen her right foot sticking up at the edge of the bed and it was completely black green had Alzheimer's she wore a wander management bracelet that was supposed to alarm if she left the building it's still unclear how she got out without anyone knowing this expert says wandering is a common symptom of dementia and can be especially dangerous in extreme temperatures if you see someone who's not dressed for the weather particularly if it's an older person and um you know and you may want to just you know carefully approach them she says you should not offer to drive them home because it can create more stress she suggests following them and calling police if they still seem confused Extended Care Viking did not answer questions about how green was able to leave but issued a statement calling the situation tragic saying they are focused on investigating to better understand what happened Alberta Health Services is also investigating I feel that you know I have to be her voice when she doesn't have the voice to be Collins is now preparing to spend her first Christmas without her dear friend as she waits for answers Paige Parsons CBC News Edmonton a Canadian Soldier says she was assaulted but the military dismissed her case I was raped and confined against my will CBC News gets rare access to a military investigation some say was inadequate and unfair a multi-million dollar deal to compensate First Nations communities is facing a new challenge I'm tired of fighting and she helped Canada win the gold Barry Phillip tonight she makes history we're back in two the federal government says it will spend up to 800 million dollars to fund four big indigenous-led conservation projects across the country each of these projects is different because each of these projects is designed designed by communities for communities and together they cover nearly one million square kilometers of land in BC Northwest Territories Nunavut and Ontario the announcement was made in Montreal where the cop-15 global Summit on biodiversity is underway assembly of First Nations Chiefs are presenting a united front to the federal government tonight over its plans to compensate victims of discrimination within the on reserve child welfare system the afn and Ottawa had negotiated a deal but First Nations leaders were split on their support of it Olivia stefanovic with the push to bring the two sides together today I'm tired of fighting at the Assembly of First Nations special Chiefs meeting a plea for members to put aside their differences and remember the people waiting for life-changing reparations it is not about any organization it's about the kids and their families so let's get this done no fighting no disagreement First Nations leaders were faced with two competing resolutions one to support the 20 billion dollar deal the afn and federal government struck earlier this year another to renegotiate it Chiefs asked Murray Sinclair the former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help find a compromise there's always going to be differences I think the 20 billion dollars is meant to compensate First Nations people discriminated against by Canada's underfunding of the on reserve child welfare system but it doesn't guarantee the same level of compensation to everyone our resolution really calls for them to renegotiate those sections so that there are certain classes of children that don't get less than what they're entitled to we can make sure that in our first Nations canoe of Justice no child has to see their money go away and no child is Left Behind in Justice we are capable of that it's a yes and there are still concerns time is running out to finalize an agreement should the liberal government be toppled it won't be offered at the PC government level the Canadian Human Rights tribunal recently rejected the compensation package a decision both Ottawa and the afn are appealing by late this evening the two sides created and passed one resolution they support the 20 billion dollar deal but also want the federal government to compensate those it leaves out as initially called for by the human rights tribunal now it's up to the federal government to decide if it will comply Olivia stefanovic CBC News Ottawa a Canadian Soldier is looking for justice after her case was dismissed by the military it's beyond incredible that charges were not laid CBC uncovers details of an alleged assault the military refused to prosecute and one company hopes to be at the Forefront of lithium in Canada but environmentalists Wonder at what cost stay with us thank you CBC News has obtained documents that shine a rare light on Canada's military justice system and just how that system could be failing alleged victims of sexual assault Jorge barrera's story has details some of you will find disturbing a soldier's search for justice that's now leading her to civilian Court this encrypted thumb drive rarely seen details of two military police sexual misconduct investigations at what point in her mind does survival kick in I should have thought you can't take back what I didn't do files itemizing flaws inadequacies this is a rare window where you get to see details that are often not released when I look at the the facts it cries out for justice cascading scandals buffeted the Canadian Forces throughout 2021 vice admiral Edmondson denies the allegations to General Vance ever instruct you to lie now Lieutenant General Trevor kadu is being investigated by military police meanwhile this Soldier weights her own quiet War for justice I was raped and confined against my will and that's that's what I'm fighting for we've agreed not to identify this Soldier because her case involves allegations of sexual assault and this story we'll call her Jane after an evening unwinding with a fellow Soldier on Canadian forces-based Borden just north of Toronto Jane alleges things went wrong Jane sent these text messages to her Superior in the chain of command asking for advice on how to report an incident let's have a ceiling coach her Superior contact of military police and she was brought in for an interview I'm second guessing myself you know like is it or isn't it I am afraid of him if this goes the wrong way this video is part of a trove of records from federal court they're part of a case followed by Jane against the government to reopen a review of her case they provide a rare and detailed look at military investigations into two separate sexual misconduct incidents involving the same alleged perpetrator as we dig through the disclosure see that there's a file from another investigation [Music] that investigation begins with records about quash reports from an incident during basic training military school in Saint John Quebec a male grabbed the buttocks of a fellow female recruit in April 2017 but senior staff killed the whole thing had remained buried until months later a letter surfaced about the incident triggering an investigation the perpetrator eventually found guilty by the military of cruel or disgraceful conduct and fine four hundred dollars was then a Canadian forces-based Borden and became friends with Jane his name was Private olexy cillin I felt safe with him I could say and I had things in common with him so I guess that helped the Friendship too one Sunday evening in May 2018 they hung out in the common room had a drink their evening wound down and then after that I said well we better go because he's got to get up tomorrow or whatever and so we left a common room and we started to head upstairs they passed a broom closet on the second floor things happened so quickly I just I couldn't even process it I mean he just grabbed me shoved me in there and it was dark and psychic and all of a sudden like I'm in a dark [ __ ] room with this guy and I don't want [ __ ] to happen so that I think that's when I pretty much gave in yeah I didn't want him to tear my clothes after three hours of questioning are you ready to provide his name yeah and I'll tell you his name is ex-military Ukraine military police then move quickly to arrest private Alexi Stillen he gave his version so we went there I didn't like turn on light and I said let's go look at me and she said no I was like I want to like go sleep and I take your hand and just like maybe that's like force but I like pull her inside the room she starts to kiss and like she should be kind of like a little bit more aggressive he said she didn't say no it wasn't consent but it's it was like I put her in a room like not for like like it wasn't uh like oh let's I'm gonna have sex no the two versions of what happened in the broom closet have never been tested in court the investigators believe cillin provided an admission and sent a letter with a package to the military prosecutor to charge him with sexual assault enforceable confinement during the interview he admitted to forcing the female victim to have sex with him in the closet but the military prosecutor major Larry langwa rejected the charges finding insufficient evidence due to Jane's utterances during her interview which suggests she did subjectively consent military police then closed the case for good at the end of the line within a military justice system obviously emotionally it hits you right to the Core CBC News shared the case records with this expert Simon Frazier University Professor Megan McKenzie she questions the military Prosecutor's legal interpretation of subjective consent it's not in line with uh you know a victim-centric understanding of consent so it's a real misunderstanding because in some ways it puts the blame on her for not clearly articulating herself during a violent assault there's been Injustice related to her case and that the military are not capable of handling her case but Megan McKenzie says the details of Jane's case proves the military needs to open up all its past sexual assault cases to civilian review I think you do have to be willing to go back and fix some of the mistakes or at least address and acknowledge some of the historic cases in order to be able to move forward and what it might look like is thousands of cases coming forward that was kind of you know shocking a little bit this is the voice of Sergeant Michael Becker's the lead investigator in Jane's case during a review of the case Becker said cillin could have been charged in the civilian system not an option in this case because it was Soldier on Soldier and he would have been charged with sexual assault forcible confinement maybe an assault who knows throw the book at him let the crown sort it out later you know CBC News reached out to cillin who is still enlisted and now a Corporal he says he did nothing wrong like I couldn't sleep you know I couldn't because it's it's it's huge it's huge impact on me because it was like lies completely lies but this shame gonna be on my life forever [Music] cylinder has never been charged in relation to any allegation involving Jane it's been a struggle but I'm still here Jane says she's not done the fight she dropped the federal case to take the matter to civilian Criminal Courts using a rarely used tactic a private prosecution that's beyond incredible that charges were not laid and this person was not tried she has a hearing scheduled for January to convince a justice of the peace and Crown to charge cylin with aggravated sexual assault and forcible confinement Gene says the military failed her but she still has faith in the institution my life has been difficult I felt very alone with everything that happened [Music] for me to put on my uniform I take that very seriously but what also hurts me is that I know that some people should not be wearing that uniform so Jorge correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is the military's rules around cases like Jane's have changed yes the Department of National Defense says people alleging sexual misconduct now can choose between a military police investigation or a civilian police investigation it's part of what the military calls victim-centric changes announced late last year to eventually transfer these types of cases into the hands of Civilian authorities but these changes they came too late for Jane she didn't have that option needing some experts to say that previously closed cases of this nature need a chance out at a review under civilian police eyes Adrian all right Jorge thank you after the break Canada races to get in on the growing electric vehicle industry environmentalists are concerned they don't care to save the planet they just care about their cash the debate over lithium batteries take center stage in a Quebec mining town and the toonie gets a new look to honor the queen [Music] the tiny Quebec town of La corn is about to take center stage in the big push for renewable energy it sits on stores of lithium a key component in electric vehicle batteries and soon it will host one of North America's only functioning lithium mines but as Kate McKenna shows us extracting it presents its own challenges for our changing planet for now preparations are underway but this time next year this site could be one of the only productive lithium mines in North America it's not yet operational but I just want to show you those white lines heading vertically down you can see those are actually minerals in the earth so that's what they hope to mine when the site does become operational in March 2023.
sayona Quebec owns the mine CEO Gila liberte says he dreams of shipping Quebec lithium to make electric car batteries worldwide a step towards shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy people want to participate in this new economy we all want to do a difference because we know that the environment is not in a good shape and we need to do our effort the economic benefits are huge according to the mayor of Amos A Town nearby as an opportunity says the mind will create new jobs but there is an inherent contradiction when it comes to lithium mining it is a critical component for green energy but getting it can be environmentally destructive if the history of mining tells us anything about the future of mining is that it's going to be it's going to be conflictive and it's going to have a footprint on the environment right now this is considered to be not a very deep mine it's only about 150 meters deep when they start mining again they're looking at going an additional 200 and 50 meters into the ground when I was there there were some issues beginning to appear Olivier Pitt is a groundwater expert at the local University he's on a mission to protect the Region's water some of the purest in North America he worries that mining could damage waterways and cause them to dry up we can say that being worried about that project is just completely rational it's kind of if you are building a garage on your propriety and and when you're digging for the foundations if you if you have a surface pool nearby and then you damage that and then the pool and tease it's it's kind of the same scenario this mine has a rocky past it changed hands four times in 10 years and has been responsible for several major damaging spills rodrigue terjong has been watching closely he's an advocate with mining watch who lives in Baldor he's taking me to a waste pit generated by an old gold mine they don't care to save the planet they just care about their cash what are we looking at here basically a tailing dams so for mining waste the state of contamination is so intense that the government needs to invest many many millions of dollars to contend the contamination there's some concern among environmental groups as well what do you make of those criticisms we have our staff in the environment on site and we we monitor that very closely with the government so Yona is planning two more Minds one near Lexi Mart that's a concern here in the anishinaabe community of winway berlinda wabagidig is a teacher at the local school it's a small Lake but it also has a lot of value to the people of went away and if we were to have a mind then a lot of people would lose connection to to the land that's a threat to people's healing to people's Lifestyles to people to our culture to our values leave us the province if they can review the environmental plan but so far no response but the premier of Quebec has been talking up lithium for a while he says it's another way Quebec can contribute to a green economy but experts warn policy makers should keep the environmental cost of extraction in mind we have a lot of flakes here back in valdor rodrigue Tejon has lost the fight to stop the lithium mine from reopening but he says he intends to keep watching and showing the world the damage caused by the mines in his backyard so Kate in addition to that Quebec mine it seems that Canada really wants to develop other lithium projects how's that going lawmakers would like to see Canada become a global lithium leader but so far it's been an uphill battle and that's because other countries like Australia are already mining lots of lithium and the other thing is Supply Canada has less than three percent of the world's known lithium deposits meaning there's only so much that can be taken from the ground here and on that particular Point extracting it I suppose is one thing what about refining it Canada is not a leader there either right now the country's capacity to take raw lithium and transform it into the kind of lithium used in batteries is years away so when when the lithium is mined in Canada it will have to be sent overseas to be refined and that means that the entire Endeavor will have a much higher carbon footprint all right Kate McKenna thank you coming up a high honor for a formidable Canadian athlete all she does is score big goals in the biggest Games Captain clutch has done it again on being named Canada's athlete of the year and Paving the way for the Next Generation in Our Moment well look at that you are looking at a new Canadian toony created to Mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II instead of the usual silver ring these obviously have a black one kind of like a morning band nearly five million of the coins will go into circulation this month the queen died in September after reigning for more than 70 years down low shut scores it's pulag and Canada wins gold in overtime what a moment that was just one of three Olympic gold medal game-winning goals reflig pule has scored in her illustrious career something you cannot say about any other hockey player in the world man or woman and so today she became the first female hockey player to receive the Northern Star Award formerly known as the Lou Marsh award as Canada's top athlete for 2022 her historic selection is Our Moment police shoots and scores Marie Phillip [Music] and I got a nice goal telling me about this prize this nice award and kind of got me by surprise greatest of all time greatest of all time and that was one of the first uh female women's hockey that got this price so obviously a pretty special every gold medal I was able to bring back to Canada with the my teammates which they became friends I think it's in our heart to to be that that's for sure we're continuing that to pave the way for the next generation and it is a real honor to be part of that and honestly I'm going to keep going to this whatever hockey he always hockey they score who left has tied in for Canada this is for a little girl little boys playing hockey right now just to keep going just to put your head down and to be passionate about something and the hockey nation goes wild go after it and not let anybody else to tell you can't do it those were such fantastic moments this is a pretty good one too she's got three Olympic Golds one silver only 31 years old so she is not ruling out 2026. that is a national for December the 7th thank you for being with us have a good night [Music]
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