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tonight the grief and searing anger of a texas father whose daughter was killed at school god knows how long my little girl was like that plus confirmation of how long it took police to charge in also tonight after widespread public disgust canada soccer cancels its match against iran canada soccer should have anticipated the blowback that would occur and need a rental car for that vacation you might want to get on it we're expecting a pretty crazy summer and why that is and what choices you may have this is the national [Music] good evening i'm andrew chang adrian is away today was the last day of the school year at rob elementary in uvalde texas children should have been plotting lazy days ahead parents conspiring to keep them busy instead many families are planning funding funerals they and their neighbors still in shock after tuesday's massacre killing 19 young children and two teachers but alongside the grief angry questions about the police response as the gunman entered the school and why it took them so long to end things susan ormiston is in yuvaldi texas again tonight susan we've heard from police today but there are still many unanswered questions clearly the investigation is centered on the shooter why and how but parents are now pressing to understand why he couldn't be stopped 21 lives a memorial changing and growing each day a steady parade of mourners as parents question whether police acted swiftly enough they could have done something quicker i mean this could have been been over in a couple of minutes if not you know not 45 minutes javier casares lost his little girl jacqueline nine years old a real firecracker he says you can be feisty you know and kind of comforts our hearts is to think that she'd be the one one of the ones that was brave and try to help you know as much as she could he's tormented believing officers should have moved in faster to stop the shooter god knows how long my little girl or the rest on tuesday he was in the crowd of anguished parents outside begging police to push into the school and pleading to get closer themselves this is one of those things the father's father-in-law father's anger you know you want to get in there as far as everything goes i mean i i honestly think that it could have been so a lot more could have been prevented they were prepared they were taking gunfire today texas rangers tried to clear up the timeline admitting from when the shooter crashed his truck to when he entered the school he met no resistance from armed police a full 12 minutes he walked in unrestricted initially so from the grandmother's house to the bar did to the school into the school he was not confronted by anybody two officers followed him in four minutes later but they took fire backed off and called for help approximately an hour later u.s border patrol tactical teams arrive they make entry shoot and kill the suspect an hour by that time students and teachers were dead should they have advanced sooner that's a tough question i don't have enough information to answer that question just yet casares is determined to get some answers i promised my little girl on my side of the hospital and i promised her you know her her death was not going to be you know in vain i'm going to do whatever i can the uvalde shooting is resonating throughout texas maria martinez and her daughter drove from houston this hits home i lost my son due to gun violence and i'm upset i'm upset that this is happening these kids had a whole life ahead of them and i'm really really upset that this kid got a hold of some guns it's it's out of control we watch this and think it just keeps happening do you think this will make any difference i mean i hope so but i doubt it it is a sad commentary so susan this has already devastated families and tonight we're hearing about another tragedy so difficult one of the teachers who died irma martinez her husband joe had delivered flowers at her memorial today and when he got home he suffered a massive heart attack and died he was just 50 and they now leave behind four children it's just another piece of the trauma that's gripping ivaldi this week and will take so much time to heal indeed susan normiston in uvalde texas thank you now here in toronto a man was shot dead by police today they had received calls he was carrying a rifle near a school there is no threat to the public as this is believed to be an isolated incident investigators say they found a long barrel firearm at the scene several schools in the area went into lockdown ontario's police watchdog is investigating hockey canada says it has settled a lawsuit involving sexual assault allegations against members of the 2017-2018 national junior team in a statement hockey canada said that as soon as it became aware of this matter in 2018 it contacted local police authorities to inform them the person bringing the allegations forward chose not to speak and also chose not to identify the players involved we have settled this matter and will not be commenting further canada soccer has cancelled a contentious men's national team exhibition match with iran it was to have been part of the team's world cup preparation ashley burke now on what changed and who canada could play instead from the penalty spot a controversial friendly suddenly called off after public anger saying the game had become significantly divisive today canada soccer backtracked from hosting iran's men's national team we are happy that they corrected the bad decision that they made at the center of the calls for action families of victims who died on ukraine airlines flight 752. iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps shot down the plane killing 176 people most on their way to canada experts say that same branch of the military controls all sports clubs in iran it's important for us to cancel any kind of relationship with islamic republic of iran they have no place in this country when the our loved ones are buried in cemeteries [Applause] canada soccer said it had the best of intentions that the match was a good one to prepare team canada for november's world cup iran is 21st in the world soccer rankings canada is 38th iran has always struggled to book friendlies ahead of the world cup and i think canada soccer should have known this and i think canada soccer should have anticipated the blowback that would occur the soccer organization says it's working to refund ticket holders for the almost sold out match and promise to review its protocols as canada searches for a new opponent ukraine already raised its hand it's ranked 24th and says the money would go towards its humanitarian needs for ukrainians affected by russia's invasion we have not yet officially requested canada soccer association but our neighbors they're not far from the embassy i'm happy to walk there and ask them if they they are ready the head of iran's soccer team had said that canada soccer was going to pay its football federation 400 thousand dollars for this match today iran's deputy minister of sport announced he'll be seeking damages 10 million dollars he says for canada soccer breaking its contract ashley burke cbc news ottawa one person is dead and several others were treated in hospital today after an ammonia leak at an ice making facility in kamloops bc the facility is located in an industrial park north of the city people in the area were forced to leave and some roads were closed as well no word on what's caused the leak police are investigating public safety minister tells cbc news that changes are coming to the rcmp that would restrict how officers can restrain suspects this comes two years and a day after the death of george floyd on a minnesota sidewalk david thurton takes us through the new measures not yet announced and what other efforts there are to keep people safe after two years of outrage over the death of george floyd the public safety minister tells cbc news canada is responding a promise to ban rcmp from using certain control techniques tear gas rubber bullets and neck holds we think that with a new and modernized set of policies around use of force by the rcmp that it can serve as a role model for other law enforcement branches across the country this former police officer applauds banning neck holds it is very dangerous people can be injured people can be killed the reason it's a danger officers aren't trained to do this technique properly another former officer worries what alternatives are left if firearms become the only option then then you know it's reasonable to think that things might go very badly at times one anti-police advocate says these and other measures should only be a start progress has been made but there definitely is work to do and it's and it's the the the basically activists have to keep on pushing because one area where some are pushing taibu van one responding to dispatch his non-policing solutions already up and running in toronto an 11 million dollar pilot project where health and crisis response professionals offer support to non-violent events the public calls in with no armed and uniformed officers in sight they offer support in mental health crises if necessary food a bed for the night and follow-up care we know that this kind of service works in other jurisdictions you know if there are other models in the states and in europe that's the groundwork that has been laid as the government says change is coming to the rcmp david thornton cbc news ottawa some families of the victims of the nova scotia mass shooting protested today outside the inquiry into the 2020 massacre been wanting answers we've been wanting truth and we just haven't been getting it they're upset about why some police officers aren't being forced to testify in person today a retired senior mountie said he was involved in the decision to delay a public warning that the gunman was driving a replica police car he testified that doing so would have created havoc and prevented police from finding the vehicle and today a calgary man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for crimes committed during his year-long stint as an isis fighter in syria hussein borhat pleaded guilty to two terrorism-related charges one that involved kidnapping in 2013 borja traveled to syria and operated as a trained sniper after his return cbc news reported on leaked isis documents which helped authorities track him down police in the toronto region are struggling to get a handle on a spike in carjackings on average a couple a week just this year alone stephen d'souza shows us where police think all those cars are heading and their advice for drivers the thieves are brazen sometimes operating in broad daylight and they can be extremely violent the rash of carjackings has some drivers around toronto on edge i'm going to be scared because you never know even you're in the safe environment anything can happen there were six attempted carjackings across greater toronto last night alone the victims were in their own driveways toronto police say there have been 98 carjackings so far this year that's almost as many as took place in all of 2021 police say two attempts last night were successful a toyota corolla and honda civic were taken car security experts say they could have been stolen for use in other crimes typically police say high-end cars are targeted destined for overseas buyers immediately put in shipping containers and they are sent overseas is a very high profitable industry in the underworld with with these types of property crimes toronto police are adding additional resources to crack down but experts warn this can't be a one-time band-aid fix like putting a band-aid on a leaky dam these crimes unfortunately will never go away you can put them in the engine compartment meanwhile businesses selling vehicle tracking systems are getting busier in the last two weeks alone our sales have gone up tremendously he says built-in gps systems can be easily overcome while newer trackers are smaller and harder for thieves to find and disable so we have to evolve to make sure that we can get the cars back for our customers which which we have with cases rampant police offer this advice if somebody is approaching you to take your car and they're pointing a gun at you give them the car a message that in recent weeks has become all too common stephen d'souza cbc news toronto the number of confirmed monkey pox cases in the country is growing with one confirmed case in ontario and another 25 in quebec but as julia wong explains federal public health officials say they have tools to track the virus and protect against it there are now 26 confirmed cases of monkey pox in canada with dozens more suspected anyone could contract it but today federal health officials said there's no need to panic the risk of infection is currently low for the general population the smallpox vaccine can protect against monkey pox and because quebec has all but one of canada's confirmed cases it has received 1 000 doses from a strategic stockpile the province is offering doses to close contacts of confirmed cases the cases would really be careful with their contacts and and the contacts that would have to uh could could have a benefit to be vaccinated if they are taken rapidly after an exposure you might have three four days maybe even longer where a vaccination will actually be quite effective at protecting that individual monkey pox symptoms include fever headache and lesions the world health organization says there are about 200 confirmed cases outside of the countries where it normally spreads the majority of those new infections happen to involve men who have had sex with men monkey pox can spread through sexual contact but also through contaminated objects or close contacts and experts are clear this is not like coven 19.

it's a very different beast it's not not something you know walking down the street it's going to come wafting through the air the federal government is preparing to send more doses of smallpox vaccine across the country we are in active discussion with with the authorities there i think the key point to be made there is that we need to ensure that the vaccine can arrive in sort of a short course should the anita or demand occur in a specific province or territory the public health agency of canada says mass vaccinations are unlikely and while it won't say how many doses it has due to national security concerns it says it's working to make sure there's enough vaccine on hand julia wong cbc news ottawa a fire in the neonatal ward of a hospital in senegal has killed 11 children families gathered at the hospital to see if their child was among the victims the truth for some devastating senegal's health minister told local media that an early investigation suggests the cause was faulty wiring the ukrainian military admits that in the war for the country's east russia now has the advantage margaret evans shows us how tremendous firepower unleashed on the donbass is pushing ukrainian defenders to the brink donbass eastern ukraine nothing even like a slow burn as russia picks up the pace of its offensive these pictures show russian forces using so-called vacuum bombs they land with devastating effect and a huge footprint supply lines and escape routes to the few remaining towns and villages under ukrainian control in the luhansk region have come under heavy fire in recent days now nearly cut off by the russians ukrainian officials say their troops are out gunned and outnumbered the deputy defense minister saying fighting is now at what she calls maximum intensity the enemy attacks our positions at different points simultaneously she's saying we are in for a very difficult and long stage of the struggle and an increasingly costly one ukraine's president vladimir zelinski says they're losing 50 to 100 soldiers every day he balks at any suggestion ukraine agreed to surrender land to end a war it didn't start his foreign minister has carried the same message to the world economic forum in davos there is nothing in between it's either them or us and everyone in the world has to make a choice where do they stand the increased fighting in donbass means yet another wave of ukrainian civilians fleeing most already traumatized by the relentless destruction being wrought all around them and ukrainian officials are now also pointing to a renewed threat from the north saying russia has moved iskander missile systems to positions in western belarus and as russia pushes its advance in the east it's also working hard to establish facts on the ground in territory it's already taken in the south putting plans in place to fast track russian passports for residents of those now occupied areas margaret evans cbc news la vive british prosecutors are bringing four charges of sexual assault against actor kevin spacey the alleged incidents against three younger men took place between 2005 and 2013. the news came as spacey was testifying in a new york courtroom in a civil lawsuit actor anthony rapp alleges spacey assaulted him when rapp was a teenager an acclaimed american actor ray liotta remembered for his charismatic turn in the classic gangster film goodfellas has died best known as a hollywood tough guy ray liotta actually started out in soap operas as blue-collar heartthrob joey perini in another world in the late 70s and that's why i will never hit it off because i'm just a person but what are you doing he later won acclaim as shoeless joe jackson in field of dreams you wouldn't believe how many guys wanted to play here but it was martin scorsese's good fellas that made him a bona fide star as far back as i can remember i always wanted to be a gangster while he and scorsese would never collaborate again leota went on to win further acclaim in gritty dramas like copland and for decades he remained an in-demand character actor most recently in the comedy drama marriage story and the sopranos prequel the many saints of newark i'm listening stay out of his life ray liotta was reportedly filming a new movie in the dominican republic when he died in his sleep he was 67 years old well if you're looking to rent a car this summer you may be out of luck but now it's like your friends coming up rental companies can't keep up with demand but new businesses are popping up to fill the gap it's also important to protect the english-speaking minorities in quebec the prime minister criticizing quebec's latest french language law but can ottawa stop it rosie and the attitude panel are here but first demand for action in nova scotia after thousands of fish died trying to pass a hydro dam it was unbelievable really we're back in two residents along the gatineau river are bracing for flooding hydroquebec is releasing more water from its upstream reservoir which is at capacity due to spring runoff and heavy rains the river's water level is expected to peak saturday the carcass of a mink whale was spotted this morning floating in the saint lawrence river about 45 minutes north of montreal experts say it's likely one of the two whales spotted just weeks ago the animals were hundreds of kilometers upstream of their usual habitat well dead fish too many to count are causing anger and angst in southwestern nova scotia that's because local fishermen know exactly what led to the mass die-off of the river fish known as gasparo and they've been calling for a fix to the problem for years our kayla hounsell shows us exactly what's going on it's not a pretty sight but it is pretty concerning for local fishers troy doucette is taking me to the site of the massive fish kill on the tusket river and you can smell it and you can smell it's obvious ducette estimates there are a hundred thousand fish dead in this pond when i seen the fish i was shocked it was unbelievable really it's just down river from nova scotia power's hydroelectric dam the utility is required to create a way for the fish to get beyond the dam a fish ladder like this one does the trick but the one near the dead gasboro is meant for salmon dussette says the gasboro had to look for another way upstream they got over a bank and into this pond during an unusually high tide when the water receded they were trapped so why do we still have a fish ladder that will only pass salmon have you been given any explanation as to why that is and not one dfo has been aware and have been looking at that for a number of years fisheries and oceans acknowledges the fish ladder is not adequate for all species but doesn't explain why nothing has been done about it the nova scotia power and other proponents are responsible for ensuring fish passage at their facilities we're required to follow the requirements of our regulator and so look to dfo for direction if adjustments are required doucet says the gasboro fishery is small but its value extends to the very lucrative lobster fishery worth hundreds of millions of dollars that's because lobster fishers are turning to gasboro as bait at a time when there are also concerns about mackerel and herring stocks if you get more lobster you get more money being generated in the in the local economy and none of these fish had a chance to spawn i would not dare render a guess on how many juveniles but it's a lot more than a hundred thousand that means the real impact of this loss might not be known for several years kayla hounsell cbc news tusket falls nova scotia okay a little later in the show the flip side of farming sun's out cattle's out it's freedom day for some dairy cows we will tell you what that means exactly but first rosie's here with at issue andrew tonight we're going to talk about the political response to quebec's bill 96 as a federal government we need to be there to protect the fundamental rights of any and all canadians regardless of where they live in the country plus how conservative leadership contenders are positioning themselves on this issue chantal andrew althea and ella mean will join me after the break [Music] i think that the vast majority of quebecers agree with our measures and i think that it's important that mr trudeau recognize that there is some work to do to stop the decline of french in quebec as a quebecer as a prime minister i will always be there to protect the french language it's also important to protect the english-speaking minorities in quebec and that's why as a federal government we need to be there to protect the fundamental rights of any and all canadians regardless of where they live in the country political reaction from ottawa and quebec after the province's national assembly adopted bill 96 earlier this week the new law is meant to protect the french language in quebec but its critics worry about what it will mean for anglophones newcomers and indigenous people in the province it limits the use of english in courts and public services including health care as well as other issues so does the federal government have a role to play here what does the political response tell us about what's to come it's thursday i'm here with that issue chantelle bear andrew coyne althea raj and eliminable mahmud good to see all of you i know you all have a lot to say on this but let's start with um with chantal given she's uh she lives in quebec what what do you make of the federal government's response um to this and i guess how the premier responded to them chantal i'm going to start with the premier's response the argument that the majority is for something is the exact reason why we have a charter of rights and freedoms it's not to protect majorities it's to protect minorities i suspect that when courts started ruling about same-sex marriage a majority of canadians may have had second thoughts so so much for that argument the federal government certainly has a place in the conversation whether you agree with bill 56 or not i think most of us would like to know if it's possible to use the charter preventively to suspend just about any right it strikes the fancy of a provincial government as being or a federal government as being in the way of the way that they see society and third on the argument that justin trudeau needs to recognize that french the french language needs to be protected i don't think that that is really in doubt given the moves that the federal government has taken to treat the french language and its needs in the official languages act as different from uh the straight bilingualism french english and both are equal yep uh althea your thoughts on this there is pressure within the caucus uh with i mean a lot of liberal mps have their seats in montreal with allophone and anglophone communities i think it's also important to note that in this federal context there is also a provincial context that's a bit of a lesson learned here uh dominic on glad who's the leader of the quebec liberal party had tried to court francophone uh voters um by in fact bringing forward amendments to bill 96 that were deemed even more extremist than what the provincial government was trying to do and in so doing a lot of her constituency her base anglophone and allophone uh voter base um have abandoned her and i think that is an important lesson that mps quebec employees who represent anglophone and allophone communities want to make sure that the government doesn't do the other thing that has happened i think has changed the reason why the liberals are taking a stronger stance on this is that there is discussion within the conservative party about taking a stronger stance against bill 21 and certainly justin trudeau does not want to relinquish any you know first mover advantage to the conservatives on this and so i think that's why we are seeing the government take a much tougher stance than a year ago or two years ago on bill 20 i mean if this is a tougher stance that the federal government has to offer then they might as well keep it it is certain it has been sort of continuously frustrating um at this point to watch the prime minister a prime minister who now has a lot more latitude to say more now that he's sort of given the confidence and supply agreement with the ndp um to not use that latitude that he has um i think that is an interesting development but you know i'm reminded of jean-claude speaking in 1993 talking about how we've become much more british colombians and albertans and quebecois and ontarians when we need to become canadians like this is the kind of moment that calls for unifying rhetoric um this is a prime minister who's you know what he's had a pretty good history of being pretty good at rhetoric um so it's very um frustrating to see him at least not take that road um and let alone sort of using any kind of tougher stances that he has at his disposal um and not using those andrew you wrote this week about how bill 96 is about who we are as a country talk a little bit about that for people who may not you know care particularly about this piece of legislation and the issue well i think bill 21 and bill 96 are both challenges to our conception of the country um you know it's always a question about um how fundamental rights are going to be and whether they're going to apply across the country or not and we're not the only country to face that challenge so in the united states when there were fundamental questions of rights at play with regard to discrimination against minority races uh um there was arguments made that look this is a matter for the states this is not a matter for the federal government to get involved in but the opposing school of thought said no this goes to the fundamental question of what the american idea is all about this is about the moral compact between us as of americans and that argument ultimately prevailed uh well we're faced with something very similar here there are it's not so much bill 96 or bill 21 in themselves both of which are objectionable in their different ways in my opinion it's not with santa claus it's the use of the notwithstanding clause to essentially as it's been said create a charter-free zone at least with regard to certain matters in quebec we're prepared to say there isn't we don't have that moral obligation to each other as canadians across the country to look out for each other to protect each other's rights we're just going to basically leave minorities in quebec to fend for themselves so it's the very least they could do to say they would join a court action against one of the bills it was a much less solid suggestion they would do so on bill 96 than bill 21 i think the timing is interesting on the day of the tory uh election or the leadership debate as a quebec election looms as well we should remind people about that too chantal go ahead yes well let's take that focus away from quebec the issue isn't bill 96 or bill 21 it is whether the notwithstanding clause because if you believe it can be used preventively in quebec for those two it can also be used in the same way for a bunch of other rights in any other province one that's right uh the prime minister cannot unilaterally say you can't do this the the question has to be put to the supreme court uh and there is no guarantee that the answer will please people like andrew uh and and others who worry about this clause they the courts may well say this is something for politicians to debate and to take it out of the constitution you need widespread constitutional agreement as for justin trudeau's so-called means to do more there is something called the disallowance power in the constitution there is no consensus that it could be used and all it would lead to frankly from where i sit is a major court battle between the federal government and the quebec government and i am not certain that the federal government would win that one 15 seconds to you althea and ella mean really just 15 though uh disallowance is not going to be used shelter is absolutely right the risk is that the federal government gets an answer he doesn't want actually at the supreme court and it makes the problem worse but also i think the context is important to remember francois the premier of quebec wants a fight on the these issues with ottawa as do the black quebecois and the liberals and other federal parties frankly have been cautious not to you know inflame the situation further by by battling with him um so i think that's an important context to remember that even they may not like it but their actions have consequences in quebec quickly to you but there are i think bigger consequences to our identity as a nation when you don't provide when you don't get into that fight when you don't get into that fight and say you know what these are visa rights that are worth talking about these arrests are worth protecting in this particular instance while we haven't figured out you know what what the courts are going to do i think there's a stronger articulation of where the nation should be i think that would be welcome even if we don't take it to the course just yet it just i'll just identity identity cannot be defined by downtown toronto sorry okay we gotta take a quick break we're gonna pick up our conversation in the next round with a look at how these laws are as we mentioned they're playing out in the conservative leadership race i am against bill 21 i will always be against it we'll talk about some of the exchanges from last night's french language debate [Music] he did not say that he would participate in a challenge to bill 21 before the courts i see that the federal government has announced that it would challenge the legislation i would not overturn the federal government's decision to challenge the bill just one of the more heated exchanges between pierre pualiev and josh during the french language debate all leadership hopefuls were there for the last time on wednesday what were the political takeaways chantal andrew althea and ella mean back for another round andrew i'll start with you you can pick up on bill 21 there because i think that's that's interesting as as poliev sort of clarified or stated a new position althea wrote about that today um but but what did you make of it uh first of all there was only two or at most three candidates who really should have been on on that stage based on the quality of their french or the existence of it uh secondly i thought that mr pogley ever may must be very confident winning on the first ballot because he sure doesn't seem to be going for the second or third choices of the other candidates either that or he just can't help himself in his default mode is to attack every opportunity he was certainly under attack from the other candidates but when you're the front runner usually you try to rise above that freight uh but thirdly yes uh the whole party judging by some of the leadership candidates anyway seems to be moving a little bit on bill 21 the the prevailing message from the leadership under o'toole was well this is just something for quebec we really can't say very much about it uh and now even um even palliative is saying i wouldn't reverse the liberal decision to to to take it to the court to intervene in the courts so um that's progress i guess uh althea it is progress because up until now the the puedev position was that he wasn't going to do anything in fact uh his sole quebec supporter mp supporting him um was boasting that mr puedev was the only candidate who would do nothing um so it is uh you know the liberals gave him a gift i don't think they intended to give him a gift but they gave him a gift uh by giving him an out to massage his position on that um i agree with what andrew said i think the one thing that is really striking from having watched these three debates now between all the leadership camps is no matter what happens on september 10th there is no way um there will not be collateral damage after this leadership race like the progressive conservative wing of the party the brown the charge even the scott hsn's i don't know how they think that they might have a role to play in a party that is led by pierre puelias and the reverse is true it is really going to be a challenge to keep that party together i think that was the thing that was noticeable um in that debate particularly when we saw mr cherry and mr brown kind of come closer together kind of comes closer together in a in a much more meaningful and unified sense and maybe the story for them is um sort of keeping the polyeth brand of conservatism out of power but long-term consequences for this is what kind of party do you end up with and will you be able to keep the factions that you you know um you're not criticizing at this point you're kind of insulting like those those were sort of the tones um of this debate so it's getting more and more fractious and you know the conservative the party did say that they reserved the right to have another debate in august um i'm not sure what kind of shape we'll be in by the time you get there i shall tell you yeah well for uh about a decade the conservative party did really well provincially in a variety of provinces and the federal conservatives feuded with each other under two roofs so the notion that the conservative movement will become trumpian i don't totally buy especially since uh success seems to come to the four types who went the center stroke or the middle of the road route and jason kenny's epic fall from grace but i think parties will have to think long and hard about the way that they elect their leaders and the fact that they are all captive to special interest groups who decide to use them as vehicles through the leadership process uh 20 seconds to you andrew to wrap it up special interest groups and instant members and extremists who are motivated by only one issue uh basically they're each the time they do this they throw their party open for what the uk they call entrism where the party's taken over by people who have really nothing to do with the party and they keep doing it over and over again with with repeated disastrous results okay we'll leave it there thank you all good to see you this week appreciate it and i'll send things back to andrew in toronto thanks very much rosie summer is upon us but some canadians are seeing their travel plans upended i guess we're just gonna have donaires instead of jig's dinner the struggle to rent a car and the new company's offering an alternative solution next welcome back the prime minister visited an emergency reception center today in ottawa for families affected by the weekend's deadly storm yeah so how are you how are you dealing with that justin trudeau also crossed into quebec to visit a grocery store and meet with more families another victim was confirmed dead today as a result of a fallen tree caused by the storm that raises the death toll to 11. thousands of homes still without power in ontario and quebec well with summer approaching and fewer coveted concerns more canadians are trying to get away operative word being trying the issue isn't just those airport backlogs in parts of canada it's about securing a rental car and if you do get one chances are you're paying a lot more allison northcott shows us why this montreal car rental company survived a big drop in demand when the pandemic first hit now they're just trying to keep up in the previous years it was more almost on autopilot you know it's the regular tourist season but now it's like a frenzy that frenzy is happening across the rental car industry with many pandemic restrictions now lifted canadians are eager to travel but the supply of cars to rent doesn't meet the demand and that's pushing prices up too the main contributing factor is is new vehicle production hasn't yet ramped up to pre-pandemic levels it's a problem because rental companies sold off part of their fleets when the pandemic hit as the rental market sank and buying used cars was in demand we would have liked to have brought our fleets right back up to where demand required when when things started to be open in canada last year but the manufacturers have had ongoing challenges with production originally we were trying to book our honeymoon in newfoundland that's where my partner's family is from the shortage has had an impact on some people planning trips to newfoundland and labrador this summer taylor raggers cancelled her honeymoon there because she couldn't find a rental car we're just going to do a road trip to nova scotia it's a little closer there's no 15 hour ferry ride to get to where we need to be um and i guess we're just gonna have donaires instead of jigs dinner we're welcoming everybody newfoundland and labrador premier andrew fury has been promoting what's known as a come home year so people from the province now living elsewhere are competing with other tourists for a limited number of rental cars turo way better than a rental car for the car sharing company touro like airbnb for vehicles the timing couldn't be better to expand in atlantic canada the company was even approached by newfoundland and labrador's tourism industry association as it sought solutions when we saw the uh the severity of the car rental crunch we kind of accelerated these plans and our tour hosts are stepping in to fill the void left by traditional character companies we're expecting a pretty crazy summer and it could last beyond that so rental car operators say if you're planning a trip book your car early allison northcott cbc news montreal well it's celebration day for some pei dairy farmers and their cows this is the most wonderful time of the year there should be a song about it and the celebration has a name it's freedom day we'll tell you all about it in a moment next well this scene uh doesn't seem out of the ordinary right cows grazing outdoors but for a group of pei dairy cows freedom day is the happiest day of the year it's the first day their cows finally get to roam outside after spending a long winter indoors we all know what that feels like right so that first day in the sun is our moment this is the most wonderful time of the year it's a freedom day for me and all the eight hours of of labor it takes to feed and and care for cows every day to they just go outside and fend for themselves and it's great [Music] we're a dairy farm the cows have been inside all winter and um we're open up the door and we're going to let them out onto this beautiful grass i get the freshest salad bar in prince rhode island they did great they were excited a couple of them slipped and fell because they're a little bit too too rambunctious but they got up and out the door and everybody's happy [Music] the winters here are long and cold and icy and the cows for their own safety don't get to go outside because they could slip on the ice and when they finally do get to go outside and there's enough grass to feed them it's uh everybody's excited come here come here it's an enjoyable day it's fun there should be a song about it it should be it reminds me of my kids on the last day of school uh you know i was surprised to find out that apparently for a lot of the cows they can actually be nervous about going outside because it's so different right and and remember they are herd animals so they have more of a prey mindset than a predator mindset but randall the farmer does tell us that in the end it actually doesn't take a whole lot to get a cow excited that's the national for this may 26th have a great night [Music] you

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