() >> Adrienne: – good evening, I’M ADRIENNE ARSENAULT IN LONDON. >>> A CAPITAL LIKE SO MANY IN EUROPE, CONSUMED WITHOUT A RESPONSE TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE. TONIGHT UKRAINE’S EMOTIONAL PLEA TO WASHINGTON FOR MORE HELP. >> BEING THE LEADER OF THE WORLD MEANS TO BE THE LEADER OF THIS. >> Adrienne: WITH MORE DEADLY ATTACKS, RUSSIA TARGETING CIVILIANS, BIDEN TAKES AIM AT PUTIN. >> President Joe Biden: I Meditate THAT HE IS A Fighting CRIMINAL .>> Adrienne: TOUGHER TALK, BUT AMERICAN ACTION IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. >>> AND CANADA’S GOVERNOR-GENERAL WEIGHS IN ON UKRAINE. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE CANADA DO? >> I Ponder THAT WE CAN DO MORE. Perhaps TAKE MORE PEOPLE INTO OUR COUNTRY. >> Adrienne: FROM REFUGEES TO RECONCILIATION AND MEETING THE QUEEN. AN EXCLUSIVE SITDOWN HERE IN LONDON WITH GOVERNOR-GENERAL MARY SIMON. >> Ian: I’M IAN HANOMANSING. Also TONIGHT, A BIG CHANGE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLERS. >> I Conceive THAT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, LET’S DO IT TOMORROW. >> Ian: CBC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SCRAPPING COVID TESTING TO ENTER CANADA.BUT SOME RESTRICTIONS ARE STICKING AROUND. >>> THIS IS “THE NATIONAL.” () () >> Adrienne: THIS IS LONDON, THERE IS REAL URGENCY TO THE UKRAINE RESPONSE HERE. 90,000 PEOPLE WILLING TO HOUSE UKRAINIANS IN THEIR HOMES HERE RIGHT NOW. THE U.K. DETERMINED TO BREAK AWAY FROM RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THE DAILY NEW HORRORS OUT OF UKRAINE CONSUMING ALL CORNERS HERE. THERE ARE SIGNS OF MOVEMENT IN NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, RENEWED TALKS OF PEACE, BUT AFTER THREE WEEKS ALL WE’RE SEEING ON THE GROUND IS THE HEARTLESS DESTRUCTION OF WAR. RUSSIA HAS CAPTURED NONE OF UKRAINE’S LARGEST CITIES. IT’S JUST BLOWING THEM APART, PIECE-BY-PIECE. THIS STRIKE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF KYIV. UKRAINE’S SECOND LARGEST CITY OF KHARKIV IS BEING HIT CONSTANTLY. AND AMONG THE WRECKAGE IS A SCHOOL, NO TARGET SEEMS OFF-LIMIT. THIS IS A SATELLITE PHOTO OF A THEATRE IN MARIUPOL ON MONDAY, USED BY CIVILIANS AS A SHELTER. THE WORD “CHILDREN” WRITTEN HERE IN RUSSIAN, CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM THE AIR. TODAY IT WAS DESTROYED. SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT THEATRE? NOT THE ONLY SICKENING ATTACK. THERE ARE MORE SCENES. AND WE SHOULD Counsel YOU IT’S DIFFICULT TO WATCH.AND AS CHRIS BROWN SHOWS US, THIS ISN’T JUST THREATENING UKRAINE’S PRESENCE, BUT ITS FUTURE TOO. >> Reporter: IN CHUHUIV PEOPLE WERE QUEUING TO BUY BREAD. Reports DIFFER WHETHER THEY WERE HIT BY A RUSSIAN SHELL OR A MACHINE GUN, BUT VIDEO OF THE AFTERMATH SHOWS LIFELESS BODIES ON THE GROUND. FOR THE RUSSIAN FORCES ATTACKING UKRAINE, KILLING LARGE NUMBERS OF CIVILIANS IS HORRIFICALLY NOT UNCOMMON. IN MARIUPOL, WHERE HUNDREDS ARE ALREADY BURIED IN MASS GRAVES, THERE MAY BE A NEW ATROCITY. THE CITY’S MAIN THEATRE WHICH WAS SERVING AS A BOMB SHELTER WAS HIT BY AN ENORMOUS RUSSIAN BOMB, SAYS UKRAINE’S MILITARY. HUNDREDS WERE INSIDE, IT’S NOT KNOWN THE CASUALTIES.( Speaking Foreign Language ). >> Reporter: AMID SUCH GRUESOMENESS IT APPEARS THA THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS TOWARDS A CEASEFIRE. PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS THEY WANT A JUST PEACE WITH SECURITY GUARANTEES. AND RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER SPECULATED THAT UKRAINIAN NEUTRALITY MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE TO RUSSIA. BUT UKRAINE WANTS ALL RUSSIAN TROOPS OUT .( Speaking Foreign Language ). >> Reporter: VLADIMIR PUTIN IS SOUNDING UNCOMPROMISING. HE Reproduced HIS USUALLY THAT RUSSIA’S MILITARY IS NOT HITTING CIVILIAN TARGETS. WITH EVERY NEW RUSSIAN ATTACK COMES THE IMMENSE WORRY THAT THE WAR CANNOT BE ALLOW TODAY DESTROY UKRAINE’S ECONOMY, ESPECIALLY FARMING. Fields ARE Quarried, ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE. WE Saw THE FARM OF YARO WELLSLAV, AN EGG AND WHEAT FARMER.( Speaking Foreign Language ). >> Reporter: “FUEL FOR EQUIPMENT IS SCARCE, ” HE SAID, “DIVERTED TO MILITARY NEEDS. SO IS ANIMAL FEED AND SEEDS FOR CROPS.” UKRAINE EXPORTS VAST AMOUNTS OF WHEAT, CORN, GRAINS AND SUNFLOWER PRODUCTS. AND ANDR, WHO HEADS AN AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE, EXPECTS THAT THOSE WILL BE INTERRUPTED.( Speaking Foreign Language ). >> Reporter: “UP TO 50% OF FARMERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROCESS THEIR CROPS THIS YEAR, ” HE SAID.UKRAINIAN Farmers TOWING CAPTURED RUSSIAN TANKS THAT THEY HAVE BECOME HEROIC FIGURES, THAT UKRAINE’S GOVERNMENT IS ASKING FOR MORE TO GET THEIR CROPS IN THE GROUND THIS SPRING TO AVOID ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. >> Adrienne: SO, CHRIS, YOU MENTIONED Discussions TOWARDS A CEASEFIRE. THERE IS SOME TALK OF A PEACE PLAN OR I SUPPOSE A PEACE PROCESS. HOW IS THAT BEING RECEIVED IN UKRAINE? >> Reporter: WELL, THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR IS NOT CALLING IT A PLAN, CALLING IT MORE OF A PROPOSAL FROM RUSSIA.FROM THE UKRAINIAN SIDE THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY DON’T SEE THIS DELEGATION — THE RUSSIAN DELEGATION AS BEING ESPECIALLY HIGH LEVEL, AND THEIR BIG WORRY IS THAT THIS COULD SIMPLY BE A DELAYING TACTIC TO PERHAPS TO GET SOME KIND OF A CEASEFIRE TO JUST ALLOW RUSSIA TO RE-ARM AND THEN KEEP ATTACKING. >> Adrienne: SO DEFINITELY SKEPTICISM. IS THERE ANY REASON TO DRAW HOPE FROM RUSSIA’S PROPOSALS? >> Reporter: SMALL HOPE. I MEAN, SIMPLY BY TALKING THE KREMLIN MAY BE ACKNOWLEDGING IT CANNOT ACHIEVE ITS PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS INVASION, WHICH WAS TO REPLACE THE ZELENSKY GOVERNMENT WITH ONE MORE FAVOURABLE TO RUSSIA. BUT SOME OF THE KEY PROBLEMS — THE KEY PROBLEM I THINK MAY BE THE TERRITORIAL QUESTIONS. WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE TERRITORY THAT RUSSIA HOLDS? COULD YOU Receive UKRAINE PERHAPS RECOGNISING DONBAS AND CRIMEA WHICH RUSSIA HELD BEFORE THE CONFLICT? PAINFULLY, MAYBE, BUT PROBABLY NOT ANYTHING THAT THEY’VE CAPTURED IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS.SO THIS PUTS ZELENSKY IN A TERRIBLE POSITION. HOW MUCH LONGER DOES HE DIG IN, DOES HE FIGHT AND PUSH FOR A BETTER DEAL FROM RUSSIA WHILE EVERY DAY THAT UKRAINE CITIES ARE GETTING DEMOLISHED BY THE AIR FROM RUSSIAN ATTACKS.( Speaking Foreign Language ). >> Adrienne: OKAY, Expressed appreciation for, CHRIS. THAT IS CHRIS BROWN IN LVIV, UKRAINE. ACCORDING TO UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS, THE MAYOR OF MARIUPOL HAS BEEN FREED FROM CAPTIVITY.( Speaking Foreign Language ). >> Adrienne: VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY GREETED THE MAYOR SAYING THAT UKRAINE DOESN’T ABANDON ITS OWN. THE MAYOR WAS KIDNAPPED BY RUSSIAN FORCES AFTER THEY OCCUPIED THE CITY. UKRAINE REPORTS THAT HE WAS RELEASED IN EXCHANGE FOR RUSSIAN PRISONERS OF WAR. >>> SO, IAN, IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THAT TODAY, UKRAINE’S LEADER ONCE AGAIN TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO OTHER Society TO ASK FOR HELP. >> Ian: AND TODAY, ADRIENNE, IT WAS THE UNITED State. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY MAKING HIS CASE DIRECTLY AND PASSIONATELY TO CONGRESS. AND ONCE AGAIN LIKE HIS SPEECH TO CANADA, THIS ONE WAS TAILOR MADE, CALLING ON PAINFUL POINTS IN U.S. HISTORY TO DRIVE HOME UKRAINE’S REQUEST FOR WASHINGTON TO DO MORE. AS KATIE SIMPSON SHOWS US, IT LEFT SOME IN TEARS, AND A WARNING, THIS STORY DOES CONTAIN GRAPHIC VIDEO .[ APPLAUSE] >> Reporter: VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY HAS ALREADY WON OVER HEARTS AND MINDS INSIDE THIS POWERFUL ROOM. BUT THERE IS A LIMIT TO U.S. SUPPORT, A LIMIT HE’S DESPERATELY TRYING TO PUSH. >>( Voice of Translator ): AGAIN, THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ARE DEFENDING NOT ONLY UKRAINE, BUT WE’RE Push FOR THE Ethics OF EUROPE AND THE WORLD. >> Reporter: HE PLEADED FOR MORE SANCTIONS, MORE WEAPONS, AND HIS MOST IMPORTANT ASK — FOR THE U.S. TO BACK A NO-FLY ZONE. COMPARING RUSSIA’S INVASION TO PIVOTAL MOMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR AND SEPTEMBER 11 TH. HE Returned WITH HIM A VIDEO.() AN UNFLINCHING LOOK AT THE HORRORS UNFOLDING IN UKRAINE. CONFRONTING LAWMAKERS WITH THE BRUTALITY THAT HIS PEOPLE FACE. Members OF CONGRESS WERE MOVED TO TEARS AS HE MADE A LAST-DITCH APPEAL TO CLOSE THE SKY. >>( Voice of Translator ): PRESIDENT BIDEN, I Care YOU, THE LEADER OF THE WORLD, BEING THE LEADER OF THE WORLD MEANS TO BE THE LEADER OF THIS .[ Cheers and Applause] >> Reporter: REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS STOOD UNITED, BUT THAT Restraint THAT ZELENSKY IS TRYING TO PUSH, THE U.S. POSITION ON HIS MOST IMPORTANT ASK — REMAINS UNCHANGED. >> WE ARE NOT Travelling TO ENFORCE A NO-FLY ZONE IN UKRAINE. >> I DO NOT SUPPORT A NATO NO-FLY ZONE. >> President Joe Biden: WE’RE GOING TO GIVE UKRAINE THE ARMS TO FIGHT AND DEFEND THEMSELVES THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFICULT DAYS AHEAD. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED ANOTHER $ 800 MILLION IN WEAPONS FOR UKRAINE, MAKING IT A BILLION DOLLARS IN SUPPORT THIS WEEK ALONE. WHILE HE’S TOUGHENING HIS LANGUAGE ON VLADIMIR PUTIN — >> President Joe Biden: HE IS A Fight CRIMINAL. >> Reporter: HE’S STILL NOT WILLING TO BUDGE.THE WORRY IS THAT ENFORCING A NO-FLY ZONE COULD DRAW U.S. AND NATO TROOPS INTO DIRECT CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA. SO NO MATTER HOW POWERFUL ZELENSKY’S PLEAS, HE IS NOT GETTING THE FULL COMMITMENT HE’D ASKED FOR, THIS WILL NOT BE THE MOMENT THAT HE WANTED. >> Ian: KATIE, WHAT IS LEFT FOR ZELENSKY NOW WITH THE UNITED Mood STILL REFUSING TO CREATE A NO-FLY ZONE? >> Reporter: HE’S BEEN MAKING THE ROUNDS, SPEAKING TO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, U.K ., CANADA.THIS WAS HIS MOST IMPORTANT PITCH BY FAR. AND IT SEEMS THAT HE KNEW THAT HE WASN’T GOING TO GET THAT NO-FLY ZONE SO HE SAID AT LEAST TO GIVE HIM THE TOOLS, MORE OF THEM, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. NATO LEADERS WILL MEET IN BRUSSELS NEXT WEEK AND IT’S PRETTY TYPICAL FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS TO BE LINKED TO GATHERINGS LIKE THIS. PERHAPS ZELENSKY CAN EXPECT SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT COMING OUT OF THAT. FOR NOW THE UKRAINIANS REMAIN ON THEIR OWN, ARMED WITH WEAPONS FROM THE U.S. AND ALLIES, BUT STILL FIGHTING ON ITS OWN. >> Ian: THANKS, KATIE. >> Adrienne: BACK HERE IN THE U.K. NOW WHERE PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON IS TRYING TO BREAK HIS COUNTRY’S DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS. BUT THAT WON’T BE EASY.ONE OF THE MOST LIKELY SUPPLIERERS HAS ITS OWN GLOBAL BAGGAGE. DAVID COCHRANE SHOWS US THE MANY MISGIVINGS AS BORIS JOHNSON TURNS TO SAUDI ARABIA. >> Reporter: BORIS JOHNSON ARRIVED IN SAUDIA ARABIA, SEEKING TO OPEN A NEW FRONT IN THE BATTLE WITH RUSSIA. HIS GOAL? TO FIND HARMONY WITH THE SAUDIS. TO BOOST OIL PRODUCTION AND LIMIT RUSSIA’S INFLUENCE. >> DEPENDENCY THAT THE WEST IN PARTICULAR HAS BUILT UP ON PUTIN’S HYDROCARBONS, ON PUTIN’S OIL AND GAS, WE CAN Recognize WHAT A MISTAKE THAT WAS, BECAUSE HE’S BEEN ABLE TO BLACKMAIL THE WEST, TO HOLD THE WESTERN ECONOMIES TO RANSOM. >> Reporter: BUT WHILE JOHNSON SPEAKS OF BLACKMAIL, OTHERS SPEAK OF MURDER. SPEAK OF MURDER. >> THEY Really ARE GOING FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE. >> Reporter: RODNEY DIXON IS THE LAWYER FOR THE FIANCE OF THE JOURNALIST JAMAL KHASHOGGI WHO WAS KILLED AND DISMEMBERED BY A SAUDI DEATH SQUAD ORDERED, SAYS WESTERN INTELLIGENCE BY CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN .>> WHY WOULD WE WANT TO RUN INTO THE ARMS OF A SIMILARLY KIND OF REGIME AND LOOK TO EMBRACE PEOPLE LIKE THE CROWN PRINCE. >> Reporter: HE Vanishes THERE BECAUSE SAUDI ARABIA HAS THE ABILITY TO HELP LOWER PRICES. BUT AFTER THE ECONOMIC HIT OF A TWO-YEAR AND COUNTING PANDEMIC, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE DESIRE. IT Constructed NO PUBLIC PLEDGE TO BOOST PRODUCTION .>> I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE SAUDIS ABOUT THAT, BUT I Reflect THAT THOSE — AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED TO ENSURE STABILITY IN GLOBAL OIL MARKETS AND GAS MARKETS AND THE NEED TO AVOID DAMAGING PRICE SPIKES. >> Reporter: THOSE PRICE SPIKES ARE CREATING ACUTE DOMESTIC PRESSURE AT A TIME OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT. MOST Notably IN EUROPE, WHICH GETS MORE THAN 40% OF ITS GAS AND A THIRD OF ITS OIL FROM RUSSIA. WHILE THEIR SANCTIONS MAY HAVE HELPED TO REDUCE THE RUBLE TO RUBBLE, THOSE ENERGY PURCHASES HELP TO FINANCE PUTIN’S WAR. DAVID COCHRANE, CBC NEWS, LONDON. >> Adrienne: NOW THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IS ALSO HERE IN LONDON AND HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT UKRAINE AND CANADA’S RESPONSE. WE SAT DOWN WITH MARY SIMON HERE AT CANADA HOUSE EARLIER TODAY. I’LL BE BACK LATER, IAN, WITH THAT EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION. >> Ian: ALL RIGHT, ADRIENNE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT .>>> HERE AT HOME CBC NEWS HAS LEARNED A MAJOR COVID RULE IS ABOUT TO BE LIFTED. BY THE END OF THE MONTH, PROOF OF A NEGATIVE COVID TEST WON’T BE REQUIRED TO ENTER CANADA. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW, BUT ASHLEY BURKE HAS THE DETAILS TONIGHT. >> Reporter: AS TRAVEL PICKS UP AND PROVINCES OPEN UP, THE GOVERNMENT IS EASING UP ITS TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAVELLERS. >> Justin Trudeau: WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT MORE WE CAN DO .>> Reporter: SOME OF THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW. CBC NEWS HAS LEARNED TRAVELLERS WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF A NEGATIVE COVID-1 9 TEST TO Coming to canada. Sources SAY THAT CHANGE COMES INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. >> I Recollect THAT IT’S GOOD, I CAN’T WAIT FOR IT TO BE OVER WITH. >> I HAD THE PCR TEST AND THE RAPID ANTIGEN TEST, ACTUALLY BOTH OF THEM, IN TIMES SQUARE IN THE BACK OF A VAN.SO IT WASN’T A HUGE HASSLE BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT IF YOU TEST POSITIVE, YOU’RE STUCK IN THAT COUNTRY. >> IF THEY TAKE IT OFF, THAT REQUIREMENT, I Make THAT IS A BIG RISK, BECAUSE EVERYONE COULD GAME THE SYSTEM. >> Reporter: DAX WILKINSON WISHES THAT CHANGE HAPPENED BEFORE MARCH BREAK. HE Lopes AN APPAREL SHOP HIT HAR BY THE DROP IF TOURISM AND JUST GOT BACK FROM A SKI TRIP WITH TWO TO MONTANA. HE Announced IT AN EXPENSIVE AND FRUSTRATING ORDEAL TO TRY TO FIND TESTING. >> MYSELF AND MY TWO FRIENDS ARE OUT $300 U.S. IN TOTAL, AND THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY. >> Reporter: THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY AND SOME INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALISTS HAVE LONG CALLED FOR AN END TO THE TESTING, SAYING IT’S INEFFECTIVE. >> WE’RE GOING TO HAVE VARIANTS THAT WILL COME INTO CANADA FROM THE BORDER, AS WILL THE REST OF THE WORLD. OMICRON IS EVERYWHERE, AND BA. 2 IS EVERYWHERE SO, AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING LOCALLY ON STRENGTHENING TESTING AMONGST PEOPLE THAT NEED IT .>> Reporter: BUT Informants SAY THAT SOME ARRIVAL TESTING WILL STAY. THE GOVERNMENT HAS$ 1 BILLION IN CONTRACTS TO RANDOMLY TEST PEOPLE ENTERING CANADA TO TRACK VARIANTS. Informants SAY ANOTHER MEASURE IS STAYING IN PLACE — THE VACCINE MANDATE FOR TRAVELLERS. ANYONE BOARDING A PLANE, TRAIN OR CRUISE SHIP IN CANADA STILL MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED FOR NOW. ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA. >> Ian: THERE’S MORE Attest Tonight THAT Prices ARE Extending UP FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. STATISTICS CANADA SAYS THAT THE COUNTRY’S INFLATION RATE IS NOW 5.7%. THAT IS A 30 -YEAR HIGH. JACQUELINE HANSEN EXPLAINS WHAT’S BEHIND THE RISE IN COSTS AND WHY IT MAY STILL GET WORSE. >> Reporter: AT THIS CALGARY BAKERY, THE COST OF ALMOST EVERYTHING IS RISING, FROM FLOUR TO YEAST, PLASTIC BAGS AND CARDBOARD. >> YOU SOMETIMES FEEL THAT YOU’RE TREADING WATER AND YOU ARE JUST SORT OF WAITING TO SEE WHICH WAVE IS GOING TO HIT YOU NEXT. >> Reporter: THE REASONS FOR Higher Prices ARE Get MORE COMPLICATED .>> AS WE MOVE AWAY FROM COVID-INDUCED INFLATION TO A NE INFLATION SHOCK, WHICH IS RUSSIA’S Intrusion OF UKRAINE. >> Reporter: THE REGION’S SUPPLY OF OIL AND COMMODITIES LIKE WHEAT COULD GET CUT OFF BY SANCTIONS OR BY FIGHTING, FORCING GLOBAL FOOD AND GASOLINE PRICES EVEN HIGHER. >> THE INFLATION AHEAD OF US IN SOME WAYS IS MORE NEFARIOUS THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN BEHIND US, PARTICULARLY FOR LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME CANADIANS WHO SPEND A LARGER SHARE OF THEIR INCOME ON FOOD AND GAS. >> Reporter: THIS BAKERY IS CERTAINLY ALREADY FEELING IT AND SO ARE SOME CUSTOMERS. >> PAYING A COUPLE BUCKS HERE AND THERE MORE AND IT ADDS UP OVER TIME .>> Reporter: IN THE U.S ., WHERE INFLATION HIT NEARLY 8% LAST MONTH, THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS TAKING ACTION. IT RAISED ITS KEY INTEREST RATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS. JUST AS THE BANK OF CANADA DID EARLIER THIS MONTH. WHILE HIGHER RATES MAY HELP SLOW CONSUMERS’ PENT-UP DEMAND FOR GOODS AND PERHAPS REIN IN THE RECORD HIGH HOUSE PRICES, ECONOMISTS SAY IT WON’T ADDRESS THE GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY. >> CANADIANS ARE NOT Departing TO JUST SEE SOME OF THE COSTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE RISE ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT THEY’RE Also GOING TO BE FACING HIGHER INTEREST Charge THAT DON’T CURE THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. >> Reporter: THIS BAKERY INCREASED PRICES IN JANUARY AND MAY HAVE TO AGAIN SOON. >> Eventually THERE’S A TIPPING POINT. AND AT THAT TIPPING POINT YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE TO REMAIN PROFITABLE AND TO BE ACTUALLY TO SURVIVE. >> Reporter: AS MORE CANADIANS ARE ALSO Thrust TO CHOOSE WHICH NECESSITIES ARE WORTH PAYING A PREMIUM FOR AND WHICH AREN’T.JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Ian: A BY-ELECTION IN ALBERTA HAS SET THE STAGE FOR A SHOWDOWN WITH PREMIER JASON KENNEY. HIS FORMER RIVAL BRIAN JEAN WON BY A LANDSLIDE LAST NIGHT. A CENTRAL THEME OF HIS CAMPAIGN WAS TO HAVE KENNEY REMOVED AS LEADER OF ALBERTA’S GOVERNING PARTY, THE UCP. AS JULIA WONG EXPLAINS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT IS COMING VERY SOON.[ APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Reporter: IT’S THE RETURN OF A POLITICAL NEMESIS FOR JASON KENNEY. BRIAN JEAN RAN IN A BY-ELECTION ON A PLATFORM TO PUSH KENNEY OUT. NOW HE’LL BE A MEMBER OF THE CAUCUS HEADING INTO KENNEY’S LEADERSHIP REVIEW. >> THE RIGHT THING IS TO RESIGN WHILE THE PARTY IS TOGETHER.THE PARTY NEEDS TO STAY TOGETHER AND TO UNIFY, WE NEED HIM TO GO. >> Reporter: JEAN IS BEST KNOWN AS THE FACE OF FORT McMURRAY DURING THE 2016 WILDFIRES. HE WAS A LEADER OF THE FORMER WILDROSE PARTY BUT IT MERGED WITH THE FORMER PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES TO CREATE THE UNITED CONSERVATIVE PARTY. IN A HOTLY CONTESTED RACE, JEAN LOST THE LEADERSHIP TO KENNEY. >> PLEASE WELCOME PREMIER KENNEY. >> Reporter: DEEPLY UNPOPULAR, KENNEY HAS FACED CRITICISM FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM FOR HIS HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC. >> THIS GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BEEN PERFECT, WE HAVE MADE MISTAKES, WE HAVE MADE MISTAKES THROUGH COVID. WE EMERGE OUT OF THAT DIFFICULT TIME WITH BRIGHT DAYS THAT LIE AHEAD. LET’S SEIZE THAT FUTURE. >> YOUR UNPOPULARITY MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH YOU AS LEADER. >> Reporter: A GRASSROOTS ORGINISATION IS RALLYING CONSERVATIVES TO VOTE IN THE LEADERSHIP REVIEW. >> I Conceive IF WE DO NOT GET RID OF JASON KENNEY THAT RACHEL NOTLEY WILL BE THE NEXT PREMIER OF ALBERTA, AND I DON’T FIND THAT TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE OUTCOME. >> I WOULD SAY THAT THERE’S A Batch OF MOMENTUM BUILDING HERE BASED ON WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT.IT LOOKS LIKE THE EDGE OF THAT MOMENTUM IS ON BRIAN JEAN’S SIDE AND PERHAPS AGAINST JASON KENNEY. >> Reporter: IN KENNEY’S OWN RIDING, THERE’S A RANGE OF VIEWS. >> I LISTEN TO HIM AND I WATCH HIM AND HE ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF TRUMP, WHICH I DON’T LIKE. >> I LIKE JASON KENNEY, I Imply, THERE’S A LOT OF BAD PUBLICITY ABOUT HIM AND I THINK THAT HE’S DOING A GRAND JOB .>> Reporter: KENNEY HAS LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS TO FIGHT FOR HIS POLITICAL FUTURE. HIS LEADERSHIP REVIEW TAKES PLACE APRIL 9TH. JULIA WONG, CBC NEWS, EDMONTON. >> Ian: WITH SKYROCKETING GAS PRICES, CANADIANS ARE LOOKING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR RELIEF. >> IT’S BEEN ABSOLUTELY MAYHEM, YEAH, PEOPLE ARE COMING LEFT AND RIGHT. >> Ian: COMING UP, NEW GOVERNMENT FUNDING COULD MEAN MORE HYBRID CARS AND MORE JOBS. PLUS — >>> CANADA’S TELECOM REGULATOR PULLS THE PLUG ON RUSSIA TV. >> IF I WERE TO SAY TO YOU TODAY THAT I DON’T AGREE WITH A CERTAIN POLITICAL VIEW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT CHANNEL NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN? >> Ian: THE DEBATE BETWEEN PROPAGANDA AND FREE SPEECH. >> Adrienne: AND HERE IN LONDON, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL MEETS THE QUEEN. >> IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY, I Recall ONE OF MY BEST DAYS SINCE I BECAME A HUMAN ON THIS EARTH. >> Adrienne: IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, SHE TELLS US ABOUT THE QUEEN’S HEALTH AND HER CONCERNS OVER UKRAINE. WE’RE BACK IN TWO.() >> Ian: TERRIFYING MOMENTS AT THIS TV STATION IN JAPAN AS THE POWERFUL 7.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE COUNTRY OVERNIGHT.IT STRUCK OFF THE COAST OF FUKUSHIMA. EARLY REPORTS OF AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED. THE QUAKE SO STRONG, IT WAS FELT AS FAR AS TOKYO, ABOUT FOUR HOURS SOUTH. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES LEFT IN THE DARK. Expert SAY THAT NO Controversy WERE DETECTED AT THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AROUND FUKUSHIMA. 11 Years AGO A QUAKE AND TSUNAMI CAUSED A NUCLEAR MELTDOWN AND DEVASTATED THE REGION. >> CANADA’S Broadcast REGULATOR HAS BANNED THE DISTRIBUTION OF “RUSSIANIA TODAY.” THAT’S AN INTERNATIONAL TV NETWORK FUNDED BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT THAT MANY CALL A PROPAGANDA TOOL. THE FEDERAL AGENCY RULED TODAY THAT ITS CONTENT SEEMS LIKELY TO EXPOSE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE TO HATRED OR CONTEMPT. RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN HAS MORE ON THE RULING AND WHO IS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST IT. >> Reporter: THIS Root QUOTED IN THIS “RUSSIA TODAY” DOCUMENTARY CALLS UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS TOOLS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. >> SENT TO THE FRONTLINE — >> Reporter: SINCE LATE FEBRUARY, THAT STATE-SPONSORED RUSSIAN CONTENT HAS BEEN HARDER TO COME BY IN CANADA.TELECOM NETWORKS REMOVED RP FROM CABLE PACKAGES AFTER HERITAGE MINISTER PAVLO RODRIGUEZ RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT PROPAGANDA. >> WE DO NEED TO COUNTER THE SPREAD OF HARMFUL DISINFORMATION. >> Reporter: THE Authority ALSO ORDERED A CRTC REVIEW OF WHETHER “RT” SHOULD BE BANNED FROM DISTRIBUTION. NOW THE REGULATOR SAYS THAT IT SHOULD, SAYING THAT “RT’S” CONTENT TENDS TO OR IS LIKELY TO EXPOSE THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE TO HATRED OR CONTEMPT ON THE BASIS OF THEIR RACE, NATIONAL OR ETHIC ORIGIN. >> “RUSSIA TODAY’S” PRESENCE IN CANADA HAS BEEN A PRESSING ISSUE FOR THE CANADIAN-UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. >> Reporter: HUNDREDS FROM THAT Community ASKED THE CRTC FOR THE BAN. >> THE MORE THAT YOU CAN LIMIT THE ACCESS, AND THEN YOU TAKE AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT PROPAGANDA MEDIA TO IMPACT SOMEONE WHO CURRENTLY MAY BE IN A NEUTRAL STANCE AND PERSUADING THEM TO AN EXTREMIST STANCE .( Speaking Foreign Language ). >> Reporter: SOME SUGGEST THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD GO FURTHER AND RESTRICT ACCESS TO ALL STATE-RUN CHANNELS. >> REMOVE AUTHORITARIAN STATE-CONTROLLED BROADCASTERS. THEY HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT NAIVE ABOUT THE THREATS THAT CANADA IS FACING. >> Reporter: BUT THERE ARE Too WARNINGS AGAINST POLICING PROPAGANDA. >> IF I WERE TO SAY TO YOU TODAY THAT I DON’T AGREE WITH A CERTAIN POLITICAL VIEW OR OF A POLITICAL COUNTRY THAT MAY NOT BE IN WAR TODAY, DOES THAT MEAN THAT CHANNEL NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN? >> Reporter: QUESTIONS WITH NO Explanations FOR NOW. THE HERITAGE MINISTER INDICATED THAT HE’S NOT A FAN OF ANY STATE-RUN PROPAGANDA NETWORK BUT ALSO WOULD NOT SAY IF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ASK THE CRTC FOR REVIEWS OF OTHER CHANNELS. RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA. >> Ian: ALL RIGHT, LET’S GO BACK TO ADRIENNE, YOU’RE IN LONDON WHERE THE QUEEN IS EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT UKRAINE .>> Adrienne: INDEED, IAN. CANADA’S GOVERNOR-GENERAL IS HERE MEETING WITH THE QUEEN WHO TOOK A VERY KEEN INTEREST IN HELPING THOSE DISPLACED BY THE WAR. >> WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE BRING IN PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. >> Adrienne: COMING UP, MY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. PLUS — >> EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS APARTMENT IS DEFINITELY FIGHTING A WAR. >> Adrienne: AND IN UKRAINE, PEOPLE ARE JOINING THE FIGHT, ARMED WITH MORE THAN JUST GUNS.() >> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK TO CANADA HOUSE IN LONDON. AFTER COVID KEPT SO MANY PEOPLE FROM TRAVELLING FOR SO LONG, PLANES ARE INCREASINGLY BACK IN THE AIR, AND MEETINGS INCREASINGLY IN PERSON, INCLUDING A PRETTY BIG ONE FOR CANADA’S GOVERNOR-GENERAL, MARY SIMON, In its own country. SO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL MET WITH THE QUEEN YESTERDAY AT WINDSOR CASTLE. THAT MEETING CATCHING THE ATTENTION OF MANY HERE AS THE QUEEN HAD CANCELLED THE COMMONWEALTH MEETING JUST 24 HOURS EARLIER. SHE IS STILL RECOVERING FROM COVID. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL SOON OFF TO THE MIDDLE EAST TO TALK OF REFUGEES AND CANADA AND UKRAINE AND HOW THE WORLD CAN DO BETTER. SHE SAT DOWN EXCLUSIVELY WITH “THE NATIONAL” RIGHT HERE AT CANADA HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF TRAFALGAR SQUARE. YESTERDAY I KNOW THAT YOU HAD YOUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE QUEEN AS GOVERNOR-GENERAL. AND THE REST OF US WILL NEVER GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT. WHAT WAS IT LIKE? >> IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY.I Believe ONE OF MY BEST DAYS SINCE I BECAME A HUMAN ON THIS EARTH. IT WAS VERY HEART WARMING AND SHE WAS VERY WELCOMING. SHE WAS VERY SHARP. AND TALKED A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HER OWN CHILDREN AND HER GRANDCHILDREN, AND ALSO ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT WE’RE FACING IN UKRAINE. THAT WAS THE TOP OF HER MIND YESTERDAY. AND SHE’S VERY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING TO PEOPLE IN UKRAINE. >> Adrienne: I WOULD IMAGINE SHE HAS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON IT, YOU KNOW, HAVING LIVED THROUGH THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND HEARING THE AIR RAID SIRENS AND KNOWING WHAT IT’S LIKE WHEN A CITY GETS BOMBED. >> OH, SHE DID MENTION THAT, YES. AND DURING THE YEARS OF THE HITLER REGIME I GUESS THAT SHE WAS VERY MUCH AFFECTED BY THAT. AND I Recollect THAT SHE COULD ALMOST SEE SOME SIMILARITIES HAPPENING, AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THAT. >> Adrienne: YOU BOTH RECOVERED FROM COVID. I MEAN, YOU SEEM IN FANTASTIC HEALTH AND YOU ENDED UP SHARING YOUR COVID EXPERIENCES? >> A LITTLE BIT, YES.AND, YES, SHE’S RECOVERING. SHE SAID QUITE NICELY. AND STILL HAS A WAY TO GO. BUT SHE’S FEELING GOOD. YEAH, AND I HAD COVID NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND THANK GOODNESS FOR VACCINES, I DIDN’T GET TOO SICK. SHE WAS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE FACT THAT — AND I DID TALK ABOUT IT — THAT PEOPLE GENERALLY HAVE HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE THROUGH COVID, AND THE MENTAL ILLNESS IN CANADA HAS RISEN QUITE DRAMATICALLY OVER THE TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS. YOU KNOW, THE Service AREN’T ADEQUATE, PARTICULARLY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, BUT Also FOR OTHER CANADIANS. AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE WAR THAT’S HAPPENING IN UKRAINE, PEOPLE THAT ARE DISPLACED AND HAVE NOWHERE TO GO DO EXPERIENCE MANY LEVELS OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN WHEN YOU SEE THE CHILDREN THAT ARE EITHER WITH PARENTS OR EVEN ON THEIR OWN, THAT THESE PEOPLE WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF SUPPORT .>> Adrienne: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE CANADA DO? >> WELL, CANADA HAS DONE A LOT, AND I Believe THAT IN TERMS OF THE HUMANITARIAN SIDE, I Study THAT WE CAN DO MORE. Perhaps TAKE MORE PEOPLE INTO OUR COUNTRY SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT THEIR HOME OR WHEN THEY WANT TO GO BACK, THEY CAN GO BACK, IF THAT’S POSSIBLE. SO THAT KIND OF THING WOULD BE A LOT OF WORK AND COMMITMENT BY CANADIANS TO WELCOME PEOPLE FROM UKRAINE. NOW, I’M NOT INVOLVED IN — ON THE SIDE WHERE THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH A PROCESS, BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, I Accompany A NEED. I SEE THAT WE CAN DO MORE. >> Adrienne: YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT — IT’S DIFFICULT TO COME TO CANADA. I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WEBSITES OR YOU HAVE TO GET TO THE EMBASSIES AND THERE’S A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND HOW DO THEY GET FROM A TO B. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A MORE ROBUST EFFORT, CANADIANS AT THE BORDERS, THERE READY TO HELP PROCESS PEOPLE? >> WELL, I DON’T REALLY KNOW HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, BUT I Recollect, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THE SYSTEM IS QUITE DIFFICULT.I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE BRING IN PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND MAKE IT PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE SIMPLER. I Is a well-known fact that WHEN WE HAVE TO FILL OUT FORMS FROM THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY, PEOPLE ALWAYS FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT, EVEN THOUGH IT’S WITHIN OUR OWN COUNTRY. SO I CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT IT’S LIKE FOR PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COUNTRY. SO WHEN I DO MY CROSS-COUNTRY WORK, I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL AND HOW THEY SEE THE SITUATION .>> Adrienne: WHEN YOU ARE WITH THE QUEEN, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SHARED WITH HER THIS INUIT CONCEPT[ SPEAKING INUIT LANGUAGE] CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT IS AND HOW SHE REACTED TO THAT? >> IT IS A WORD IN OUR LANGUAGE THAT IS AN OLD WORD. THE OLD WORD MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE CONFRONTED WITH ADVERSITY OR THINGS THAT ARE DIFFICULT, YOU KEEP GOING, YOU DON’T Throw UP. AND YOU NEED TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CHANGES. SO THERE HAVE BEEN PERIODS IN THE INUIT HISTORY THAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND THAT WORD WAS OFTEN USED AS A WAY OF EITHER SAYING GOODBYE OR ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND SAYING[ SPEAKING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE] YEAH, KEEP GOING. >> Adrienne: THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH THE QUEEN — >> BECAUSE I WAS TALKING WITH HER ABOUT THE VARIOUS SITUATIONS LIKE IN CANADA, THE HISTORICAL WRONGS OF THE PAST.AND HOW WE NEEDED TO CHANGE CANADA’S HISTORY BOOKS SO THAT YOUNG PEOPLE COULD LEARN WHAT THE REAL HISTORY IS WITHOUT NECESSARILY POINTING FINGERS. >> Adrienne: YOU FEEL THAT THE QUEEN IS A PARTNER IN THAT, IN THIS MOMENT? THAT THIS MATTERS TO HER AT THIS POINT IN HER LIFE? >> YES, IT DOES MATTER, YES. SHE’S VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT’S GOING ON IN CANADA. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE TRUCKERS THAT CAME TO OTTAWA. SHE KNOWS ALL OF IT. >> Adrienne: DOES THAT SURPRISE HER? >> SHE DIDN’T SAY THAT SHE WAS SURPRISED. I Belief THAT SHE Determined IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. AND IT’S LIKE THE UKRAINE CRISIS, SHE FINDS THAT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. >> Adrienne: WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF HOW ENGAGED SHE IS ON THE NOTION OF RECONCILIATION? AND THE REALITY OF THE UNMARKED GRAVES IN CANADA? >> SHE IS VERY AWARE AND WE TALKED ABOUT RECONCILIATION AND I DID TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR HEALING IN OUR COUNTRY.AND TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND A BETTER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND OTHER CANADIANS. >> Adrienne: THE NEXT 10 Daytimes OR SO, THE DELEGATIONS ARE GOING TO ROME, MTIS AND INUIT AND INDIGENOUS TOO. I Make THAT TO BEGIN IN EARNEST THIS PROCESS OF ENSURING THAT THE POPE LISTENS TO ULTIMATELY TO COME TO CANADA AND TO APOLOGISE. HOW MUCH MEANING DO YOU PUT ON THAT MOMENT? >> I Keep A Much OF MEANING INTO IT.THE EXPECTATIONS ARE VERY HIGH. AND A LOT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH MUST DO, AND ANYTIME THAT THERE IS AN INTERACTION THAT Makes PLACE BETWEEN THE POPE’S OFFICE AND INDIGENOUS LEADERS, I Realise IT AS A POSITIVE THING BECAUSE THAT CONNECTION HAS TO BE MADE AND THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF WORK LEADING UP TO THE TIME THAT THE POPE WILL COME TO CANADA. AND IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT HE Schedules TO DO IN CANADA AT THIS POINT.SO THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE VERY CRITICAL RIGHT NOW. >> Adrienne: SO, YES, SHE WILL BE WATCHING THAT ROME TRIP VERY CLOSELY. FOR NOW THOUGH THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IS OFF TO THE MIDDLE EAST, TO QATAR, KUWAIT AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN GETTING CANADIANS OUT OF KABUL A FEW MONTHS AGO AND TO ENCOURAGE MORE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS. SO MEANWHILE IN UKRAINE, THE FIGHT THAT GOES BEYOND. >> IN THIS TIME ALL OF US WE BECAME WARRIORS .>> Adrienne: THE UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE THAT IS SHOWING UP AT EVERY CORNER >> Adrienne: WHEN YOU Envisage UKRAINIAN Resistance Title NOW, THESE ARE THE IMAGES THAT PROBABLY COME TO MIND — SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS ARMED AND TRAINED AND ON THE STREETS, DETERMINED TO PUSH BACK RUSSIA’S INVASION. BUT THIS IS ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE TOO, ALL OVER UKRAINE, HELPING IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS. AS MARGARET EVANS SHOW US, WHILE THEY’RE OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT THEY’RE STILL IN THE FIGHT. >> Reporter: WILLPOWER, FORGED IN THE BELLY OF A SECRET WAREHOUSE IN THE UKRAINIAN CITY. ONE OF THE WESTERN UKRAINIAN CENTRES SEEKING TO AID REGIONS FURTHER EAST BEING SYSTEMATICALLY LAID TO WASTE BY RUSSIA. THESE MEN ARE TURNING PEACETIME SKILLS TO WARTIME RESISTANCE, BUILDING ANTI-TANK OBSTACLES. CZECH HEDGEHOGS AS THEY ARE KNOWN. >> AT THIS Epoch ALL OF US WE HAVE BECOME WARRIORS AND THINK WHAT WE CAN DO. >> Reporter: RENATA IS UNITING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER THE BANNER OF “SAVE UKRAINE NOW.” THEY DO EVERYTHING FROM SOURCING MEDICINE AND AMMUNITION FOR SOLDIERS, TO SHELTERING REFUGEES. THEY KNOW THE DRUMS OF WAR ARE SOUNDING EVER CLOSER, EVEN HERE. >> IN ONE MOMENT WE REALIZE THAT THERE IS NO SAFETY ANYMORE ANYWHERE. AND IN THAT TIME WE REALIZE THAT, LIKE, IT’S THE POINT THAT WE CAN’T BACK. AND WE NEED TO FIGHT.[ SIRENS] >> Adrienne: AIR RAID SIRENS SOUND IN THE CITY OFTEN. SO FAR IVANO-FRANKIVSK HAS BEEN STRUCK TWICE, ITS AIRPORT BOTH TIMES.A REMINDER OF THE KREMLIN’S LONG REACH. THE CITY’S RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY HOSTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED. SOME RUBBING ELBOWS HERE IN THE BASEMENT PERFORMANCE HALL OF THE CITY’S THEATRE, DOUBLING UP AS A BOMB SHELTER.() PEOPLE DOING THEIR BIT TO KEEP OTHERS CALM. THE THEATRE COMPANY WAS JUST ABOUT TO STAGE A PLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY’S REFUGEES. ART FLED KYIV WITH HIS FAMILY. THE SIRENS BROUGHT THEM DOWN AND NOW HE HOPES THAT THE PLAY WILL OFFER DISTRACTION FOR THE CHILDREN. >> THEY Hear THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS Suspicion AND THEY FEEL IT ALL THE TIME. SO IT’S REALLY HARD FOR THEM. SO FOR THIS SAKE WE WANT TO STAY.() >> Reporter: THE Product IS AN Adaptation OF AN OLD POEM, ONE OF THE FIRST LITERARY WORKS PUBLISHED IN THE MODERN UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE .()( singing ). >> Reporter: WITH THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN DENYING THERE EVER WAS A UKRAINE AND MANY HERE WILL TELL YOU THAT THEIR FIGHT MUST ALSO BE A CULTURE WAR.[ APPLAUSE] AN APARTMENT IN ANOTHER CITY FURTHER SOUTH. SIX PEOPLE SHARING TWO ROOMS, MOSTLY IN THE SHELLING OF KHARKIV IN THE EAST. >> EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS APARTMENT IS DEFINITELY FIGHTING A WAR. AND IT’S NOT A TRADITIONAL WARFARE .>> Reporter: WE FIRST MET ROMA VIDRO IN KHARKIV, JUST AHEAD OF THE INVASION. HE AND OTHER Partisan ARMED WITH HOPE THAT WAR COULD BE AVERTED. >> I REMEMBER TALKING TO YOU BEFORE THE WAR HAD STARTED. AND AT THAT POINT, NO ONE HAD ACTUALLY EXPECTED THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN SO SOON. >> Reporter: THAT DOESN’T MEAN THEY HAVE GIVEN UP.EACH TAKING TO THE INTERNET IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO COUNTER RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE RIGHT HERE IN THIS APARTMENT AND THAT YOU COULD Appreciate IN HUNDREDS OF OTHER APARTMENTS AT THE MOMENT WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO FIGHT BACK. >> Reporter: ALIONA IS ACTIVE IN KHARKIV’S CULTURAL SCENE, IS NOW TRYING TO HELP THE ARTISTS WHO REMAINED BY REMINDING THE WORLD OF WHAT THEY’RE LIVING THROUGH .>>[ BOMBING SOUNDS] >> Reporter: I ASKED THEM TO FILM THEMSELVES FOR A FEW SECONDS, SHE SAYS, BECAUSE I Is a well-known fact that I CAN’T ASK THEM TO FILM SOMEONE ELSE IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES. HE STUDIED COMPUTER SCIENCE AT U.B.C. HE SAYS THAT THE GROUP OF FRIENDS HAS RAISED $ 158,000 U.S. FOR HUMANITARIAN AID. SO MUCH BETTER TO BE DOING SOMETHING, “Theyre saying”, BUT THE MASK CAN SOMETIMES SLIP. >> IT’S VERY DEPRESSING TO THINK OF THIS AS LIKE A YEARLY PROJECT. I’M STILL IN DENIAL AND KIND OF HOPE THAT THIS WILL END NEXT WEEK. >> Reporter: IN ANOTHER PART O OF TRIPNISI, THERE IS A MONUMENT TO THE TWO CITY MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN 2014. IT WAS DURING THE MIDAN UPRISING THAT CAME TO SYMBOLIZE UKRAINE’S TURN TO THE WEST. AND ONE OF THE DEMONSTRATORS SHOT BY SNIPERS IN THE CENTRE OF KYIV ON FEBRUARY 20 TH.HIS SON BOBDIN, NOW A DOCTOR, WAS 17 AT THE TIME. TODAY HE’S USING HIS SPARE HOURS TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT AT HIS LOCAL CHURCH. HE Realise RUSSIA’S INVASION AS PART AND PARCEL OF THAT EARLIER STRUGGLE. BUT IT WASN’T AS SIMPLE HE SAYS, AS EAST VERSUS WEST. >> MIDAN BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FOR EUROPE. IT WAS FOR OUR FREEDOM.()( singing ). >> Reporter: AND THAT, MANY WILL TELL YOU, HAS BECOME THE GLUE HOLDING THE SPIRIT OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE IN PLACE WHEN FACED WITH SUCH OVERWHELMING ODDS.IN REGIONS ALREADY TAKEN OR UNDER FIRE, BUT Also IN THE TOWNS AND CITIES MOBILIZING IN THE WEST TO OFFER UP EVERY OUNCE OF ASSISTANCE AND RESISTANCE. MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS, WESTERN UKRAINE. >> Adrienne: IAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IMPULSE TO DO SOMETHING IS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW TIME AND AGAIN IN UKRAINE. IT’S A Combining OF WANTING TO HELP YOUR COUNTRY AND WANTING REALLY TO DISTRACT YOUR MIND. >> Ian: AND, ADRIENNE, THE WAR IS HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD ON OIL PRICES. Governments HERE ARE HOPING THAT HYBRID CARS MIGHT BE A SOLUTION. THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT SIGNALLING A CHANGE IN CANADA’S AUTO SECTOR. THAT’S NEXT.() >> Ian: SOARING GAS PRICES MAY HAVE YOU LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO A GAS-POWERED VEHICLE, SO WHAT ABOUT GOING ELECTRIC OR HYBRID? EVEN IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT THOUGH, GETTING ONE MAY BE A CHALLENGE.NISHA PATEL HAS MORE ON WHAT THE CANADIAN AUTO INDUSTRY IS DOING TO TRY TO KEEP UP. >> WE ARE PROTECTING THOUSANDS OF HIGH-QUALITY, WELL-PAYING CANADIAN JOBS. >> Reporter: HONDA CANADA IS UPGRADING ITS FACTORY IN ALLISTON, ONTARIO, AND REVVED UP PRODUCTION OF HYBRID VEHICLES. IT’S A $1.4 BILLION Proposal, INCLUDING MILLIONS IN FINANCIAL SUPPORTS FROM THE PROVINCE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> THE SECTOR IS UNDERGOING A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION, A TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS CLEANER AND GREENER VEHICLES. >> Reporter: AFTER NEWS LAST WEEK THAT TWO MAJOR BATTERY MATERIAL PLANTS ARE BEING BUILT IN QUBEC, THESE ARE PROMISING SIGNS, THAT CANADA CAN STILL BE A PLAYER IN BUILDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES .>> USUALLY SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER YET IMPORTANT AND RELATED INVESTMENTS WILL FOLLOW. ASSEMBLY PLANTS ARE GREAT AT ANCHORING THE ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN. >> Reporter: THERE ARE Too Originating Bellows TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC CARS. LIKE BUILDING MORE CHARGING STATIONS, WHICH COULD Inspire CONSUMERS TO MAKE THE SWITCH. STILL, RECORD HIGH GAS PRICES HAVE PEAKED CONSUMER INTEREST. >> A GAS TRUCK, WHAT IS IT NOW $ 200 TO FILL UP? WHEREAS, IF YOU CHARGE OVERNIGHT AT HOME, WE’RE TALKING$ 5 OR$ 6 TO FULLY CHARGE. >> Reporter: MAX MORESE SELLS USED ELECTRIC CARS. HE SAYS THAT THE DEMAND IS SO HIGH AND IT’S LED TO LONG WAITING LISTS, AND HE IS PAYING SELLERS MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL PRICE FOR THEIR USED CARS .>> IT’S BEEN ABSOLUTE MAYHEM, YEAH, PEOPLE ARE COMING LEFT AND RIGHT. >> Reporter: BUT AT A TORONTO GAS STATION, DEVON REESE HAS BEEN FILLING UP HIS TANK FOR THE LAST TIME. HE’S AWAITING DELIVERY OF A NEW ELECTRIC CAR. >> I HAVE ONE ON ORDER AND I CAN’T WAIT TO GET IT. >> Reporter: REESE SAYS WHILE IT’S NICE TO SEE THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT PROVIDING INCENTIVE FOR BUSINESS, HE’D LIKE TO SEE THE SAME FOR CONSUMERS. >> TO FOLLOW QUBEC AND B.C.’S LEAD WITH LARGER ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND HYBRID REBATES, LET’S SEE BOTH ENDS OF THE CHAIN .>> Reporter: BECAUSE MORE CONSUMERS SHIFTING ELECTRIC COULD MEAN A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR CANADA’S AUTO INDUSTRY. NISHA PATEL, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Ian: AFTER THE BREAK, THE ALBERTA ARTISAN WHO REALIZED THAT THERE WERE FEW INDIGENOUS DOLLS AND DECIDED TO MAKE THEM HERSELF. >> NOW THESE CHILDREN HAVE A DOLL THAT Examines LIKE THEM, IS DRESSED LIKE THEM, AND THEY CAN Refer TO THAT. >> Ian: THE Representation MOMENT IS OUR “MOMENT, ” NEXT.() >> Ian: TRACY BOUCHER IS AN ARTISAN FROM ALEXANDER CREE NATION. SHE Constitutes RIBBON SKIRTS FOR HER INDIGENOUS DOLLS AND WAS SHOCKED AT THE DEMAND. SHE Promptly HAD NEARLY 500 Requests JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THAT Generates YOU A SENSE OF THE DEMAND THAT’S OUT THERE FOR CHILDREN’S TOYS THAT REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE KIDS WHO PLAY WITH THEM.THE STORY BEHIND THE DOLLS IS OUR “MOMENT.” >> MY NAME IS TRACY BOUCHER AND I’M A FIRST Commonwealth ARTISAN FROM ALEXANDER CREE NATION AND I’M THE CREATOR OF THE INDIGENOUS DRESS DOLL. WE WERE INVITED TO SET UP A LITTLE STORE OUTSIDE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EXHIBIT AT FORT EDMONTON PARK. IT Promptly BECAME KNOWN THAT WE DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE GIRLS. SO WE HAD A BIT OF A BRAINSTORMING SESSION. AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE WERE Moving TO DO THE RIBBON SKIRTS. THE TEACHING OF THE RIBBON SKIRTS IS THAT THE SHAPE OF THE RIBBON SKIRT IS SHAPED LIKE A TEEPEE. SO WOMEN ARE THE KEEPERS OF THE TEEPEE. I Also DECIDED TO PUT THE TOPS ON THE DOLLS, WHICH IS TH MISSING AND MURDERED AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND THE EVERY CHILD MATTERS. I AM FIRST GENERATION SURVIVAL, AND A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVOR, SO THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT CAN’T GO AWAY, THEY CAN NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.WE HAVE TO KEEP AWARENESS GOING. Children NEED TO KNOW THAT. MY DAUGHTERS GREW UP WITH THE BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE-EYED BARBIES As well, AND NOW THES CHILDREN HAVE A DOLL THAT Examines LIKE THEM, IS Garmented LIKE THEM, AND THEY CAN RELATE TO THAT. >> Ian: SO SPEAKING OF HER DAUGHTERS, ONE OF THEM ACCIDENTALLY POSTED THE DOLLS ONLINE. AND THEY SOLD 40 OF THEM IN 15 MINUTES, WHICH GAVE HER AN INDICATION THAT MAYBE THERE WAS A HUGE DEMAND. THEY’VE HAD ORDERS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS LIBYA .>>> THAT IS “THE NATIONAL” FOR MARCH 15 TH. GOOD NIGHT. ().
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