CBC News: The National | Arrest in Churchill photo heist

The National for September 11, 2024 (♪♪) >> Adrienne: TONIGHT, POLICE CRACK THE CASE OF THE CHÂTEAU LAURIER ART HEIST. >> WITH FINDING OUT THAT IT HAS BEEN RECOVERED, WE ARE BEYOND EXCITED. >> Adrienne: THE ICONIC CANADIAN PORTRAIT NOW IN ITALY, SOLD BEFORE THE WORLD KNEW THAT IT WAS STOLEN. OUR PAUL HUNTER IS ON THE CASE AGAIN TONIGHT. >> KAMALA HARRIS. >> Adrienne: AFTER THE DEBATE, HARRIS AND TRUMP BOTH CLAIM VICTORY. >>> PLUS, THE NEW ENDORSEMENT FROM TAYLOR SWIFT, COULD IT CHANGE THE VOTE? (♪♪♪) >>> AND SHE'S 14, FLYING ALONE FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THE AIRLINE BOOTED HER OFF THE FLIGHT TO FEND FOR HERSELF. >> THEY CLOSED THE DOOR SO I WAS REALLY CONFUSED BECAUSE I'M LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ON THAT PLANE. >> Adrienne: NOW HER PARENTS ARE SPEAKING OUT. (♪♪) >> Announcer: FROM CBC NEWS THIS IS "THE NATIONAL" WITH CHIEF CORRESPONDENT ADRIENNE ARSENAULT. (♪♪) Police recover stolen Churchill portrait >> Adrienne: THANKS FOR JOINING US. >>> THERE ARE FINALLY SOME ANSWERS TONIGHT IN THE CASE OF AN ICONIC CANADIAN PORTRAIT MYSTERIOUSLY STOLEN OFF THE WALLS OF THE CHÂTEAU LAURIER. POLICE REVEALING THEY HAVE TRACKED IT DOWN IN ITALY. THE ROARING LION IS A PORTRAIT OF WINSTON CHURCHILL CAPTURED BY CANADIAN YOUSUF KARSH. IT WAS STOLEN FROM THE OTTAWA HOTEL NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO BUT WHERE IT WENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MYSTERY UNTIL NOW. AFTER YEARS ON THIS STORY, PAUL HUNTER WAS THE FIRST TODAY TO BREAK THE NEWS -- THE PHOTO HAD BEEN FOUND AND THE ARREST HAS BEEN MADE AND THE PHOTO? WELL, IT'S COMING HOME. >> Reporter:TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER IT WAS TAKEN FROM OTTAWA'S CHÂTEAU LAURIER HOTEL, THE ROOM WHERE THE ROARING LION ONCE LIVED IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S NAMEPLATE REMAINS BUT THAT ICONIC PHOTO OF HIM IS ABSENT. BUT NOW NOT FOR LONG. >> I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT, AND I STILL HAVE CHILLS. >> Reporter: GENEVIÈVE DUMAS SAID THAT IT IS SOLVED. THE ROARING LION, THAT ICONIC IMAGE OF CHURCHILL TAKEN BY CANADA'S YOUSUF KARSH IN 1941, LATER GIFTED TO THE HOTEL, STOLEN FROM THE CHÂTEAU'S WALLS AND REPLACED BY A FAKE HAS BEEN FOUND. >> I ALWAYS HAD HOPE THAT WE WOULD RECOVER THE PORTRAIT. BUT TO ACTUALLY FIND OUT THAT IT'S BEEN RECOVERED -- WE ARE BEYOND EXCITED. >> Reporter: THE FAKE HERE AS PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE CHÂTEAU UNKNOWINGLY IN 2022 BROUGHT WORLDWIDE HEADLINES. NO ONE HAD NOTICED THAT THE ORIGINAL WAS MISSING FOR MONTHS. TIPS FLOWED TO OTTAWA POLICE WHO WITH AID FROM AUTHORITIES IN EUROPE WENT ON A GLOBAL HUNT FOR THE ORIGINAL, EVENTUALLY DISCOVERING THAT IT HAD BEEN BOUGHT BY A MAN IN ITALY FROM FROM THE SOTHERBY'S AUCTION HOUSE IN LONDON BEFORE ANYONE EVEN KNEW THAT IT HAD BEEN STOLEN. OTTAWA POLICE GAVE THANKS TO ALL WHO GAVE TIPS. >> IT WAS A VERY COMPLEX INVESTIGATION. BUT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE ITEM, UM, WE RECEIVED SO MUCH SUPPORT. >> Reporter: MUCH REMAINS UNCLEAR -- NOT LEAST HOW IT WAS STOLEN IN THE FIRST PLACE. OTTAWA POLICE HAVE CHARGED A 43-YEAR-OLD ONTARIO MAN WITH A NUMBER OF OFFENCES, INCLUDING THEFT, FORGERY AND TRAFFICKING STOLEN GOODS. SAY EXPERTS, IT'S THE SALE OF SUCH STUFF THAT TYPICALLY LEADS POLICE TO THE THIEF. >> IN ORDER TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO ADVERTISE IT AND THAT'S WHEN WE GET IT BACK AND WE CATCH THE PREP TRAITORS. >> Reporter: BOTTOM LINE, ADRIENNE -- THE ROARING LION IS COMING HOME. THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY IN ROME LATER THIS MONTH WHERE IT WILL BE FORMALLY HANDED OVER TO CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND THEN IT'S BACK TO THE CHÂTEAU. >> Adrienne: HEY, PAUL, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE STILL ON THE ROAD AFTER YOUR STORY LAST NIGHT BUT YOU KAIND OF MISSED A BIT OF A MOMENT IN THAT NEWS CONFERENCE. SO LET MEPLAY A CLIP RIGHT HERE. >> IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PUBLIC, AND THE FAIRMONT CHÂTEAU LAURIER AND THE MEDIA, SPECIFICALLY PAUL HUNTER AND HIS COVERAGE OF IT. >> Adrienne: SO HERE'S THE THING, MR. HUNTER -- WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT REPORTER, BUT THERE IS A BIT OF A LOVELY PERSONAL CONNECTION HERE TOO. YOU HAVE TO TELL THIS STORY. >> Reporter: YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT MY LATE MOM. AS A YOUNG WOMAN IN THE U.K. SHE WORKED FOR CHURCHILL AND HELPED TO RE-ELECT HIM ONE YEAR AND AFTERWARDS HE SENT HER A NICE SIGNED THANK YOU LETTER WHICH BECAME A FAMILY HEIRLOOM. WE HAD IT FRAMED AND PUT ON THE WALL NEXT TO A RUDIMENTARY COPY THAT WE HAD OF THE KARSH PICTURE. AND EVERY TIME THAT WE'D GO TO THE FAIRMONT AS AN ADULT AND I'D GO UP TO THE REAL PICTURE AND TOOK A PICTURE OF THE FAKE ON THE WALL AND BLINDLY OFFERED IT UP TO THE HOTEL WHEN THE THEFT WAS NOTICED AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A KEY CLUE. MY MOM TO THE RESCUE. >> Adrienne: LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON. THANK YOU, PAUL. >>> WELL, THE RATINGS ARE OUT FOR LAST NIGHT'S U.S. Harris-Trump presidential debate reaction PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AND MORE THAN 57 MILLION AMERICANS TUNED IN FOR WHAT WAS A FIERY SHOWDOWN BETWEEN KAMALA HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP. TONIGHT RICHARD MADAN TRACKS THE REACTION AND THE FALLOUT AND WHETHER ANY OF IT COULD MOVE THE NEEDLE. >> Reporter: A RARE MOMENT OF CIVILITY AS VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SHOOK HANDS AGAIN AT THE 9/11 MEMORIAL CEREMONY IN NEW YORK. A SOMBRE MOMENT IN STARK CONTRAST TO THEIR CONTENTIOUS DEBATE THE NIGHT BEFORE. >> THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY ARE ABSOLUTELY DYING WITH WHAT THEY'VE DONE. THEY'VE DESTROYED THE ECONOMY. >> SO MANY MILITARY LEADERS WHO YOU HAVE WORKED WITH HAVE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE A DISGRACE. >> Reporter: BOTH CAMPS ARE NOW DECLARING VICTORY. >> THE AMERICANS SAW KAMALA HARRIS COMMAND THE STAGE ON EVERY SINGLE ISSUE THAT MATTERS MOST TO THEM AND PUT DONALD TRUMP ON THE DEFENSIVE. >> Reporter: TRUMP TELLING FOX NEWS THAT HE WON, WHILE ALSO CLAIMING THAT HE'S A VICTIM OF BIAS MODERATORS WHO FACT CHECKED HIM MORE THAN HARRIS. >> I THINK THAT WE DID GREAT. IT WAS 3-1, IT WAS A RIGGED DEAL AS I ASSUMED THAT IT WOULD BE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE CORRECTING EVERYTHING -- AND NOT CORRECTING WITH HER. >> Reporter: FOR MORE THAN 90 MINUTES THE TWO CLASHED OVER ABORTION RIGHTS AND IMMIGRATION AND THE ECONOMY. BUT HARRIS' STRATEGY TO NEEDLE TRUMP AND THROW HIM OFF SCRIPT APPEARS TO HAVE WORKED. >> PEOPLE START LEAVING HIS RALLIES EARLY OUT OF EXHAUSTION AND BOREDOM. >> PEOPLE DON'T LEAVE MY RALLIES. WE HAVE THE BIGGEST RALLIES. >> Reporter:TRUMP TOOK THE BAIT AND SEVERED INTO A BOGUS CONSPIRACY ABOUT MIGRANTS IN OHIO. >> IN SPRINGFIELD THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS -- THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN -- THEY'RE EATING THE CATS AND THEY'RE EATING -- THEY'RE EATING THE PETS. >> Reporter: OHIO'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR FORCED TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. >> I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THE WORD OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR THAT THEY HAVE FOUND NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF THAT STORY OF HAITIANS EATING PETS. >> SHE CLEANED HIS CLOCK. >> Reporter: POLITICAL SCIENTIST LARRY SABADOU TELLS CBC NEWS THAT HARRIS EXPLAINED HER VISION BUT STILL LACKS CREDIBILITY ON ECONOMIC ISSUES. >> THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER AND HER POSITIONS. >> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THAT THIS DEBATE MIGHT MOVE THE NEEDLE? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WILL MOVE ENOUGH, AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL LAST. >> Reporter: THERE ARE LESS THAN EIGHT WEEKS TO GO UNTIL VOTER GOES TO THE POLLS, BUT IN SOME STATES THE EARLY VOTING IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. ADRIENNE? >> Adrienne: ABSOLUTELY. SO, RICHARD, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THERE COULD BE ANOTHER DEBATE BEFORE THE ELECTION DAY? >> Reporter: WELL, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN WANTS ANOTHER. THEY FEEL ENERGIZED AND THEIR FUNDRAISING HAS SURGED AFTER THE FIRST DEBATE, BUT IT'S NOW TRUMP WHO APPEARS TO BE RESISTING AND HE SAYS THAT HE'LL CONSIDER IT, IMPLYING ONLY LOSERS WANT TO RE-MATCH. NOW CONSERVATIVE OUTLET FOX NEWS HAS PROPOSED A SECOND DEBATE IN OCTOBER DURING THE FINAL CRUCIAL WEEKS OF THE CAMPAIGN, SO A SECOND DEBATE MAY BECOME MORE APPEALING WITH POLLS SUGGESTING THAT THIS ELECTION IS STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. >> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, RICHARD MADAN IN WASHINGTON. >>> WITH BOTH CAMPAIGNS SEEKING AN EDGE, THE DEMOCRATS ARE Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris CELEBRATING A MAJOR BOOST FROM POP SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT. ALISON NORTHCOTT NOW ON THE BLOCKBUSTER ENDORSEMENT AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT. (♪♪) >> Reporter: WHEN TAYLOR SWIFT HAD SOMETHING TO SAY, FANS PAY ATTENTION. (♪♪) I'M VOTING FOR KAMALA HARRIS, BECAUSE SHE FIGHTS FOR THE RIGHTS AND THE CAUSES THAT I BELIEVE THAT NEED A WARRIOR TO CHAMPION THEM, THE POP STAR POSTED ON INSTAGRAM TO HER 283 MILLION FOLLOWERS AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. I'VE MADE MY CHOICE. YOUR RESEARCH IS ALL YOURS TO DO AND THE CHOICE IS YOURS TO MAKE, SHE WROTE, SIGNING OFF CHILDLESS CAT LADY, A REFERENCE TO A COMMENT MADE BY DONALD TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE J.D. VANCE. >> I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO TAYLOR SWIFT, AND I SAY THAT AS A FELLOW CAT OWNER AND THAT'S THE COURAGE THAT WE NEED IN AMERICA TO STAND UP. >> Reporter: SWIFT SAID THAT IT WAS TIME TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT HER VOTING PLANS AFTER A FAKE A.I. IMAGE OF HER APPEARING TO ENDORSE TRUMP WAS ON FOX NEWS. >> I WAS NOT A TAYLOR FAN, IT WAS JUST A QUESTION OF TIME. >> Reporter: FOR SWIFTIES, HER ENDORSEMENT IS ENCOURAGING. >> THE MORE THAT WE GET THAT BOOST OF SUPPORT FROM THE BIGGER NAMES OUT THERE IN THE WORLD, THE BETTER THAT IT WILL BE. >> IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. >> Reporter: THIS EXPERT SAYS THAT SWIFT MAY NOT CHANGE MINDS BUT COULD MOTIVATE YOUNG PEOPLE TO VOTE IN A TIGHT RACE. >> AND TAYLOR SWIFT'S ENDORSEMENT HAS HAD AN INFLUENCE ON VOTER REGISTRATION IN 2013 -- 2023 AND SHE TOLD HER FOLLOWERS TO REGISTER ON VOTE.OFTEN RG AS ELECTORS AND THERE WAS A SURGE. >> Reporter: THIS SWIFT FAN AND TRUMP SUPPORTER ISN'T SWAYED. COULD TAYLOR SWIFT CHANGE YOUR MIND? >> NO -- NEVER. I STILL LOVE HER WORK, UM, I MIGHT BE A BIT MORE RELUCTANT TO GO TO A CONCERT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE HAS THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATION. DO I FEEL LIKE SHE'S USING HER STATURE TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE? ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS HOPING TO HARNESS THAT INFLUENCE COME ELECTION DAY. ALISON NORTHCOTT, CBC NEWS, MONTRÉAL. Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana >> Adrienne: HURRICANE FRANCINE HAS NOW MADE LANDFALL IN LOUISIANA TONIGHT AS A CATEGORY 2 STORM. THIS IS A MESS. EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN PLACE DUE TO A LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE IN SEVERAL AREAS. NEW ORLEANS IS BEING HIT WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIDESPREAD FLOOD RISKS THAT ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE IS VULNERABLE AS WORK IS STILL UNDERWAY TO FULLY RECOVER FROM THE DEVASTATING HURRICANES IN RECENT YEARS. >>> BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, THE CONSERVATIVE LEADER PIERRE Poilievre dares NDP, Bloc to force an election POILIEVRE IS AGAIN DARING HIS FELLOW OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS TO HELP TO TOPPLE THE TRUDEAU MINORITY GOVERNMENT AND TRIGGER AN ELECTION. AS ASHLEY BURKE EXPLAINS, SO FAR NOBODY IS BITING. >> Reporter: FOR THE THIRD WEEK IN A ROW, PIERRE POILIEVRE IS TRYING TO THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET. >> IT'S PUT UP OR SHUT UP TIME. >> Reporter: AND FORCE AN ELECTION THAT HE SEEMS CONFIDENT THAT HE'LL WIN. >> WE'LL PUT FORWARD A NON-CONFIDENCE MOTION AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY. AND I'M ASKING JAGMEET SINGH AND THE N.D.P. TO COMMIT. >> Reporter: NOW HE'S MAKING IT A DOUBLE DOG DARE. >> [Speaking French] >> Reporter: CHALLENGING THE BLOC QUÉBÉCOIS TO TAKE DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BY VOTING FOR IT TOO. >> [Speaking French] >> Reporter: THE BLOC'S LEADER HAS ALREADY SAID THAT HE'S NOT WORKING FOR POILIEVRE, AND HE WILL DO WHAT'S BEST FOR QUÉBEC. JAGMEET SINGH WON'T SAY HOW HE'D VOTE EITHER. >> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY OUR DECISION AHEAD OF TIME. >> Reporter: BUT SINGH DID SAY WHAT HE THINKS OF POILIEVRE, WHO REPEATEDLY MISPRONOUNCES HIS NAME AND WON'T STOP CALLING HIM "SELLOUT SINGH." >> HE LIKES TO INSULT PEOPLE AND CALL PEOPLE NAMES. I THINK THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT TYPE OF PERSON THAT HE IS. >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW POILIEVRE'S CALL TO ACTION IS GOING NOWHERE, WHERE THEY ARE MEETING TO STRATEGIZE THEIR NEXT MOVES. >> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE BELIEVE IN CANADIANS. >> Reporter: AFTER A SUMMER OF REFLECTION AND SOME CANADIANS AND SOME OF HIS OWN M.P.s CALLING FOR CHANGE, JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAS GIVEN NO SIGNS OF A NEW PLAN. BUT IS PREPARING FOR A FIERCE FIGHT. >> Prime Minister Trudeau: I CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE GETTING INTO IT THIS FALL WITH POILIEVRE, WHOSE PERSPECTIVE IS CUTS ARE THE ONLY WAY FORWARD. >> Reporter: ALL OF THIS UNFOLDING ON A DAY THAT FELT LIKE AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN. THE PARTY'S LEADERS IN FRONT OF CAMERAS BEFORE TWO HIGH STAKES BY-ELECTIONS ON MONDAY. THAT'S THE SAME DAY THAT M.P.s ARE HEADING BACK TO PARLIAMENT HILL AND WE'LL SEE HOW SOON POILIEVRE CAN TAKE HIS CHALLENGE TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AND IF ANYONE ACTUALLY FOLLOWS THROUGH ON HIS DARE. NDP says it wants to ban corporate landlords ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA. >> Adrienne: RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF OUR STORY ABOUT HOW BIG CORPORATE FIRMS BUY UP AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS CANADA AND JACK UP RENTS -- THE N.D.P. LEADER JAGMEET SINGH SAYS THAT HE NOW WANTS TO BAN THE PRACTISE. IN A PRESS RELEASE, THE N.D.P. SAID THEY WOULD INTRODUCE A BILL TO RESTRICT THE SALE OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS, NON-PROFITS, MUNICIPALITIES AND AGENCIES AND CO-OPS. ON MONDAY WE SHOWED YOU HOW RENT AFFORDABILITY PLUNGED AS THE CORPORATE OWNERSHIP OF THE RENTAL MARKET SURGED. YOU CAN FIND OUR INVESTIGATION ON "THE NATIONAL'S" YouTube CHANNEL. Gun buyback program called a 'waste' of money >>> WELL, THE LIBERALS ARE NOW IN DANGER OF LOSING AN IMPORTANT ALLY -- A GUN CONTROL LOBBY GROUP. AS DANIEL LEBLANC EXPLAINS IT SAYS THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S YEARS' LONG PLAN TO BUY BACK THE MILITARY-STYLE FIREARMS IS SO FAR A DUD, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. >> Reporter: THEY ARE LOSING FAITH IN THE GUN CONTROL AGENDA. >> WE NEED TO HAVE A STRUCTURED AND AN EFFICIENT BUYBACK PROGRAMME AND WE DON'T SEE IT IN OPERATION RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter:LIKE OTHER SURVIVORS OF THE POLYTECHNIQUE MASSACRE IN 1989 SHE HAS SPENT HER LIFE TRYING TO BAN THE MILITARY-STYLE WEAPONS IN CANADA. >> OUR FIRST REQUEST WAS A BAN ON ASSAULT-STYLE WEAPONS. AND FOR US THAT MEANT THAT NO MORE ASSAULT-STYLE WEAPONS WOULD BE IN CIRCULATION. >> Reporter: THE TRUDEAU LIBERAL HAD PROMISED TO MAKE THAT DREAM A REALITY. IN 2020, THE GOVERNMENT BANNED 1,500 MODELS OF FIREARMS AND PROMISING TO BUY THEM BACK FROM RETAILERS OR INDIVIDUAL GUN OWNERS AND DESTROY THEM. >> Prime Minister Trudeau: SO TODAY WE TAKE ANOTHER BIG STEP FORWARD. >> Reporter: WHILE OTTAWA HAS BANNED THE LIKES OF AR-15s, THE GUN EXPERTS AGREE THAT MANY SIMILAR FIREARMS ARE STILL AVAILABLE, INCLUDING ONES LIKE THE CRYPTO, WHICH IS JUST ENTERING THE MARKET. >> IN 2020, THEY BANNED AR-15, BUT THEY DIDN'T BAN THE WK-180, BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY IN SMALL NUMBERS ON THE MARKET THEN. >> Reporter: WES WINKEL OWNS A HUNTING SHOP. >> TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE SO UPSET AT THAT PROCESS AND THOSE CONSUMERS THAT ARE LICENSED WILL TURN AROUND AND BUY AN IDENTICAL FIREARM WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND AND MAKE AND MODEL. >> Reporter: DOMINIC LeBLANC REFUSES TO BE SWAYED BY CRITICS. >> [Speaking French] >> Reporter: HE SAID THAT OTTAWA WILL RECOVER AND START DESTROYING FIREARMS THIS FALL AND INTO NEXT YEAR. SHE SAYS THAT SHE'S NOT SURE THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE WELCOME AT THE NEXT COMMEMORATION OF THE POLYTECHNIQUE MASSACRE IN DECEMBER 6TH IN MONTRÉAL. >> WE HAVE TO DO THIS BUYBACK PROGRAMME, BUT IF WE DO IT, WE HAVE TO DO IT EFFICIENTLY AND NOT JUST FOR APPEARANCE. >> Reporter: THE SHARP CRITICISM COMES AT A PERILOUS TIME FOR THE LIBERALS, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE VOTERS IN BIG CITIES LIKE MONTREAL WHERE THERE'S A CRUCIAL BY-ELECTION ON MONDAY. Judge admits to delivering wrong sentence DOMINIC LEBLANC, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA. >> Adrienne: TO A BIZARRE TWIST IN A MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION. MORE THAN ONE YEAR LATER THE JUDGE WHO PRESIDED OVER THE CASE SAYS THAT HE DELIVERED THE WRONG SENTENCE. SAMANTHA BEADY NOW ON HIS EXPLANATION AND WHAT COMES NEXT. >> Reporter: JONATHAN STYRES WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN 2016. HIS MOTHER DIED LAST YEAR, BUT HIS SISTER RHONDA JOHN SAID THAT SHE WAS AT PEACE THINKING THAT THE MAN WHO KILLED HER SON WAS GOING TO PRISON. >> LONG YEARS FOR JUSTICE THAT MY SISTER WILL NEVER SEE. BUT I HAD TOLD HER THAT I WOULD KEEP THIS GOING FOR HER. >> Reporter: THE REASON FOR THE WAIT? TWO TRIALS, ONE MISTRIAL AND AN APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA. LAST YEAR PETER KHILL WAS CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER BUT MORE THAN A YEAR LATER THERE'S A NEW TWIST IN THE STORY. IN A LETTER TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, THE TRIAL JUDGE SAYS THAT THE EIGHT-YEAR SENTENCE THAT HE READ OUT IN COURT WAS THE WRONG ONE. JUSTICE ANDREW GOODMAN SAID THAT HE PREPARED THREE DECISIONS WITH DIFFERENT SENTENCES. AND AS I LEFT MY CHAMBERS, HE WROTE, I INADVERTENTLY TOOK THE WRONG SET OF REASONS WITH ME. HE SAID HE MEANT TO SAY SIX YEARS AND NOT EIGHT AND DIDN'T CORRECT HIMSELF IN COURT. >> I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN 35 YEARS OF TEACHING CRIMINAL LAW. >> Reporter: IN THE LETTER, GOODMAN SAYS THAT HE CONSULTED WITH SEVERAL EXPERIENCED JUDICIAL COLLEAGUES. HE SAYS THAT HE CONSIDERED COMING CLEAN EARLIER, BUT WAS DISSUADED FROM DOING SO. >> IT WAS A VERY CHARGED OFFENCE THAT GOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY IN THE HAMILTON 6 NATIONS AREA. AND SO THAT MAKES, YOU KNOW, THIS MISTAKE I THINK EVEN MORE EMBARRASSING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT TO CBC NEWS, KHILL'S WIFE MILLY SAYS SHE'S DEEPLY UNSETTLED. RHONDA JOHN SAYS THAT SHE WANTS THE EIGHT YEARS TO STICK. >> WE HAVE BEEN CARRYING THIS SINCE 2016. AND EVERY TIME THAT I THINK ABOUT IT I JUST GET MORE ANGRIER. BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET AND WE NEED TO SEE JUSTICE DONE. >> Reporter: JUSTICE GOODMAN SENTENCED KHILL IN THIS COURTHOUSE OVER A YEAR AGO. WHEN THE COURT OF APPEAL HEARS THE CASE NEXT MONTH IT WILL BE ASKED TO LOOK AT BOTH THE VERDICT AND SENTENCE, INCLUDING WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE JUDGE'S MISTAKE. SAMANTHA BEADY, CBC NEWS, HAMILTON. >> Adrienne: UKRAINE IS ASKING ITS ALLIES FOR PERMISSION TO USE WEAPONS THAT CAN HIT DEEP INSIDE OF RUSSIA. WHY THERE'S HESITATION TO GIVE IT A GREEN LIGHT. >> WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ESCALATION REACTION. >> Adrienne: A 14-YEAR-OLD FLYING ALONE IS LEFT TO FEND FOR HERSELF AFTER SHE'S TOLD TO GET OFF THE PLANE. >> THEY CLOSED THE DOOR, AND SO I WAS REALLY CONFUSED BECAUSE I'M LIKE, I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ON THAT PLANE. >> Adrienne: WHY THE AIRLINE SAYS THAT IT DID NOTHING WRONG. (♪♪) >>> AND A GOVERNOR SPRINGS TO ACTION IN AN EMERGENCY. >> IT CLICKS AND I REALISED WHO IT WAS. >> Adrienne: WE'RE BACK IN TWO. NFL star reflects on traffic stop incident >> Adrienne: THERE'S SOME NEW REACTION TONIGHT FROM THE NFL STAR WHO WAS PULLED FROM HIS CAR AND HANDCUFFED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN FLORIDA. TYREEK HILL SAID THAT HE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE COOPERATIVE. >> I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE COPS AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS. YES, I WILL SAY THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, YOU KNOW, I COULD HAVE LEFT DOWN MY WINDOW, YOU KNOW, IN THAT INSTANT. >> Adrienne: THE MIAMI DOLPHINS PLAYER WAS PULLED OVER BY POLICE SUNDAY ON THE WAY TO HIS TEAM'S OPENER. AND THE BODY CAMERA SHOWED IT ESCALATING QUICKLY WITH POLICE FORCING HIM TO THE GROUND. ONE OFFICER WAS REASSIGNED PENDING AN INVESTIGATION AND HILL TODAY SAID THAT HE WANTS HIM FIRED. >>> WELL THE U.S. AND THE U.K. Ukraine calls for lift on missile restrictions ARE CONSIDERING A REQUEST FROM UKRAINE TO LET IT FIRE WESTERN MISSILES FURTHER INTO RUSSIA. BRIAR STEWART SHOWS US WHAT HAS ESCALATED THE DEBATE AND WHY SOME SAY THAT THE WEAPONS WON'T BE A GAME CHANGER. >> Reporter: THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN AND THE U.K. FOREIGN SECRETARY DAVID LAMMY ARRIVED IN KYIV AMID THE REPEATED PLEAS FROM UKRAINE FOR PERMISSION TO USE THE WESTERN WEAPONS TO HIT FURTHER INTO RUSSIA. >> WE'RE WORKING WITH URGENCY TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT UKRAINE HAS WHAT IT NEEDS TO EFFECTIVELY DEFEND ITSELF. >> Reporter: BUT THAT HASN'T INCLUDED GIVING UKRAINE THE GREEN LIGHT AROUND THESE WEAPONS -- AT LEAST NOT YET. >> WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ESCALATING REACTION THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM IRAN PARTICULARLY. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY THAT IRAN HAS SENT SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES TO MOSCOW. TEHRAN DENIES THAT CLAIM. BUT THE SHIPMENT APPEARS TO BE SHIFTING DEBATE AROUND THE USE OF WESTERN WEAPONS. UKRAINE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO USE MISSILES MADE BY THE U.S. AND THE U.K. TO HIT MILITARY TARGETS DEEPER INSIDE OF RUSSIA. THEY HAVE A RANGE OF A FEW HUNDRED KILOMETRES, AND THE U.S. DEFENCE OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THEY ALONE WILL NOT BE A GAME-CHANGER. IN PART BECAUSE RUSSIA HAS ALREADY MOVED SOME OF ITS AIRCRAFT OUT OF RANGE. AND UKRAINE CAN ALREADY HIT TARGETS FAR BEYOND THE BORDER. ON TUESDAY, KYIV LAUNCHED ITS BIGGEST ATTACK YET ON MOSCOW. AND AT THE END OF AUGUST, UKRAINIAN DRONES TARGETED A RUSSIAN OIL FACILITY MORE THAN 1,100 KILOMETRES AWAY. >> I THINK THAT HAS BEEN AN AREA OF SUCCESS FOR UKRAINE, YEAH. >> Reporter: THIS SECURITY PROFESSOR SAYS THAT WASHINGTON WOULDN'T GIVE CLEARANCE BEFORE TO USE THESE WEAPONS BECAUSE OF THE FEARS OVER ESCALATION. BUT THOSE WORRIES SEEM TO HAVE WANED. >> UKRAINIANS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD AND THEY THINK THAT IT WOULD MAKE A BIG ENOUGH DIFFERENCE BUT THIS IS CONTINGENT ON WHAT THE RUSSIANS DO. >> Reporter: THE KREMLIN PROMISED A RESPONSE IF THE MISSILES ARE USED MORE WIDELY. IF ASKED IF HE IS CONSIDERING LIFTING THE BAN, U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAID THAT IT'S BEING WORKED OUT. HE'S SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH THE U.K. PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER IN WASHINGTON ON FRIDAY. BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS, LONDON. >> Adrienne: ONE OF THE MEN AT THE CENTRE OF A PRISONER EXCHANGE WITH RUSSIA IS DESCRIBING HOW HIS RELEASE UNFOLDED. >> I WAS CONFIDENT THAT I WOULD DIE IN THAT PRISON. >> Adrienne:HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA TELLS US WHAT HE ENDURED BEHIND BARS. >> IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO STAY SANE. >> Adrienne: AND MANY IN A FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITY REMAIN WITHOUT CLEAN DRINKING WATER, DESPITE A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR TREATMENT PLANT. >> Reporter: WHY DON'T YOU DRINK YOUR TAP WATER? >> WE HAVE NEVER, EVER TRUSTED OUR TAP WATER. (♪♪) >> Adrienne: "THE NATIONAL" BREAKS DOWN THE STORIES SHAPING OUR WORLD NEXT. (♪♪) Teen forced off Porter Airlines plane >> Adrienne: THE PARENTS OF A 14-YEAR-OLD HAVE A WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT AN AIRLINE POLICY THAT APPLIES TO MINORS WHO FLY ALONE. ALI CHIASSON HAS THEIR STORY. >> Reporter: 14-YEAR-OLD CAMRYN LARKIN WAS FLYING SOLO FROM TORONTO TO VICTORIA AFTER A VISIT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. >> SO I WAS SITTING DOWN AND I WAS READY FOR THE PLANE TO TAKE OFF. >> Reporter: BUT BEFORE HER PORTER PLANE FLIGHT TOOK OFF, SHE WAS PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE. >> I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND I'D HAVE TO GET OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT. >> Reporter: IT WAS HER FIRST TIME FLYING ALONE. >> THEY CLOSED THE DOOR AND I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ON THAT PLANE. >> Reporter:SO WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, IT'S A RARE CASE WHERE FOR SAFETY REASONS -- >> THEY MAY HAVE TO REDUCE THE PAYLOAD OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH MEANS WEIGHT AND BALANCE. SO THEY TAKE OFF EITHER TRAVELERS OR CARGO. >> Reporter: AIRLINES THEN ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO EXIT IN EXCHANGE FOR A REBOOKING AND A DISCOUNT, BUT NOBODY AGREED, SO CAMRYN WAS ONE THAT WAS REMOVED BUT SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS THE ONLY UNACCOMPANIED MINOR. >> I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED, CONFUSED AND VERY WORRIED ABOUT HER. >> Reporter: FORTUNATELY CAMRYN'S DAD WAS IN TORONTO AND COULD PICK HER UP BUT HER MOM CATHY WONDERS IF IT HAPPENED TO ANOTHER CHILD WHO DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPTION. >> YOU MIGHT BE TRAVELING FAR FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT TO CBC NEWS, A SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTER EXPLAINED THAT THE UNACCOMPANIED MINOR POLICY APPLIES TO PASSENGERS BETWEEN 8-11 TRAVELING ALONE AND FOR THOSE PASSENGERS 12-17, THERE'S AN OPTION TO PURCHASE THE UNACCOMPANIED MINOR SERVICE. THE EXTRA SUPERVISION COSTS $100, IF IT IS NOT PURCHASED THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THE PASSENGER WILL KEEP THEIR SEAT. >> AN AIRLINE WOULD BASICALLY TREAT THEM LIKE ANY OTHER CUSTOMER. >> Reporter: WHILE THE LARKINS DIDN'T BUY IT BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE POLICY, CAMRYN'S MOM SAYS -- >> AND IF A MINOR IS TRAVELING UNACCOMPANIED, GO TO THE NEXT PERSON. IT DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS. IT IS JUST LOGICAL, IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE. GO TO AN ADULT WHO CAN HANDLE A DISRUPTION OF THE TRAVEL PLANS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY SAY THAT RULES WEREN'T BROKEN -- IT'S JUST POLICY -- AND PARENTS GOT TO PAY UP. ALI CHIASSON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. The Breakdown >> Adrienne: NOW IT'S TIME TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE STORIES SHAPING OUR WORLD. (♪♪) >>> AN ONTARIO FIRST NATION THIRSTY FOR JUSTICE PUSHES FOR ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER. BUT, FIRST... >> THESE ARE WAR CRIMES THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED BY THE DICTATORIAL REGIME IN THE KREMLIN. >> Adrienne: SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN A RUSSIAN PRISON FOR OPPOSING VLADIMIR PUTIN, AWOKEN BY GUARDS TWO YEARS LATER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. >> AT THAT MOMENT I WAS ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT I WAS GOING TO BE LET OUT AND EXECUTED. >> Adrienne: INSTEAD, RELEASED IN THE LARGEST MULTINATIONAL PRISONER SWAP SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR. AND THEN VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA GAVE HIS FIRST CANADIAN INTERVIEW TO BRIAR STEWART. Putin critic recounts prison release >> UP UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS CONFIDENT THAT I WOULD DIE IN THAT SIBERIAN PRISON. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED ON THE 1ST OF AUGUST IS A MIRACLE. >> Reporter:SO IT HASN'T SUNK IN FOR YOU YET? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. AND I'M SPEAKING WITH YOU AND IT FEELS THAT I'M WATCHING IT FROM THE OUTSIDE AND I'M SITTING IN BACK IN PRISON. I WAS CONFIDENT THAT I WAS NEVER GETTING OUT AND I WOULD NEVER SEE MY FAMILY AND NEVER HUG MY WIFE AND KIDS AND MY FAMILY AND I WOULD NEVER WALK AS A FREE MAN. THIS WAS WHAT I WAS CONVINCED OF. >> Reporter: VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA IS FINALLY FREE AFTER BEING LOCKED AWAY IN A RUSSIAN PRISON FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. HE HAD BEEN A HIGH-PROFILE TARGET OF THE KREMLIN FOR MUCH LONGER. BECAUSE OF HIS VOCAL CRITICISM OF THE RUSSIAN REGIME. KARA-MURZA HAS FREQUENTLY TRAVELED ABROAD, MEETING WITH THE WESTERN LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE U.S. AND CANADA, TO PUSH FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS. HE SURVIVED TWO POISONING ATTEMPTS, BUT THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD NEVER MAKE IT OUT OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN SIBERIA. UNTIL HE WAS RELEASED IN THE LARGEST PRISONER SWAP BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST SINCE THE COLD WAR. KARA-MURZA SAT DOWN WITH CBC NEWS IN AN EXCLUSIVE CANADIAN INTERVIEW, TALKING ABOUT HIS TIME IN PRISON, HIS RELEASE, AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND HIS HOPE FOR RUSSIA'S FUTURE. I JUST WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO 2022, A MONTH AND A HALF INTO PUTIN'S FULL-SCALE INVASION AND YOU DECIDE TO GO BACK TO MOSCOW, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS HAD URGED YOU NOT TO. WHY TAKE THE RISK WHEN YOU KNEW THAT YOU VERY LIKELY COULD BE ARRESTED? >> MY PLACE IS IN RUSSIA. HOW COULD I CALL ON MY FELLOW RUSSIAN CITIZENS TO STAND UP AND RESIST PUTIN'S DICTATORSHIP IF I DIDN'T DO IT MYSELF? WHAT WOULD ALL OF MY CONVICTIONS, ALL OF MY APPEALS, BE WORTH? >> Reporter: A FEW WEEKS AFTER, VLADIMIR PUTIN LAUNCHED RUSSIA'S FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE, AND KARA-MURZA WAS ARRESTED OUTSIDE OF HIS HOUSE AND EVENTUALLY SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TREASON AND SPREADING FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE. >> SO IN ALL I SPENT TWO YEARS AND THREE MONTHS IN PRISON AND THAT IS BOTH IN MOSCOW AND INCLUDING IN THAT TRANSIT ON THE WAY FROM MOSCOW TO SIBERIA. AND 11 MONTHS STRAIGHT OF THOSE TWO YEARS AND THREE MONTHS WERE SPENT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN TOTAL AND COMPLETE ISOLATION. I WAS IN A SMALL CELL, ABOUT 2-BY-3 METRES AND A SMALL WINDOW, JUST UNDER THE CEILING WITH METAL BARS. AND THERE WAS NO ONE TO SPEAK TO. THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO. >> Reporter: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WAS YOUR LOWEST POINT IN PRISON? >> WELL, TO PUT IT PLAINLY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO STAY SANE. YOU START TO FORGET WORDS, YOU START TO FORGET NAMES. AND JUST SITTING THERE AND STARING AT A WALL -- IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, TO NOT GO CRAZY, TO FILL UP YOUR TIME AND YOUR MIND WITH SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE. >> Reporter:HE WAS ABLE TO GET HIS HANDS ON A SPANISH TEXTBOOK AND SPENT HIS DAYS LEARNING THE LANGUAGE. HE FIGURED THAT HE WOULD LANGUISH IN PRISON UNTIL ONE NIGHT IN JULY. >> AND I'M SUDDENLY WOKEN UP BY THIS LOUD NOISE OF THE DOORS OF MY CELL BEING OPENED AND A GROUP OF PRISON OFFICERS BURSTING INTO THE CELL AND AT THAT MOMENT I WAS ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT I WAS GOING TO BE LED OUT AND BE EXECUTED. BUT INSTEAD, THE PRISON CONVOY TOOK ME TO THE AIRPORT. >> Reporter: HE WAS TAKEN TO THIS PRISON IN MOSCOW BUT WASN'T TOLD WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL FIVE DAYS LATER WHEN SECURITY AGENTS IN BALACLAVAS MARCHED HIM ONTO A BUS. >> AND IT'S VERY DARK INSIDE AND THERE'S NO LIGHTS AND THE WINDOWS ARE DARKENED. AND IN EVERY ROW I SEE MORE MEN IN BLACK BALACLAVAS COVERING THEIR FACES AND NEXT TO EACH OF THEM -- AND THESE WERE OPERATISTS FROM A FBI SPECIAL UNIT. NEXT TO EACH OF THEM I SAW A FRIEND, A COLLEAGUE, A FELLOW POLITICAL PRISONER. >> Reporter: THAT'S WHEN HE SAYS THAT HE KNEW THAT HE WAS PART OF A PRISONER SWAP. HE WAS TAKEN TO A PLANE AND FLOWN TO TÜRKIYE. THERE WERE 16 PRISONERS ONBOARD, INCLUDING EVAN GERSHKOVICH, A REPORTER FROM "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" AND PAUL WHELAN, A FORMER U.S. MARINE WHO ALSO HOLDS CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP. WHEN THE GROUP LANDED, A WOMAN WALKED UP TO KARA-MURZA AND HANDED HIM A CELL PHONE. >> AND SHE SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ON THE LINE WAITING TO SPEAK TO YOU AND I SAID SOMETHING TO HIM -- YOU KNOW, THANKING HIM FOR THIS. AND THEN HE PASSED THE PHONE TO MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WHO ARE STANDING WITH HIM IN THE OVAL OFFICE. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE) [CRYING] >> WHEN I HEARD THEIR VOICES ON THE PHONE, THERE ARE NO LANGUAGE, THERE ARE NO WORDS IN ANY LANGUAGE THAT I KNOW THAT COULD DESCRIBE THAT FEELING. >> Reporter: SINCE REUNITING WITH HIS FAMILY, KARA-MURZA HAS BARELY RESTED AND HE'S CRISSCROSSING EUROPE, MEETING WITH LEADER, INCLUDING LEADER OLAF SHULZ. AND HE PLANS TO GO TO CANADA SOON BECAUSE WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON, THE PARLIAMENT GRANTED HIM HONOURARY CITIZENSHIP. >> TO ME, THE HONOURARY CITIZENSHIP BESTOWED BY CANADA WAS, OF COURSE, A PROFOUND PERSONAL HONOUR. BUT I ALSO TAKE IT AS A GESTURE OF SOLIDARITY, AS A SIGN OF SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT ON THE PART OF CANADA. WITH ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE IN RUSSIA WHO HAVE STOOD UP AGAINST THE PUTIN DICTATORSHIP AND HAVE PUBLICLY SPOKEN OUT AGAINST HIS AGGRESSIVE AND CRIMINAL WAR IN UKRAINE. FOR RUSSIA TO CHANGE, VLADIMIR PUTIN'S REGIME MUST LOSE. >> Reporter: BUT 2 1/2 YEARS INTO HIS FULL-SCALE WAR ON UKRAINE, I MEAN, IT APPEARS THAT HIS GRIP ON POWER IS QUITE SOLID, REGARDLESS OF THE DEVELOPMENTS -- SO HOW DOES THAT CHANGE? >> ONE LESSON THAT THE MODERN HISTORY OF RUSSIA CERTAINLY TEACHES US IS THAT MAJOR POLITICAL CHANGES IN OUR COUNTRY CAN OCCUR LIKE THIS -- COMPLETELY UNEXPECTEDLY AND COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BLUE. >> Reporter: I KNOW THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO RUSSIA SOME DAY IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU -- WHEN IT IS SAFE FOR YOU TO DO SO. DO YOU ENVISION ANY KIND OF ROLE FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT, A RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT, DOWN THE ROAD? >> THAT DOESN'T MATTER. WHAT MATTERS IS THAT A FREE RUSSIA HAPPENS. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. I AM GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO BRING CLOSER THAT DAY WHEN RUSSIA BECOMES A PEACEFUL, NORMAL MODERN DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT DAY WILL COME. AND I SEE IT AS MY DUTY AND MY RESPONSIBILITY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO TRY TO BRING THAT DAY A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. >> Reporter: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, BRIAR. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SPEAK TO YOU. >> Adrienne: SINCE HIS RELEASE, KARA-MURZA HAS URGED WORLD LEADERS TO WORK WITH DISSIDENTS OPPOSED TO PUTIN'S WAR. (♪♪) >>> WELL, OTTAWA INVESTED MILLIONS FOR A WATER TREATMENT PLANT, BUT MANY IN THE COMMUNITY SAY THEY AREN'T CONNECTED. >> IF IT WAS WORKING THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE WORKING I WOULD BE RETIRED. >> Adrienne: WHY CLEAN TAP WATER IS STILL HARD TO COME BY NEXT. (♪♪) (♪♪) >> Adrienne: ENTIRE GENERATIONS GROWING UP WITHOUT ACCESS TO Lack of clean water for Ont. First Nations CLEAN WATER. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT, IF SOMEONE IN THEIR HOME COULD TURN ON THE TAP AND USE THAT WATER TO DRINK OUT OF? >> I THINK THAT IS KIND OF WEIRD, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMEBODY DO THAT BEFORE. >> Adrienne:BUT WITHIN A HUNDRED KILOMETRES OUTSIDE OF CANADA'S LARGEST CITY, A FIRST NATION LIVING WITHOUT A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT. >> NO ONE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY GIVES A DAMN. >> Adrienne:JAELA BERNSTIEN LOOKS AT HOW FIRST NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER IS FIGHTING BACK. (♪♪) >> Reporter: SO YOU DON'T REALLY TRUST THIS WATER FOR DRINKING? >> NO, NOT AT ALL. [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] >> WE'VE NEVER, EVER TRUSTED OUR TAP WATER. >> Reporter: THIS IS SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER. IT'S NAMED FOR THE WATERWAY THAT RUNS THROUGH ITS TERRITORY. IT IS NOT REMOTE OR HARD TO ACCESS. IT'S LOCATED JUST 30 MINUTES FROM BRANTFORD AND HAMILTON AND ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM TORONTO. SO WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE HERE SAY THAT IN 2024 THAT THEY DON'T HAVE RELIABLE ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER? >> NO ONE OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY GIVES A DAMN. IF THEY DID I WOULDN'T BE HERE. WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COURTS TO FINALLY GET SOMETHING DONE. >> Reporter: WE'RE HERE TO FIND OUT WHY WATER IS STILL SUCH AN ISSUE ON THE MOST POPULATED RESERVE IN CANADA. HI. I'M JAELA. >> HI, NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M ASHLEY. >> Reporter: THIS IS ASHLEY COOK'S HOME. IT IS WHERE SHE LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND AND FOUR KIDS. AND HERE EVERYONE KNOWS WHICH WATER IS FOR DRINKING. HOW LONG WOULD THIS LAST? >> UM, MAYBE A WEEK. MAYBE A WEEK AND A HALF, YEAH. >> Reporter: OKAY, WHAT IS YOUR TAP WATER OVER HERE USED FOR? >> DISHES. >> Reporter: OKAY. >> DISHES, BATHROOM, SHOWERING, LAUNDRY. YEAH. >> Reporter: OKAY. AND WHY? WHY DON'T YOU DRINK YOUR TAP WATER? >> WE'VE NEVER, EVER TRUSTED OUR TAP WATER AND WE HAVE NEVER GREW UP DRINKING TAP WATER, SO IT IS NORMAL TO NOT DRINK IT. >> Reporter: LIKE A LOT OF FAMILIES ON RESERVE, THEIR WATER COMES FROM AN OUTDOOR CISTERN, AND IT IS EASY TO GET CAUGHT SHORT. >> AND I REMEMBER WHEN MY BABIES WERE SMALL AND THEY WERE BOTH ASLEEP AND I THOUGHT THIS IS PERFECT AND I CAN GO TAKE A SHOWER. AND THE WATER RAN OUT ON ME. AND I ALMOST WANTED TO CRY. I HAD HARDLY NO SLEEP AND I WAS EXHAUSTED AND I FINALLY GOT TO GO HAVE A NICE SHOWER AND THE WATER STOPPED. >> Reporter: IT'S A LESSON THAT SHE'S PASSED ON TO ALL OF HER KIDS -- INCLUDING 10-YEAR-OLD ELLIE. >> WHAT DO MOM AND DAD TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SHOWER? >> DON'T TAKE LONG, YOU WILL WASTE THE WATER. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT -- IF SOMEONE IN THEIR HOME COULD TURN ON THE TAP AND USE THAT WATER TO DRINK OUT OF? >> I THINK THAT IS KIND OF WEIRD. I NEVER SEEN SOMEBODY DO THAT BEFORE. >> Reporter: HER CLEAN WATER DOESN'T COME CHEAP AND THESE BILLS FOR FILLING UP THAT CISTERN OUTSIDE? THEY ADD UP. >> SO 2,000 AND $95, AND THAT WAS JUNE, $2,000, AND MAY, 2,000 GALLONS AND $95. >> Reporter:ALL IN ALL SHE SAYS THAT WATER FOR THEIR FAMILY OF SIX COSTS $250 A MONTH. >> I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT OTHERS PAY OFF-RESERVE, TO BE HONEST. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEIR WATER IS. >> Reporter: DO YOU WANT TO KNOW? >> I DO. >> Reporter: AROUND $40 A MONTH FOR -- TO BE HOOKED UP TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. >> THAT'S UNLIMITED WATER AND IT'S DRINKABLE WATER? >> Reporter: YEAH, THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT $40 A MONTH FOR, UM, FOR JUST UNDER 4,000 GALLONS. >> OH, WOW. LUCKY. (♪♪) >> Reporter: SO THERE IS PIPE TREATED WATER HERE IN SIX NATIONS. [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] BUT THE WATER MAIN STOPPED ABOUT TWO KILOMETRES SHORT OF ASHLEY COOK'S HOME. IN FACT, ABOUT 70% OF THE HOMES HERE AREN'T CONNECTED TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAD THERE NOW AND FIND OUT WHY MORE PEOPLE ARE NOT HOOKED UP TO IT. THIS PLANT WAS BUILT WITH HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT NEARLY QUADRUPLED THE WATER TREATMENT CAPACITY ON RESERVE, BUT A DECADE LATER THE WATER SERVICE STILL DOESN'T RUN DOWN MOST ROADS. THE HEAD OF PUBLIC WORKS, MIKE MONTOUR SAYS WHILE NEARBY CITIES TAKE THE POTABLE WATER FOR GRANTED, IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT REALITY HERE. HOW DID WE GET HERE THAT IN 2024, PEOPLE CAN'T NECESSARILY TURN ON THEIR TAP IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE, LIKE, CLEAN AND TRUSTWORTHY DRINKING WATER? >> EVERYTHING REALLY BOILS DOWN TO MONEY TO ME. LIKE IT'S NOT JUST THE FUNDING THEY PROVIDE NOW THAT ISN'T ENOUGH, IT IS THE FUNDING THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE LIKE 10, 15, 20, 25 YEARS AGO. >> Reporter: THEY SPENT $15 MILLION SINCE THEN TO EXTEND THE WATER MAIN. THE SIX NATIONS ITSELF HAS PUT UP $20 MILLION OF ITS OWN BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. SO THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T CONNECTED USE PATCHWORK SOLUTIONS TO GET AND TO TRANSPORT WATER. AND MIKE SAYS THAT COMES WITH RISK. >> CAN THEY GUARANTEE THAT WELL WATER IS SAFE? OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE WATER FROM THAT TRUCK, THE CONTAINER THEY'RE PUTTING IT IN AND HOW THEY'RE CONNECTING IT TO THEIR HOME AND USING IT? NO, THEY CAN'T. >> Reporter:SOLVING THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SIX NATIONS CAN FUND ON ITS OWN. BY COUNCIL'S ESTIMATES GETTING CLEAN WATER TO EVEN PART OF THE RESERVE WOULD COST TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. >> IT'S TIME FOR CANADA TO KNOW THAT SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER IS TIRED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. >> Reporter: AFTER A DAY IN THE COMMUNITY, WE GOT AN INTERVIEW WITH ELECTED CHIEF SHERRY LYNN HILL. SHE BROKE THE NEWS TO US THAT THEY'RE SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> MY PEOPLE DO NOT DESERVE THIS KIND OF TREATMENT. WOULD THIS HAPPEN IN TORONTO? >> Reporter: AND INDIGENOUS SERVICES CANADA, I DID REACH OUT TO THEM, AND THEY SAID THAT EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO CLEAN SAFE DRINKING WATER. [LAUGHTER] >> OH, THAT'S NEWS TO ME. IT'S NOT TRUE. NOT TRUE AT ALL. [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] >> Reporter: WE PUT THOSE CONCERNS BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IN A STATEMENT A SPOKESPERSON REITERATED THAT THE COMMUNITY'S PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM IS NOT UNDER A WATER ADVISORY. THOUGH SHE SAID THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO BRING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE. AND HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH THAT THROUGH PROPOSED LEGISLATION CALLED THE FIRST NATIONS CLEAN WATER ACT. FOR NOW THE GOVERNMENT POINTS TO FILLING STATIONS LIKE THIS ONE AS PART WHAT IT FUNDS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO SAFE WATER. AT ONE THAT WE VISITED, SOME SAID THAT THEY DRINK THIS WATER. AND OTHERS NOT SO MUCH. SO YOU DON'T REALLY TRUST THIS WATER FOR DRINKING? >> NO, NOT AT ALL. >> Reporter: OKAY. HOW COME? >> THE QUALITY OF THE WATER ON RESERVE. NOT GOOD. >> Reporter: THAT DISTRUST IS COMMON HERE. AND IN HOMES NOT CONNECTED TO PUBLIC WATER, THE TESTING HAS FOUND UNSAFE CONTAMINANTS, INCLUDING E. COLI. SOME OF THAT RESEARCH IS LED BY McMASTER UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR JEAN MARTIN-HILL. SHE IS ASHLEY'S MOTHER AND SHE LIVED IN SIX NATIONS. >> SO THE STUDIES THAT WE DID, WE FOUND ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE BIRTHING CENTRE YOUNG MOMS REALLY STRUGGLE, AND WORRY ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF WATER UP TO 10 TIMES A DAY. IT'S A DAILY CONCERN, BUT WE'VE NORMALIZED IT. AND WE HAVE SOMEWHAT ACCEPTED IT. AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF MY RESEARCH PROJECT HAS BEEN TO HELP TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT THIS IS NOT OKAY, THAT WE LIVE LIKE THIS. >> THE WATER WOULD FLOW -- >> Reporter: HER TEAM ORGANIZES COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATIONS LIKE THIS ONE, SHARING KNOWLEDGE AROUND THE WATER QUALITY AND ITS MANAGEMENT. [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] >> OPEN IT UP. >> Reporter: BACK AT ASHLEY'S WE GET A TOUR OF HOW LIFE WORKS WHEN YOU RELY ON A CISTERN. THIS PIECE OF LUMBER IS A DIPSTICK AND IT'S HOW THEY CHECK THEIR WATER LEVELS. >> THAT IS HOW MUCH IS LEFT WHICH IS PRETTY LOW. >> Reporter: THIS IS RATION TIME. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> Reporter: OKAY. OKAY. THIS IS WHEN YOU CALL THE WATER TRUCK? >> YEP. >> Reporter: WILSON'S WATER HAULAGE DELIVERS TO ABOUT 200 HOMES A WEEK, AND BUSINESS IS GOOD. THEY GET CALLS AROUND THE CLOCK. >> IF IT WASN'T FOR US, PEOPLE WOULD BE SCRAMBLING FOR WATER. >> Reporter: KEVIN WILSON HAS BEEN AT THIS FOR 30 YEARS AND HE SAYS HE'D BE HAPPY TO SEE THE REST OF HIS COMMUNITY CONNECTED TO TREATED WATER, EVEN IF IT MEANT A DIP IN BUSINESS. >> IT DOESN'T WORK HOW IT IS, AND IF IT WAS WORKING THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE WORKING, I WOULD BE RETIRED. >> Reporter: ASHLEY IS HOPEFUL THAT HER HOME WILL GET HOOKED UP TO THE WATER MAIN SOME DAY. IN THE MEANTIME SHE MANAGES. >> IT'S NOT FAIR BUT IT WORKS. >> Reporter: IT'S A SENSE OF INJUSTICE SHARED BY MANY IN HER COMMUNITY. AND IF SOME DAY, SAFE, RELIABLE WATER BECOMES EASIER TO ACCESS IN SIX NATIONS, THERE WILL A FINAL BARRIER -- LEARNING TO TRUST IT. >> Adrienne: THE ELECTED CHIEF TELLS CBC NEWS THAT SIX NATIONS WILL FILE A LAWSUIT THIS MONTH. (♪♪) >>> NEXT, WHEN HELP COMES FROM AN UNEXPECTED PLACE. >> I'M STANDING THERE AND I'M -- I'M HITTING MY CHEST. >> Adrienne: HOW A GOVERNOR SAVED THE DAY IN OUR "MOMENT." (♪♪) The Moment | Governor saves choking man (♪♪) >> Adrienne: A STARTLING SITUATION AT A NEW HAMPSHIRE EATING COMPETITION, CONTESTED CHRISTIAN MORENO STARTED CHOKING AND THE MAN WHO JUMPED IN TO HELP WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF. THE INCIDENT DIDN'T DETER CHRISTIAN AND HE WENT BACK TO THE TABLE TO COMPETE. THE GOVERNOR'S HEIMLICH MANOEUVRE IS OUR "MOMENT." (♪♪) >> WE STARTED TO COME DOWN THE LINE AND THEY SAY HOW MANY ARE YOU GOING TO EAT. >> SHOOTING FOR AT LEAST 20. >> THAT'S A LOFTY GOAL AND HE SAID THAT I'M GOING TO EAT 20. AND I REALISED THAT I WAS FOCUSING SO MUCH ON THIS THAT I WAS NOT CHEWING AND I WAS JUST BITING AND SWALLOWING. AND I ENDED UP FEELING SOMETHING SMALL THAT WAS STUCK IN MY THROAT. IN THAT MOMENT I WAS DOING MY ABSOLUTE BEST JUST TO STAY CALM. AND JUST TO COMMUNICATE THAT I WAS CHOKING. I'M STANDING THERE AND I'M HITTING MY CHEST AND TURNED AROUND TO LIKE MOTION, LIKE, I'M CHOKING -- AND I SAW A FIGURE COMING OVER. AND HE STARTED THE COMPRESSIONS. WHEN HE HAD PUT ME DOWN AFTER I PUT MY THUMB UP, LIKE, I AM GOOD AND THEN I WENT DOWN -- NO, NOT GOOD. AND THE PARAMEDIC STEPPED IN AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE VERY END THAT IT CLICKED AND I REALISED WHO IT WAS. >> Adrienne: OKAY, SO NOT ONLY DID HE GO BACK TO THE EATING COMPETITION ONCE HE WAS DONE THAT -- HE DIDN'T END AND DIDN'T EAT 20, BY THE WAY, AND HE WENT BACK TO WORK TO DO HIS NIGHT SHIFT AT THE POSTAL SERVICE. >>> FOR ALL OF US AT "THE NATIONAL," THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND YOU CAN WATCH ANYWHERE, ANY TIME ON THE FREE CBC NEWS APP AND SUBSCRIBE TO "THE NATIONAL'S" YouTube