CBC News: The National | Air Canada strike looms

The National for September 9, 2024 (♪♪) >> Adrienne: TONIGHT, CANADIAN TRAVELLERS ARE BRACING FOR FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AGAIN. >> WE'RE AFRAID WITH THE IMPENDING STRIKE WITH AIR CANADA, OUR FLIGHT WILL BE CANCELLED. >> Adrienne: AIR CANADA SAYS THAT IT'S PREPARING TO SUSPEND FLIGHTS AS A STRIKE DEADLINE LOOMS. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU'RE FLYING. (♪♪) >>> THE PRINCESS OF WALES OPENS UP ABOUT HER CANCER TREATMENT. >> THE CANCER JOURNEY IS COMPLEX, SCARY AND UNPREDICTABLE FOR EVERYONE. >> Adrienne: AND RENT PRICES SOARING, AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS DISAPPEARING. >> THE BUILDINGS ARE STILL THERE, THEY'RE JUST NO LONGER AFFORDABLE. >> Adrienne: WHO IS TO BLAME? >> WE'RE NOT TASKED WITH BUILDING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE OR SOCIAL HOUSING. WE'RE IN BUSINESS. >> Adrienne: WE INVESTIGATE WHO REALLY OWNS ALL OF THOSE. >> Announcer: FROM CBC NEWS THIS IS "THE NATIONAL" WITH CHIEF CORRESPONDENT ADRIENNE ARSENAULT. (♪♪) >> Adrienne: THANKS FOR JOINING US. >>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A TRAVEL NIGHTMARE IN THE MAKING. Air Canada prepares for strike shutdown AIR CANADA IS ON THE BRINK OF A MAJOR SHUTDOWN AS CONTRACT TALKS WITH PILOTS STALL. SO THE PILOTS WANT HIGHER WAGES ON PAR WITH THEIR AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS. BUT AIR CANADA SAYS THAT THEIR DEMANDS ARE UNREASONABLE IF THEY CAN'T REACH A DEAL FAST. THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS COULD SOON BE LEFT SCRAMBLING. IT'S A FRUSTRATING AND A FAMILIAR SITUATION FOR COUNTLESS CANADIANS ON EDGE ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING TRAVEL PLANS. ANIS HEYDARI NOW WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU'RE FLYING. >> Reporter: AIR CANADA PASSENGERS COULD SOON BE GROUNDED AS THE AIRLINE PREPARES FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF IT CAN'T SETTLE A CONTRACT WITH ITS PILOTS. WITH NO DEAL IT MAY START SHUTTING DOWN FLIGHTS BY THIS WEEKEND. >> THEY FORCED THIS UPON ME AND UPON THEMSELVES. >> Reporter: MIKE SPRINGER IS FLYING FOR KNEE SURGERY. >> WE'RE AFRAID THAT WITH THE IMPENDING STRIKE WITH AIR CANADA THAT OUR FLIGHT WOULD BE CANCELLED IF WE BOOKED WITH AIR CANADA. SO I LOOKED INTO WESTJET AND BOOKED WITH WESTJET INSTEAD. >> Reporter: INITIALLY MORE THAN 110,000 PASSENGERS COULD BE AFFECTED EACH DAY. AIR CANADA IS LETTING THOSE TRAVELING NEXT WEEK TO ADJUST OR TO CANCEL BOOKINGS. THE PILOTS ARE THREATENING TO WALK OFF THE JOB, SAYING THEY AREN'T PAID ENOUGH. >> WE FLY THE SAME PASSENGERS AND THE SAME AIRPLANES AND THE SAME SPACE AS OUR PEERS LIKE AMERICAN AND DELTA, BUT WE DO SO FOR HALF OF THE SALARY. >> Reporter: BUT AIR CANADA SAYS THAT THE UNION'S DEMANDS FAR EXCEED THE CANADIAN WAGE INCREASES THOUGH IT'S A GLOBAL MARKET. >> THE PILOTS, THEY'RE GOING AROUND THE WORLD, AND THEY ARE TALKING TO FELLOW WORKERS WHO WORK FOR DIFFERENT AIRLINES AND THEY KNOW WHAT THESE DISPARITIES ARE. >> Reporter: AIR CANADA AND THE UNION STILL HAVE A FEW DAYS TO SETTLE. >> WHEN A COMPANY IS NEGOTIATING WITH A UNION, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTE. IT'S ALL ABOUT NEGOTIATING. IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING COMPROMISES. >> Reporter: BUT COMPROMISES ARE HARDER FOR THE PASSENGERS OUTSIDE OF BIG CITIES. >> SO OUR CHOICES ARE EVEN LESS HERE. WE CAN'T DRIVE TO BUFFALO AND WE CAN'T DRIVE TO DETROIT AND USE AMERICAN-OWNED AIRLINES. SO WE KIND ARE STUCK WITH AIR CANADA DOWN HERE. >> Reporter: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THAT IT BELIEVES IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS AND THAT CANADIANS ARE COUNTING ON BOTH SIDES TO GET A DEAL. >> THE ENTIRE POINT OF LABOUR ACTION IS THAT IT'S THAT THREAT OF DISRUPTION TO THE EMPLOYER'S BUSINESS THAT CREATES THE PRESSURE ON THEM TO COME TO THE TABLE AND NEGOTIATE A FAIR AGREEMENT. >> Reporter: THE PILOTS HAVE VOTED 98% IN FAVOUR OF A STRIKE AND THEY'LL HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE BY SUNDAY IF THEY PLAN TO DO THAT. >> Adrienne: SO, ANIS, JUST LIKE WE SAW WITH THE WESTJET STRIKE EARLIER THIS SUMMER, EVEN BEFORE THAT DEADLINE THAT AIR CANADA SAID THAT IT MAY NEED TO CANCEL FLIGHTS IN PREPARATION? >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. IF EITHER THE COMPANY OR THE UNION GIVE THAT 72-HOUR STRIKE NOTICE, AIR CANADA WILL START CANCELING FLIGHTS RIGHT AWAY. IT DOESN'T WANT TO GET THE EQUIPMENT OR THE AIRPLANES STUCK ANYWHERE. NOW CANADIAN FLIGHTS ARE CANCELLED AND THEY CAN GET A FULL REFUND FOR THAT FLIGHT BUT THEY MAY NOT GET ANY EXTRA MONEY OR COMPENSATION UNDER THE CURRENT PASSENGERS' RIGHTS LAWS. >> Adrienne: ANIS HEYDARI AT THE CALGARY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THANKS AIS IN. Liberals tap Mark Carney as economic advisor >>> A HIGH STAKES LIBERAL CAUCUS RETREAT IS UNDERWAY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA WITH NEWS OF A BIG NAME JOINING THE TEAM. RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN NOW ON MARK CARNEY'S NEW ROLE AND THE CONCERNS BEING RAISED ABOUT JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S LEADERSHIP. >> Reporter: AT THE START OF AN OCEANSIDE CAUCUS MEETING A BLUNT MESSAGE FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. >> MY CONSTITUENTS DO NOT SEE MR. TRUDEAU AS THE PERSON TO LEAD THE PARTY INTO THE NEXT ELECTION. >> Reporter: THIS LIBERAL M.P. SAYING WHAT HE'S HEARD IS A CALL FOR CHANGE AT THE TOP. >> IF I LISTEN TO MY CONSTITUENTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE MEANT TO DO, YES, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE LEADERSHIP. >> Reporter: THE LIBERALS ARE HOPING THAT THIS RETREAT IS ALSO A RESET, AFTER A BRUTAL BY-ELECTION LOSS TO THE CONSERVATIVES AND THE END OF A DEAL WITH THE N.D.P. TO KEEP THEIR MINORITY GOVERNMENT ALIVE. >> WELL, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THIS BUT AN ELECTION TO FOCUS THE MIND, RIGHT? >> Reporter: NOW THE PARTY IS BRINGING IN A BIG NAME TO HELP TO PREPARE -- FINANCE MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND ANNOUNCING THAT SHE IS THRILLED TO WELCOME HER LONG-TIME AND RESPECTED FRIEND MARK CARNEY TO THE LIBERAL TEAM. THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF THE BANKS OF CANADA AND ENGLAND AND A NAME THAT HAS BEEN RAISED AS A POTENTIAL SUCCESSOR TO JUSTIN TRUDEAU. NOW AN ECONOMIC ADVISOR FOR THE LIBERALS. >> I SAW MARK AT THE AIRPORT. AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE HIM HERE. I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED WHAT HE STATED AND HIS INTELLIGENCE. >> Reporter: CARNEY WILL NOW HELP TO SHAPE THE PARTY'S POLICIES AS THE LIBERALS FACE PRESSURE TO ADDRESS THE COST OF LIVING. >> MARK CARNEY ISN'T PROMISING TO CHANGE COURSE. ALL THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS DOUBLING DOWN ON THE SAME FAILED POLICIES THAT CAUSED ALL OF THIS HEARTACHE TO CANADIANS IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> Reporter: AS FOR THE CONCERNS BEING RAISED WITHIN THE LIBERAL PARTY ABOUT TRUDEAU'S LEADERSHIP -- >> POLITICS IS A TEAM SPORT AND THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER. WE NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN TOUGH TIMES AND, OF COURSE, IT IS NORMAL TO HAVE CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS. >> Reporter: THOSE INTERNAL TALKS MAY BECOME TOUGHER STILL. IN JUST A WEEK TRUDEAU WILL FACE ANOTHER CRUCIAL TEST -- A BY-ELECTION IN MONTRÉAL WHERE HIS PARTY COULD LOSE ANOTHER LONG-TIME LIBERAL SEAT. RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS, NANAIMO, B.C. Peter Nygard sentenced to 11 years in prison >> Adrienne: THERE IS SOME CLOSURE TONIGHT FOR VICTIMS OF PETER NYGÅRD, THE DISGRACED FORMER FASHION TYCOON SENTENCED TODAY TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FOUR SEXUAL ASSAULTS. IN HIS SENTENCING, THE JUDGE CALLED NYGÅRD A SEXUAL PREDATOR WHO USED HIS WEALTH AND POWER TO PREY ON WOMEN. THE VICTIM'S ADVOCATE SHARED ONE OF THE WOMEN'S STATEMENTS OUTSIDE OF COURT. >> WE DID THIS TO ENSURE EVERY VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WILL REMEMBER THIS TRIAL AND FEEL THE STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE TO COME FORWARD AND NOT BE THREATENED BY SOCIAL STATUS OR MONEY. >> Adrienne: WITH TIME SERVED, THE 83-YEAR-OLD WILL SPEND ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON. NYGÅRD'S LAWYER SAYS THAT HE PLANS TO APPEAL THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCE. HE ALSO FACES CHARGES IN THE U.S., MANITOBA AND QUÉBEC. Men sentenced for role in Coutts blockade >>> WELL, TWO MEN IN ALBERTA HAVE BEEN SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLES IN THE COUTTS BORDER BLOCKADE. YOU MAY RECALL THAT BLOCKADE WAS IN PROTEST OF COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AND MANDATES AND IT STOPPED TRAFFIC FOR WEEKS BACK IN 2022. ERIN COLLINS NOW WITH THE SENTENCE AND THE MESSAGE THAT THE JUDGE IS HOPING THAT IT SENDS. >> Reporter: A STREAM OF DISAPPOINTMENT OUTSIDE OF A PACKED LETHBRIDGE COURTHOUSE. SUPPORTERS OF ANTHONY OLIENICK AND CHRIS CARBERT UPSET THAT THE TWO MEN AREN'T WALKING OUT TOO. INSTEAD, THEY ARE HEADED BACK TO PRISON, SENTENCED TO SIX AND A HALF YEARS FOR BREAKING A STOCKPILE OF GUNS TO A PROTEST AGAINST COVID RESTRICTIONS THAT BLOCKED THE BORDER TO THE U.S. HERE FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS. >> I FEEL THAT THIS IS A TRAVESTY OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. AND I FEEL THAT WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY IS SETTING A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS PRECEDENCE. >> Reporter: OLIENICK AND CARBERT ARRESTED WITH A CACHE OF WEAPONS AT THE COUTTS BLOCKADE, ACCUSED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, OF CONSPIRING TO KILL POLICE. THOSE CHARGES DIDN'T STICK BUT THEY WERE USED TO HELP TO JUSTIFY OTTAWA'S USE OF THE EMERGENCIES ACT. ITS USE DEEMED UNCONSTITUTIONAL EARLIER THIS YEAR, A RULING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CHALLENGING. AND SUPPORTERS OF OLIENICK AND CARBERT SAY THAT THIS IS THE REASON THAT THEY'RE HEADED TO JAIL. >> NOW IF THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS TO GO AWAY OR A VERY LOYALTY -- LIGHT ON THAT, THEN AUTOMATICALLY THAT -- THAT LIBERAL GOVERNMENT ENACTING OF THAT EMERGENCY ACT DOESN'T LOOK SO GOOD. >> Reporter: DETERRING ANOTHER POTENTIALLY VIOLENT AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED PROTEST, A MAJOR REASON THAT THE JUDGE IN THE CASE JUSTIFIED THE SENTENCES. >> FOR A PEACEFUL PROTEST, FIRST OF ALL IT HAS TO BE PEACEFUL. AND BRINGING A BUNCH OF WEAPONS IS NOT PEACEFUL AND IT HADS TO RESPECT THE LAWS WRIT LARGE AND CLEARLY WHAT WAS GOING ON AT COUTTS DID NOT DO THAT. >> Reporter: BUT THE LAWYERS FOR THE TWO MEN SAY THAT THE SENTENCES ARE TOO HARSH. >> I DON'T QUARREL WITH THE FACT THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GUNS AT A PROTEST, AND THAT THE JUDGE WAS APPROPRIATE IN SENDING THAT MESSAGE. BUT IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL HARM DONE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE -- I THINK THAT THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. >> Reporter: THE LAWYERS FOR BOTH ANTHONY OLIENICK AND CHRIS CARBERT SAY THEY'LL BE APPEALING THE SENTENCES. THEY ALSO SAY THAT THEY'LL BE APPEALING THE TWO MEN'S CONVICTIONS FOR POSSESSING A WEAPON FOR A DANGEROUS PURPOSE. ERIN COLLINS, CBC NEWS, LETHBRIDGE. Funeral for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau >> Adrienne: FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND FORMER TEAMMATES OF JOHNNY AND MATTHEW GOUDREAU HONOURED THE BROTHERS AT A FUNERAL IN PENNSYLVANIA. DURING HER EULOGY, JOHNNY'S WIFE REVEALED SHE IS PREGNANT WITH THEIR THIRD CHILD. >> HE WAS TRULY A FAMILY FIRST GUY AND THIS WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT I ADMIRED. >> Adrienne: THEY WERE KILLED BY A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER WHILE RIDING BIKES LAST MONTH IN THEIR HOME STATE OF NEW JERSEY. JOHNNY PLAYED FOR THE CALGARY FLAMES AND THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS WHILE MATTHEW SPENT TIME WITH PROFESSIONAL TEAMS IN THE AHL AND THE ECHL. Actor James Earl Jones dead at 93 >>> WELL, THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD HAS LOST A MOST DISTINCTIVE VOICE -- JAMES EARL JONES HAS DIED. HIS COMMANDING PRESENCE WAS SEEN AND HEARD ON SCREEN AND STAGE FOR SEVEN DECADES. YVETTE BREND LOOKS AT HIS PROLIFIC CAREER. >> IF YOU ONLY KNEW THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE. >> Reporter: HIS RANGE WAS FORMIDABLE -- HIS VOICE UNMISTAKABLE. >> I AM YOUR FATHER. >> Reporter: FROM "STAR WARS" TO "THE LION KING" -- >> YOU MUST TAKE YOUR PLACE IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE. >> HOW CAN I GO BACK? >> Reporter: HE INHABITED TRULY GLOBAL CULTURAL TOUCHSTONES, INCLUDING A FAMOUS WRITER IN AN IOWA CORNFIELD. >> PEOPLE WILL COME, RAY. >> Reporter: HIS VOICE DELIVERED SO MANY UNFORGETTABLE LINES. >> I WILL PHONE YOU. LET THEM WAIT! >> Reporter: IN A BARITONE SO DEEP THAT IT UNDERPINNED THE VERY UNIVERSE. >> OF THE CREATURES WHO SHARE OUR PLANET. >> Reporter: THAT VOICE SUCH A DRAW, THAT A FLEDGLING CABLE NEWS NETWORK MADE A SIGNATURE OUT OF IT. >> THIS IS CNN. >> Reporter: THE MISSISSIPPI-BORN ACTOR OVERCAME RACISM AND A CHILDHOOD STUTTER AND HE DEBUTED ON BROADWAY IN THE 1950S. HIS STAGE CAREER INCLUDED TWICE PERFORMING SHAKESPEARE'S OPHELIA. HE MOVED TO FILM IN THE 1960s, DEBUTING IN "DR. STRANGELOVE," BUT HE HIT THE BIG-TIME WITH THAT FAMOUS VOICE ACTING ROLE. >> IT DOESN'T HAUNT ME, I LOVE IT. I LOVE THAT I WAS PART OF THAT. [APPLAUSE] >> Reporter: JONES WAS GIVEN AN HONOURARY OSCAR IN 2011 AND HE HAD ALREADY RECEIVED A TONY AND EMMY AND A GRAMMY, A VERSATILITY THAT FEW HAVE MATCHED. TODAY ACTOR LAVARE BURTON POSTED ON X, "THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER OF HIS PARTICULAR COMBINATION OF GRACES." L.A. ENTERTAINMENT WRITER DREW TAYLOR SAID, "REST IN PEACE TO JAMES EARL JONES, A MAN WHO GAVE AN ANIMATED LION GRAVITAS AND SCHOOLED JACK RYAN ON NUCLEAR SUBMARINES AND AGREED TO ALL OF DAN AYKROYD'S WEIRD DEMANDS." >> THE SUN WILL SET ON MY TIME HERE -- >> Reporter: TODAY A FINAL BOW. JAMES EARL JONES DIED AT HOME IN NEW YORK STATE. HE WAS 93 YEARS OLD. YVETTE BREND, CBC NEWS, Stage set for first Trump-Harris debate VANCOUVER. >> Adrienne: WE ARE NOW JUST HOURS AWAY FROM WHAT COULD BE A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. KAMALA HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP WILL SQUARE OFF IN A DEBATE FOR THE FIRST TIME. PAUL HUNTER IS IN PHILADELPHIA TONIGHT TO SET THE STAGE. >> Reporter: ALL AROUND THE SITE OF THE DEBATE -- SECURITY FENCING. AND, YES, POSTERS PROMOTING KAMALA HARRIS OVER HERE -- AND DONALD TRUMP UP THERE. INDEED, AT A BUSTLING FOOD MARKET IN DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA, POLITICS IS FRONT OF MIND. ONE DAY AHEAD OF THE BIG HARRIS-TRUMP DEBATE, SAY HARRIS BACKERS -- >> SHE'S A BAD ASS, SO I'M -- SHE'S SMART AS A WHIP. SO, I MEAN, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS IN ADVANCE, I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: AND AS FOR TRUMP SUPPORTERS -- IF YOU WERE TALKING TO DONALD TRUMP RIGHT NOW ABOUT TUESDAY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HIM? >> KEEP COOL. DON'T LOSE YOUR TEMPER BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR THAT. >> Reporter: TENS OF MILLIONS WILL BE WATCHING. WHAT WILL LIKELY BE THE ONLY TIME THAT THE TWO WILL FACE EACH OTHER IN PERSON BEFORE VOTES ARE CAST. IN A COUNTRY DIVIDED WITH THE CONTEST NECK AND NECK. >> DEBATES MATTER IN CLOSE ELECTIONS. >> Reporter: A LONG-STANDING OBSERVER OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES SAY THAT THE STAKES FOR THIS ONE IS SUPER HIGH FER BOTH BUT -- >> THE STAKES ARE HIGHER FOR HARRIS BECAUSE THERE IS MORE OF A CHANCE TO BE DEFINED BY TRUMP THAN TRUMP TO DO EITHER FOR HIMSELF. >> Reporter: THE HARRIS TEAM WITH A NEW ANTI-TRUMP AD AND USING CLIPS FROM TRUMP'S FORMER INNER CIRCLE. >> NOW THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A WARNING FOR AMERICA -- TRUMP IS NOT FIT TO BE PRESIDENT AGAIN. >> Reporter:CHIEF AMONG THEM -- FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, NOW NO FAN OF HIS OLD BOSS. >> IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT I WILL NOT BE ENDORSING DONALD TRUMP THIS YEAR. >> I'M KAMALA HARRIS AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE. >> Reporter:TRUMP, MEANWHILE, NOW POSTING A TORRENT OF HARRIS MEMES ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL SITE. BACK AT THE FOOD MARKET, SOME WHO WILL BE WATCHING MAKE CLEAR WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY HOPING FOR. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM EITHER OF THE CANDIDATES? >> COHERENCE. I JUST -- SO MUCH OF THIS IS BATTLING NONSENSE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COHERENT IDEAS. >> Reporter: WHETHER THAT HAPPENS, ADRIENNE, DEPENDS ON THE TWO CANDIDATES. >> Adrienne: AND, PAUL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SUCH A HUGE FOCUS ON THE RULES OF THIS DEBATE. CAN YOU REMIND US WHERE THINGS HAVE LANDED? >> Reporter: YEAH. LOTS OF THEM. NO OPENING STATEMENTS -- STRAIGHT TO QUESTIONS. TWO MINUTES PER ANSWER AND TWO MINUTES PER REBUTTAL. EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE WITH THEM ON STAGE STRICTLY A PEN, SOME PAPER AND SOME WATER. NO PROPS. CONTROVERSIALLY, CANDIDATES WHO ARE NOT ON CAMERA WILL HAVE THEIR MICROPHONES TURNED OFF. THE HARRIS TEAM HAD WANTED THEM KEPT ON IN CASE DONALD TRUMP TRIES TO SHOUT OVER KAMALA HARRIS. AND FEARING THAT HE'D LOOK BAD, THE TRUMP TEAM ARGUED THAT THE MICROPHONES SHOULD BE KEPT OFF WHEN NOT ON CAMERA AND THE TRUMP TEAM WON. THOSE ARE THE RULES. >> Adrienne: PAUL HUNTER IN PHILADELPHIA TONIGHT. THANKS, PAUL. NOW CBC NEWS IS SIMULCASTING THE CBC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN ITS ENTIRETY ON CBC NEWS NETWORK AND ON STREAMING. YOU CAN JOIN BE US FOR SPECIAL COVERAGE STARTING AT 8:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME AND FOR A SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE NATIONAL," RIGHT AFTER THE DEBATE. Princess Kate shares cancer journey video >>> WELL, THE PRINCESS OF WALES SAYS THAT SHE'S FINISHED HER CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT AND WILL GRADUALLY RETURN TO ROYAL DUTIES. CATHERINE SHARED THE NEWS IN A RARE AND EMOTIONAL VIDEO. CHRIS BROWN HAS HER MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC. >> AS THE SUMMER COMES TO AN END, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT A RELIEF IT IS TO FINALLY HAVE COMPLETED MY CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT. >> Reporter: THE VIDEO RELEASED BY KENSINGTON PALACE SHOWS CATHERINE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES AND PRINCE WILLIAM ENJOYING LIFE WITH THEIR FAMILY OVER THE SUMMER. THE PRODUCTION WAS HIGHLY POLISHED AND CRAFTED TO APPEAR INTIMATE, AND IT WAS POSITIVE ABOUT HER FUTURE. >> I ENTER THIS NEW PHASE OF RECOVERY WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF HOPE AND APPRECIATION OF LIFE. >> Reporter: IT COMES NEARLY SIX MONTHS AFTER THIS VIDEO RELEASED AMID A FRENZY OF SPECULATION ABOUT HER HEALTH. >> IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY TOUGH COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> Reporter: CATHERINE CONFIRMED THAT SHE WAS ILL WITHOUT SAYING WHAT TYPE OF CANCER THAT SHE WAS BEING TREATED FOR. SHE MADE BRIEF PUBLIC APPEARANCES OVER THE SUMMER, INCLUDING IN JUNE, DURING TROOPING THE COLOUR. BUT IN THIS NEW VIDEO, SHE SAID THAT SHE INTENDS TO SLOWLY RESUME SOME ROYAL DUTIES AFTER A DIFFICULT NINE MONTHS. >> DOING WHAT I CAN TO STAY CANCER FREE IS NOW MY FOCUS. THOUGH I HAVE FINISHED CHEMOTHERAPY, MY PATH TO HEALING AND FULL RECOVERY IS LONG AND I MUST CONTINUE TO TAKE EACH DAY AS IT COMES. >> THE WORDS AND THE LANGUAGE TOGETHER WITH THE VIDEO ARE INTIMATE, THEY ARE PERSONAL. >> Reporter: THIS ROYAL EDITOR SAYS THAT CATHERINE'S WORDS AND THE IMAGES TO ILLUSTRATE THEM ARE UNUSUALLY PERSONAL. >> IT'S NOT JUST SEEING GEORGE AND LOUIS AND WE SEE HER PARENTS IN IT. AND WE SEE MIKE AND CAROL MIDDLETON PLAYING CARDS WITH THE CHILDREN. WE VERY RARELY SEE THEM AT ALL WITH THE PRINCESS. SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO SO MUCH OF THE SUPPORT THEY'VE BEEN. >> Reporter: KENSINGTON PALACE SAID THEY'LL GIVE NO FURTHER DETAILS ON THE NATURE OF CATHERINE'S CANCER. THE RESUMPTION OF ROYAL DUTIES WILL BE GRADUAL, PERHAPS BEGINNING WITH REMEMBRANCE DAY IN NOVEMBER. CHRIS BROWN, CBC NEWS, LONDON. >> Adrienne: POLICE IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE WARNING PEOPLE TONIGHT ABOUT A TAXI SCAM THAT HAS ALREADY COST SOME PEOPLE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. >> I WAS IN THE CAR WITH SOMEBODY WHO WASN'T A TAXI DRIVER. ANYTHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> Adrienne: HOW YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST THE FRAUD NEXT. (♪♪) >>> PLUS, WHERE HAS ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GONE? >> FINANCIAL FIRMS ARE RAISING RENTS HIGHER THAN OTHER TYPES OF LANDLORDS. >> Adrienne: ARE BIG CORPORATE LANDLORDS PRICING RENTERS OUT? "THE NATIONAL" INVESTIGATES. >>> AND LATER, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES BITES OFF MORE THAN IT CAN CHEW. >> THE FIRST THING THAT I NOTICED WAS THAT THERE WERE TOOTH MARKS ALL OVER MY GO PRO. >> Adrienne: THE CLOSE ENCOUNTER CAUGHT ON TAPE. WE'RE BACK IN TWO. (♪♪) Typhoon Yagi destroys Ventnam bridge >> Adrienne:AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE ARE MISSING AFTER SUPER TYPHOON YAGI DESTROYED THIS BRIDGE IN NORTHERN VIETNAM. OFFICIALS SAY THAT MULTIPLE CARS WERE TRYING TO CROSS IT WHEN IT COLLAPSED. YAGI FIRST MADE LANDFALL ON SATURDAY, CAUSING SEVERE FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND MILLIONS REMAIN WITHOUT POWER. >>> WELL, AMAZON IS REJECTING A Fake taxi scam costing Canadians PLEA TONIGHT TO STOP BUYING -- SELLING GENERIC BUT OFFICIAL-LOOKING TOOKSY ROOF SIGNS. THE CONCERN IS THAT THOSE SIGNS ARE USED BY FRAUDSTERS TO SCAM PASSENGERS OUT OF THEIR MONEY. SOPHIA HARRIS EXPLAINS. >> Reporter:JESSICA KEN-KING THOUGHT THAT SHE HAD HAILED A TAXI. SHE SHOWS US HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. SHE SAYS THAT THERE WAS A SIGN ON THE ROOF -- AND SHE DID THINK IT ODD THAT THE DRIVER WANTED HER TO PAY BY DEBIT CARD, BUT SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SHE'D BEEN SCAMMED UNTIL LATER THAT DAY. >> I GET A WEIRD NOTICE FROM MY BANK SAYING THAT THERE WAS SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY. >> Reporter: TURNS OUT THAT DURING THE DEBIT TRANSACTION THAT THE DRIVER GOT HER PIN AND SWAPPED HER CARD, HAPPENING HER BACK A SIMILAR-LOOKING ONE AND THE REAL ONE HE TOOK TO THE A.T.M. >> HE WITHDREW $600 AND I WAS IN SHOKS. I WAS IN THE CAR WITH SOMEBODY WHO WASN'T A TAXI DRIVER. ANYTHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> Reporter: IT'S CALLED THE TAXI SCAM. OVER THE PAST YEAR, TORONTO POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED NEARLY 1,000 CASES. TOTALING CLOSE TO $2 MILLION IN FINANCIAL LOSSES. THE TAXI SCAM HAS ALSO SPREAD TO MANY OTHER CANADIAN CITIES. IN CALGARY, KATHERINE KAZODI LOST ALMOST $2,000 AFTER SHE TOO WAS TOLD TO PAY WITH DEBIT AND THE FRAUDSTER SWAPPED HER CARD. >> IT REALLY FELT LIKE AN INVASION OF PRIVACY AND A VIOLATION TO BE A VICTIM OF THIS SCAM. I WAS TERRIFIED. >> Reporter: FRAUDSTERS CAN BUY TAXI SIGNS ONLINE AND CBC NEWS BOUGHT THIS ONE ON AMAZON FOR $35. THE CANADIAN TAXI ASSOCIATION HAS ASKED AMAZON TO STOP SELLING THESE. >> THEY DO HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO AT LEAST TO SELL THE SIGNS TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PROPERLY LICENSED BY THE CITY. >> Reporter: BUT AMAZON SAYS THAT IT WILL CONTINUE SELLING THE SIGNS TO ALL CUSTOMERS BECAUSE IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL. >> ANYTHING CAN BE USED TO COMMIT A CRIME AND YOU CAN'T START BANNING EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: THIS POLICE DETECTIVE SAYS THAT THE BEST WAY TO STOP THE TAXI SCAM IS TO WARN PEOPLE. >> NEVER GIVE PEOPLE CONTROL OF YOUR DEBIT CARD. >> Reporter:THEY WERE REIMBURSED FOR THE MONEY THEY LOST. NOW THEY TOO ARE SPREADING THE WORD. SOPHIA HARRIS, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Adrienne: THE SIX FRANCHISES OF THE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE NOW HAVE SOMETHING THEY NEVER HAD BEFORE -- A NAME AND A LOGO. >> I LOVE THE NAME. THE NAME IS VERY MONTRÉAL. >> IT SOUNDS A LITTLE WEIRD. >> Adrienne: THE WINNERS AND LOSERS ACCORDING TO THE FANS. >>> PLUS, RENTERS ARE FIGHTING BACK AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISAPPEARS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE FOR US, BUT NOW IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE ANYMORE. >> Adrienne: CORPORATE LANDLORDS THAT SOME SAY THAT ARE TO BLAME. >> THEY'RE REALLY CONSOLIDATING OWNERSHIP. >> Adrienne: WHO IS REALLY AT FAULT AND WHAT CAN BE DONE? >> YOU WANT THIS TO BE EAST GERMANY IN THE 1960s? THERE YOU GO. >> Adrienne: "THE NATIONAL" BREAKS DOWN THE STORIES SHAPING OUR WORLD NEXT. (♪♪) PWHL reveals team names and logo >> Adrienne: THE SIX TEAMS IN THE WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE HAVE SIX NEW NAMES TONIGHT. THE BIG REVEAL IS COMING ON THE CUSP OF THE LEAGUE'S SECOND SEASON. SARAH LEAVITT NOW WITH THE NEW LOOKS AND THE MIXED REACTION. >> Reporter: IT'S OFFICIAL -- THE TEAMS HAVE NAMES AND LOGOS. ONES THAT THE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE SAY THAT ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE HOME CITY -- THE MINNESOTA FROST, TORONTO SUSPECT SEHN AND TORONTO CHARGE, NEW YORK SIRENS AND MONTRÉAL VOI VICTOIRE AND THE BOSTON FLEET. >> [Speaking French] >> Reporter: AND DONNING BRAND-NEW MONTRÉAL MERCH, AND THE FORWARD SAYS THAT SHE'S ABSOLUTELY THRILLED. >> I LOVE THE NAME AND THE NAME IS VERY MONTRÉAL. >> Reporter: THE TWHL HAD A WILDLY SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL SEASON, BUT IT WAS CONDENSED AND THE TEAMS PLAYED WITHOUT NAMES. >> WE HAD THE LUXURY TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, WHAT FANS EXPERIENCED AT GAMES AND GET SENTIMENTS FROM ACROSS THE BOARD AND REALLY USE THOSE, UM, TO -- TO HELP TO CRYSTALLIZE THIS. >> Reporter: ONE LOOK ON SOCIAL MEDIA THOUGH AND IT'S CLEAR THAT NOT ALL ARE ON BOARD WITH THE NAMES. TAKE THE OTTAWA CHARGE, INSPIRED BY THE CITY'S OFFICIAL MOTTO "ADVANCE OTTAWA," AND THE OTTAWA CALGARY FLAMES, ONE PERSON WRITES. ANOTHER SAYS SO MUCH FOR BUYING MERCH. IN TORONTO THEY SAY IT EMBODIES THE CITY'S REGAL HISTORY. >> IT SOUNDS A LITTLE WEIRD. >> Reporter: AND MONTRÉAL? >> I KIND OF LIKE THE FRENCH NAME, I DON'T THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN IT. >> Reporter: MANY THOUGH ARE EXCITED ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THEIR TEAM MORE DEEPLY. >> I'M EXCITED TO KEEP WATCHING THEM AND KEEP SUPPORTING THEM. >> THE LAST SEASON WAS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WE COULD HAVE THOUGHT AND TO SEE THE FANS THAT CAME OUT TO ALL OF OUR GAMES TO SUPPORT US AND TO SELL OUT ARENAS AND SET RECORDS DAY AFTER DAY -- IT WAS CRAZY. I THINK THAT THIS SEASON WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO DO THE SAME. >> Reporter: KEEPING THAT MOMENTUM BEGINS WITH THESE FRESH THREADS. SARAH LEAVITT, CBC NEWS, MONTRÉAL. The Breakdown >> Adrienne: NOW IT IS TIME TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE STORIES SHAPING OUR WORLD AND TONIGHT OUR FOCUS IS ONE OF THE MOST BASIC NEEDS. THE BIG MONEY BUSINESS PLAN FOR CORPORATE LANDLORDS -- BUY UP HOUSING AND GET NEW TENANTS AND RAISE THE RENT. >> FINANCIAL FIRMS ARE RAISING RENTS HIGHER THAN OTHER TYPES OF LANDLORDS. >> Adrienne: THAT HAS BLOWN AWAY HALF A MILLION AFFORDABLE UNITS. TENANTS WHO CLING TO LOWER COST APARTMENTS SAY THEY'RE BEING FORCED OUT. AND THE INDUSTRY DENIES IT. >> I PERSONALLY DOUBT A LOT OF THOSE STORIES FROM THE BIG LANDLORDS. REMEMBER, WHEN YOU -- >> Adrienne:I'VE BEEN IN THOSE UNITS. I HAVE SEEN THEM. I SAT WITH THEM. GOVERNMENT DECISIONS FROM YEARS AGO LAID THE GROUND FOR THESE BIG LANDLORDS TO TAKE ROOT AND REAP BIG PROFIT. SO LET'S BREAK DOWN HOW THAT IS WORKING AND WHY THERE'S SO The rise of 'financialized' landlords in Canada LITTLE HOPE FOR THE TENANTS FEELING THE SQUEEZE. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS CANADA? >> WE DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS CANADA. >> Adrienne: IN THE MIDDLE OF A HUGE HOUSING CRISIS, WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF BIG CORPORATIONS. >> WE'RE NOT TASKED WITH BUILDING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE OR SOCIAL HOUSING -- WE ARE IN BUSINESS. >> Adrienne: THEY'RE CALLED FINANCIALIZED LANDLORDS, SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY'RE THE ONES BUYING UP OLD BUILDINGS. >> THE BUILDINGS ARE STILL THERE AND THEY'RE JUST NO LONGER AFFORDABLE. >> IT WAS AFFORDABLE FOR US. BUT NOW THEY ARE NOT AFFORDABLE ANYMORE. >> Adrienne: WHAT'S THE COST AND WHO PAYS WHEN THE GIANT CORPORATIONS MOVE? >> [CHANTING] >> Adrienne: NOT HERE -- NOT NOW. EVERY TIME THAT THESE RENTER PROTEST WHAT THEY CALL PUNISHING RENT HIKES, THIS IS THE LINE THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY HEAR. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> Adrienne: WHEN PROTESTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR TORONTO APARTMENTS DIDN'T WORK, THEY STARTED SHOWING UP AT THE OFFICES. INTERRUPTING BOARD MEETINGS OF THE COMPANIES THAT OWN THE BUILDINGS. THE MORE THAN 80 RESIDENTS FROM THREE TORONTO BUILDINGS HAVE ALSO NOW BEEN ON A RENT STRIKE FOR OVER A YEAR. STILL, NOTHING SEEMS TO CHANGE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE. >> OUR LANDLORDS HAVE APPEALED THESE RENT HIKES. THAT WILL FORCE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES. >> Adrienne:HALIL ABIBI IS AT SO MANY OF THE PROTESTS, BECAUSE HE SAYS FOR THEM THAT THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE. >> WHEN YOU GO FOR GROCERIES THE FIRST THING THAT YOU THINK ABOUT IS YOUR WALLET AND THE COST OF RENT. >> Adrienne: HE SEARCHED OUTSIDE OF TORONTO AND STILL CANNOT FIND SOMETHING THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY CAN AFFORD AND HE ADMITS SOMETIMES HIS THOUGHTS ARE REALLY DARK. >> A LOT OF HOMELESS LIVING AT THE PARKS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] AND OH, THOSE PEOPLE ARE LUCKY, THEY DON'T HAVE PRESSURE TO PAY THE RENT. FOR US THE RENT IS A PRESSURE. THOSE PEOPLE ARE LUCKY AND THEY ARE LIVING THEIR LIFE -- NO RENT. >> Adrienne: IMAGINE THINKING THAT PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES MIGHT BE BETTER OFF. THE CANADIAN REALITY IS THAT THE RENTS HAVE INCREASED 22% IN TWO YEARS. CANADA NOW RANKS THE LOWEST IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY OF ALL OF THE G7 COUNTRIES. BUT WHY? SOME BELIEVE A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH WHO OWNS THE BUILDINGS AND WHAT THEY DO WITH THEM. >> WE'RE LOSING AFFORDABILITY. >> Adrienne: SHE HAS A PH.D IN PLANNING AND HAS BEEN CHASING THOSE FACTS FOR YEARS. >> WE RAN THE NUMBERS IN TORONTO AND WE FOUND IN 2020, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE FINANCIAL FIRMS BOUGHT 90% OF THE RENTAL HOUSING UNITS THAT CAME UP FOR SALE SO THEY'RE CONSOLIDATING OWNERSHIP. >> Adrienne:SHOW SAYS IN CANADA THAT THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL FIRMS OWN CLOSE TO 400,000 SUITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT'S NEARLY 20% OF THE PURPOSE BUILT MULTIFAMILY RENTAL UNITS, BUT SHE THINKS THAT MIGHT BE AN UNDERCOUNT. SO BIG FIRMS OWN RENTAL BUILDINGS. SO WHAT YOU ASK? WELL, THEY AREN'T TALKING ABOUT COMPANIES THAT OWN AND RUN RENTALS AS A FULL-TIME BUSINESS. SHE'S USING THE TERM "FINANCIALIZED LANDLORD," AND FIRMS WITH INVESTORS THAT BUY UP HOUSING STOCK AS AN INVESTMENT. LARGE PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS AND REAL ESTATE TRUSTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STARLIGHT INVESTMENTS IN THIS STORY BECAUSE THAT IS HALIL'S LANDLORD BUT THERE'S MANY OTHERS. AND WHAT WORRIES SOME IS THAT THESE FINANCIALIZED LANDLORDS TEND TO BUY UP OLDER BUILDINGS WITH LOWER RENTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THEN THEY FIND WAYS TO MAKE THOSE ASSETS, THOSE BUILDINGS, PROFITABLE FOR INVESTORS. MARTINE MAINTAINS THIS IS WHERE IT GETS ROUGH FOR RENTERS. IT JUST STOPS BEING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AGAIN, SHE HAS DONE THE MATH. >> FINANCIAL FIRMS ARE RAISING RENTS HIGHER THAN OTHER TYPES OF LANDLORDS, INCLUDING LARGE CHAINS. WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT ON AVERAGE AFTER A FINANCIAL FIRM ACQUIRES A BUILDING, THEY INCREASE THEIR EVICTION FILING RATE BY THREE -- THEY TRIPLE IT. >> Adrienne: MOVE OUT OLD TENANTS AND THEN RAISE RENTS ON THOSE NOW EMPTY UNITS. WHEN SHE SAYS THAT'S THE BUSINESS MODEL SHE'S NOT MAKING AN IDLE COMMENT. CONSIDER STARLIGHT INVESTMENT. IT'S THE LARGEST LANDLORD IN CANADA AND HAS OVER 54,000 UNITS. ITS OWN PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL FOR INVESTORS LAYS IT OUT AND REFERRING TO BUYING BUILDINGS WITH THE BELOW MARKET RENTS AT THE TIME AND IN ONE CASE SAW THE RENTS INCREASE BY $411 PER MONTH. THESE PAPERS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU IS BECAUSE THESE ARE HOW THE COMPANIES DESCRIBE THEIR BUSINESS MODEL. AND I'M WONDERING WHAT YOU SEE IN THERE, WHAT STANDS OUT? >> SO THIS SHOWS QUITE CLEARLY THE IMPACT OF THIS REPOSITIONING STRATEGY, THIS APPROACH TO MAKING MONEY FOR INVESTORS, WITH THESE TYPES OF FIRMS USE. IT'S COMING AT THE EXPENSE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CANADA. AND I SAID THIS IS ONE BUILDING, RIGHT, AND THIS COMPANY HAS REPOSITIONED HUNDREDS OF PROPERTIES IN CANADA. AND SO THE NET EFFECT OF THAT IS RENTS ARE RISING. (♪♪) >> Adrienne: THE UNITS ARE TURNED OVER AND RENOVATED. FOR TENANTS WHO CAN AFFORD TO MOVE INTO UPDATED UNITS THEY LOOK GOOD. HERE'S ONE IN A BUILDING OWNED BY STARLIGHT INVESTMENTS. IT IS THE BUILDING THAT HALIL HAPPENS TO LIVE IN AND HIS APARTMENT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THAT. THAT IS ALL WATER DAMAGE. AND THEY JUST PAINTED OVER IT? >> THEY DON'T CARE AT ALL, EVEN FOR THIS -- IT WAS BROKEN FOR A WHILE. TO OPEN IT -- EVERYTHING IS BROKEN. >> Adrienne: HALIL INSISTS THAT OLDER UNITS LIKE HIS ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE NEWER ONES WITH MUCH HIGHER PAYING TENANTS. HIS FEELING IS THAT THE COMPANY JUST WANTS TO PUSH PEOPLE LIKE HIM OUT. >> IF ANYTHING, IF ANYTHING IS BROCKEN OR DAMAGED IN THAT UNIT, THEY WILL FIX IT, ABSOLUTELY. BUT FOR US -- GARBAGE. >> Adrienne: AND SO YOU'RE TAKING A RISK WITH THE RENT STRIKE, RIGHT? >> YES, BECAUSE I WANT BETTER. >> Adrienne: DOES IT MAKE YOU NERVOUS THOUGH? >> NO, NO. >> WITHOUT FINANCIALIZATION YOU WILL HARDLY HAVE ANYTHING -- ANY LANDLORDS. >> WE UNCOVER OPPORTUNITIES TO DELIVER SUPER RETURNS. >> Adrienne: OVER THE MONTHS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY WE REPEATEDLY ASKED STARLIGHT FOR AN ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW BUT THE COMPANY DECLINED OUR REQUESTS. SO WE REACHED OUT TO THIS MAN, MICHAEL BROOK. THE C.E.O. OF REALTY, A TRADE ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FIRMS. STARLIGHT INVESTMENTS ARE AMONG THEM. YOU TALK TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SOME OF THE UNITS, WHERE YOU ARE IN THORNCLIFFE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU HAVE SEEN THE RENTS INCREASE. AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE INCREASES AND THEY JUST FLAT OUT CAN'T AFFORD. AND THAT THE TREND LINE IS THAT THE LBT APPROVES THEM AND THEY'RE STUCK. WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO? BECAUSE THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY SEE THAT THE COMMON AREAS HAVE BEEN RENOVATED -- THAT'S GREAT. AND THEY SEE NEW UNITS BEING RENOVATED, THAT'S GREAT. BUT THEIR CABINETS ARE FALLING OFF OF THE WALLS AND THEY'VE GOT WATER DAMAGE AND THEY'VE GOT HOLES AND THEY CAN'T GET ANYONE IN TO FIX THEM. AND YET THEY'RE PAYING THE INCREASES. THE FRUSTRATION BUILDS, RIGHT? >> YEAH, I PERSONALLY DOUBT A LOT OF THOSE STORIES FROM THE BIG LANDLORDS. REMEMBER -- >> Adrienne: I HAVE BEEN IN THOSE UNITS AND I HAVE SEEN THEM AND I SAT WITH THEM. >> SO THE BIG LANDLORDS RUN THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS WITH A TICKET SYSTEM. YOU GOT A COMPLAINT, YOU FILL OUT A TICKET. THAT TICKET GETS ARCHIVED IN THEIR SYSTEM AND SOMEONE GETS ENGAGED TO FIX THAT. SO, UM, THAT'S THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD RUN. >> Adrienne: SUPPOSED TO RUN. >> THAT'S THE WAY THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO RUN IN THE LARGER BUILDINGS. THE ABOVE GUIDELINE RENT INCREASE APPROACH IS ADJUDICATED IN ONTARIO. >> Adrienne: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT STARLIGHT TOLD US IN AN EMAIL. THEY ALSO SAID THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR RESIDENTS AND SINCE 2019 THEY'VE INVESTED MORE THAN $28.5 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THESE BUILDINGS. >> 90% OF THE BUILDINGS IN THIS PROVINCE ARE OVER 45 YEARS OLD. IF YOUR HOUSE IS 45 YEARS OLD, YOU ARE ON YOUR SECOND ROOF AND YOUR SECOND SET OF WINDOWS AND NEW DOOR, NEW FURNACE AND NEW AIR CONDITIONER. IT'S THE SAME WITH THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS. THEY DON'T CARE WHO OWNS THEM, THEY DEPRECIATE AND IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY. >> Adrienne: COMING UP -- HOUSING RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. >> Adrienne: CAN THE GOVERNMENT FIND A FIX? >> WHY NOT, IT'S VIOLATING THE RIGHTS TO HOUSING. >> YOU WANT THIS TO BE EAST GERMANY IN THE 1960s? THERE YOU GO. HAVE THEM NATIONALIZE IT. >> Adrienne:AND HALIL VERSUS STARLIGHT. THE FIGHT CONTINUES. >> WHERE CAN WE GO? I KEEP ASKING MYSELF WHERE CAN (♪♪) >> Adrienne: WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT ON LOW-INCOME TENANTS AS CORPORATE LANDLORDS BUY UP UNITS. >> THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO. NOWHERE AT ALL. >> Adrienne: YOU'LL HEAR HOW THE INDUSTRY DEFENDS EVICTIONS AS IT CHALLENGES THE GOVERNMENT TO DEFINE ITS STATE. HOUSING RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. >> THERE'S ZERO LITERATURE IN THIS COUNTRY ON WHAT IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR OBLIGATION. >> Adrienne: THE HUNGER FOR PROFITS HAS CHANGED THE SHAPE OF CANADA'S HOUSING MARKET. THAT CANNOT BE DENIED. WHAT IS LESS CLEAR IS HOW TO FIX THE RESULTS AND HELP THE PEOPLE PRICED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. (♪♪) >> THIS BUILDING AND THIS BUILDING, AND ALL OF THE AREA -- WAS AFFORDABLE FOR US. BUT NOW IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE ANYMORE. FOR US TO LEAVE FROM HERE, THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO. WHAT CAN WE DO? >> Adrienne: HALIL POINTS TO THREE BUILDINGS OWNED BY STARLIGHT INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING HIS OWN. THE MONEY THAT LANDLORD SAY THAT IS NEEDED THE TENANTS LIKE HALIL SAY THAT SHOULDN'T COME FROM THEM. >> 100% SURE IF THEY WILL TAKE THAT FROM US THEY WILL COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN. AND THAT IS WHY WE TRY TO MAKE OURSELVES CLOSE AND STICK TOGETHER. >> Adrienne: HERE'S ANOTHER NUMBER MARTINE AUGUST WANTS TO YOU HAVE CONSIDER -- 550,000. SHE SAYS THAT IS AN ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN CANADA THAT HAVE SIMPLY VANISHED OVER THE COURSE OF A DECADE. WHERE DID THEY GO? WELL, THE UNITS THEMSELVES STILL EXIST, THEY'RE JUST NO LONGER AFFORDABLE AND HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER AND ARE NOW PRICED OUT OF REACH. AND JUST AS CANADA BRINGS IN MORE PEOPLE AND TALKS ABOUT BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE REALITY IS UNITS THAT ALREADY EXISTS ARE SLIPPING OUT OF FINANCIAL REACH. >> I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY GO SEARCHING FOR AN APARTMENT AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING IN THEIR PRICE RANGE. THE BUILDINGS ARE STILL THERE, THEY'RE JUST NO LONGER AFFORDABLE. THIS IS A NEIGHBOURHOOD IN TORONTO THAT HAS HISTORICALLY PROVIDED A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> Adrienne: THIS IS PARKDALE, IT'S ALSO WHERE 10 YEARS AGO MARTINE AUGUST BEGAN TO STUDY THE HOUSING CRISIS. >> THERE STARTED TO BE A CHANGE THAT I NOTICED AROUND 2014, WHEN THE FIRMS STARTED TO BUY UP PROPERTIES IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND STARTED TO FORCIBLY GENTRIFY ENTIRE APARTMENTS. AND THESE WERE FINANCIAL FIRMS. >> Adrienne: AND WHEN YOU SAY GENTRIFY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SOME PEOPLE WILL HEAR THAT WORD AND SAY OH, THEY'RE IMPROVING THEM. >> WE'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDS THAT THIS HAPPENED. IT WAS BOUGHT BY A FIRM IN 2012. WHAT THEY STARTED TO DO IS TO GET THE UNITS EMPTIED AND THEY WOULD BRING IN ALL SORTS OF AGGRESSIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, SO TURNING OFF OF THE WATER AND TURNING OFF OF THE ELECTRICITY AND ENGAGING IN REALLY NOISY AND DISRUPTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WERE KIND OF DRIVING PEOPLE CRAZY. RIPPING BALCONIES OFF AND TRYING TO PUSH PEOPLE OUT. >> Adrienne: IF MARTINE CAN PINPOINT THE CHANGE TO THE 1990S AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING? WELL IT TURNS OUT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STOPPED INVESTING IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING IN 1993. AND THEN IN 1997, ONTARIO HAD INTRODUCED SOMETHING CALLED VACANCY DECONTROL. IT MEANT THAT ONCE A UNIT WAS VACANT, LANDLORDS COULD INCREASE THE RENT HOWEVER MUCH THEY WANTED. BIG INCENTIVES TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE UNITS. AND IN THE ABSENCE OF REGULATION THAT SAY THEY CAN, I CAN SEE A PRIVATE COMPANY SAYING, LISTEN, IT'S LEGAL AND IT'S OPEN TO US AND IT MAKES GOOD BUSINESS SENSE FOR OUR SHAREHOLDERS -- WHY NOT. >> YOU ARE REALLY UNDERLINING WHY WE NEED MORE REGULATION. TO PREVENT THIS KIND OF THING. WHY NOT? IT'S VIOLATING THE RIGHT TO HOUSING. >> FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! >> HOUSING IS A RIGHT! >> Adrienne: THE RIGHT TO HOUSING -- YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT PHRASE AGAIN AND AGAIN. IN 2019, PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU ANNOUNCED THAT HOUSING WOULD BE CONSIDERED A HUMAN RIGHT IN CANADA. >> Prime Minister Trudeau: OUR GOVERNMENT RECOGNISING -- RECOGNIZES THAT HOUSING RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. EVERYONE DESERVES A SAFE AND AFFORDABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME. >> Adrienne: BUT WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN? MICHAEL BROOKS SAYS THERE'S NO CLARITY ON THAT AT ALL. >> LOOK, THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HOUSING IS A GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND I'VE GONE BACK TO THE U.N. SOURCE DOCUMENTS ON THIS. BUT THE PROVISION OF THE FEDERAL HOUSING ADVOCATE IS DON'T MAKE IT WORSE FOR US BY EVICTING PEOPLE, RIGHT. I GET THAT TOO. BUT WE'RE RUNNING A BUSINESS. WE MIGHT HAVE VIOLENT PEOPLE AND MAY HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T PAY RENTS FOR A YEAR AND CHALLENGE US TO TAKE THEM TO THE LANDLORD AND TENANT BUREAU. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DAMAGE, AND WE NEED EVICTION AS A REMEDY. BUT THERE'S ZERO LITERATURE ON IN THIS COUNTRY ON WHAT IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR OBLIGATION AND WE'VE OFFERED TO ENGAGE WITH THE FEDERAL HOUSING. LET'S DEFINE THIS. WE DOES THIS MEAN FOR US IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR? BECAUSE WE'RE IN BUSINESS, WE'RE NOT A SOCIAL AGENCY. WE'RE NOT TASKED WITH BUILDING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE OR SOCIAL HOUSING. WE CAN'T BE THERE. WE'RE IN BUSINESS. LET'S DRAW A LINE BETWEEN THESE TWO. YOU DO THIS IN GOVERNMENT AND WE DO THIS -- THAT'S IT. >> Adrienne: SO HERE'S WHERE MICHAEL BROOKS AND MARTINE AUGUST AGREE -- IF YOU WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO GET INVOLVED AGAIN. BUT FOR BROOKS, MAKING IT TOUGHER FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO INVEST IN CANADA'S HOUSING MARKET WOULD MAKE THE CRISIS WORSE. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES LARGE CORPORATE ENTITIES MOVE OUT OF THIS SPACE IS THAT IT'S NO LONGER THE SORT OF CLIMATE WHERE IT MAKES BUSINESS SENSE TO BE HERE? >> YEAH, BUT WHO'S GOING TO BUY THE UNITS THEN? WHO IS GOING TO BUY THESE BUILDINGS IN THIS IS A MULTITRILLION DOLLAR ASSET CLASS. WHO IS GOING TO WRITE THAT CHEQUE? AND AFTER THAT WHO IS COMING TO THIS COUNTRY TO BUILD ANYTHING WITH THAT KIND OF -- I CALL IT MARXIST -- A SCENT OF MARXISM. YOU WANT THIS TO BE EAST GERMANY IN THE 1960s? THERE YOU GO. HAVE THEM NATIONALIZE IT. >> Adrienne: FUNDAMENTAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL AND FINANCIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PLACE OF HOUSING IN THIS ECONOMY. AND NO SOLUTIONS ON OFFER THAT COULD POSSIBLY COME QUICKLY ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE IN CRISIS RIGHT NOW. >> TRYING TO FIND A CHEAPER AND A SAFE PLACE FROM HERE, BUT FOR US WHERE CAN WE GO? I KEEP ASKING MYSELF, WHERE CAN WE GO, WHERE IS THAT? THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO -- NOWHERE AT ALL. >> Adrienne: OVER A YEAR THAT IS HOW LONG HALIL AND THE OTHER THORNCLIFFFE TENANTS HAVE BEEN ON A RENT STRIKE. IT CANNOT GO ON FOREVER AND HE'S FACING AN EVICTION APPLICATION NOW. IF SOMEONE ELSE SEES A WAY TO LIVE AFFORDABLE IN THIS COUNTRY, HE SAYS, HE'S READY TO TRY IT -- TO TRY ANYTHING. WE REACHED OUT TO THE FEDERAL HOUSING MINISTER SEAN FRASER TO COMMENT ON WHAT WE UNCOVERED ABOUT THE STATE OF CANADA'S HOUSING MARKET AND THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE LANDLORDS. DESPITE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS OVER CIVIL DAYS THE MINISTER DID NOT RESPOND BY OUR DEADLINE. >>> NEXT, A WILDLIFE CAMERA IN B.C. BECOMES KIND OF A CHEW TOY. >> WHEN I GOT BACK THE FIRST THING THAT I NOTICED IS THAT THERE WERE TOOTH MARKS ALL OVER MY GO PRO. >> Adrienne: THE CURIOUS MARMOT IN OUR "MOMENT." (♪♪) The Moment | Munching marmot cameo >> Adrienne: SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO VANCOUVER ISLAND MARMOTS, VERY CURIOUS CREATURES. AS ONE OF THEM GOES HEAD FIRST INTO A GO PRO CAMERA TO JUST TAKE A BIT OF A NIBBLE. SO THE FOOTAGE WAS CAPTURED AS PART OF THE ONGOING RECOVERY EFFORTS TO ASSIST THESE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES. AND TONIGHT THE SCENE STEALER MAKES OUR "MOMENT." [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] >> I THOUGHT THAT I'D JUST SET UP MY GO PRO. JUST TO RECORD TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY YEARS DID LINGS. WE HAD TO HIKE OFF TO ANOTHER PART OF THE MEADOW. WHEN I GOT BACK THE FIRST THING THAT I NOTICED IS THAT THERE WERE TOOTH MARKS ALL OVER MY GO PRO. THESE MARMOTS, THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY CURIOUS AND WE FIND THAT WITH THE CAMERAS ALL OF THE TIME. THEY REALLY LIKE TO EXPLORE THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND THEY WILL JUST ABOUT EAT ANYTHING, OR AT LEAST TRY IT OUT. SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF CAMERAS EATEN BY MARMOTS AND I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WAS A RISK WHEN I LEFT MY CAMERA THERE. APPARENTLY IT WASN'T TASTY SO IT DECIDED TO MOVE ON, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WELL, AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO NOT EAT PLASTIC. WE WANT THEM EATING THE WILDFLOWERS THAT YOU SEE IN THE VIDEO. AND SEEING THEM UPCLOSE AND REALLY INTERACTING WITH EACH AND OTHER INTERACTING WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT IS REALLY SPECIAL. WEATHER AN ENDANGERED SPECIES WANTS TO EAT YOUR CAMERA I GUESS THAT IT'S JUST PART OF THE GAME. >> Adrienne: ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT TO LOSE A CAMERA EVERY NOW AND THEN TO JUST KEEP THEM HAPPY. APPARENTLY THERE ARE IN THAT AREA SORT OF FEWER THAN 300 MARMOTS IN THE WILD RIGHT NOW. THERE WERE NO MARMOTS IN THAT SITE IN 2003. THEY HAVE BEEN SLOWLY BEEN BRINGING THEM BACK AND SO, SURE, THEY'LL LET THEM EAT THEIR CAMERAS. >> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "THE NATIONAL," THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. YOU CAN WATCH ANYWHERE, ANY TIME ON THE FREE CBC NEWS APP AND