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VOCM News Late-Day Update September 9 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update. Overcast skies, 12
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  Speaker 1: degrees in VOCM Valley. Good afternoon, I'm Linda Swain. A
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  Speaker 1: 45-year-old man who was wanted on a province-wide warrant was
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  Speaker 1: arrested by police in Gander last night. RCMP say the
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  Speaker 1: man's vehicle, which was parked on McGee Road and obstructing traffic,
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  Speaker 1: caught the attention of officers around 9.40 last night. The
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  Speaker 1: driver was unable to provide valid insurance or registration documents
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  Speaker 1: and police subsequently learned that his license had been suspended.
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  Speaker 1: Police checks confirmed that the driver was wanted on an
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  Speaker 1: arrest warrant and he was taken into custody. RCMP in
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  Speaker 1: Happy Valley Goose Bay seeking the public's help in locating
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  Speaker 1: a young man reported missing from the community. His family
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  Speaker 1: is concerned for his well-being. 22-year-old Jaden Rich was last
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  Speaker 1: seen on Sunday afternoon. He's 6 feet tall and about
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  Speaker 1: 220 pounds with shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes. Anyone
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  Speaker 1: with information is asked to contact Happy Valley Goose Bay RCMP.
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  Speaker 1: Canada's counter-tariffs on imported U.S. goods are widely expected to
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  Speaker 1: lead to price increases on store shelves. Economics professor at
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  Speaker 1: Queen's University, Beverly Laffam, says once those higher prices kick in,
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  Speaker 1: they're unlikely to be lowered even if tariffs are removed.
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  Speaker 1: She says those higher prices tend to affect lower-income people
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  Speaker 1: the most.
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  Speaker 2: Let's say everyone's paying 10% more for a washing machine
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  Speaker 2: or something. Of course, that's a much bigger hit to
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  Speaker 2: a lower-income person than a higher-income person. So the pain
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  Speaker 2: is not going to be spread evenly across consumers.
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  Speaker 1: Meanwhile, Premier Tony Wakeham met today with members of industries
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  Speaker 1: affected by the trade war with the United States. Wakeham
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  Speaker 1: was also joined in the meetings by Finance Minister Craig
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  Speaker 1: Partey and Jobs Minister Lynn Paddock. Industry leaders shared their
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  Speaker 1: concerns about potential impacts and discussed how the federal government's
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  Speaker 1: response must be ambitious, targeted, and responsive to the situation
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  Speaker 1: and work for all regions of the country, including ones
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  Speaker 1: that are export-oriented like this province. Wakeham reiterated government's unwavering
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  Speaker 1: commitment to collaboration with affected parties and how protecting provincial
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  Speaker 1: interests has been prioritized. A recent Angus Reid survey shows
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  Speaker 1: that Mark Carney's response in the face of rising tensions
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  Speaker 1: with the United States has resulted in what some are
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  Speaker 1: calling a Trump bump in his approval ratings. The latest
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  Speaker 1: poll results show that 3 in 5 Canadians, or 62%,
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  Speaker 1: approve of the Prime Minister's performance. That's up 11 points
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  Speaker 1: from August. The increase comes after three-quarters of Canadians surveyed
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  Speaker 1: indicated that Carney was right to walk away from trade
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  Speaker 1: negotiations in the face of new U.S.
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  Speaker 2: Demands.
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  Speaker 1: However, Canadians are divided on Canada's bargaining power. 31% say
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  Speaker 1: the country is in a strong negotiating position, while 34%
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  Speaker 1: say it is weak. The finance minister is clarifying what
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  Speaker 1: he says is public confusion around the planned 15% electricity rebate.
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  Speaker 1: Craig Parney says the rebate is not part of the
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  Speaker 1: new Churchill Falls MOU, but it does piggyback on it.
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  Speaker 1: He says implementing the rebate is contingent on the final
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  Speaker 1: Churchill Falls agreements being signed. Once the deals have been finalized,
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  Speaker 1: Parney says the rebate would kick in fairly quickly.
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  Speaker 3: If the deal is signed at the end of December,
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  Speaker 3: then I would think that we're ready to roll in January.
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  Speaker 3: the rebate will show up on people's power bills. Now, ordinarily,
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  Speaker 3: if ever we were doing something with HST and had
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  Speaker 3: to bring in the CRA, that's a little more complicated
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  Speaker 3: that we've probably got a period of maybe six months
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  Speaker 3: by the time the CRA works with us to get this.
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  Speaker 3: This is going to be directly to Newfoundland Power that
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  Speaker 3: they're going to do the subtraction on the billing.
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  Speaker 1: Your weather forecast is next.