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VOCM Morning Update August 24th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. The Prime Minister, admits that meeting American
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  Speaker 1: tariffs dollar for dollar will raise costs for consumers, but
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  Speaker 1: action had to be taken. The US imposed fifty percent
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  Speaker 1: tariffs on a wide range of Canadian products after Canada
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  Speaker 1: suspended trade talks last week. Mark Kearney says the US
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  Speaker 1: had introduced last minute concessions into the agreement that threatened
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  Speaker 1: Canada's sovereignty, including provisions that limited Canada's ability to trade
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  Speaker 1: with other nations and threaten the preservation of French language
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  Speaker 1: and culture. That says Carney forced Canada to walk away
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  Speaker 1: from a bad deal, and Canada will match US tariffs
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  Speaker 1: starting September eighth.
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  Speaker 2: We take this step reluctantly. Reluctantly because we recognize that
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  Speaker 2: some of these measures will raise costs and reduce choice
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  Speaker 2: for Canadians. Reluctantly because we recognize that some US companies
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  Speaker 2: and some US states are innocent bystanders in a dispute
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  Speaker 2: that they did not want. Reluctantly because this trade dispute
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  Speaker 2: is preventing Canada and America from doing so much good
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  Speaker 2: that we could do together. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 2: we take this step confident that it is in the
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  Speaker 2: best interest of Canada.
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  Speaker 1: Carney also referred to the electricity grid and the agreement
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  Speaker 1: on Labrador Hydro development announced in Saint John's a week ago.
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  Speaker 1: He says Canada plans to double capacity by twenty to fifty.
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  Speaker 2: It will produce enough clean electricity to power every single
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  Speaker 2: vehicle in Canada. We're building our economy while taking charge
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  Speaker 2: of our security by investing half a trillion dollars into
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  Speaker 2: our defense, expanding our shipyards, growing our aerospace industry, increasing
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  Speaker 2: our cyber capabilities.
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  Speaker 1: The province is promoting Newfoundland and Labrador's ability for the
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  Speaker 1: first time to sell power directly to US markets bought.
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  Speaker 1: The former chair of the Public Utilities Board and a
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  Speaker 1: member of the twenty forty one group, David Vardi, says
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  Speaker 1: it's not that simple. Newfoundland and Labrador has had to
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  Speaker 1: sell power to Quebec and we can't use hydro Quebec's
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  Speaker 1: transmission lines to sell to third party customers. Barty says
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  Speaker 1: the new deal doesn't do anything to improve that situation.
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  Speaker 3: It extends and existing arrangements which we have to sell
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  Speaker 3: power from muskrat Falls and some surplus power recaptured power
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  Speaker 3: from the sixty nine contract from Churchill falls the upper
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  Speaker 3: Churchill where we can sell power into the United States.
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  Speaker 3: That's an existing arrangement.
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  Speaker 1: He says. The new deal announced last week doesn't give
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  Speaker 1: the province any additional capacity to be able to sell
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  Speaker 1: the energy.
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  Speaker 3: What it does do is it gives us some access
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  Speaker 3: to contracts that hydro Quebec already has with customers in
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  Speaker 3: New York and in New England, and we can piggyback
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  Speaker 3: on that and we can supply that those markets based
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  Speaker 3: upon prices already established by Quebec.
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  Speaker 1: The start of the new school year is only about
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  Speaker 1: two weeks away, and a local chiropractor reminding parents to
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  Speaker 1: consider backpacks and the impact they have on young developing backs.
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  Speaker 1: Randy Follett of Lakeview Chiropractic says kids may want a
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  Speaker 1: backpack with their favorite characters or colors, but he says
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  Speaker 1: parents really need to take a look at how they're
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  Speaker 1: made and the support they provide. He says backpacks need
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  Speaker 1: to be proportionate to a child's body size and not
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  Speaker 1: larger than what's needed.
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  Speaker 4: For example, the top of the backpack should not go
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  Speaker 4: higher than the top of the child's shoulders, and the
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  Speaker 4: bottom of it should not be below the waist, so,
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  Speaker 4: for example, if a child is walking to school and
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  Speaker 4: their heels are kicking, the backpack is probably too big
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  Speaker 4: for them.
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  Speaker 1: He says. Weight is also a consideration, with lightweight materials
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  Speaker 1: preferable to leather or heavy fabrics.
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  Speaker 4: The shoulder straps are really important. The shoulder straps should
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  Speaker 4: be wide, at least two inches wide, They should be adjustable,
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  Speaker 4: the length of it should be adjustable, and the shoulder
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  Speaker 4: straps ideally should be padded.
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  Speaker 1: In Athens, hats are becoming almost as essential as sunscreen,
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  Speaker 1: as tourists reach for everything from straw boaters to baseball
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  Speaker 1: caps to beat the summer heat. The acropolis welcomed a
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  Speaker 1: record four point six million visitors last year, many of
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  Speaker 1: them spending hours in mid thirty degrees celsius temperatures with
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  Speaker 1: little shade. Health advocates say growing awareness of heatstroke and
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  Speaker 1: UV exposure is helping drive demand. While local vendors report
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  Speaker 1: that hat sales are climbing, Greek hat makers are noticing
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  Speaker 1: the change too, saying customers who once laughed at the
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  Speaker 1: idea of wearing a hat are now putting one on
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  Speaker 1: and heading straight out the door. Spider Man brand New
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  Speaker 1: Day found off a slew of newcomers to stay atop
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  Speaker 1: the weekend box office for a fourth straight week. The film,
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  Speaker 1: starring Tom Holland and Zendeia, has now made over eight
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty five million dollars US in North America.
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  Speaker 1: It is expected to soon surpass Avengers Endgame to become
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  Speaker 1: the second highest grossing domestic release of all time. That's
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  Speaker 1: your news. I'm Sarah Strickland.