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VOCM Morning Update August 21 · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland. NLC will start ordering products from American
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  Speaker 1: suppliers now that Ottawa has encouraged the provinces to resume
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  Speaker 1: the sale of American booze. Many provinces pulled US products
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  Speaker 1: from store shelves after President Donald Trump started making tariff
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  Speaker 1: threats against Canada for a range of perceived economic grievances.
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  Speaker 1: Now that a new trade deal has reportedly been reached
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  Speaker 1: between the two countries, Prime Minister Mark Kearney has instructed
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  Speaker 1: the provinces to allow American products back on the shelves.
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  Speaker 1: Premier Tony Wakem says Newfoundland and Labrador already returned product
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  Speaker 1: to shelves last December, with the proceeds of sales donated
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  Speaker 1: to the Community Food Sharing Association. Wakem says, quite a
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  Speaker 1: bit of that US inventory remains unsold, but NLC now
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  Speaker 1: has the ability to order product that's in demand. What
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  Speaker 1: consumers choose to do is up to them.
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  Speaker 2: Now it's up to the NLC to determine place their
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  Speaker 2: orders the procurement of booze. But one of the questions
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  Speaker 2: I did ask yesterday it was how much volume of
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  Speaker 2: US liquor is still on our shelves? Because don't forget
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  Speaker 2: we put us liquor back on our shelves to sell
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  Speaker 2: it off and to give the profits from that sales
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  Speaker 2: to our food bank associations, which we did and we
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  Speaker 2: were able to give them over half a million dollars.
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  Speaker 2: So now I find I think there's something like four
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  Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars would have the inventory left in our shelves.
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  Speaker 1: Manitoba Premier Wob Canoe says if American booze returns to
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  Speaker 1: shelves in his province, he's urging Manitobans not to buy it.
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  Speaker 1: Canoe pulled no punches in his assessment of US President
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trump his tariff threats and trade tactics.
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  Speaker 3: Iran started when he's getting clawbered on the Epstein files,
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  Speaker 3: and then he laid this threat when he's getting clabbered
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  Speaker 3: domestically on the cost of living. So he's always trying
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  Speaker 3: to change the channel and on this stuff. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: guess we're taking advantage of the fact he's paying attention
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  Speaker 3: to Canada. But I just wonder if accepting the idea
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  Speaker 3: that Trump tariffs are here forever is the move where
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  Speaker 3: we wanted to give up some of that leverage that
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  Speaker 3: we've had up to now.
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  Speaker 1: Premier Tony Wakem says Minister Leela Evans was removed from
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  Speaker 1: the demanding health portfolio to allow her to concentrate on
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  Speaker 1: some of the major work ahead in Labrador. Jody Wall
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  Speaker 1: has been appointed as the Minister of Health, while Evans
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  Speaker 1: stays on as Minister of Labrador Affairs, Indigenous Affairs and
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  Speaker 1: Women in Gender Equality. Wakem says as work continues to
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  Speaker 1: finalize a new deal on Churchill Falls, evans focus will
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  Speaker 1: be on matters directly related to the project and the
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  Speaker 1: impact on the region, he says. Evans will lead a
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  Speaker 1: team including fellow Caucus members Keith Russell and Joe Power
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  Speaker 1: to meet with residents, businesses and other stakeholders.
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  Speaker 2: Her focus will be on Larbrador and the impacts there
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  Speaker 2: and so creating a separate health department. We talked about
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  Speaker 2: that and that's where we made the change. But Minister Evans,
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  Speaker 2: as the Minister of Larbradoor Affairs, will lead a team
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  Speaker 2: including MJA Russell, including MHA Power that will go up
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  Speaker 2: and meet and other members will be other people will
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  Speaker 2: be on that team. But we want to go to
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  Speaker 2: Larbrador and we want to meet with all the stakeholders
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  Speaker 2: and we want to listen to some of the opportunities
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  Speaker 2: that they tell us are there.
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  Speaker 1: Wakem says he decided to separate the Department of Environment
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  Speaker 1: from municipal affairs as the province prepares for major development
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  Speaker 1: once the new Churchill Falls Agreement is finalized by the
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  Speaker 1: end of the year. Former Tourism Minister Andrea Barber was
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  Speaker 1: shifted to Environment in yesterday's cabinet shuffle. Barber had captured
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  Speaker 1: some negative attention in the tourism rule, drawing criticism for
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  Speaker 1: her use of chat GPT and for stumbling through a
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  Speaker 1: speech during Memorial Day ceremonies at Beaumont Hamel. The Premier
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  Speaker 1: says Barber is the right person for the environment role.
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  Speaker 2: On the environment piece, I wanted to separate that because
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  Speaker 2: of exactly what we announced this past week. When we
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  Speaker 2: think of the tremendous opportunities that we have in development
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  Speaker 2: will take place and of course environmental impacts, environmental assessments
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  Speaker 2: will be a key part of all of this and
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  Speaker 2: we want to make sure we keep that process moving.
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  Speaker 2: Have a dedicated minister responsible for that will help in that.
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  Speaker 2: If you look at Minister Barber's bio, you will see
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  Speaker 2: that her previous life she was involved in the environmental
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  Speaker 2: piece of working in the environment. So I think we've
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  Speaker 2: got a great fit. Nova.
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  Speaker 1: Scotia's energy minister has apologized for misogynistic rap lyrics he
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  Speaker 1: wrote before he entered politics. Marco McLeod's voice shook at
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  Speaker 1: times yesterday as he told reporters he needs to demonstrate
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  Speaker 1: his sincerity through his actions. Last week, a song McLoud
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  Speaker 1: recorded thirteen years ago resurfaced online, containing misogynistic terms for
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  Speaker 1: women and references to cocaine use. Heated rivalry is tops
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  Speaker 1: at this year's Television Critics Association Awards. It took home
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  Speaker 1: the top honor of Program of the Year. Widow's Bay
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  Speaker 1: led all series with three wins, including for Outstanding New Programs.
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  Speaker 1: This year's other winners include The Pit, The Late Show
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  Speaker 1: with Stephen Colbert, and The Traders. That's Your News, I'm
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Strickland.