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VOCM Morning Update August 18th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: I'm Sarah Strickland saying the decision not to hold a
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  Speaker 1: referendum on the new Churchill Falls deal was a difficult one.
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  Speaker 1: Premier Tony wakem acknowledges that some people will be disappointed
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  Speaker 1: with the move. The promise of a referendum was a
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  Speaker 1: key commitment in the PC election platform. Yesterday, wakem revealed
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  Speaker 1: that a public vote will not be held, instead replacing
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  Speaker 1: it with a special debate in the legislature. When asked
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  Speaker 1: why he changed course, Wakem states that the time is
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  Speaker 1: now and the urgency is there. That statement is very
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  Speaker 1: different from Wakem's position leading up to this point, where
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  Speaker 1: he repeatedly said he would not be held to any
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  Speaker 1: artificial deadlines and would not be rushed into making any deals.
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  Speaker 2: Well, what's happened is I also said that I wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: make a decision until we reached a deal. So we
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  Speaker 2: have reached a deal and when I look at the
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  Speaker 2: opportunities in front of New Finland and Larbador, that's what
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about, you know. I turned around and asked
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  Speaker 2: for an if any review. We have followed the recommendations
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  Speaker 2: of that independent review and we have come up with
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  Speaker 2: more power, more transmission, and more value, more jobs, a
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  Speaker 2: federal government who wants to be involved in the project,
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  Speaker 2: and right now is the opportunity for us to move.
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  Speaker 1: The Premiere of Quebec says a Churchill Falls agreement is
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  Speaker 1: important for her province, and she cautions the Party of
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  Speaker 1: Quebec WA against making good on their promise to scrap
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  Speaker 1: the deal if there is a change in government following
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming Quebec election. The agreement announced yesterday is non
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  Speaker 1: binding and is scheduled to be finalized by the end
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  Speaker 1: of the year. Christine Furschett was asked about what assurances
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  Speaker 1: she can provide that the same thing doesn't happen in
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  Speaker 1: her province as just happened in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, our government will make sure to implement that
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  Speaker 3: agreement because it brings to Quebec thousands of new megawats
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  Speaker 3: and we need those megawetes for residents, for businesses, for
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  Speaker 3: regions in Quebec. And I see that the Particle BEQUI
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  Speaker 3: is interested in tearing up disagreement. They don't want to
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  Speaker 3: implement it, okay, So what do they offer to Quebecers
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  Speaker 3: if it's not disagreement? Where will they find the ten
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  Speaker 3: thousand megawats we are bringing to Quebec with that agreement.
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  Speaker 1: Lapress reporter Joelle Denise Bellvance says it would be folly
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  Speaker 1: for the Party of Quebec WA to rip up the
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  Speaker 1: Churchill Falls deal should they win the next Quebec election.
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  Speaker 1: He says that Churchill Falls represent fifteen percent of the
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  Speaker 1: electricity that flows to Quebec and that needs to be doubled.
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  Speaker 1: He says getting similar energy capacity without Newfoundland and Labrador
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  Speaker 1: is just not possible.
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  Speaker 4: What will be the alternatives, Well, they're pretty bleak if
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  Speaker 4: you don't have New Finland Labrador in to that solution.
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  Speaker 4: And so it's going to be a major, major push
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  Speaker 4: by the CAC government to make sure that this deal
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  Speaker 4: is actually seeing the light of the day.
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  Speaker 1: Bellevance says he subsequently learned that the CEO of Hydro
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  Speaker 1: Quebec is reaching out to party leaders in that province
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  Speaker 1: ahead of the provincial election to explain the importance of
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  Speaker 1: the deal.
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  Speaker 4: This is a win win deal, that it's in the
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  Speaker 4: best interests of Quebec and it has to be approved.
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  Speaker 4: So what will the pacubquad do with that kind of information?
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  Speaker 4: The pundits, I would argue there to mention to you,
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  Speaker 4: the pundits, the commentators, the experts are saying that the
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  Speaker 4: Pascubicua has no choice but to say that they will
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  Speaker 4: follow and side with this deal. Otherwise they're going to
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  Speaker 4: be caught in a bind and they're going to be
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  Speaker 4: bringing the whole population of Quebec with it.
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  Speaker 1: The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Criminal Lawyers Association
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  Speaker 1: are challenging the constitutionality of a new cash bail system
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  Speaker 1: in Ontario. Here's Lisa Laporte.
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  Speaker 5: New rules, first announced last fall by Premier Doug Ford's
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  Speaker 5: government that take effect this week, require people accused of
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  Speaker 5: a crime and granted bail to a cash security deposit
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  Speaker 5: upon release. They or their sureties Previously only had to
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  Speaker 5: forfeit the money if the accused breached their release conditions
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  Speaker 5: and the court ordered payment. The two legal organizations filed
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  Speaker 5: a court challenge against the law on Monday, arguing that
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  Speaker 5: people accused of a crime who can't afford to pay
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  Speaker 5: a security deposit will be more likely to be left
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  Speaker 5: in jail, even though they are at that point presumed innocent.
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  Speaker 5: Lisa lapport The Canadian Press Toronto.
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  Speaker 1: Hand painted beaver statues representing different countries in the FIFA
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  Speaker 1: World Cup and Toronto are now up for auction. The
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  Speaker 1: auction began on Friday, and online bidding on fifty beaver
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  Speaker 1: installations has already received more than thirty thousand dollars in bids.
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  Speaker 1: It's set to close on August twenty four. Proceeds will
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  Speaker 1: be split equally between two charitable organizations, Toronto's First Post
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  Speaker 1: Office and CA Kids Sport Ontario. That's your news. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Strickland.