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VOCM News Morning Update August 28th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local news now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sarah Strickland. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is defending his
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  Speaker 2: government's decision to drop seafood and fish from Canada's list
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  Speaker 2: of retaliatory tariffs against the United States. Canada's seafood sector,
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  Speaker 2: which is integrated with the industry in the U.S., was
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  Speaker 2: caught by surprise at the proposed tariffs and scrambled to
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  Speaker 2: push for their removal. Champagne says this shows his government
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  Speaker 2: listened to Canadians.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it sent a message to Canadians that we listen.
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  Speaker 3: We have updated the list. The list is in Canada's
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  Speaker 3: best interest. And that happens from time to time that
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  Speaker 3: these lists are updated, you know. And so we made
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  Speaker 3: the update because I think that was the right thing
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  Speaker 3: to do in the interest of Canada.
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  Speaker 2: The Maine Lobsterman Association had warned the tariffs would be
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  Speaker 2: devastating for its industry and coastal communities since Canada is
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  Speaker 2: one of the most important markets for Maine lobster. Well,
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  Speaker 2: the White House may be calling it Lake America now,
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  Speaker 2: but Canadians are being told that Lake Ontario is not
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  Speaker 2: going anywhere. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the lake has
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  Speaker 2: carried its name for more than 400 years, and Ontario
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  Speaker 2: Premier Doug Ford says the original name remains. The dispute
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  Speaker 2: comes during an already strained Canada-U.S. relationship following the collapse
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  Speaker 2: of trade talks and the imposition of new tariffs. Critics
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  Speaker 2: on both sides of the border have dismissed the move
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  Speaker 2: as a distraction, while Trump says Canada wants the advantages
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  Speaker 2: of statehood without actually becoming a state. The area MHA
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  Speaker 2: says every time there is a loss at sea, it
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  Speaker 2: opens wounds for many. A man in his early 40s
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  Speaker 2: lost his life not far from the wharf in Westport
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  Speaker 2: on the Bay of Earth Peninsula Wednesday after his boat overturned.
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  Speaker 2: He was in an open boat with his catch of
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  Speaker 2: squid when something went wrong. People close to the situation
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  Speaker 2: say he was not wearing a life jacket and did
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  Speaker 2: not know how to swim. Bayvert Green Bay MHA Lynn
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  Speaker 2: Paddock says this is a grieving time and he's confident
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  Speaker 2: that people will continue to look out for each other.
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  Speaker 1: It's one of these here now it's about embracing his family,
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  Speaker 1: his friends, the community of Westport. There'll be another day
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  Speaker 1: to look at investigating these types of incidents and how
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  Speaker 1: we collectively improve safety for the fishing industry writ large.
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  Speaker 2: The province's energy minister says an agreement reached with Quebec
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  Speaker 2: on hydro development is not just about getting a better
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  Speaker 2: deal than the original 1969 Upper Churchill contract. It's also
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  Speaker 2: about the benefits that will come, not just to Labrador,
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  Speaker 2: but the entire province. Lloyd Parrott says it was all
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  Speaker 2: part of the consideration that government has given to accepting
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  Speaker 2: the new deal.
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  Speaker 4: This deal is as much about upgrading Churchill Falls, developing
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  Speaker 4: a new resource, as it is about building a new economy.
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  Speaker 4: And when we sat and discussed the magnitude of this
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  Speaker 4: deal and what it meant, we took into consideration certainly
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  Speaker 4: Labrador West, Labrador Trough, our mining operations up around Shefferville,
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  Speaker 4: defense investments that were going to happen in Goose Bay,
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  Speaker 4: and how much communities like Labrador City and Wabush and
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  Speaker 4: Goose Bay and the coast of Labrador were being left behind.
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  Speaker 2: Two air traffic controllers allegedly left work early shortly before
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  Speaker 2: the crash of a Canadian plane in March at New
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  Speaker 2: York's LaGuardia Airport. Their union has acknowledged the allegations the
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  Speaker 2: air traffic controllers clocked out before the Air Canada regional
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  Speaker 2: jet crashed, killing the two pilots. U.S. media reports suggest
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  Speaker 2: the Federal Aviation Administration is looking to fire the controllers.
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  Speaker 2: The pair allegedly clocked out an hour before the end
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  Speaker 2: of their shifts, leaving two colleagues at the LaGuardia Tower
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  Speaker 2: without backup. Air Canada has suspended two employees arrested by
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  Speaker 2: the RCMP over an alleged drug trafficking operation at Montreal
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  Speaker 2: Trudeau Airport. Police say the employees may have helped move
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  Speaker 2: luggage into secure areas to facilitate cocaine imports and cannabis
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  Speaker 2: exports after 62.5 kilograms of cocaine were seized from a
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  Speaker 2: flight from Punta Cana. Investigators also seized 56 kilograms of
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  Speaker 2: cannabis and say more arrests are possible as they continue
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  Speaker 2: reviewing the evidence. The provincial government is providing Ontario-based NordSpace
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  Speaker 2: with $ 4 million to help with the development of a
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  Speaker 2: spaceport in St.
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  Speaker 1: Lawrence.
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  Speaker 2: NordSpace made numerous attempts to get Canada's first commercial rocket
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  Speaker 2: launch off the ground last year from the Buran Peninsula,
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  Speaker 2: but weather, fishing boats and fires hampered their efforts to
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  Speaker 2: compete in the race to space. Funding from the province
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  Speaker 2: consists of a $ 1 million loan and a $ 3 million
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  Speaker 2: forgivable loan contingent on creating 100 jobs over seven years.
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  Speaker 2: The federal and provincial governments made the announcement yesterday, which
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  Speaker 2: included another $ 1 million from Ottawa on top of $ 8
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  Speaker 2: million provided in March. Government says the cash flow will
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  Speaker 2: drive jobs in the region and create more business on
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  Speaker 2: the Burren Peninsula. Ottawa says it plans to spend nearly
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  Speaker 2: $ 2 trillion on the space business by 2040. That's your news.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sarah Strickland.