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story is a sensational one, one

0:41

which probably longs in a Netflix

0:43

series. Episode one

0:45

was a year ago, a daring

0:47

airport heist of gold bars, more

0:49

than $20 million worth, carefully

0:52

slipping through intense security shortly

0:54

after arriving from Zurich. It

0:56

was a cliffhanger until today.

0:58

Police in the Greater Toronto

1:00

area announcing arrests and filling

1:02

in some big holes in

1:04

the plot. Welcome to

1:06

your world tonight. I'm Susan Ormiston.

1:09

It's Wednesday, April 17th, coming up

1:11

on 6 p.m. Eastern. Also

1:13

on the podcast. This is the first time

1:15

I see in the history of beauty, how

1:18

that didn't come with too much. Record

1:21

breaking rain in Dubai, it had

1:23

some thinking that the UAE's attempts

1:25

to provoke bigger rainstorms went overboard.

1:27

But experts say the likely culprit

1:30

is climate change. We're diving deeper

1:32

into the federal budget and what

1:34

a higher capital gains tax means

1:36

for productivity. And we'll tell

1:39

you why people getting cataract surgery at

1:41

some Ontario clinics should keep

1:43

an eye on the bill. It

1:53

was the biggest gold heist in

1:55

Canadian history and one of the

1:58

biggest anywhere ever. Bars of

2:00

pure gold stolen from an

2:02

Air Canada cargo facility outside

2:04

of Toronto. Today police

2:07

announced a major breakthrough saying

2:09

it was an inside job

2:11

with ties to violent crime.

2:13

Katie Nicholson has the details. This

2:16

isn't just about gold. This is about how

2:18

gold becomes guns. Crowded

2:21

together around a podium, police from a

2:23

joint Canada-U.S. task force began to spin

2:25

a tale even they knew was worthy

2:28

of Netflix. This story is

2:30

a sensational one. Peel police had been

2:32

on the case ever since 6,600 bars

2:35

of pure gold valued at roughly

2:38

20 million were stolen from an

2:40

Air Canada cargo facility. They

2:42

knew the thieves used documents from

2:44

a legitimate seafood shipment to pull

2:47

off their ruse. Detective

2:49

Sergeant Mike Mavady. This

2:51

duplicate airway bill was printed off from

2:53

a printer within Air Canada

2:55

cargo. And they even had

2:57

surveillance video of the five-ton truck pulling

2:59

up to the dock and being loaded

3:01

with the riches just hours after they

3:04

had landed in Toronto. They even

3:06

managed to map the route the truck took

3:08

from the airport. Eventually as the truck travels

3:11

north of Milton. They thought they

3:13

knew who the driver was. Trouble is, the

3:16

trail had run cold. And then

3:19

a break in the case from across the

3:21

border. Bureau of Alcohol,

3:23

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special

3:25

Agent Eric DeGree. This

3:27

case started last September with a late

3:29

night traffic stop by the Pennsylvania State

3:32

Police after a keen

3:34

trooper noted some minor motor

3:36

vehicle violations. The trooper

3:38

discovered 65 guns in

3:41

his vehicle meant police say to

3:43

be smuggled into Canada. Turns

3:45

out the man they stopped was

3:47

the same man Ontario police had

3:49

been looking for. Today police announced

3:51

19 charges had been laid

3:54

against nine people. Two of

3:56

them allegedly inside men, Air

3:58

Canada cargo employees. including

4:00

a manager who is now one

4:02

of three people wanted on a

4:05

Canada-wide warrant. The other six have

4:07

been arrested. He actually led

4:10

a tour for Peel Regional Police before

4:12

we knew his involvement. And

4:15

then we knew he was resigning and he

4:17

resigned in the summer of last year. Police

4:20

say they executed dozens of warrants and

4:22

seized hundreds of thousands of dollars. But

4:25

what about all that gold? We

4:28

believe that they've melted down the gold

4:30

and the profits they got from the

4:32

gold they used to help finance the

4:34

firearm, obviously purchasing the illegal firearms and

4:36

that, and provide transportation, accommodation and that

4:38

to get them up here. There

4:40

was a little gold left over,

4:42

a handful of crudely formed gold

4:45

bangles, worth just $90,000. Now,

4:48

evidence in a case broken wide

4:51

open, but police say far from

4:53

closed. Katie Nicholson, CBC

4:55

News, Toronto. Yesterday's

4:57

federal budget included billions of dollars

4:59

in new spending. To offset some

5:02

of that, the government proposed an

5:04

increase in the capital gains tax.

5:07

It was billed as a way for

5:09

wealthier Canadians to help their fellow citizens.

5:12

But some critics say this

5:14

may actually stifle productivity and

5:16

innovation and end up hurting

5:18

average Canadians. Nisha Patel has

5:20

more. We're making Canada's

5:22

tax system more fair. It's a

5:24

change that has everyone in the

5:27

business world talking. The federal government

5:29

will start taxing a much bigger

5:31

chunk of the profits Canadian companies

5:33

make on the sale of their

5:35

assets. The capital gains tax had

5:37

applied to half of the profit pie.

5:40

Now it would be on two

5:42

thirds. That's got Dennis Darby worried

5:45

he represents Canadian manufacturers. We've

5:47

had a lot of difficulties attracting investment over the

5:49

years. I don't think this will make it any

5:51

better. Darby warns it's the wrong signal

5:53

to send when the country is already

5:55

in a productivity crisis. The government has a

5:58

lot of explaining to do it. The

6:00

I'm Kelly, the president of the

6:02

Canadian Federation of Independent Business. While

6:04

the budget contains new tax. Breaks

6:06

for some entrepreneurs. Only half

6:08

as all small businesses will be eligible

6:10

to claim them. There's a list

6:13

of exemptions as long as my arm. Of

6:15

different business sectors that are not

6:17

going to get that additional two

6:20

million dollars and that includes ah,

6:22

restaurants or hotels oh doctors' offices

6:24

still. Economists like Lindsay Ted's welcome

6:26

To The Move saying back in the

6:29

nineteen nineties, the capital gains tax rate

6:31

was at or above these levels. This.

6:33

Is Not. A major

6:36

innovation by day trips change

6:38

treatment. it is that when

6:40

you talk. To. Real

6:43

grass roots entrepreneurs that are

6:45

setting up business. Sense tax

6:47

rates do not come into their

6:50

decision. That Benjamin Bergen, president of

6:52

the Canadian Council of Innovators, says the

6:54

measures caught the tech sector. Off

6:56

guard were struggling to to access

6:58

capitals was an extent that American

7:00

you know firms are. We struggle

7:02

to be able to see talents

7:04

year. The hike would also be

7:07

applied to individuals for capital gains

7:09

earnings about two hundred and fifty

7:11

thousand dollars in a year. There's

7:13

some concern the changes would impact

7:15

start up workers who are often

7:17

paid in stock options, driving them

7:19

away from Canada. The way that this

7:21

is being structured is it makes it punitive to

7:23

the point where. Individuals.

7:26

Are questioning whether or not they should remain in this

7:28

country. Not every. One facing the tax

7:30

hike agrees Alley Assyria sounded

7:32

the website well.see a. The

7:34

best not resist or going to build with companies in

7:36

the country that makes at the more sense for them

7:38

and Canada is the best place to build a company

7:40

man. He. Says the tax changes make

7:42

for a more level playing field. Which.

7:45

He says is only say are

7:47

nice You could tell Cbc News

7:49

Toronto a rare sight in Ottawa

7:51

for the first time in more

7:54

than century and individual was called

7:56

before M P's inside the House

7:58

of Commons compelled to and the

8:00

questions. A month ago businessmen Christian

8:03

first testified before a Commons committee.

8:05

his company is at the heart

8:07

of the arrived Can Up scandal.

8:09

He. Wasn't saying much then and

8:12

some mps demanded more answers.

8:14

Rossi would you can Reports.

8:17

You're attending the bar her

8:19

house for being found his

8:22

son temps. Source here today

8:24

are order of his house to

8:26

receive an admonishment, a call seldom

8:28

heard inside the House of Commons.

8:31

Few Canadians have been charged with

8:33

contempt of parliament, and Christian First

8:35

is only the second person in

8:37

more than a century who's also

8:40

been asked to answer questions. But

8:42

just before that started, Liberals revealed

8:44

efforts lawyer had written a letter

8:46

to Parliament pointing out their clients

8:49

mental health issues, citing the doctor's

8:51

opinion, saying for if is not.

8:53

Currently up to answering questions Steve

8:55

Mckinnon, his Liberal House leader on

8:57

the side of the house we

8:59

do not believe is appropriate to

9:01

question Mister first if he is

9:03

not medically able to participate. Mckinnon

9:06

went further tests the getting the

9:08

Conservatives for not heeding the letters

9:10

contents the Leader of the Opposition

9:12

as giving us a demonstration of

9:14

his character. And today. But

9:20

all opposition party software to go

9:22

forward with questions. Conservative: Michael Bird

9:24

First thoughts as the government ask

9:26

Mr Forth to repay the money

9:28

paid to Gc Strategies On or

9:30

I can not be. A month

9:33

earlier this year and Auditor General's

9:35

report found the company may have

9:37

been paid around twenty billion dollars

9:39

by the Federal government for sub

9:41

contracting work on the Pandemic era

9:43

arise Can app That is a

9:45

number disputed by first at a

9:47

parliamentary committee last month where answers

9:49

had. Also been scarce poodle.

9:51

To communicate with some the

9:53

government of Canada while you

9:56

were helping to create that

9:58

criteria. The. Meteor subpoena.

10:00

Be here to speak on behalf of. Things.

10:03

That I can talk about. Or so.

10:05

I understand these, these allegations have

10:08

been moved to the Rcmp. He

10:10

frequently cited the Mounties involvement even

10:12

as he commented he was not

10:14

under investigation himself. The Rcmp did

10:16

conduct a search, worked at a

10:18

private residence yesterday. It confirmed in

10:20

a statement to Cbc News the

10:22

location west of Ottawa has previously

10:25

been listed as an office for

10:27

Dc Strategies the Rcmp. as said,

10:29

some aspects of the Rise Ten

10:31

app are under investigation but also

10:33

said yesterday search was not related

10:35

to. Arrive Can media reports that

10:37

Mr. First property was raided by

10:40

the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or

10:42

what crime or the investigating there

10:44

was a search warrant numerous want

10:46

to d first admitted electronic devices

10:49

were seized from the property in

10:51

relation to work done by a

10:53

subcontractor named Bottler A I G

10:55

C had tapped for other public

10:57

contracts related to the Canada Border

11:00

Services Agency. While the Mounties would

11:02

only say no charges have been

11:04

lead and their investigation. Is ongoing

11:07

received you can young Cbc

11:09

News Ottawa. Autumn

11:11

was trying to make it easier for

11:13

dentist to provide services under the National

11:15

Dental Care plans. Dentist have been slow

11:18

to sign up, with many saying it's

11:20

because it's too much red tape. Health

11:22

Minister Mark Holland says the program now

11:24

allows dentist to take part without having

11:27

to enroll. Level operate just like any

11:29

other system, any other plants and what I'm saying.

11:31

The dentists try once once to see how easy

11:33

it is and how it functions like any other

11:36

insurance plans or then keep daughter and you can

11:38

use it as a one off. There's no need

11:40

to commit to anything. One point, seven

11:42

million Canadians have already enrolled to get

11:44

their dental care paid for. Me:

11:50

not, it's going. To and I clinic

11:52

sensation say they being sold on

11:55

services already covered by provincial health

11:57

plans. Now they're out of pocket.

11:59

Also. Boeings in the spotlight

12:01

again As a whistle blower alleges

12:03

it cuts production corners and speaking

12:05

as line and then way that

12:07

device airport look more like a

12:09

lake this week. After simplicity.

12:20

A whistle blower from Boeing

12:22

says the airplane manufactured cut

12:24

corners in it's production that

12:26

could cause catastrophic failures. Today

12:28

at a high profile Us

12:30

Senate committee hearing, the engineer

12:33

testified one model could break

12:35

apart mid it comes. After

12:37

a series of alarming incidents

12:39

involving the company's planes, Katie

12:41

Simpson brings us the new.

12:43

Allegations from Washington. This.

12:46

Story is serious, even

12:48

shocking. Sen. Richard Blumenthal set

12:51

the tone as he welcomed four

12:53

witnesses into the committee hearing. rumors

12:55

are they made disturbing allegations that

12:58

Boeing the cut corners to meat

13:00

production targets are punishing employees who

13:02

spoke out. That they call you on

13:05

your first of all to let you know that

13:07

they know where you live, the know where you

13:09

are and they can hurt. The. Key

13:11

witness was Sam Support as an

13:13

engineer turned whistleblower who says Boeing

13:15

has major defects with it's assembly

13:17

line production for example, but he

13:19

says with the Seven Eighty Seven

13:21

Dreamliner, he witnessed the plane parts

13:23

been forced to gather when they

13:25

required additional. Detailing I live through. Saw

13:28

people jumping on the pieces of the

13:30

airplane to get them to align a

13:32

call with that part of them. effect.

13:34

So Poor says, after raising concerns for

13:37

years, he was isolated told to shut

13:39

up and threaten us. He says one

13:41

of the tires on his vehicle was

13:43

punctured by a metal object a mechanic

13:45

told him or he was no accident.

13:47

I would though he can't prove it

13:49

happened at work. You. Know if something

13:51

happens to me I am at peace

13:53

because I feel like them. By coming

13:55

forward I will be saving a lot

13:57

of lies. And I'm at peace. What

14:00

ever happens, it happens. Boeing's safety

14:02

record is under immense government scrutiny.

14:06

Most recently, after an incident on board

14:08

an Alaska air flight, where a door

14:11

plug was ripped off the plane mid-flight.

14:13

Flying commercial remains the safest way to

14:16

travel. But understandably,

14:18

recent incidents have left the

14:20

flying public worried. The

14:23

perception is things are getting worse. Senator

14:25

Ted Cruz was part of a second unrelated

14:27

hearing also examining Boeing's record. A

14:30

committee created in the wake of

14:32

two deadly crashes involving the 737

14:34

MAX 8 aircraft. One

14:37

in 2018 and the other in 2019, killing 346 people. A

14:43

team of experts, including aerospace

14:46

engineer Javier de Luis, who

14:48

lost his sister in the

14:50

second crash, examined Boeing's manufacturing

14:52

practices. They too found problems

14:54

after questioning workers on the

14:56

assembly line. How do you

14:58

know that you're doing a safe thing?

15:00

And we got like, you know, you're

15:02

in the headlight stairs, what are you talking about?

15:05

Oh, safety met, oh, we're, you know, we have

15:07

production metrics, we have this metric, but there wasn't

15:09

anything about that. In a statement

15:11

to CBC News, Boeing refuted some

15:13

of the whistleblower claims, saying retaliation

15:15

is strictly prohibited. It is fully

15:18

confident in the safety of its

15:20

787 Dreamliner, and

15:22

that it's taking steps to foster a

15:25

safety culture in the workplace. Katie

15:27

Simpson, CBC News, Washington. It's

15:30

mostly desert, but this week, a part

15:33

of the world that gets little rain

15:35

is getting a deluge. The downpour in

15:37

the United Arab Emirates and neighboring Oman

15:39

has left 20 dead. The

15:43

runways at Dubai's airport resemble

15:45

a shallow lake. The chaos

15:47

is raising questions about a

15:49

technique known as cloud seeding.

15:51

Thomas Dagler explains. to

16:00

know when or if they'll finally fly

16:02

out. Usually the world's

16:05

busiest for international travel, today officials

16:07

urged people to avoid the airport

16:09

unless absolutely necessary, as flooding disrupted

16:11

more flights and left passengers with

16:13

more questions. It's a total difficult

16:15

situation. I'm trying, I want to

16:18

go home. Kenish Kumar Deb Barman

16:20

stopped in Dubai for what was

16:22

supposed to be a brief layover.

16:24

There are thousands of other passengers

16:26

just like me in this airport

16:29

who have been waiting for 10 hours, 15 hours, some

16:31

even for 24 to 30 hours. Known

16:36

for its skyscrapers built in the Arabian

16:39

Desert, yesterday the city got dumped with

16:41

more rain in 24 hours than it

16:44

typically sees in a whole year. Other

16:47

parts of the United Arab Emirates got

16:49

more rain in a day than ever

16:51

recorded. All of it

16:53

overwhelming drainage systems and flooding roads,

16:56

as water poured into homes and shopping

16:58

malls. Video of

17:00

a police officer rescuing a cat clinging

17:02

to the door handle of a flooded

17:05

car went viral. But

17:08

for residents, this historic mess was

17:10

no joke. Everything was savage, they

17:12

just seen all the abandoned cars. This

17:14

is the first time I see in the

17:16

history of beauty, how the rain come with

17:18

too much, you know. For

17:21

some observers, the rare downpour raised

17:23

questions about the country's practice of

17:26

cloud seeding. That's a

17:28

technique used in drier climates to

17:30

boost rainfall. Clouds are

17:32

implanted with minerals and in the

17:35

UAE, drones are sometimes sent to

17:37

zap them with electric charges. We

17:40

cannot produce that amount of

17:42

precipitation. Katia Friedrich is an

17:44

atmospheric scientist at the University of

17:46

Colorado who studies cloud seeding. She

17:49

Doubts it had anything to do with this

17:51

week's wild weather in the Gulf. No one

17:53

can really fly in those conditions to cloud

17:55

seeding. So That's another indication where I can,

17:57

I mean, for sure say that there are

17:59

some. With no cloud seeding in Boston. Sizes

18:03

blame, assume and lead climate change

18:05

for rising temperatures a more frequent

18:08

extreme conditions like this desert Storm

18:10

in Dubai. schools are closed for

18:12

the week and people are being

18:14

told to work from home. as

18:17

the usually Arab Emirates. Only.

18:19

Starts to dry out of a

18:21

stag. Cbc News Toronto. Ukrainian

18:24

officials are calling for more international

18:26

help tonight. After the deadliest Russian

18:29

missile attack on the country in

18:31

weeks, at least seventeen people have

18:33

been killed and dozens or wounded

18:36

in the northern city. Of

18:38

Tourney is as Briar Stewart tells

18:40

us. It is a horrific scene that

18:42

Ukraine's president says could have been avoided.

18:46

Video. Taking just after nine this

18:48

morning. So the. Moments after the

18:50

initial missile strike, half a dozen

18:52

people waiting at a bus stop

18:55

watched. Smoke rise and. Than

18:59

the sound of another missile and

19:01

explosion since the most diving to

19:03

the gloves. Ukraine says a hotel

19:05

was destroyed in the it's had

19:07

several other bills as was damaged

19:09

food in the hospital. Size

19:11

ruled that. The coup that wasn't that

19:14

for apartment as a time when she

19:16

returns. On windows had been

19:18

broken. over

19:21

there. Will be repealed. She said the

19:24

worst thing. Is that people die?

19:26

Nobody's. Always heard an amorous. This.

19:28

Was the deadliest attack on the country

19:31

and weeks and comes as Ukraine says,

19:33

it's just really sort of missile defense

19:35

system. To the to the he said it

19:37

president's the Loaded music and he said the

19:39

military to do me a message. I've been

19:41

to shoot down seven. Of the eleven

19:44

missiles, the targeted a major power

19:46

plants the T last week. To.

19:48

Done In a message posted online,

19:50

he said the deadly attack instead

19:52

is it would not have happened

19:54

if the country had more air

19:56

defense equipment and if the world

19:58

was determined to counter. Russian terror.

20:00

But all Ukrainians have seen with their own

20:02

eyes that if there is a will, there is

20:04

a way. Yurisak is an

20:06

adviser to Ukraine's government and told

20:09

CBC he's referring to the weekend

20:11

attack on Israel, where

20:13

the US, the UK and France

20:15

helped down some 300 drones and

20:17

missiles fired by Iran. While he

20:19

acknowledges the situations are different, he

20:22

says those on the ground can't

20:24

help but make comparisons. You know,

20:26

military experts, perhaps it

20:29

is easier for them to understand the nuances. For

20:32

ordinary people, a lot of

20:34

us felt abandoned and neglected.

20:36

Germany, which announced last week that

20:38

it was sending an additional patriot

20:40

missile defense system to Ukraine, has

20:43

urged dozens of other countries to

20:45

step up their support. The Netherlands,

20:47

the Czech Republic and Denmark are

20:49

considering it. Medefredricksen is the Danish

20:51

Prime Minister. We know we have

20:54

systems in Europe. Some

20:56

of them need now to be

20:58

delivered into Ukraine. NATO

21:01

members will be discussing air defence with

21:03

Ukraine on Friday too. And

21:05

that comes as the US House of Representatives

21:08

gets set to vote on a $60 billion

21:10

military aid package

21:12

to Ukraine that's installed in

21:14

Congress. Breyer Stewart, CBC

21:16

News, London. British

21:19

Foreign Secretary David Cameron says Israel

21:21

is planning a response to Iran's

21:24

attack last weekend. Iran

21:26

launched a barrage of drones and missiles

21:28

in what it called self-defense after the

21:30

bombing of its embassy in Syria. Cameron

21:33

says he's in Jerusalem to show

21:35

solidarity with Israel. But it's

21:38

clear the Israelis are making a decision to act.

21:40

We hope they do so in a way that

21:42

does as little to escalate this as

21:44

possible. The real need is to

21:47

refocus back on Hamas, back on

21:49

the hostages, back on getting the

21:51

aid in, back on getting

21:53

a pause in the conflict in Gaza. Israel's

21:56

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not

21:58

said yet how his country... will

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respond. Toronto

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Raptors player Jaunte Porter has

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been banned for life from the NBA. The

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league says Porter gave sensitive information

22:24

to betters to use when gambling

22:26

on games. It also alleges

22:28

he limited his own participation in

22:30

several games for betting purposes and

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even bet against his own team.

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Raptors president Masai Ujiri says the

22:38

team had no idea what the

22:40

24-year-old was up to when

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they signed him in December. This was nothing

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we could know about and

22:49

I think all of that

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is on the NBA's investigation. You know,

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like so, we go out there

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and try to do the best due

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diligence we can, you know, like with

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everybody individually. And

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we did that with Jaunte too. Porter

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is the first NBA player

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ever banned for gambling. Some

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patients in Ontario are paying hundreds and

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thousands of dollars for eye surgeries in

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private clinics that are already covered by

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provincial health plans and it's happening in

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other provinces too. Health

23:21

advocates call it predatory

23:23

upselling. Christine Birak explains.

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So, corneal topography diagnostic tests,

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$300 per eye. 63-year-old

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Kate Armstrong wants her money back.

23:33

People are blindly, excuse the pun,

23:36

being ripped off. In 2022, she

23:38

was legally blind in one eye

23:40

and with poor vision in the

23:42

other. She says a surgeon, the

23:44

head of a Toronto hospital eye

23:46

center, told her if she went

23:48

to his private for-profit clinic instead,

23:51

she could get her cataract surgery

23:53

faster. What he nor anyone mentioned

23:55

was that the Ontario government pays

23:57

for certain surgeries, including cataracts in

23:59

private. clinics. Are you okay to go

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ahead and sign that we're going to do

24:03

the surgery? Absolutely. Yeah, where do I sign?

24:05

Armstrong says the private clinic asked her to

24:08

sign off on paperwork she could barely see

24:10

or understand in which she unknowingly waived her

24:12

provincial coverage. How do you ask questions when

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you can't read? Armstrong signed off on $1,200

24:17

in eye tests, over

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$3,000 for her first cataract surgery

24:21

and nearly $3,500 for the second. $8,000 is

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not what I

24:27

had and I had to borrow it and I

24:29

had to cash in order to cease for that.

24:31

Through a freedom of information request, CBC News found

24:33

the Ontario government pays public hospitals about

24:35

$500 per eye

24:38

for that seven-minute surgery. It pays private

24:40

for-profit clinics up to $1,300 for the

24:42

same surgery

24:44

so patients don't have to pay.

24:46

Patients were told if they didn't

24:48

pay they would face extreme weights,

24:51

weights that are flagrant lies. Natalie

24:53

Mira is executive director of the

24:55

Ontario Health Coalition. Currently in Ontario,

24:58

the longest average wait time for

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cataract surgery is three and a

25:02

half months. Mira says for-profit clinics

25:04

are selling mostly vulnerable seniors on things

25:07

like eye tests, drops, advanced lenses and

25:09

laser surgical equipment, all of which is

25:11

covered under the provincial plan. In fact,

25:13

it's illegal. It's an offence under the

25:16

Commitment to the Future Medicare Act. The

25:18

clinics, the physicians and anyone involved in

25:20

doing it should be fined. It's a

25:23

common problem and not just for eye

25:25

care. The most recent Health Canada numbers

25:27

show for-profit clinics charged Canadians nearly $80

25:30

million for a variety of

25:32

medically necessary services in 2021.

25:35

But Ontario's health minister insists

25:37

Sylvia Jones says most Ontarians

25:39

aren't paying for surgeries with their

25:41

credit cards. Small groups that have

25:43

to have that investigation ultimately get

25:46

reimbursed when appropriate and corrective action is

25:48

taken. The trust is gone. Armstrong

25:50

Won't likely be reimbursed because she

25:53

signed legally binding contracts. She Says

25:55

people need to understand. private doesn't

25:57

always mean out of pocket. For.

26:00

Advice: Ask questions, Pretty.

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Embarrassed Cbc News Toronto. Finally

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will end off in Victoria Bc

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because that for Emerson keep sending

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up. I did get to know

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him last year. he's a cast

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for his highly intelligent he. Got

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taken away a couple weeks ago. Put

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in a big fan and he found his way.

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Now before you worry too much

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about who got stuffed in a

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van and driven off. Emerson is

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a two year old elephant seal.

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He's going through natural process called

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more things when seals said and

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regenerate their skin and whiskers. It

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needs to be done unsure any

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shore release but Emerson has a

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thing for Victoria. It's full of

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humans and other threats to wildlife.

26:46

Emerson cross busy streets and climb

26:49

stairs of. Despite being relocated

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for time. He just keeps

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coming. The. Most. Recently, Emerson

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was taken more than one hundred

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and fifty kilometers away, only to

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reappear just five days later. The.

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Persistence may be paying off.

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Rather than go through the

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motions of another relocation fishery

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officials will lead emerson tried

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to malls in Victoria, People

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are being urged not to

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approach and keep their dogs

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on a leash when they're

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nearby. I'm Susan Earnest

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