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Why GM Failed In India

CNBC:

Over the last 20 years, the
Indian automotive market has grown from
about 500,000 new passenger cars,
hatchbacks, sedans and utilities to
about 3.5
million in 2018.
The market has an expected compound annual
growth rate of about 5 to
6 percent over the next 10 years.
But, some automakers have struggled
to make it work.
Among them is General
Motors, the largest U.S.
car company. GM stopped selling cars in
India in 2017 after years of
declining market share.
It's a striking move for GM, which
in recent years has also closed
shop in other regions around the
world, as leadership focuses on
maximizing profits and making investments
in new technologies such as
electric power trains
and mobility services.
With a population of more than
1 billion people, India is becoming
one of the world's
largest automotive markets.
The country is poised to surpass
Japan as the world's third biggest
new car market in 2021.
So while there is ample
opportunity for automakers, the Indian
landscape has been particularly difficult
to navigate, especially for
American firms. GM watched its share
of the Indian market erode
steadily over several years, bottoming out
at about one percent in
2016 just before the
automaker pulled out.
So if the Indian market is
growing, why did GM struggle, especially
when GM has been
so successful in China?
To be fair, quite a few automakers
tend to have difficulty in the
Indian market. First of all, India
is a massive country with a
diverse population of roughly 1.3
billion people.
India, I think, we are
definitely a complex market.
The income levels
are quite heterogeneous.
We are divided, actually into
urban India and rural India.
The consumer requirements are actually
different even the needs are
different in both these markets.
There are a few criteria a
mass market automaker ought to meet.
They are fuel efficiency, resale
value, proximity of service stations
and the affordability of parts
and low servicing costs.
I think first thing is price.
We are a country with a
very low per capita income.
Indians are very price sensitive.
But price is not the only factor.
So now the customer also needs
some more value, for example, with
styling elements. And then, I think,
the consumer also wants a global
brand. They want a
brand which is aspirational.
The consumer wants an overall combination of
all P's, you know it may
be product, it may be
price, it may be positioning.
Which makes the things
quite complicated for OEMs.
These might seem pretty attainable,
but many automakers have
struggled to meet these
in the country.
There are a couple of companies who
have managed to crack that code
and there are several more with shares
of the market ranging in size
from small to smaller.
By far, the most successful automaker
in India is the Japanese firm
Suzuki, which alone owns
half the Indian market.
Suzuki has enjoyed something of
a first mover advantage.
It was the first major automaker to
enter India, and it did so
through a joint venture
with Indian manufacturer Maruti.
Suzuki also specializes in highly
fuel efficient vehicles, which are
extremely important in
the Indian market.
After Suzuki, Korean maker Hyundai is
the second largest with 16
percent of the Indian market.
After that, Indian, Japanese and Korean
makers such as Honda, Tata,
Kia and Mahindra all more or less
have equal degrees of market share.
Kia in particular, is a relatively
late coming brand that has been
able to succeed in India.
I think an excellent example is
Kia Motors which recently entered, it
was a new brand and
they gave a great proposition.
They were in an SUV segment and
I think suddenly right from the month
one, we saw a great success
for this OEM, in India.
Then the remaining 10 percent of the
market is made up of others such
as Ford, Renault, BMW and Nissan.
Early on, GM entered the India market
with its Opel brand, a mass
market brand GM had
owned in Europe.
While Opel cars tended to be
affordable, they failed to resonate with
Indian buyers.
I think later on they realized that's
not a brand which is really
going to work well in India because
that was not a value proposition
which they were offering
to their customers.
But then GM introduced its Chevrolet
brand to the country, which
brought it more success.
It was a great success.
They launched a few great
products like Chevrolet Cruze Chevrolet
Beat. They had that start which
they were really looking forward.
Despite these efforts, the automaker had
trouble taking share in the
Indian market. It was the first
automaker to introduce a diesel fuel
powered car of its size.
At the time, the Chevrolet beat
was the smallest diesel powered car
customers could buy in India.
It was a strong proposition and
benefited from a government subsidy
on diesel engines.
But in the end, the
diesel Beat had few takers.
The company may also have made a
misstep by trying to introduce a
low-cost vehicle GM manufactured with
its Chinese partner SAIC called
the Chevrolet Sail.
Their plan got derailed with the
introduction of Sail because I think
they underestimated the consumer aspiration
and then, I think, the
decline started. GM also fell victim
to a kind of self-reinforcing
cycle. One challenge it struggled with
was the lack of an adequate
dealer and servicing network.
More premium brands such as Mercedes
and BMW often attract customers
with the means to travel
further for service and sales.
But, mass market brands such as
GM's Chevrolet are targeting middle
class buyers who value convenience.
Dealerships in India often sell a
single brand so GM's low sales
volumes meant a single dealer might sell
only a handful of cars in a
month and risk taking losses on
the costs of running the business.
In the end, such low market share
made it difficult for GM to justify
maintaining a presence
in the country.
The automaker officially stopped selling
cars in India on December
31, 2017.
GM told CNBC it explored many
options for its India business, but
ultimately withdrew after it
determined the increased investment
originally planned for the country would
not deliver the returns of
other global opportunities.
It continues to operate services
for existing Chevrolet customers in
the country. In September, the
automaker entered a long-term
partnership with Tata Consultancy Services,
which will do engineering
design for GM vehicles meant
for markets around the world.
The move out of India was part
of a larger pullback GM has been
making around the world as
it restructures its business.
We're seeing other automakers follow
suit as they're pruning.
They're pruning the dead branches and
focusing on where they can be
strong. For GM, this is a huge shift
because GM of old used to be all
things to everyone everywhere.
And, it has now decided that
is not the proper strategy.
The automaker told CNBC if it doesn't
see a clear path to leadership
and long term sustained profits in
a particular market, it will look
at opportunities to focus its resources
on areas that will lead to
the greatest results. It added that this
is the same approach it has
taken elsewhere.
The automaker also sold its
European operations to French carmaker
PSA in 2017.
At the time it pulled out of India
GM had two factories there, one in
the Gujarati city of Halol
and another in Talegaon.
The Halol plant was acquired by
MG Motor, the once famed British
brand now owned by Chinese
automaker SAIC Motor Corporation.
GM has a joint venture with
SAIC to produce cars in China.
Reports surfaced in November 2019 that
SAIC is also in talks to
acquire GM's Talegaon plant, along
with fellow Chinese automaker
Great Wall. GM told CNBC it
is exploring strategic options for the
plant. The move out of India was
a retreat for GM and for American
auto industry. Ford is starting
to do the same.
It's trimming some
of its offerings.
Global economy and global auto
market is slowing some.
Certainly true here in the
US, it's true in China.
There's just not enough money to
go around to every single market,
too every single vehicle line.
Look at Daimler and BMW,
they've announced major employee cuts.
But in some ways it might
have been a shrewd move.
The other thing that is happening
in the market that has never
happened before is we are on the
verge of massive disruption of the
industry. You know, we're going to
have a future of electric
vehicles, autonomous vehicles and new
ways to acquire personal
transportation and now
mobility service.
There's all kinds of things.
Nobody knows when that's going to happen
or how it's going to happen,
but it's requiring a
lot of investment.
Companies like GM just can't keep putting
a ton of money into the
future as well as a ton
of money in today's stuff.
While analysts do expect the
Indian automotive market to continue
growing in the foreseeable future, it
did hit a slump in 2019.
Maruti Suzuki sales were growing
until February 2019, but have
slipped every month, year
over year, until October.
Suzuki said in November that the slowing
Indian market was one of the
factors behind the company's falling overall
sales and net income in
its second fiscal quarter.
So I think right now the
market is going through turmoil.
Our economy is struggling and if
we only talk about the automotive
market we are talking about a decline
of minus 14 percent in 2019
calendar year light vehicles.
So obviously this year is the
kind of degrowth happening, which has
not happened in last
two decades, in India.
2020, we are just talking about a
kind of a flat growth but then
going forward, in 2021, '22, '23,
the assumption that our economy
should be back, you know, the
GDP growth rate will start growing
above seven percent. Indian
automotive analysts note the country's
auto industry has to contend
with the relatively recent rise of
mobility services such as ride
hailing. The potential of these
competing technologies is still
unknown, but could affect how
interested in car ownership Indians
remain in the future.
In the end, GM did make some of
the right choices when trying to go
into India. GM was right in
terms of localizing their products
typically for the Indian market, making
it, in line with the taxation
because they were able to save tax.
But, at the end of their day, were
really not able to match with what
the competitors were offering.
If the Indian economy picks back up,
GM may find itself trying to
profitably re-enter the country.
GM's rival Ford, which has been in
India since 1995, said in October
2019 it will create a new
joint venture with Indian manufacturer
Mahindra, which Ford said will help
it develop new products faster
and drive profitable growth.

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GM Korea closes Gunsan plant for final time after 22 years in operation

ARIRANG NEWS:

GM Korea officially closed its plant in Gunsan
today, ending two decades of production there.
The shutdown is part of the restructuring
plan agreed upon by General Motors and the
South Korean government.
The company will be looking to bounce back,
but the Gunsan-area economy might not recover
for a long time.
Oh Soo-young reports.
General Motors has closed one of its four
plants in South Korea,... leaving an economic
vacuum in the western city of Gunsan.
The automaker's decision came in February
as part of its corporate restructuring efforts,...
bringing the factory's 22-year history of
car manufacturing to an end.
Of the factory's 18-hundred workers, most
have taken voluntary retirement, 400 unpaid
leave -- while 200 are awaiting placements
at GM Korea's three remaining plants.
However, the fallout of the shutdown is expected
to be far-reaching.
Churning out some 270-thousand vehicles a
year,... the factory accounted for half of
Gunsan's exports, and a third of total exports
for the greater Jeollabuk-do Province.
The livelihoods of some twelve-thousand local
workers, employed by 130 affiliates and subcontractors
that supplied auto parts to the factory, are
on the line.
Other local businesses, including restaurants
and real estate agencies, are also expected
to suffer due to the outflow of workers.
To mitigate the impact on the local economy,
some 20 million U.S. dollars from the central
government's supplementary budget this year
has been earmarked to support Gunsan's workers
and businesses.
The government plans to roll out employment
support and take measures to attract new businesses
to the city.
Even so, experts doubt the region will ever
be able to fill the gap left by GM's departure.
"0:00 There doesn't seem to be a large company
that wants to move its operations to Gunsan...
0:27And I think part of the problem is that
the region has become less attractive because
GM Korea's been there so long that I think
Gunsan really didn't put much effort into
attracting other businesses."
However, the expert says the initial pain
of structural reform may pay off eventually,...
leaving the region with a glint of light at
the end of tunnel.
" They do have a lot of people who are familiar
with how manufacturing works so there is some
human capital there that they can use.
They should have good road systems and if
nothing else they have the large factories
that GM Korea used that they may be able to
utilize elsewhere."
The expert also urged the authorities to act
quickly as the plant is now shut for good,
and tens of thousands of local residents face
an uncertain future.
Oh Soo-young, Arirang News, Gunsan.

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Why Ford And Other American Cars Don’t Sell In Japan

CNBC:

When it comes to cars, Americans
seem to love the Japanese.
But the Japanese don't seem
to love Americans back.
Japanese brands sell remarkably well
in the United States.
Several of the best-selling automakers in
America are from Japan, and
their products seem to dominate entire
segments in sales and critical
acclaim. Japanese automakers sell so
many cars in the U.S.
that they actually employ vast numbers
of American workers in factories
around the country.
Japanese automakers actually build a third of
all the vehicles made in the
U.S. But the Japanese don't seem
to be interested in America's SUVs,
pickup trucks, muscle cars or just
about any vehicle made by Detroit.
Ford left Japan entirely in 2017.
General Motors keeps a presence there, but
it is tiny — the largest U.S.
automaker sold only 700 cars
in Japan in 2018.
And people are divided as to why
and what, if anything, should be done
about it.
President Donald Trump has criticized the
imbalance, but so have U.S.
automotive trade associations, who
blame Japanese protectionism.
While there are no
Japanese tariffs on U.S.
imports, a number of critics say there
are all kinds of technical barriers
that make it harder for U.S.
companies to sell in Japan.
Here in the United States, when we
set regulations for fuel economy or
safety or communications standards or whatever,
all of the automakers that
sell and produce in the United
States are party to that conversation.
In Japan, it's a much more
closed process for regulatory compliance.
It's "these are the rules and
you will meet the rules."
Japanese producers have input into that
and suppliers, but it's pretty
closed to any external companies that
would be doing business there.
But some industry experts say
that really isn't the problem.
Instead, the reasons U.S.
cars are so rare in Japan, which
is the world's third-largest car market,
have more to do with Japanese
consumer tastes, the abiding if outdated
stereotypes the Japanese have about the
quality of American cars, and the
very different way customers shop
for vehicles in Japan.
It is first important to note
that Japanese brands all but completely
dominate local roads.
More than 95 percent of all cars
sold in the country are Japanese.
Imports make up the balance and
most of those are higher-end European
luxury vehicles and sports cars.
This is partly because the
Japanese have pretty specific needs.
For one thing, space
is incredibly tight.
Wildly popular in Japan are these
so-called Kei cars, which are tiny
vehicles preferred by drivers who have
to thread their way through narrow
streets and crowded cities.
Kei Cars alone make up
40 percent of the Japanese
market and U.S.
automakers don't make them.
Americans, on the other hand, tend
to excel in making big vehicles,
particularly pickup trucks and
large sport utilities.
In recent years, American automakers have
scaled back or even entirely
killed off their own lines of
compact vehicles, which are often still
bigger than their
Japanese counterparts.
In fact, many of the Japanese vehicles
sold in America — from sedans such
as the Toyota Camry all the way up
to the pickups — are not even
particularly popular in Japan.
All three Detroit automakers have less
than 1 percent market share.
One of the bestsellers, Jeep, sells about
10,000 vehicles in Japan a year.
The Japanese car buying experience would
also likely shock many Americans,
who often view a trip to the
dealership as one of life's necessary evils.
Much of Japanese business culture is
built around service and hospitality,
and auto dealerships
are no exception.
Japanese dealerships offer customers nearly
white glove service, and the
way buyers choose cars is entirely
different from the traditional buying
experience in the U.S.
Whereas American shoppers will often choose
a car from what is available
on a dealer lot, Japanese buyers can
often custom-build a car out of a
catalog and then have it made for
them in a matter of weeks.
A strong local supply chain and
local factories allow Japanese automakers
to do this.
Furthermore, quality of service
is often quite high.
Dealerships frequently have amenities such
as cafes and complimentary car
washes. They will also follow up
with customers sometimes even years after
a purchase.
Foreign automakers overall have had difficulty
adapting to this way of
selling. Moreover, the Japanese have
longstanding perceptions of American
cars as inefficient and unreliable.
This somewhat outdated view originates in
the decades from the 1960s
through the 1980s, when Japanese
brands were ascending and American
automakers were plagued with criticism and
scandal over vehicles such as
the Chevrolet Vega, the AMC Gremlin,
the Ford Pinto and the Chevrolet
Corvair.

And though American manufacturers have
made far more fuel-efficient engines
in recent years, the U.S.
has historically made some gas guzzlers
when compared with cars made
elsewhere.
Yeah, I think there is
a hangover for American vehicles.
You know, what does an American
car say about you in Japan.
That baggage is carried with that.
Meanwhile, the Japanese rose to power in
the auto industry in large part on
their reputation for building solid, efficient
cars that don't break down.
Of course, many observers note that American
autos have done a lot to
close the reliability gap over the years,
and cars overall are able to log
far more miles on the road than
they did even a decade ago.
And U.S.
automakers are adamant that they would be
better able to compete in Japan
if the country removes barriers
that make doing business difficult.
The trouble for Detroit is that Japan
is just one of the international
markets where U.S.
automakers have struggled.
All three Detroit automakers have had
challenges in South America and
Europe. While China which is the world's
largest car market could become a
tougher place to do business
with slowing economic growth, increased
competition, and trade disputes.

If something doesn't change, U.S.
automakers could become just that: American
companies that sell trucks and
SUVs to Americans.

General Motors Lordstown plant shutting down for 2 weeks in July

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SHUTDOWN-VO
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coverage tonight at 11. In
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Production of the Chevy Cruze at
the GM Lordstown plant will be
put on hold for ANOTHER two
weeks in July. That's ON TOP of
a 2-week shutdown
planned for June. UAW Local
1714 President Rob
Morales says the layoff are to
align production with market
demand.
He said some people may might
working at that time, but he
doesn't know how
many would STAY on the job.
Morales says they'll have to
build fewer
cars at the plant as the demand
for trucks and crossovers rises.
[C3]20170501 GM SHUTDOWN-SV
Rob Morales: "TRADITIONALLY
WE'VE HAD A FEW WORKERS IN THE
PLANT WORKING. FOR THOSE THAT
ARE LAID OFF, THEY'LL RECEIVE
UNEMPLOYMENT AND SUBPAY SO
THEY'LL BE OFFERED
EXTENDED TWO WEEKS AND ON THE
17TH WE'LL BE BACK TO WORK
AND READY TO RUN AT A TWO SHIFT
CAPACITY."
That's JULY 17th that they'll
continue production of the
Chevy Cruze.
GM eliminated the 3rd shift at
the Lordstown plant in January
to also try to meet
market demands. [C4]20170501

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The National for November 25 — Oshawa GM Plant, Medical Devices, Michael Bublé

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(*)
>> Adrienne: ON THIS SUNDAY
NIGHT...
>>> A COMMUNITY ROCKED.
OSHAWA ONTARIO G.M. PLANT WILL
BE CLOSING.
THE IMPACTS WILL BE FELT FAR AND
WIDE.
>> MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE
SURPRISED TO FIND OUT HOW
LIMITED THE EVIDENCE IS, BOTH
REGARDING THE BENEFITS AND THE
HARMS.
>> A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I
HAD WORRIED ABOUT, A LOT OF
THINGS THAT I THOUGHT MATTERED,
THEY'RE JUST NOT IMPORTANT.
>> Adrienne: AND MICHAEL BUBLE
IS BACK WITH A MESSAGE AND A NEW
ALBUM.
TOM POWERS CHATS WITH THE
SUPERSTAR ABOUT LOVE AND, YES,
YOU WILL HEAR HIM SING.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
(*)
(*)
>> SO THE RUMOURS HAVE SWIRLED
IN THE CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY THAT
BAD NEWS COULD BE COMING FROM
THEIR MOST FAMOUS EMPLOYER.
AND TONIGHT IT SEEMS THAT THE
NEWS HAS ARRIVED.
THOUSANDS OF GENERAL MOTORS
WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE
SUDDENLY IN A VERY PRECARIOUS
SPOT.
CATHERINE CULLEN HAS BEEN
WORKING THE PHONES ON THIS STORY
AND IS JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM
OUR OTTAWA BUREAU.
SO, CATHERINE, TAKES THROUGH
WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
CONFIRM ABOUT G.M.
>> Reporter: WELL, ADRIENNE,
WE KNOW THAT FEDERAL OFFICIALS
ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ALREADY
ABOUT HOW TO HELP THE WORKERS
WHO ARE EXPECTED TO BE TOLD
TOMORROW THEY ARE LOSING THEIR
JOBS.
THIS IS A MOVE THAT IS GOING TO
HAVE A HUGE IMPACT, OBVIOUSLY,
FOR THE WORKERS THEMSELVES AND
THEIR FAMILIES BUT THE RIPPLE
EFFECT WILL BE FELT FAR BEYOND
GENERAL MOTORS.
IN A LOT OF WAYS THIS GENERAL
PLANT IN OSHAWA IS A SYMBOL OF
CANADA'S AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS PART
OF A BIGGER SHIFT THAT'S GOING
ON AT THE COMPANY, AWAY FROM THE
KINDS OF VEHICLES THEY'RE MAKING
AT THE OSHAWA PLANT, THESE
LARGER AUTOMOBILES, AND A
GREATER EMPHASIS INSTEAD ON
ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES.
IT'S PART OF ACTUALLY A BIGGER
GLOBAL SHIFT AT GENERAL MOTORS
AND IT WILL OBVIOUSLY RAISE
QUESTIONS FOR G.M. WORKERS
ELSEWHERE IN CANADA ABOUT HOW
THEY MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY ALL OF
THIS.
NOW IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THIS
IS A COMPANY AND AN INDUSTRY
THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
INVESTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN,
IN THE FORM OF A BAILOUT JUST
ABOUT A DECADE AGO, TO TRY TO
AVOID SOME OF THE PAIN THAT WE
ARE NOW GOING TO BE FEELING.
THIS IS COMING, OF COURSE, AT A
TIME WHEN CANADA'S ENERGY
INDUSTRY IS ALREADY STRUGGLING
AND STAGGERING.
ANOTHER BLOW LIKE THIS TO
CANADA'S ECONOMY, ADRIENNE,
CERTAINLY IS NOT ONE THAT IS
GOING TO BE WELCOMED.
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT,
CATHERINE CULLEN IN OTTAWA
TONIGHT, THANK YOU, CATHERINE.
>>> SO LET'S GO RIGHT TO THE
HEART OF THIS STORY.
NATALIE NANOWSKI IS OUTSIDE OF
THE G.M. PLANT IN OSHAWA AND IS
JOINING US NOW.
NATALIE, IF YOU CAN, WHAT IS THE
LATEST THAT YOU'RE HEARING THERE
ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN?
>> Reporter: WELL, PEOPLE ARE
TELLING US RIGHT NOW THAT
THEY'RE UPSET.
WE HAVE POSITIONED OURSELVES
INSIDE OF THE EMPLOYEE PARKING
LOT SO AS THE WORKER COMES IN
AND DROP OFF THEIR CARS AND HEAD
IN, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SPEAK
TO THEM.
MANY OF THEM RUSH BY US BUT SOME
TOLD US THEY HAVE BEEN HEARING
RUMOURS FOR WEEKS.
MOMENTS AGO THE MAYOR WAS ALSO
HERE SPEAKING WITH US.
HE TOLD ME THAT HE'S WORKED AT
THIS G.M. PLANT WHEN HE WAS
YOUNGER AND THAT HIS MOM AND DAD
WORKED HERE AND THAT HIS BROTHER
STILL WORKS HERE.
HE'S ALSO HAD A VERY GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MANAGERS
HERE AT G.M. SO HE SAYS THAT
TODAY WHEN THEY DIDN'T PICK UP
HIS PHONE CALLS HE WAS QUITE
UPSET AND HE WAS EVEN MORE UPSET
WHEN HE SAID THAT HE HAD TO
LEARN THE NEWS THROUGH THE
MEDIA.
HAVE A LISTEN...
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO BE
AHEAD OF THIS THAN BEHIND IT.
AND I HOPE TOMORROW THAT GENERAL
MOTORS HAS A PLAN, IF THIS IS
MORE THAN A RUMOUR THAT THE
TRANSITION WILL BE EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENTLY AND THEY TREAT THE
CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN
THIS BUILDING WITH THE DIGNITY
THAT THEY DESERVE.
THEY HAVE HELPED TO MAKE GENERAL
MOTORS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY THAT WE
SHOULD BE FINDING OUT WHAT'S
GOING ON.
>> Reporter: SO WE ALSO
REACHED OUT TO GENERAL MOTORS
AND THEY TOLD US THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO BE GIVING US AN UPDATE
TONIGHT AND THAT EVERYTHING IS
GOING TO COME OUT TOMORROW
MORNING.
ADRIENNE?
>> Adrienne: OKAY, NATALIE,
AUTO PLANTS WE KNOW ARE OFTEN
THE HEART OF A COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT DOES THIS ONE PLANT MEAN
FOR OSHAWA?
>> Reporter: ADRIENNE, GENERAL
MOTORS HAS BEEN IN OSHAWA FOR
OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.
THIS PARTICULAR PLANT HAS BEEN
HERE SINCE THE 1950s.
AT ITS PEAK IT EMPLOYED ABOUT
30,000 PEOPLE.
TODAY IT EMPLOYS 3,000.
SO THAT'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE EXPECTED TO LOSE THEIR
JOBS TOMORROW WHEN THE NEWS
COMES OUT OFFICIALLY.
HOWEVER, WE -- THIS DOES COME AS
A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE TO
SOME BECAUSE IN 2015, G.M.
INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO
THIS PLANT IN ORDER TO KEEP IT
COMPETITIVE.
AND IT PROMISED THAT IT WAS
GOING TO KEEP PRODUCTION OUT OF
THIS PLANT GOING UNTIL 2020, FOR
FOUR YEARS.
SO RIGHT NOW UNIFOR, THE UNION
THAT REPRESENTS AUTO WORKERS,
TELLS US THAT G.M. IS GOING TO
BE SHUTTING THIS PLANT DOWN IN
2012019 FALLING A YEAR SHORT OF ITS
PROMISE.
BUT, AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT
TO TOMORROW MORNING WHEN ALL OF
THOSE DETAILS ARE EXPECTED TO
COME TO LIGHT.
ADRIENNE?
>> Adrienne: OKAY, THANKS,
NATALIE.
NATALIE NANOWSKI IS AT THE G.M.
PLANT IN OSHAWA TONIGHT.
SO AS NATALIE MENTIONED THE
OSHAWA FACILITY HAS BEEN MAKING
CARS SINCE 1907.
G.M. ACQUIRED THE PLANT IN 1918
AND BUILT IT REALLY INTO ONE OF
THE LARGEST AUTO FACTORIES ON
THE PLANET.
THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE SAYS THAT
OSHAWA ASSEMBLY IS THE MOST
DECORATED PLANT WITH 29 J.D.
POWER AWARDS AND A PROVEN TRACK
RECORD OF GREAT QUALITY AND
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.
IN 2015, G.M. CUT ABOUT A
THOUSAND UNION JOBS THERE FROM
3,600 TO 2,600.
SO THERE'S PLENTY OF ANXIOUS
PEOPLE TONIGHT.
>>> AUTO MANUFACTURING NEWS IS
ALWAYS POLITICAL AND THERE'S
ALREADY A FLURRY OF REACTION TO
THIS TONIGHT.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK...
CONSERVATIVE LEADER ANDREW
SCHEER TWEETS...
>> Adrienne: ERIN OH, TEAL,
THE CONSERVATIVE M.P. FOR DURHAM
TWEETED...
REGISTER ARE.
AND THEN THE OSHAWA M.P.P. WHO
SAID...
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRACK
REACTION TO THIS STORY AND THERE
WILL BE A LOT.
SO LET'S RECAP HERE.
WORKERS IN OSHAWA ARE WORRYING
TONIGHT ABOUT A FULL-SCALE
SHUTDOWN OF THE G.M. PLANT
THERE.
THERE WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
TOMORROW.
WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT
CANADA, THIS IS PART OF A GLOBAL
RESTRUCTURING.
THIS COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER SIX
YEARS TO TRY TO KEEP COMPANIES
INVESTING IN CANADA.
SO THIS IS GOING TO STING.
LET'S TURN NOW TO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT, ALSO DIFFICULT
THOUGH.
A MAJOR CBC NEWS INVESTIGATION.
FOR THE RAVAGES OF AGE AND
CIRCUMSTANCE, MODERN MEDICINE
INCREASINGLY HAS A SOLUTION
INSTALLED IN OUR BODIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, DOCTORS IN CANADA
IMPLANT MORE THAN 20,000
PACEMAKERS AND REPLACE MORE THAN
50,000 HIPS AND MORE THAN 60,000
KNEES EVERY YEAR.
BUT IN THE RUSH TO FULFILL THE
PROMISE OF MEDICAL IMPLANTS
THERE ARE RISKS.
SO WHEN DEVICES FAIL WHO IS
ACCOUNTABLE?
TODAY CBC NEWS LAUNCHES THE
"IMPLANT FILES," A RESULT OF A
JOINT
INVESTIGATION BETWEEN CBC NEWS,
RADIO-CANADA, AND THE "TORONTO
STAR" IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS.
VIK ADHOPIA SHOWS US WHAT THAT
INVESTIGATION HAS UNCOVERED.
>> Reporter: FROM COCHLEAR
IMPLANTS TO HEART VALVES, AND
BREAST IMPLANTS AND ARTIFICIAL
HIPS, MORE AND MORE CANADIANS
HAVE MEDICAL DEVICES IN THEM OR
ON THEM.
BUT WHEN THEY FAIL THEY CAN HARM
US.
OVER SEVERAL MONTHS OUR DATA
JOURNALISTS ANALYSED THOUSANDS
OF DEVICE INCIDENTS WE OBTAINED
FROM HEALTH CANADA USING ACCESS
TO INFORMATION REQUESTS.
WE FOUND ARTIFICIAL HIPS COMING
LOOSE, PELVIC MESH INFLICTING
PAIN, AND HEART IMPLANTS
DELIVERING SHOCKS.
OVER THE LAST DECADE DEVICES ARE
SAID TO HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN
ABOUT 1,400 DEATHS IN CANADA.
MORE THAN 14,000 INJURIES.
AND 80,000 INCIDENTS THAT HAD
THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY OR
DEATH.
COMPANIES WERE ALSO LATE IN
REPORTING THESE PROBLEMS TO
HEALTH CANADA, ALMOST 15,000
TIMES.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WERE
SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE
INSULIN PUMPS.
>> Reporter: THIS DOCTOR AND
RESEARCHER SAYS THAT THESE MAY
SOUND LIKE A LOT OF INCIDENTS
BUT THE REAL NUMBERS ARE
ACTUALLY HIGHER.
INCIDENTS FREQUENTLY DON'T GET
REPORTED AND THAT'S A PROBLEM
BECAUSE THOSE REPORTS ARE OFTEN
THE ONLY PROOF OF HOW SAFE A NEW
DEVICE IS.
>> PEOPLE ASSUME THAT THERE MUST
BE A LOT OF EVIDENCE BACKING A
DEVICE IF IT IS APPROVED BY
HEALTH CANADA.
AND I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE
WOULD BE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT
HOW LIMITED THE EVIDENCE OFTEN
IS BOTH REGARDING THE BENEFITS
OF THESE DEVICES AND REGARDING
THE HARMS.
>> Reporter: MEDICAL DEVICES
ARE A GROWING COMPETITIVE HALF
TRILLION DOLLAR GLOBAL BUSINESS.
OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
DISCOVERED THAT DEVICE COMPANIES
HAVE PAID MORE THAN $2 BILLION
TO SETTLE CHARGES OF CORRUPTION,
FRAUD AND OTHER VIOLATIONS
WORLDWIDE IN THE PAST DECADE.
NOT TO MENTION MORE THAN A
MILLION INJURIES AND 80,000
DEATHS CONNECTED TO DEVICES OVER
THE SAME TIME.
>> WE'RE NOT THE WORST BUT WE'RE
DEFINITELY NOT THE BEST.
>> Reporter: THIS BIOETHICIST
SAYS THAT ONE OF CANADA'S
BIGGEST FAILINGS IS THE LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY.
NEITHER HEALTH CANADA NOR THE
INDUSTRY ARE REQUIRED TO SHARE A
LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT
GOES IN OUR BODIES.
>> OUR GOVERNMENTS HAVE
INTERNALIZED WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENTS LIKE HEALTH CANADA,
A LOGIC WHERE WE ALSO HAVE TO
PROTECT THE INDUSTRY INTERESTS.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT VERY OFTEN
INDUSTRY INTERESTS LOOK LIKE
THEY'RE MORE IMPORTANT THAN
PUBLIC INTERESTS.
>> Reporter: IN THE COMING
WEEKS YOU WILL SEE THE FACES
BEHIND THE DEVICES AND HEAR
THEIR STORIES.
>> I FEEL THAT I'M A LAB RAT.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION
YEARS THAT THAT WAS THE REASON
WHY I WAS GETTING SICK.
>> I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
>> Adrienne: VIK IS JOINING US
NOW WITH MORE ON THIS.
VIK, WHAT DID HEALTH CANADA OR
THE INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION
SAY WHEN YOU
TOOK ALL OF THIS TO THEM?
>> Reporter: WELL, HEALTH
CANADA WOULDN'T DO AN ON-CAMERA
INTERVIEW BUT THEY DID GIVE US A
LENGTHY RESPONSE TO OUR DOZENS
OF QUESTIONS.
IN IT THEY SAID THAT HIGH-RISK
DEVICES ARE APPROVED WITHOUT
CLINICAL TRIALS IF THEY'RE
SIMILAR TO SOMETHING ON THE
MARKET.
THEY WOULDN'T TELL US HOW OFTEN
THAT HAPPENS BUT WE KNOW IN THE
U.S., FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S MORE
THAN 90% OF THE TIME.
HEALTH CANADA SAYS IT DOES LOOK
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT
THEY CALL "REAL LIFE CONDITIONS"
BUT THAT REQUIRES THE SOLID
REPORTING OF INCIDENTS WHEN
THINGS GO WRONG.
AND HEALTH CANADA ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT THOSE PROBLEMS ARE
UNDERREPORTED.
BUT AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR
HOSPITALS WILL HAVE TO START
TELLING HEALTH
CANADA ABOUT DEVICE INCIDENTS.
IT WAS JUST VOLUNTARY BEFORE.
NOW FOR ITS PART, MEDIC, WHICH
IS THE CANADIAN TRADE
ASSOCIATION FOR DEVICE MAKERS,
THEY ALSO TURNED DOWN OUR
REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW BUT
THEY POINT OUT THAT YOU CAN'T DO
CLINICAL TRIALS ON MEDICAL
DEVICES THE WAY THAT YOU DO
PHARMACEUTICALS, GIVING ONE
PATIENT THE ACTUAL TREATMENT AND
THE OTHER A PLACEBO.
AND THAT MEDICAL DEVICES HAVE
HELPED MILLIONS OF CANADIANS
WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS.
>> Adrienne: VIK, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S
MORE TO COME.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> Adrienne: WE DO HAVE
STORIES FROM THIS INVESTIGATION
ROLLING OUT ALL WEEK.
TOMORROW WE'LL MEET CANADIANS
WHO HAD MAJOR ISSUES AFTER THEIR
MEDICAL IMPLANTS, INCLUDING A
WOMAN NAMED GLORIA WHO SUFFERED
AFTER RECEIVING A HIP
REPLACEMENT,
A MODEL THAT WOULD LATER BE
RECALLED.
HERE'S A PREVIEW OF HER STORY...
>> IT WAS VERY PAINFUL.
>> Reporter: PAIN THAT ONLY
GOT WORSE AND YET DOCTORS
DISMISSED HER SYMPTOMS.
>> I HAD A DOCTOR SUGGEST TO ME
THAT I WAS DEPRESSED BECAUSE I
WAS CRYING AND BEGGING HIM TO DO
SOMETHING.
WAS CRYING AND BEGGING HIM TO DO
SOMETHING.
AND I SAID, NO, I'M NOT
DEPRESSED.
I'M IN PAIN.
>> Adrienne: SO WHEN SOMETHING
GOES WRONG WITH A MEDICAL DEVICE
LIKE AN ARTIFICIAL HIP OR A
BREAST IMPLANT IT'S OFTEN
REPORTED TO HEALTH CANADA, BUT
AVERAGE CANADIANS HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO SEARCH THAT DATA UNTIL
NOW.
USE THE AGENCY'S MEDICAL DEVICE
INCIDENT REPORTS, CBC NEWS HAS
CREATED A SEARCHABLE DATABASE
WITH INFORMATION ON MORE THAN
36,000 DEVICES.
YOU CAN FIND IT AT
cbcnews.ca/MEDICALDEVICES.
>>> OKAY, SO LET'S TURN TO A
DEVELOPMENT IN ANOTHER CBC NEWS
INVESTIGATION FROM A FEW DAYS
AGO.
THE MANITOBA GOVERNMENT HAS A
REVIEW INTO A PRIVATE COMPANY
THAT
CARES FOR FOSTER CHILDREN.
CBC NEWS REPORTED THAT THE
COMPANY WAS SLOW TO ACT WHEN IT
LEARNED OF KIDS BEING ABUSED IN
ONE OF ITS HOMES.
THE CBC'S KATIE NICHOLSON BROKE
THIS STORY LAST THURSDAY AND
TONIGHT SHE SHOWS US HOW THE
GOVERNMENT CHANGED COURSE TO
TAKE THIS MEASURE AND WHY IT
STILL MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO
SATISFY CRITICS.
>> Reporter: EXPLOSIVE
ADMISSIONS CAUGHT ON A SECRET
RECORDING.
>> WE REALLY DRAGGED OUR FEET.
>> Reporter: WHEN THE DIRECTOR
OF FOSTER CARE
AT B AND L RESOURCES A PRIVATE
FOR-PROFIT COMPANY ADMITTED IT
DIDN'T ACT QUICKLY ENOUGH WHEN
KIDS WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED IN ONE
OF ITS HOMES, IT DIDN'T TAKE
LONG FOR THE MATTER TO END UP
HERE.
>> WHY WON'T THIS MINISTER ORDER
AN INVESTIGATION TODAY INTO WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE CHILDREN IN THIS
VERY HOME?
>> Reporter: AT FIRST THE
GOVERNMENT RESISTED CALLS TO
LAUNCH ITS OWN INVESTIGATION,
LEAVING IT
IN THE HANDS OF MÉTIS C.F.S.,
THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY THAT
PLACED THE CHILDREN IN THE
FOSTER HOME.
>> WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE
AGENCY'S ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES.
>> Reporter: JUST ONE DAY
LATER THAT CHANGED.
THE MINISTER OF FAMILIES TOLD
CBC NEWS THAT SHE ORDERED A
REVIEW INTO B AND L RESOURCES
BASED ON OUR INVESTIGATION AND
NEW INFORMATION THAT HER OFFICE
RECEIVED.
WHAT THAT INFORMATION IS IS
UNKNOWN.
THE GOVERNMENT WON'T TALK ABOUT
IT.
M.L.A. BERNADETTE SMITH PUSHED
FOR THE INVESTIGATION.
SHE'S PLEASED BUT IS WORRIED
THAT THE FINDINGS WON'T BE MADE
PUBLIC.
>> WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
SO IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
AND IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED AND WE DON'T KNOW THE
RESULTS AND WHAT WENT WRONG, HOW
CAN WE CHANGE THE SYSTEM TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS
AGAIN?
>> Reporter: NOT EVERYONE IS
CHEERING.
THE FIRST NATIONS FAMILY
ADVOCATE SAYS THAT
THIS CASE SHOULD HAVE PROMPTED A
REVIEW MORE THAN A YEAR AGO WHEN
THE CASE MANAGER WHO RECORDED
THE MEETING FIRST CONFRONTED HER
BOSS.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT IT SHOULD
HAVE TAKEN THIS LONG AND ALL OF
THIS PRESSURE TO GET THE JOB
DONE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE'S
LITTLE KIDS SUFFERING IN THIS
HOME.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR THE
PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN WERE THE
VICTIMS IN THIS CASE IT'S A GOOD
DAY.
>> IT'S GOOD TO BE HEARD AND
TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
>> Reporter: THIS IS NOT THE
PARENT, BUT THESE ARE THE
PARENT'S WORDS.
>> I WANT THEM TO BE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR NOT KEEPING MY KIDS SAFE.
WHO KNOWS IF OTHER KIDS AREN'T
SAFE.
>> Reporter: IT'S UNKNOWN HOW
MANY ARE CURRENTLY IN B AND L'S
CARE, BUT IN
2017 THEY WERE LOOKING AT 275
CHILDREN.
THE PROVINCE SAYS THAT THE FIRST
STEP OF THIS REVIEW IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE CHILDREN ARE
SAFE.
KATIE NICHOLSON, CBC NEWS,
WINNIPEG.
>> Adrienne: NOW THIS IS A
PICTURE GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION TONIGHT -- A WOMAN AND
HER YOUNG CHILDREN RUNNING FROM
TEAR GAS FIRED BY AMERICAN
AUTHORITIES, ONE OF MANY
CHAOTIC SCENES IN TIJUANA,
MEXICO, TODAY.
HUNDREDS OF
MIGRANTS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA
STORMED THE U.S. BORDER
DESPERATELY TRYING TO REACH U.S.
SOIL.
BUT REACH IT THEY DID NOT.
PAUL HUNTER NOW ON THE
UNPRECEDENTED MEASURES TAKEN TO
STOP THEM.
>> Reporter: ON THE TIJUANA
SIDE OF THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER
TODAY -- MAYHEM.
FIRST IT WAS DOZENS OF CENTRAL
AMERICAN MIGRANTS RACING TOWARD
THE U.S. BORDER AND THEN IT
SEEMED THERE WERE COUNTLESS.
AT TIMES OVERRUNNING MEXICAN
AUTHORITIES IN RIOT GEAR,
CLIMBING THEIR WAY FORWARD
SOMEHOW.
AND NO, THAT'S NOT THE U.S. ON
THE OTHER SIDE, BUT IT'S CLOSE.
IN RETURN PUSHBACK FROM THE
AMERICAN SIDE WAS SWIFT.
U.S. MILITARY HELICOPTERS BUZZED
OVERHEAD AS IT APPEARED THAT
SOME MIGRANTS ATTEMPTED TO
BREACH THE BORDER.
AND BEFORE LONG FROM THE U.S.
SIDE TEAR GAS, FIRED TOWARD THE
MIGRANTS.
AMONG THEM WHAT APPEARED TO BE
MOTHERS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AS
THE CHAOS DEEPENED.
THIS AFTERNOON AUTHORITIES
CLOSED THE BORDER CROSSING FOR
EVERYONE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
THE MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN FLEEING
STRIFE AND POVERTY IN COUNTRIES
FURTHER SOUTH.
THEY SEEK ASYLUM IN THE U.S., AT
LEAST 5,000 ARE NOW IN TIJUANA.
IT'S OVERWHELMED.
THE CITY'S MAYOR CALLS IT A
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
TODAY DEMONSTRATORS HAVE BEEN
HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR A
FASTER RESPONSE TO THEIR PLIGHT.
>> [SPEAKING SPANISH]
>> Reporter: WE CAME HERE TO
PROTEST, TO ADD PRESSURE, SHE
SAYS, TO SEE IF WE CAN CROSS
INTO AMERICA.
INDEED, U.S. AUTHORITIES HAVE
BEEN PROCESSING ASYLUM REQUESTS
BUT SAY THAT IT WILL LIKELY BE
MONTHS BEFORE THEY CAN GET
THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
MEANWHILE SECURITY ON THE U.S.
SIDE HAS LATELY BEEN STEPPED UP
CONSIDERABLY.
FOR WEEKS DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN
WARNING WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT
THE MIGRANTS POSED A SECURITY
THREAT TO THE U.S., CITING THEM
AS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A NEED
FOR A FORTIFIED BORDER WALL.
ALL OF IT TODAY LEADING TO
THIS...
WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS, CHANTED
MANY OF THEM, AS THEY TRIED TO
FORCE THEMSELVES NORTHWARD.
>> Adrienne: PAUL HUNTER IS
JOINING US NOW WITH MORE.
SO, PAUL, HAS THE U.S. PRESIDENT
WEIGHED IN ON THIS?
>> Reporter:
UNCHARACTERISTICALLY, NO, AT
LEAST NOT YET.
TONIGHT REPORTERS SHOUTED A
QUESTION TO HIM ABOUT THE BORDER
WHEN HE RETURNED FROM A WEEKEND
IN FLORIDA BUT HE DIDN'T
RESPOND.
THERE'S NO DOUBT, HOWEVER, THAT
THIS ABSOLUTELY PLAYS INTO HIS
RHETORIC ON THE ISSUE, THE
IMAGES OF THOSE MIGRANTS TRYING
TO FORCE THEIR WAY INTO THE U.S.
WILL CERTAINLY BE RAISED BY THE
PRESIDENT AT SOME POINT.
THOUGH ONE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN TWEETED TONIGHT,
FIRING TEAR GAS AGAINST UNARMED
FAMILIES IS A NEW LOW.
FOR ITS PART, MEXICO NOW SAYS
THAT IT WILL DEPORT SOME 500
MIGRANTS TODAY TRYING TO JUMP
THAT BORDER, ALSO SURE TO BE
MORE FODDER FOR DONALD TRUMP IN
HIS NEVER-ENDING PUSH FOR THAT
WALL.
ADRIENNE?
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, CBC'S
PAUL HUNTER IN WASHINGTON
TONIGHT.
THANKS, PAUL.
>>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
LOOK AT A
DEVELOPING CONFLICT THAT
POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE GLOBAL
IMPLICATIONS.
TENSIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND
UKRAINE ARE RISING REALLY FAST.
RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT ARE OVER KERCH
STRAIT, THE STRATEGIC WATERWAY
IN THE BLACK SEA IS BROCKED
AFTER AN INCIDENT AT SEA.
ACCORDING TO BOTH UKRAINE AND
RUSSIA, RUSSIA'S COAST GUARD
FIRED UPON, BOARDED AND THEN
SEIZED THE TUG AND TWO UKRAINIAN
NAVAL VESSELS THAT IT WAS
ACCOMPANYING.
THE WORLD IS BASICALLY ON EDGE
WATCHING THIS CRISIS UNFOLD.
JOINING ME NOW WITH THE LATEST
IS RENEE FILIPPONE.
>> Reporter: ON EDGE IS RIGHT,
ADRIENNE, UKRAINE HAS
CONVENED A WAR CABINET AND THE
PRESIDENT IS CALLING FOR MARTIAL
LAW IN THE COUNTRY.
MEANWHILE RUSSIA HAS PLACED A
MASSIVE CARGO SHIP UNDER A
BRIDGE, ESSENTIALLY BLOCKING ANY
UKRAINIAN VESSELS FROM BEING
ABLE TO ENTER THE SEA OF AZOV
THROUGH THE KERCH STRAIT.
AND RUSSIA ALSO RESPONDED WITH
FIGHTER JETS AND HELICOPTERS.
EACH COUNTRY IS BLAMING THE
OTHER.
BUT HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
HOW IT ALL UNFOLDED...
ACCORDING TO UKRAINE, THE SHIPS
WERE EN ROUTE FROM ODESSA IN THE
BLACK SEA AROUND CRIMEA TO
MARIUPOL ON THE SEA OF AZOV.
NOW THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS
TO GO
THROUGH THE KERCH STRAIT.
AND SINCE RUSSIA SEIZED CRIMEA
IT'S BECOME A POTENTIAL
CHOKEPOINT AND A FLASHPOINT.
SINCE RUSSIA BLOCKED THAT
STRAIT, SHIP TRAFFIC IS
ALREADY BACKING UP.
AND IF RUSSIA KEEPS THIS UP IT
AMOUNTS TO AN ECONOMIC BLOCKADE
OF CITIES LIKE MARIUPOL ON THE
AZOV SEA.
>> Adrienne: SO LET'S TALK
ABOUT REACTION.
WHAT HAS IT BEEN IN RUSSIA AND
UKRAINE?
>> Reporter: A BILATERAL
TREATY GIVES BOTH COUNTRIES THE
RIGHT TO USE THE SEA OF AZOV AND
AS YOU KNOW TENSIONS HAVE RAMPED
UP SINCE
RUSSIA ANNEXED CRIMEA.
ANGER LED TO PROTESTS IN FRONT
OF THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY TODAY AND
IN RESPONSE TO THIS, THE
EUROPEAN UNION IS ACTUALLY
CALLING ON RUSSIA TO RESTORE
ACCESS TO THE STRAIT AND TO ACT
WITH THE UTMOST RESTRAINT.
ROAD IS MERE PUTIN WILL FACE
WORLD LEADERS INCLUDING U.S.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
NOW THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE
U.N. SAID THIS EVENING THAT AN
EMERGENCY SECURITY COUNCIL
MEETING AND IN A TWEET THEY
CONDEMNED THE AGGRESSION,
REITERATING SUPPORT FOR
UKRAINE'S SOVEREIGNTY AND CALLED
ON RUSSIA TO IMMEDIATELY
DEESCALATE, RELEASE THE CAPTURED
VESSELS AND ALLOW FOR THE
FREEDOM OF PASSAGE.
>> Adrienne: THANK YOU, RENEE.
WE KNOW THAT YOU'LL TRACK THE
DEVELOPMENTS ALL NIGHT AS IT
FRANKLY TURNS INTO MONDAY
MORNING IN THAT PART OF THE
WORLD.
RENÉE FILIPPONE IN VANCOUVER.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL"... MORE ON THE
BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, BAD NEWS
FOR THE THOUSANDS OF WORKERS AT
THE G.M. PLANT IN OSHAWA.
WE'LL GO KNACK TO THE PLANT FOR
REACTION FROM THE COMMUNITY.
PLUS...
>>> CONSIDER HIM THE SPONTANEOUS
SANTA.
MEET THE
TEENAGED RAPPER WHO DECIDED TO
SPLURGE ON A GOOD SALE AND TREAT
THE LOCAL KIDS IN IQALUIT TO AN
EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
>>> PLUS, HE WAS PROMISED A HUGE
RETURN ON A $250,000 INVESTMENT
AND NOW THERE'S QUESTIONS WHERE
THE MONEY HAS GONE.
NEXT HIS DAUGHTER "GOES PUBLIC."
>>> AND TWO YEARS AFTER DROPPING
EVERYTHING TO FOCUS ON FAMILY
AND HIS ILL SON, MICHAEL BUBLE
MAKES A ROARING RETURN TO MUSIC.
BUT FIRST HE OPENS UP TO TOM
POWER ABOUT HIS LIFE, LOVE AND
HOW HE DEALS WITH THE DARK DAYS.
>> MAN, THIS IS REALLY GOOD
THERAPY FOR ME,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: I'LL BILL YOU.
>> YOU SHOULD BILL ME.
I'LL WALK AWAY FEELING BETTER
AND LIGHTER.
* I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
(*
>> THE REDBLACKS HAVE NO CHANCE.
STAMPS ALL THE WAY, BABY!
WOO!
>> Adrienne: AND ONE THING
THAT THE FANS CAN ALL AGREE ON,
EDMONTON KNOWS HOW TO HOST THE
GREY CUP.
THIS WAS THE SCENE EARLIER
TODAY, PARTIES AND PARADES AND
EVEN A CHANCE TO HANDLE THE CUP
ITSELF.
AND IT'S THE 106th GREY CUP
THAT IS NOW IN THE HISTORY BOOK
WITH CALGARY THE NEW CHAMPIONS
OF CANADIAN FOOTBALL.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN IS JUST
OUTSIDE OF COMMONWEALTH STADIUM.
SO HOW DID IT GO, RAFFY?
>> Reporter: WELL, ADRIENNE,
THOSE CALGARY STAMPEDER FANS,
TURNS OUT THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.
CALGARY WON HANDEDLY TONIGHT,
BEATING OTTAWA 27-16.
THINGS DIDN'T START OUT SO WELL
FOR THE STAMPEDERS.
THE REDBLACKS' ROSE INTERCEPTED
A PASS, ENDING CALGARY'S FIRST
DEFENSIVE DRIVE.
ROSE WAS TO BE SUSPENDED FOR
PUSHING AN OFFICIAL BUT MANAGED
TO PLAY TONIGHT WHILE HE
APPEALED.
BUT THE STAMPS HAD THEIR OWN
WEAPONS, INCLUDING A TOUCHDOWN
RUN FROM WILLIAMS.
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER CALGARY
CAUGHT A BREAK WHEN A TOUCHDOWN
BY OTTAWA WAS DISALLOWED AND THE
STAMPEDERS NEVER LOOKED BACK.
>> THE STAMPEDERS ARE OVER AND
BACK ON THE CLOCK.
GREY CUP CHAMPIONS!
>> Reporter: THIS WAS
ESPECIALLY SWEET VICTORY FOR THE
CALGARY STAMPEDERS.
THEY'D LOST THE LAST TWO GREY
CUPS.
IN ONE CASE TO OTTAWA.
AND THEY WON THIS ONE IN
EDMONTON, THE CITY THAT WAS
LARGELY CHEERING FOR OTTAWA
TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THAT OLD
RIVALRY BETWEEN EDMONTON AND
CALGARY.
AND SO YOU CAN BET THAT THOSE
CALGARY FANS WILL BE PARTYING
VERY LATE INTO THE NIGHT AND AT
LEAST FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD SO
FAR THEY'LL DO THAT AS LOUDLY AS
POSSIBLE TOO, ADRIENNE.
>> Adrienne: OKAY, RAFFY
BOUDJIKANIAN ON A PRETTY GOOD
GIG OUTSIDE OF COMMONWEALTH
STADIUM IN EDMONTON, THE SCENE
OF TONIGHT'S GREY CUP.
THANK YOU, RAFFY.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL"... HE SAYS THAT
POSITIVITY IS CONTAGIOUS.
HARD TO DISAGREE WITH THAT.
HE'S THE 19-YEAR-OLD RAPPER FROM
IQALUIT WHO BOUGHT HUNDREDS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF SLEDS AND TOYS
TO HAND OUT TO LOCAL KIDS ON A
WHIM.
THAT'S IN OUR "MOMENT."
BUT, FIRST, MICHAEL BUBLE OPENS
UP TO "Q'S" TOM POWER HOW
HIS PERSONAL
STRUGGLE TRANSFORMED HIM IN AN
INSTANT.
>> FOR ME IT WAS LIKE, UM... WHO
I WANTED TO BE.
IT CHANGED VERY QUICKLY.
AND I REALISED THAT I WANTED TO
HAVE A MISSION IN MY LIFE TO BE
KIND.
(*)
* I LOVE YOU ANYM
(*)
* YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
* YOU BETTER NOT CRY
>> Adrienne: YOU KNOW THIS
GUY, CANADIAN SINGER MICHAEL
BUBLE'S SUCCESS WAS EXPLOSIVE.
ON THE CHARTS HE WENT TOE-TO-TOE
WITH THE LIKES OF ADELE.
HIS ALBUMS WERE AMONG THE
BESTSELLING OF THE MILLENNIUM
AND THEN IN 2016 HE WALKED AWAY.
A FAMILY TRAGEDY CONSUMED HIM.
AS IT TURNS OUT IT CHANGED HIM.
TOM POWER, HOST OF CBC RADIO'S
"Q" SAT DOWN WITH THE
JUNO AND
GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING ARTIST
FOLLOWING BUBLE'S DRAMATIC
RETURN TO THE STAGE.
JUNO AND
GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING ARTIST
FOLLOWING BUBLE'S DRAMATIC
RETURN TO THE STAGE.
>> MICHAEL BUBLE!
[Cheers and Applause]
>> Reporter: MICHAEL BUBLE IS
BACK.
TWO YEARS AGO THE CANADIAN
CROONER STEPPED AWAY FROM THE
SPOTLIGHT.
HIS THEN 3-YEAR-OLD SON NOAH HAD
BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
SO BUBLE STOPPED EVERYTHING,
FOCUSING ON NOAH'S TREATMENT AND
BEING A FATHER.
AS HIS SON RECOVERED BUBLE
SLOWLY REEMERGED AND ACCEPTING A
2017 GOVERNOR-GENERAL PERFORMING
ARTS AWARD.
>> GOOD EVENING, VANCOUVER!
>> Reporter: AND LAST MARCH
HOSTING THE JUNOS
IN HIS BELOVED HOMETOWN.
>> YOU CAN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
TO ME TO BE HERE.
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE I
HAVE BEEN ON STAGE.
* LOVE
* IT'S ALL THAT I CAN GIVE TO
YOU *
>> Reporter: SINCE STEPPING ON
THAT STAGE LIFE FOR MICHAEL
BUBLE HAS BEEN ON AN UPSWING.
DOCTORS SAYING THAT NOAH'S
CANCER IS IN REMISSION, MICHAEL
BUBLE AND HIS WIFE WELCOMED A
BABY GIRL TO THEIR FAMILY...
* WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
>> Reporter: AND THAT'S ALL
BEING CELEBRATED WITH A RETURN
TO MUSIC AND HIS 10th ALBUM
SIMPLY TITLED "LOVE."
I MET UP WITH MICHAEL BUBLE
EARLIER THIS WEEK IN TORONTO.
>> I'M SWEATING ALREADY.
>> Reporter: I FEEL GOOD.
YOU READY TO DO IT?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL BUBLE.
>> ACTION, TALK!
>> Reporter: LAST TIME I SAW
YOU WAS
BACKSTAGE AT THE JUNOS.
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: AND YOU WERE
GIVING ME
HOSTING TIPS.
>> WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK
THAT NIGHT, THAT IS LIKE THE
PARTY OF THE INDUSTRY PARTY.
THERE'S HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THAT
ROOM, A COUPLE THOUSAND?
>> Reporter: A COUPLE
THOUSAND, YEAH.
YOU WERE VERY SWEET, I WAS VERY
NERVOUS.
>> SO WAS I, I THINK.
>> Reporter: YOU CAME UP TO ME
AND YOU ARE LIKE, HEY, MAN, ARE
YOU NERVOUS RIGHT NOW?
AND I'M NOT CURSING BECAUSE I
WANTED TO --
>> BECAUSE I WAS CURSING.
>> Reporter: AND IT WAS I'M SO
NERVOUS BUT WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
JUST GET UP THERE AND LOOK THEM
IN THE EYE AND YOU'RE FUNNY AND
GO OUT AND TELL THEM YOUR JOKES.
>> THEN YOU WENT OUT AND KILLED
IT.
>> Reporter: IT DIDN'T GO THAT
BAD.
AND NEXT NIGHT YOU GET UP IN THE
ARENA -- THIS WAS A BIG MOMENT,
HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU GOT UP
THERE?
>> I FEEL THE SAME WAY NO MATTER
WHAT I DO NOW.
I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING IS EASY.
>> Reporter: NO NERVES?
>> LISTEN, LISTEN, I THINK THAT
I CARE -- THERE'S A SENSE OF
WANTING TO HAVE INTEGRITY WITH
WHAT I DO AND WANTING TO BE
GOOD.
I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO
BE GOOD.
>> Reporter: I WOULD AGREE
WITH YOU.
>> BUT I THINK THAT EVERYBODY,
IN ALL OF OUR LIVES WE ALL GO
THROUGH HARD THINGS AND I THINK
THAT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH REALLY
HARD STUFF I THINK THAT IT MAKES
OTHER THINGS RELATIVE.
AND YOU SAY, WOW, I THOUGHT THAT
THIS WAS TOUGH BUT, NO, THIS IS
EASY.
SO THAT NIGHT -- AND ALL OF THE
OTHER NIGHTS AND THIS INTERVIEW
AND ALL OF THE PERFORMANCES THAT
I DO, I ACTUALLY REALLY PRAY,
PRACTISE, MEDITATE, ON JUST
ENJOYING AND KNOWING HOW LUCKY I
AM.
>> Reporter: WELL, I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM AND I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE
AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE GONE
THROUGH -- NOT
MANY BIG DETAILS -- I JUST WANT
TO ASK HOW YOUR SON IS DOING.
>> HE'S GREAT.
>> Reporter: DOING OKAY?
>> HE'S GREAT.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE NOW I'VE GONE
TO -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
COUNTRIES AND EVERY INTERVIEW,
OF COURSE, THIS IS THE QUESTION.
SO FOR ME I UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S
SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE BUT I AM SO READY TO
MOVE ON.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS MY NEXT
QUESTION.
LIKE, HOW HAVE YOU FOUND THE
ACTUAL ACT OF PEOPLE LIKE ME
ASKING YOU ABOUT SOMETHING
INCREDIBLY PERSONAL IN YOUR
LIFE, LIKE YOUR SON'S CANCER AND
YOUR SON'S REMISSION?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S
BECAUSE YOU'RE A JERK, YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN, YOUR JOB AS A JOURNALIST
IS
TO ASK, TO INTERROGATE, YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN, TO FIND OUT WHAT
YOU WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE
PERSON.
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S -- YOU
KNOW, IT'S PAINFUL FOR ME.
AND ALSO IT'S NOT FAIR TO MY
FAMILY AND TO MY KIDS.
BECAUSE THEY -- AND I MEAN --
WHEN I SAY IT'S NOT FAIR, YOU
CAN ASK ME WHATEVER YOU WANT,
BUT THEY DESERVE A CHANCE TO
MOVE ON AND THEY DESERVE THE
CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF NOT
SIT BACK IN THE PAST BUT TO BE
ABLE TO LOOK AHEAD TO THE FUTURE
AND TO BE EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF
THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S MORE,
TOM, ABOUT ME HAVING TO HAVE THE
STRENGTH AND ALSO TO STOP BEING
SO CANADIAN.
AND NOT TO ALLOW IT OR TO
INDULGE IT, I HAVE TO LIKE SAY
TO YOU, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT QUESTION, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT REALLY
ANY OF OUR BUSINESS.
BUT I THINK THAT ONE THING THAT
HAS BEEN CLEAR TO ME EVEN SO FAR
IN THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT
SOME SORT OF TRANSITION HAPPENED
TO YOU PERSONALLY.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU SAID AFTER
WHAT I WENT THROUGH, AND AFTER
YOU GOING THROUGH SOMETHING HARD
LIKE THIS, AND AFTER WHAT MY
FAMILY WENT THROUGH YOU CAN'T
HELP BUT...
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS YOU NEED
TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A MENTAL
TRANSITION THAT HAPPENED.
I THINK THAT IS PRETTY CLEAR.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK THAT
IT SHOULD.
I REALISED THAT A LOT OF THE
THINGS THAT I HAD WORRIED ABOUT,
A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I
THOUGHT MATTERED ARE JUST NOT
IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT I REALLY WANTED TO
EXPERIENCE THE POSITIVE THINGS
IN LIFE AND THE BEAUTIFUL
THINGS.
I GOT A SENSE OF MORTALITY.
I GOT A SENSE OF, TRULY, THE
THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN
LIFE.
TO ME EVERY SINGLE MOMENT
STARTED TO MATTER AND BEING IN
THE MOMENT STARTED TO MATTER AND
BEING IN THE MOMENT STARTED TO
MATTER AND
BEING AWAKENED THAT WAY.
>> Reporter: IS THAT CHANGE
IMMEDIATE CHANGE OR SOMETHING
THAT YOU HAVE TO --
>> FOR ME IT WAS LIKE.
IT WAS LIKE... THERE WAS A SNAP
MOMENT, THERE WAS NOT -- IT WAS
NOT A MATTER OF WEEKS OR A
MANTRA THAT I TOLD MYSELF.
IT HAPPENED JUST VERY QUICKLY,
VERY QUICKLY FOR ME.
AND I THINK THAT THE
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MY WORLD
CHANGED OR HOW I SAW WHO I
WANTED TO BE CHANGED VERY
QUICKLY.
AND I REALISED THAT I WANTED TO
HAVE A MISSION IN MY LIFE TO BE
KIND.
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, YOU
KNOW WHAT, I DON'T WANT TO
INDULGE THE CYNICAL PEOPLE.
I DON'T WANT THE NEGATIVITY IN
MY LIFE.
I JUST WANT TO BRING JOY.
THIS WORLD IS TOUGH ENOUGH AND
CYNICAL ENOUGH AND SCARY ENOUGH
AND I JUST WANT TO BRING LOVE.
>> Reporter: I DEFINITELY
UNDERSTAND THE IMPULSE TO WANT
POSITIVE THINGS AROUND YOU ALL
THE TIME.
BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I'M
LISTENING TO YOU AND GOING,
SOMETIMES THE WORLD IS HARD,
IT'S JUST A HARD THING TO AVOID.
>> IT IS.
>> Reporter: IT'S HARD TO TURN
THAT STUFF OFF.
>> FROM POLITICS, THE DIVIDE OF
YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENTS --
EVERYTHING.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH STUFF.
>> Reporter: THERE IS.
>> AND THE RACIAL DIVIDE, AND
BREXIT AND DONALD TRUMP -- YOU
KNOW, I COULD --
YOU KNOW, THE WORLD FEELS LIKE
IT'S FALLING APART.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT ANY OF THE
NEGATIVITY.
>> Reporter: IT'S HARD TO NOT
WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND CHECK
YOUR PHONE.
>> I HAVE DAYS JUST LIKE YOU AND
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WHERE I AM SO
NOT THE GUY THAT I WANT TO BE.
AND I THINK THAT PART OF THAT IS
FOR ME, ANYWAY, IS, MAN, THIS IS
REALLY GOOD THERAPY FOR ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: I'M GOING TO BILL
YOU.
>> YOU SHOULD BILL ME.
I AM GOING TO LITERALLY WALK
AWAY FEELING BETTER AND LIGHTER.
>> Reporter: TELL ME WHAT YOU
DO ON THE BAD DAYS?
WHAT DO YOU DO ON THE BAD DAYS.
>> THE TRUTH?
>> Reporter: YEAH, IF YOU WANT
TO.
>> I'LL TELL YOU.
I WAS IN LONDON AND I WAS
FEELING ANXIOUS AND I HAD TO DO
A REALLY BIG TV SHOW CALLED "THE
GRAHAM NORTON SHOW."
* BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR
YOU DEAR *
>> AND I WAS LIKE ANYONE WOULD
BE AND I WAS TREPIDATIOUS AND
NERVOUS THAT I WOULDN'T BE FUNNY
OR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, THE ANXIETY
WAS GETTING TO ME.
AND SO I CALLED HOME ON SKYPE
AND I HAD MY TWO KIDS LOOKING AT
ME AND I SAID, BOYS, POPPY IS
NERVOUS, I'M SCARED.
IT'S GETTING TO ME TODAY.
AND I SAID WOULD YOU PRAY FOR ME
TO HELP ME TO REMEMBER WHAT'S
IMPORTANT.
AND THEY CLOSED THEIR EYES AND
GOD KNOWS WHAT IT IS THEY SAID
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SAY IT OUT
LOUD.
I JUST HEARD ONE OF MY KIDS
FINISH OFF AND SAY, AMEN.
AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID,
OKAY, POPPY, YOU KNOW, I TALKED
TO GOD AND IT'S GOING TO BE
OKAY.
AND, MAN, I JUST INSTANTLY I
FELT -- I JUST REMEMBERED AGAIN,
YOU KNOW?
* AND I ONLY
* HAVE EYES
* YOU KNOW I ONLY
* HAVE EYES
* I ONLY HAVE EYES
* FOR YOU
(*)
>> Reporter: TELL ME ABOUT THE
DECISION TO MAKE THIS NEW
RECORD.
>> CAN I SHOW YOU SOMETHING?
>> Reporter: LAY IT ON ME.
>> CAN I HAVE MY PHONE?
BECAUSE THIS IS THE WEIRD PART.
SO BEFORE I SAW YOU I DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT -- I HAD NO IDEA IF I
WAS GOING TO MAKE A RECORD.
>> Reporter: SO THIS IS THE
NIGHT OF THE JUNOS AND THE NIGHT
BEFORE THE JUNO BROADCAST.
>> SO LIKE A MONTH BEFORE THAT I
INVITED ALL OF THESE GUYS OVER
TO MY HOUSE AND WE JUST HAD FUN.
WE STARTED TO MAKE MUSIC AND THE
RECORD CAME THAT DAY.
ME SITTING IN OUR LIVING ROOM
JAMMING.
AND IT WAS LIKE I HAD FORGOTTEN
HOW MUCH I LOVED MUSIC.
>> Reporter: REALLY YOU HAD
FORGOTTEN?
>> I HAD FORGOTTEN HOW MUCH I
LOVED MAKING MUSIC WITH THOSE
GUYS.
OH, HERE, SO CHECK THIS OUT.
HAVE YOU HEARD THE RECORD YET?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
>> YOU HAVE.
SO YOU CAN NAME SOMETHING "WHEN
YOU'RE SMILING."
SO CHECK THIS OUT, I PUT THE
PHONE UP AGAINST THE PIANO
AND...
>> [indiscernible]
>> Reporter: IS THIS YOUR
HOUSE?
>> * WHEN YOU'RE SMILING
* WHEN YOU'RE SMILING
THAT'S IT, MAN, AND YOU CAN GO
THROUGH THE LIST OF SONGS AND
THEY ALL JUST CAME LIKE THAT.
AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY BEEN FUN
BECAUSE DAVID FOSTER -- WE HAD
MET, AGAIN, MONTHS BEFORE THAT
EVEN.
AND HE SAID TO ME I'M RETIRED
AND I'M NEVER COMING BACK.
AND I SAID TO HIM, YEAH, AND HE
SAID WHAT ABOUT YOU, ARE YOU
GOING TO COME BACK?
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHAT THEY
SAID ABOUT YOU TOO, RIGHT?
>> WELL, THAT WAS BULLSHIT.
>> Reporter: OBVIOUSLY THAT'S
NOT TRUE.
>> TOTAL BULLSHIT.
BUT ANYWAY, I LOOKED AT HIM AND
I SAID
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
AND HE SAID, OH, NO, I'M DONE,
I'M RETIRED.
AND I SAID WOULDN'T IT BE FUN IF
YOU AND ME COULD GO INTO THE
STUDIO AND
JUST BE FAMILY AGAIN.
I THINK THAT DAY PUT A SPARK
INTO THE OTHER MAN'S MIND.
AND ABOUT A YEAR LATER WE WERE
MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
NICE TALKING TO YOU.
>> NICE ALWAYS TO TALK TO YOU.
WE COULD THROW AWAY THE CAMERAS.
>> Reporter: WE SHOULD.
>> AND WE COULD GET SOME DRINKS
AND I COULD HANG OUT LIKE THIS
WITH YOU ALL DAY.
>> Reporter: WE COULD.
I HAVE LOTS OF BARS IN MY
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
>> DUDE, I LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU
SAY BARS TOO.
>> Adrienne: THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF HIS
CONVERSATION ON "Q" AT 10:00
a.m. AND 10:00 p.m. AND ON
CBC RADIO ONE AND, OF COURSE,
YOU CAN FIND IT ONLINE AT
CBC.CA/Q.
>>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL"... WE
WILL GO BACK TO OSHAWA FOR THE
BREAKING NEWS, THE G.M. PLANT IN
THAT CITY, HOME TO THOUSANDS OF
WORKERS, IS SHUTTING DOWN.
>>> PLUS, HER DAD INVESTED
$250,000 BUT THE PROMISE OF
RETURN WAS JUST IT TURNS OUT TOO
GOOD TO BE TRUE.
>> VERY QUICKLY IT WAS APPARENT
TO ME THAT SOMETHING WAS VERY
WRONG.
>> Adrienne: SHE "GOES PUBLIC"
NEXT.
(*)
(*)
>> Adrienne: SO LET'S GO BACK
TO THE BREAKING NEWS WE'RE
TRACKING REACTION TO TONIGHT.
GENERAL MOTORS WILL BE CLOSING
ITS PRAWGZS IN
OSHAWA, ONTARIO.
THE MOVE WILL AFFECT THOUSANDS
OF HIGH-PAYING JOBS.
IT'S BELIEVED TO BE PART OF A
LARGE GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING BY
THE COMPANY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO TALK TO
NATALIE NANOWSKI OUTSIDE OF THE
G.M. PLANT IN OSHAWA.
NATALIE, WHAT ARE PEOPLE THERE
SAYING TO YOU?
>> Reporter: ADRIENNE, I HAVE
SEEN A LOT OF SAD FACES HERE
TONIGHT.
WE'RE STATIONED INSIDE OF THE
EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT AND WE HAVE
BEEN STOPPING WORKERS AS THEY
DROP THEIR CARS OFF AND HEAD
INSIDE.
MANY HAVE BEEN TELLING US THAT
THE COMMON THREAD REALLY IS THAT
THERE'S BEEN RUMOURS FOR WEEKS
ABOUT A POSSIBLE CLOSURE.
THE MAYOR WAS ALSO HERE SPEAKING
TO US AND HE POINTED OUT HOW
G.M. HAS HAD A HUGE PART -- HAS
A HUGE PART IN OSHAWA THAT
PEOPLE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
CURRENTLY WORK HERE.
AND HE SAYS THAT HIS BIGGEST
FRUSTRATION IN ALL OF THIS IS
THE LACK OF INFORMATION.
THAT WAS REALLY ECHOED BY THE
LOCAL M.P.P.
SHE TOLD US THAT OSHAWA ISN'T
JUST THE ONLY ONE AFFECTED.
SHE RAISED QUESTIONS AND BROUGHT
UP CONCERNS ABOUT THE OTHER G.M.
PLANTS IN ONTARIO.
THERE'S ONE IN INGERSOLL AND
THERE'S ALSO ONE IN STE.
CATHERINE.
SO HAVE A LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HAD
TO SAY ABOUT THAT...
>> WE HAVE SISTER PLANTS IN THIS
PROVINCE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR THEM, IF IT MEANS
ANYTHING FOR THEM, BUT TO HAVE
THIS KIND OF UNCERTAINTY WITH AN
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE
IS NOT THE WAY THAT YOU DO
BUSINESS, FRANKLY.
AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT WHAT WE
ARE OWED.
OSHAWA HAS INVESTED THEIR BLOOD
AND SWEAT AND EFFORTS FOR A
HUNDRED YEARS, THE COMPANY COULD
INVEST -- COULD INVEST SOMETHING
IN US.
>> Reporter: SO WE DID REACH
OUT TO ELIGIBLE MOTORS AND THE
ONLY THING -- GENERAL MOTORS AND
THE ONLY THING THEY TOLD US IS
THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
COMMENT TONIGHT AND WE'LL HAVE
TO WAIT TO TOMORROW MORNING FOR
DETAILS.
>> Adrienne: NATALIE NANOWSKI
IN OSHAWA TONIGHT.
>>> LET'S TURN TO ANOTHER STORY
NOW.
IMAGINE ENTRUSTING YOUR
RETIREMENT SAVINGS TO YOUR
LONG-TIME ACCOUNTANT HOPING TO
BUILD YOUR NEST EGG ONLY TO THEN
SEE IT DISAPPEAR AND TO LEARN
THAT POLICE WON'T INVESTIGATE.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
AFTER A SENIOR CITIZEN IN
ONTARIO INVESTED A QUARTER OF A
MILLION DOLLARS IN A
QUESTIONABLE SCHEME.
ERICA JOHNSON HAS THIS "GO
PUBLIC" INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: DIANE
McEWEN-LOVEYS NOTICED
SOMETHING STRANGE GOING THROUGH
HER FATHER'S PAPERWORK AFTER HE
DEVELOPED DEMENTIA.
>> THIS WAS THE ACTUAL
AGREEMENT.
>> Reporter: BACK IN 2008, HER
FATHER SIGNED AN AGREEMENT
ARRANGED BY HIS TRUSTED
ACCOUNTANT, INVESTING A QUARTER
OF A MILLION DOLLARS, A BIG
CHUNK OF HIS RETIREMENT SAVINGS
AND PROMISING A 24% RATE OF
RETURN.
>> MY BACKGROUND IS FINANCIAL
SERVICES.
SO VERY QUICKLY IT WAS APPARENT
TO ME THAT SOMETHING WAS VERY
WRONG.
>> Reporter: THE AGREEMENT WAS
WITH AN UNKNOWN COMPANY
OPERATING IN A PLACE CALLED THE
PRINCIPALITY OF HUTT RIVER IN
AUSTRALIA.
IT CLAIMS TO BE A SOVEREIGN
STATE BUT IT ISN'T RECOGNISED BY
ANY GOVERNMENT ANYWHERE.
SHE PLAYS A RECORDING OF A
CALL WITH THE ACCOUNTANT
ASKING WHAT HAPPENED WITH HER
FATHER'S MONEY...
>> IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE.
>> SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT
BALANCE ON THAT PRODUCT?
>> THERE ISN'T ANY PER SE.
>> SO HOW MUCH DID DAD INVEST IN
IT.
>> OH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE
DETAILS ON THAT.
>> SO WHAT'S THE BALANCE RIGHT
NOW?
>> I JUST TOLD YOU, I DON'T
KNOW.
>> Reporter: WHEN
McEWEN-LOVEYS BROUGHT HER
CONCERNS
TO KINGSTON POLICE AND THEY TOLD
HER IN AN EMAIL THEY COULDN'T
INVESTIGATION BECAUSE HER DAD
NOW HAD DEMENTIA.
>> IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER RECOURSE
OR PLACE TO TURN.
>> Reporter: "GO PUBLIC" ALSO
CONTACTED KINGSTON POLICE.
THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DISCUSS
THE CASE BECAUSE OF
CONFIDENTIALITY.
McEWEN-LOVEYS TURNED TO A FREE
CLINIC AT OSGOOD HALL.
LAW STUDENTS HELP PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE THAT THEIR INVESTMENTS
HAVE BEEN MISHANDLED.
THEY THINK THAT POLICE SHOULD
INVESTIGATE THE CASE EVEN THOUGH
THE ALLEGED VICTIM HAS DEMENTIA.
>> MUNICIPAL POLICE ARE REALLY
FOCUSED ON TRADITIONAL CRIMES,
TRADITIONAL CRIMES INVOLVING
PHYSICAL HARM.
I THINK THAT POLICE ARE LESS
WELL EQUIPPED AND/OR WELL
RESOURCED
TO DEAL WITH ECONOMIC CRIMES.
>> Reporter: WE REQUESTED AN
INTERVIEW WITH THE ACCOUNTANT
DOUG RAYMONDS.
WHERE DID THEY MONEY GO, THERE'S
A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS
AND THERE'S NO RECORDS.
BUT HE DIDN'T RETURN OUR CALLS
OR EMAILS.
DIANE McEWEN-LOVEYS SAYS IT'S
NOT ABOUT THE MONEY.
>> THE POINT IS REALLY ABOUT
ENSURING THAT THIS
DOESN'T HAPPEN TO OTHERS.
>> Reporter: ERICA JOHNSON,
CBC NEWS, VANCOUVER.
>> Adrienne: "THE MOMENT" IS
NEXT BUT, FIRST, WE WANT TO GIVE
YOU A SNEAK PREVIEW OF EPISODE
FOUR OF IAN'S PODCAST THIS WEEK.
IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY LISTENING
YOU WILL WANT TO.
"THE NATIONAL" TEAMED UP TO
"UNCOVER: BOMB ON BOARD."
IAN AND JOHANNA WAGSTAFFE
INVESTIGATE ONE OF CANADA'S
LARGEST UNSOLVED MASS MURDERS --
THE BOMBING OF PACIFIC FLIGHT 21
MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO.
>> YOU HAVE TO RUN THE
BALANCE OF PROBABILITIES, IS
THAT PLAUSIBLE THAT SOMEONE
WALKED UP TO THE AIRCRAFT, GOT
ON BOARD AND PLANTED A BOMB IN
THE LABORATORY AND IT WENT
UNDETECTED UNTIL THE FLIGHT WAS
IN MID-AIR.
IF THAT HAPPENED, WHO IS THIS
GUY?
WHAT IS HIS MOTIVE?
>> THERE'S NO WAY.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT HE WOULD
DO I'M SURE.
IN MY HEART I KNOW THAT.
>> Ian: GETTING BLACK GUNPOWDER
BACK THEN WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
TOUGH I GUESS
>> NOT AN ISSUE.
?
YOU WOULD BUY IT AT YOUR LOCAL
STORE.
(*)
(*)
>> Adrienne: WELL, HERE'S A
SEASONAL RECIPE FOR YOU, A SPUR
OF THE MOMENT DECISION, A LITTLE
HOLIDAY MAGIC AND YOU GET A LOT
OF HAPPY KIDS.
SO DEVINDOWNSTON KNOWN BY HIS
STAGE NAME, LIL' DEF, HAD
RETURNED HOME TO IRA IQALUIT AND HE
DECIDED TO HEAD TO THE GROCERY
STORE WHERE HE FOUND SLEDS FOR
50% OFF.
SUCH A GREAT DEAL THAT HE BOUGHT
ALL OF THEM.
WHAT HE DID WITH THEM IS OUR
"MOMENT OF THE DAY."
>> I BOUGHT THE STORE OUT OF
THESE G.T. SNOW RACERS AND I'M
ABOUT TO GIVE THEM OUT TO RANDOM
KIDS ON THE STREET.
>> Adrienne: AFTER A FIRE
BURNED DOWN ITS WAREHOUSE, THE
STORE NORTHMART HAD A SALE TO
CELEBRATE REOPENING.
WHEN YOUNGSTON WANDERED IN TO
CHECK IT OUT HE DIDN'T INITIALLY
SEE MUCH THAT CAUGHT HIS EYE BUT
THEN --
>> I SAW THESE G.T.s AND I
THOUGHT THAT ME AND MY FRIENDS
AND OTHER PEOPLE COULD HAVE LIKE
A CRAZY TIME ON IT.
>> Adrienne: HE BOUGHT 11 G.T.
SNOW RACERS AND FOUR SNOW
SCOOTERS AND FILLED UP THE BACK
OF HIS TRUCK AND DROVE AROUND
IQALUIT GIVING THEM OUT TO KIDS
ON THE STREET.
THEY WERE HAVING SUCH A GOOD
TIME THAT HE AND HIS BUDDIES
FILMED THE FUN AND POSTED IT.
>> IT'S A CRAZY DEAL AND IT'S
ONLY GOING TO HAPPEN ONE TIME SO
THAT'S WHAT I DID.
HOPEFULLY I MADE LOT OF PEOPLE
HAPPY.
>> A G.T.!
>> I WANT ONE!
I WANT ONE!
>> Adrienne: IF MAKING KIDS
HAPPY WAS THE GOAL?
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
[laughter]
>> AWESOME.
>> THANK YOU!
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> Adrienne: NOT THE ONLY ACT
OF KINDNESS IN IQALUIT.
WHEN THAT FIRE RAGED FOR SOME 22
HOURS THE STORE WAS THEN OPEN
LESS THAN A WEEK LATER IN PART
BECAUSE SO MANY STRANGERS JUST
CAME IN TO HELP THEM TO OPEN UP.
>>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25th.
GOODNIGHT.

Harsha Bhogle: The rise of cricket, the rise of India

TED:

So, what I'm going to do is
just give you the latest episode of India's --
maybe the world's -- longest running soap opera,
which is cricket.
And may it run forever, because it gives people like me a living.
It's got everything that you'd want a normal soap opera to want:
It's got love, joy, happiness,
sadness, tears, laughter,
lots of deceit, intrigue.
And like all good soaps, it jumps 20 years
when the audience interest changes.
And that's exactly what cricket has done.
It's jumped 20 years
into 20-over game.
And that's what I'm going to talk about,
how a small change
leads to a very big revolution.
But it wasn't always like that.
Cricket wasn't always this
speed-driven generations game.
There was a time when you played cricket,
you played timeless test matches,
when you played on till the game got over.
And there was this game in March 1939
that started on the third of March
and ended on the 14th of March.
And it only ended because the English cricketers
had to go from Durban to Cape Town,
which is a two-hour train journey,
to catch the ship that left on the 17th,
because the next ship wasn't around for a long time.
So, the match was ended in between.
And one of the English batsmen said, "You know what?
Another half an hour and we would have won."
(Laughter)
Another half an hour after 12 days.
There were two Sundays in between. But of course, Sundays are church days,
so you don't play on Sundays. And one day it rained,
so they all sat around making friends with each other.
But there is a reason why India fell in love with cricket:
because we had about the same pace of life.
(Laughter)
The Mahabharata was like that as well, wasn't it?
You fought by day, then it was sunset,
so everyone went back home.
And then you worked out your strategy,
and you came and fought the next day, and you went back home again.
The only difference between the Mahabharata and our cricket was
that in cricket, everybody was alive to come back and fight the next day.
Princes patronize the game,
not because they love the game,
but because it was a means of ingratiating themselves
to the British rulers.
But there is one other reason why India fell in love with cricket,
which was, all you needed was a plank of wood
and a rubber ball, and any number of people
could play it anywhere.
Take a look:
You could play it in the dump
with some rocks over there,
you could play it in a little alley --
you couldn't hit square anywhere, because the bat hit the wall;
don't forget the air conditioning and the cable wires.
(Laughter)
You could play it on the banks of the Ganges --
that's as clean as the Ganges has been for a long time.
Or you could play many games in one small patch of land,
even if you didn't know which game you were actually in.
(Laughter)
As you can see, you can play anywhere.
But slowly the game moved on,
you know, finally.
You don't always have five days. So, we moved on,
and we started playing 50-over cricket.
And then an enormous accident took place.
In Indian sport we don't make things happen,
accidents happen and we're in the right place at the right time, sometimes.
And we won this World Cup in 1983.
And suddenly we fell in love with the 50-over game,
and we played it virtually every day.
There was more 50-over cricket than anywhere.
But there was another big date.
1983 was when we won the World Cup.
1991,'92, we found a finance minister
and a prime minister
willing to let the world look at India,
rather than be this great country of intrigue
and mystery in this closed country.
And so we allowed multinationals into India.
We cut customs duties, we reduced import duties,
and we got all the multinationals coming in,
with multinational budgets,
who looked at per-capita income
and got very excited about the possibilities in India,
and were looking for a vehicle to reach every Indian.
And there are only two vehicles in India -- one real, one scripted.
The scripted one is what you see in the movies,
the real one was cricket.
And so one of my friends sitting right here in front of me,
Ravi Dhariwal from Pepsi, decided he's going to take it
all over the world.
And Pepsi was this big revolution, because they started taking cricket all over.
And so cricket started becoming big;
cricket started bringing riches in.
Television started covering cricket. For a long time
television said, "We won't cover cricket
unless you pay us to cover it."
Then they said, "OK,
the next rights are sold for 55 million dollars.
The next rights are sold for 612 million dollars."
So, it's a bit of a curve, that.
And then another big accident happened in our cricket.
England invented 20 overs cricket,
and said, "The world must play 20 overs cricket."
Just as England invented cricket, and made the rest of the world play it.
Thank God for them.
(Laughter)
And so, India had to go and play the T20 World Cup, you see.
India didn't want to play the T20 World Cup.
But we were forced to play it by an 8-1 margin.
And then something very dramatic happened.
We got to the final, and then this moment,
that will remain enshrined forever,
for everybody, take a look.
(Crowd cheering)
The Pakistani batsman trying to clear the fielder.
Announcer: And Zishan takes it! India wins!
What a match for a Twenty20 final.
India, the world champions.
(Cheering)
India, T20 champions.
But what a game we had, M. S. Dhoni
got it right in the air, but Misbah-ul-Haq, what a player.
A massive, massive success:
India, the world TT champions.
Harsha Bhogle: Suddenly India discovered this power of 20-overs cricket.
The accident, of course, there, was that the batsman
thought the bowler was bowling fast.
(Laughter)
If he had bowled fast, the ball would have gone where it was meant to go,
but it didn't go. And we suddenly discovered
that we could be good at this game.
And what it also did was
it led to a certain pride in the fact that India could be the best in the world.
It was at a time when investment was coming in,
India was feeling a little more confident about itself.
And so there was a feeling that there was great pride
in what we can do.
And thankfully for all of us,
the English are very good at inventing things,
and then the gracious people that they are,
they let the world become very good at it.
(Laughter)
And so England invented T20 cricket,
and allowed India to hijack it.
It was not like reengineering that we do in medicine,
we just took it straight away, as is.
(Laughter)
And so, we launched our own T20 league.
Six weeks, city versus city.
It was a new thing for us. We had only ever supported our country --
the only two areas in which India was very proud about
their country, representing itself on the field.
One was war, the Indian army, which we don't like to happen very often.
The other was Indian cricket.
Now, suddenly we had to support city leagues.
But the people getting into these city leagues
were people who were taking their cues from the West.
America is a home of leagues. And they said,
"Right, we'll build some glitzy leagues here in India."
But was India ready for it?
Because cricket, for a long time in India was always organized.
It was never promoted, it was never sold -- it was organized.
And look what they did with our beautiful, nice,
simple family game.
All of a sudden, you had that happening.
(Music)
An opening ceremony to match every other.
This was an India that was buying Corvettes. This was an India that was buying Jaguar.
This was an India that was adding more mobile phones per month
than New Zealand's population twice over.
So, it was a different India.
But it was also a slightly more orthodox India
that was very happy to be modern,
but didn't want to say that to people.
And so, they were aghast when the cheerleaders arrived.
Everyone secretly watched them, but everyone claimed not to.
(Music)
(Laughter)
The new owners of Indian cricket were not the old princes.
They were not bureaucrats who were forced
into sport because they didn't actually love it;
these were people who ran serious companies.
And so they started promoting cricket big time,
started promoting clubs big time.
And they've started promoting them with huge money behind it.
I mean the IPL had 2.3 billion dollars
before a ball was bowled,
1.6 billion dollars for television revenue over 10 years,
and another 70 million dollars plus from all these franchises
that were putting in money. And then they had to appeal to their cities,
but they had to do it like the West, right? Because we are setting up leagues.
But what they were very good at doing
was making it very localized.
So, just to give you an example of how they did it --
not Manchester United style promotion,
but very Mumbai style promotion. Take a look.
(Music)
Of course, a lot of people said, "Maybe they dance better than they play."
(Laughter)
But that's all right. What it did also is it changed the way we looked at cricket.
All along, if you wanted a young cricketer,
you picked him up from the bylanes of your own little locality,
your own city, and you were very proud
of the system that produced those cricketers.
Now, all of the sudden, if you were to bowl a shot --
if Mumbai were to bowl a shot, for example,
they needn't go to Kalbadevi
or Shivaji Park or somewhere to source them,
they could go to Trinidad.
This was the new India, wasn't it? This was the new world,
where you can source from anywhere
as long as you get the best product at the best price.
And all of a sudden, Indian sport had awakened to the reality
that you can source the best product for the best price
anywhere in the world.
So, the Mumbai Indians flew in Dwayne Bravo from Trinidad and Tobago,
overnight. And when he had to go back to represent
the West Indies, they asked him, "When do you have to reach?"
He said, "I have to be there by a certain time, so I have to leave today."
We said, "No, no, no. It's not about when you have to leave;
it's about when do you have to reach there?"
And so he said, "I've got to reach on date X."
And they said, "Fine, you play to date X, minus one."
So, he played in Hyderabad, went, straight after the game,
went from the stadium to Hyderabad airport,
sat in a private corporate jet -- first refueling in Portugal,
second refueling in Brazil; he was in West Indies in time.
(Laughter)
Never would India have thought on this scale before.
Never would India have said, "I want a player to play
one game for me, and I will use a corporate jet
to send him all the way back to Kingston, Jamaica
to play a game."
And I just thought to myself,
"Wow, we've arrived somewhere in the world, you know?
We have arrived somewhere. We are thinking big."
But what this also did was it started
marrying the two most important things in Indian cricket,
which is cricket and the movies in Indian entertainment.
There is cricket and the movies.
And they came together because people in the movies
now started owning clubs.
And so, people started going to the cricket to watch Preity Zinta.
They started going to the cricket to watch Shah Rukh Khan.
And something very interesting happened.
We started getting song and dance in Indian cricket.
And so it started resembling the Indian movies more and more.
And of course, if you were on Preity Zinta's team --
as you will see on the clip that follows -- if you did well,
you got a hug from Preity Zinta.
So that was the ultimate reason to do well. Take a look --
everyone's watching Preity Zinta.
(Music)
And then of course there was Shah Rukh playing the Kolkata crowd.
We'd all seen matches in Kolkata,
but we'd never seen anything like this:
Shah Rukh, with the Bengali song, getting the audiences all worked up
for Kolkata -- not for India, but for Kolkata.
But take a look at this.
(Music)
An Indian film star hugging a Pakistani cricketer
because they'd won in Kolkata.
Can you imagine?
And do you know what the Pakistani cricketer said?
(Applause)
"I wish I was playing for Preity Zinta's team."
(Laughter)
But I thought I'd take this opportunity --
there's a few people from Pakistan in here.
I'm so happy that you're here
because I think we can show that we can both be together and be friends, right?
We can play cricket together, we can be friends.
So thank you very much for coming, all of you from Pakistan.
(Applause)
There was criticism too because they said,
"Players are being bought and sold?
Are they grain?
Are they cattle?"
Because we had this auction, you see.
How do you fix a price for a player?
And so the auction that followed
literally had people saying,
"Bang! so many million dollars for so-and-so player."
There it is.
(Music)
Auctioneer: Going at 1,500,000 dollars. Chennai.
Shane Warne sold for 450,000 dollars.
HB: Suddenly, a game which earned its players 50 rupees a day --
so 250 rupees for a test match,
but if you finish in four days you only got 200.
The best Indian players who played every test match --
every one of the internationals, the top of the line players --
standard contracts are 220,000 dollars in a whole year.
Now they were getting 500,000 for six days' work.
Then Andrew Flintoff came by from England,
he got one and a half million dollars, and he went back and said,
"For four weeks, I'm earning more than Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard,
and I'm earning more than the footballers, wow."
And where was he earning it from? From a little club in India.
Could you have imagined that day would come?
One and a half million dollars for six weeks' work.
That's not bad, is it?
So, at 2.3 billion dollars before the first ball was bowled.
What India was doing, though, was benchmarking
itself against the best in the world,
and it became a huge brand.
Lalit Modi was on the cover of Business Today.
IPL became the biggest brand in India
and, because our elections, had to be moved to South Africa,
and we had to start the tournament in three weeks.
Move a whole tournament to South Africa in three weeks.
But we did it. You know why?
Because no country works as slowly as we do
till three weeks before an event,
and nobody works fast as we do in the last three weeks.
(Applause)
Our population, which for a long time we thought was a problem,
suddenly became our biggest asset
because there were more people watching --
the huge consuming class --
everybody came to watch the cricket.
We'd also made cricket the only sport in India,
which is a pity, but in India every other sport
pushes cricket to become big,
which is a bit of a tragedy of our times.
Now, this last minute before I go --
there's a couple of side effects of all this.
For a long time, India was this country of poverty,
dust, beggars,
snake charmers, filth,
Delhi belly -- people heard Delhi belly stories before they came.
And, all of a sudden, India was this land of opportunity.
Cricketers all over the world said,
"You know, we love India. We love to play in India."
And that felt good, you know?
We said, "The dollar's quite powerful actually."
Can you imagine, you've got the dollar on view
and there's no Delhi belly in there anymore.
There's no filth, there's no beggars, all the snake charmers have vanished,
everybody's gone. This tells you how the capitalist world rules.
Right so, finally,
an English game that India usurped a little bit,
but T20 is going to be the next missionary in the world.
If you want to take the game around the world,
it's got to be the shortest form of the game.
You can't take a timeless test to China and sit through 14 days with no result in the end,
or you can't take it all over the world.
So that's what T20 is doing.
Hopefully, it'll make everyone richer, hopefully it'll make the game bigger
and hopefully it'll give cricket commentators more time in the business.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
(Applause)

A new EV driving experience - Nissan R&D expert's special session

Nissan:

Good morning, and welcome to Nissan
My name is Carrie, and
I will be hosting today's R&D session
Today, we're going to be talking about
some of the technologies found in this car
the Nissan Ariya Concept
Joining me here today
is the general manager of Nissan’s Advance
Vehicle Engineering Department
Toshiyuki Nakajima
Please welcome him to the stage
Hello Sir, thank you for joining us today
Nissan has just announced
this Ariya Concept
Can you just tell us
what the significance of that is
considering Nissan’s global
leadership in the EV field?
There's a lot of discussion going on right now
in the EV industry about range and power output
But at Nissan we're thinking about more than that
As an EV pioneer
we're thinking about how we can
advance to a next generation of EVs
That means a driving experience that delivers
more confidence, excitement,
and comfort than ever before
Today, I'd like to talk about
two new technologies
implemented in the Ariya Concept:
The first is e-4ORCE
The second is our new
sound-insulating acoustic meta-material
All right. Well, let's start with e-4ORCE
I believe the fundamental user
benefit is its uniquely smooth
and powerful performance
Right
And with that powerful performance
we can deliver three main user benefits:
a more comfortable ride
superior handling, and confidence
on any road surface
The point is that e-4ORCE is a control system
that lets us maximize
the performance of the hardware
We created a prototype car with
these specific control technologies
and held a media test drive event in Japan
Yes. And this is the footage from that
Looks like a lot of fun
Can you explain how e-4ORCE achieves
that incredible level of control?
The three motors are calibrated
at a rate of 10,000 times per second
and it’s this precise control that
really unlocks the driving experience
The journalists who
drove the test car said
it showed the potential
of the electric all-wheel control
and that it felt like the future of EV driving
Yeah, that sounds incredible
And Nissan has been working on this
technology for quite some time
Can you tell us a little bit
about how it was developed?
As you know
Nissan has been developing and
defining electric drive control
4WD control and chassis control technologies
Now, by integrating these control technologies
we’ve been able to dramatically
improve the driving performance
handling performance and ride comfort
Yeah, it's pretty amazing
So will we be seeing
e-4ORCE in other Nissan EVs?
Yes, absolutely
We'll see this e-4ORCE technology being built into
not only battery EVs like the Ariya Concept
but also another technology unique to Nissan:
e-POWER
e-POWER has the same
powertrain as a battery EV
so, we can make this e-4ORCE technology
and its benefits available to a wider audience
That is our advantage
I know yesterday we mentioned that
e-4ORCE was built on the accumulation
on development know-how
How do you see it evolving in the future?
e-4ORCE will evolve to more effectively handle
a wider range of driving situations and conditions
and this will personalize each driving experience
As it continues to evolve though
will we see our current vehicles
gradually becoming out of date?
No
e-4ORCE and other software that
controls all aspects of the vehicle
is automatically updated
through a technology called FOTA
– firmware over the air
Over time, the functionality of the vehicle will evolve
to further personalize the driving experience
So through that firmware over the air
we will be able to update it similarly
to how we update our smartphone?
Awesome, good to know
Next, I would like to turn our attention
to another area of Nissan research
and that is sound insulation for interior cabins
What sound do you typically hear
when you’re driving in a conventional car?
Some engine noise and some road noise
Let's take a listen to that
What you're going to be hearing is road noise
which has a characteristically wide
frequency band of 500-1200 hertz
And that is caused by the friction of the tires
of course, on the road
And as it turns out
it's extremely hard to insulate
the cabin from that type of noise
We’re going to bring in a
professional to join us today
senior manager of
Nissan’s Processing Laboratory
Please welcome Susumu Miura
Thank you for joining us
So glad to have you here today
So what makes it so difficult
to insulate the interior
cabin from the road noise?
Even with today's advanced technology
there's basically only one way to insulate
against low frequency and
wide-band acoustic noise
That's by using heavyweight material
Right, but the problem with that is that
using heavyweight material
is, of course, going to add to the
overall weight of the vehicle
Which is not good for an EV,
because if you add to the overall weight
you’re going to reduce the range, right?
That's right. Absolutely
The range of the vehicle is
reduced with using heavy material
but the driving performance is also affected
So we had to be careful with
how much this heavyweigh
material was used
and where it was mounted
But today, Nissan is introducing a new material
which will solve the road noise issue
It’s called acoustic meta-material
This acoustic meta-material
I hear, is 75% lighter than
the materials like heavy rubber
that are currently being used in our cars
That’s right
We went back to the first principle and
engineered a new material that was lightweight
yet had excellent sound insulation properties
But the construction of it is fairly simple
It’s a film with a repeating lattice-type structure
Can you explain a little bit more about
how that manages to dampen the sound?
Sure
The structure is simple but unique
The lattice pattern is
covered with a thin plastic film
Acoustic noise is a kind of air vibration
When acoustic noise hits the material
the material "bounces" it back
according to the air vibrations
This reduces the noise
passing through the material
This technology is a world-first
for automotive applications
What made it possible to engineer
such a remarkable material?
As one of the first EV manufacturers
Nissan already has a decade of
customer feedback regarding EVs
Many customers feel
that the road noise is loud
compared with the quiet EV motor and inverter
So Nissan has recognized the importance
of sound insulation in electric vehicles for a long time
Various approaches have
been taken to solve the issue
But there has always been the relationship
between material weight and
sound insulation properties
Lightweight materials are
not good sound insulators
It's common physics
The inspiration for this new
material came from our research into
controlling electromagnetic waves
It's like antenna technology
It's the analogy between electromagnetic waves
and elastic acoustic waves
The breakthrough was
achieving a lightweight material
but with this excellent
sound insulation property
Furthermore, this material is not active
but controls sound waves passively
It’s a technology of Nissan Intelligent Mobility
All right
seeing is believing
But in this case, it's "hearing is believing”...
True, so we are going to do
a demonstration for you
We're bringing out a table here
with a steel box that is going
to simulate road noise for you
So what we have here in this box
is just a little speaker hooked up to a
phone that is going to play the noise for us
and of course a microphone
so that you can all hear
what this noise sounds like
OK
First, how much sound isolation
do we get from lightweight cotton?
This is very lightweight
Turn on the sound
Alright, here’s your road noise
Can you all hear that?
Everybody got it?
This sound has a low frequency
and a wide band of 300-1000 hertz
like the road noise in a vehicle
All right, let’s see how
this lightweight cotton does
No sound restriction
Not very good
You can still hear that road noise
even with several layers
of the cotton on there
Next up
we have some current sound insulation
material made from rubber and fabric
You can find it under
the floor carpet of cars today
This is pretty heavy
I think we determined this
was a little over half a pound
for you Americans – about 300 grams
That's right. The heavier the material
the better the sound insulation
If you put this over the sound source
you can hear the sound insulation effect
Alright, let’s give it a try
There’s your road noise
It does a good job
It does
But it’s heavy
But it’s heavy
So finally
let's see how Nissan's new
acoustic meta-material does
This feels like a piece of paper
I wish I could pass this around to all of you
Extremely lightweight
This one, we determined,
is about an ounce, so it's like 35 grams
Let's see how it works
Let’s see…I’ve got this oriented right…
Go for it
That’s incredible
It’s not magic
It’s so much lighter, and it still
does at least as good a job
Wow!
For anyone interested in learning more
about this technology and how it works
please join us in the technology
demonstration area over there
Thank you, Miura-san!
Thank you for joining us
Let’s give him a round of applause
He is excited about this and
he does a great job demonstrating it
Thank you, Miura-san
So, this acoustic meta-material
makes possible a really quiet cabin
And together with e-4ORCE
it transforms the EV driving experience
It will, and we look
forward to that in the future
Thank you, Nakajima-san, for joining us
A round of applause for him as well
We sure appreciate their insight
into these technologies of the future
Thank you, guys, for
spending time with us today