of going to take a job in ottawa. >> i think that is pretty clear. i know a lot of reporters have questions for you but you are doing availability after so we will get those issues later. we heard from jerry -- jerry dias said canada decided to delay or not ratify nafta as long as the steel and aluminum tariffs are in place. either of you, is that the case? >> we want to ratify us mca, a good deal for all three countries and we want to do that but with aluminum and steel, that is more challenging. we hope because donald trump said very clearly once we had a good deal in place, we are waiting for that to happen. >> the canadian government to consider the idea of delaying ratification as a way to exert pressure on americans to get the tariffs off. >> we can begin the implementation process as soon as 19 march and we have an election this year in canada. we will rise as a government in june and in the fall have the election and it is true to say that our mind is going to turn towards many other topics in the months that follow the spring. we would like

prep school in ottawa, ontario, canada. it's part of the collins classic, and i looked at this and i said, "my gosh, this book is leather bound and it's 'wuthering heights' by emily bronte, and it's only $2. i've got to get that book." and that was the beginning of, i guess you would call it a thirst for knowledge and a love of books. i just love being able to acquire knowledge this way. or by personal experience. i'm gonna take you back to canada. um, kind of a modest upbringing, would you say? alex: yes. like many young boys, i had a paper route. and i was a good student. in high school, i started to fool around a little much. or a little too much for the teachers. and could be described as slightly unruly. you dad was an interesting guy. my dad was born in ukraine. was fluent in about four or five languages. he and mom had some pretty good arguments. never any physical abuse on either side. she was a disciplinarian. yeah, yeah. that, uh, she would whack me pretty hard sometimes. - really? - well, if i did something that

prep school in ottawa, ontario, canada. it's part of the collins classic, and i looked at this and i said, "my gosh, this book is leather bound and it's 'wuthering heights' by emily bronte, and it's only $2. i've got to get that book." and that was the beginning of, i guess you would call it a thirst for knowledge and a love of books. i just love being able to acquire knowledge this way. or by personal experience. i'm gonna take you back to canada. um, kind of a modest upbringing, would you say? alex: yes. like many young boys, i had a paper route. and i was a good student. in high school, i started to fool around a little much. or a little too much for the teachers. and could be described as slightly unruly. you dad was an interesting guy. my dad was born in ukraine. was fluent in about four or five languages. he and mom had some pretty good arguments. never any physical abuse on either side. she was a disciplinarian. yeah, yeah. that, uh, she would whack me pretty hard sometimes. - really? - well, if i did something that

from ottawa, this is 50 minutes. > order, please. [applause] >> mr. speaker, canadians were shocked and apaled when the prime minister shot down the questions from the corruption scandal. serious questions remain unanswered and key players in this affair have yet to e.t.f. -- to testify. will it include an investigation of this matter? >> honorable chair. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i have received letters requesting an investigation into this matter. i can confirm this investigation is in order. as always, members are welcome to submit witnesses. any members of the public who have information of wrongdoing that may help with an investigation to come forward and submit it to the ethics committee without fear. [applause] >> mr. speaker, the prime minister has just learned that the ethics committee has opened an investigation into his corruption scandal. will he commit right here and now to cooperate fully with this investigation and to appear and testify? >> mr. speaker, allow me first to wish all of my colleagues and canadians a happy international day

nada tawfik is in ottawa with a story.trudeau is not usually one to shy away from the prime min. trudeau: pleasure to see you tonight. nada: bs the prime minister' star power is giving as he fights the biggest political crisis of his career. it stems from allegations byy former attorneneral jody wilson-raybould, who said she fathd political pressure by prime minister's office to abandon prosecution of a quÉbec-based engineering firm. >> i experienc a consistent and sustained effort by many in the government. nada: she accuses the prime miedster of being more conce about votes than principles. today trudeau's close confidant and aide who resigned in the wake of thendal told mps nothing happened beyond from operations of government. >> i know it from long personal experience with the prime , minist something improper had been happening, and the impropriety had been made known to him, the prime minister would have put a stop to it, even if the impropriety were his own. nada: justin trudeau thought he could contain this crisis

nada tawfik, bbc news, ottawa.la outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is the mostfi complex yet years after the virus gained global attention, killing thousands of people in west africa. the outbreak in the drc is ongoing. an armed conflict is making the response difficult. more than 500 people have died and 800 have been infected with ebola since august. in the second of a series of special reports, the bbc's senior africa correspondent anne soy looks at how insecurity is hampering efforts to bring the outbreak under control. anne: the morning after an atonck, a sight all too comm in this region. nine people were killed in this village overnight. we are told some children were kidnapped. this family lost a breadwinner. >> left a little child. over there, a mother died with her four children. her husband is in the military. she engaged the attackers in a gunfight, but there was no backup. when her bullets ran out, they killed her. anne: by the time we arrived, health workers had already taken the bodies awa

. >> just for the record, you will not be heading back to ottawa? >> i was in ottawa on tuesday and i left tuesday night and i'm staying here in washington. i have no intention of going to take a job in ottawa. >> i think that is pretty clear. minister, i now have lots of reporters have questions for you , but you are doing media availability after so we'll get to those questions later. we heard that canada has decided to delay or not ratify nafta as long as the steel and aluminum tariffs are in place? >> certainly, we want to ratify usmca. but certainly, the fact that there are tariffs still in place for aluminum and steel makes that more challenging. we would have hoped, because president trump said it clearly, that once we had a good deal in place, he has gone on and trumpeted the fact it has been a good deal for the united states. he said he would drop the tariffs, we're waiting for that to happen. >> is there a discussion within the canadian government to consider the idea of delaying ratification as a way to exert pressure? >> we can begin the

chief financial officer of chinese tech giant wall way is suing the canadian government that's after ottawa gave the green light to extradite him. to the u.s. to face fraud charges constable yep in cooperation with the defendant canadian border services agency offices intentionally delayed the media execution of the warrant contrary to the order of the court instead the defendant c.b.s. a offices under the guise of routine border check unlawfully subjected the plaintiff to detention such an interrogation to extract evidence from her before she was arrested and provided with her rights under the charter ones who was arrested at vancouver international airport four months ago at the request of the us if extradited she will face charges of misleading banks about the company's business in iran in violation of u.s. sanctions she is also accused of stealing trade secrets from the american company t. mobile china has repeatedly urged canada to release its citizen claiming ottawa and washington are violating her rights. and they were doing for the east some u.s. government officials have been playi

nada tawfik, bbc news, ottawa.ists have been particularly surprised that even during long polar winter nights, when the temperatures should be well below zero, there can be flows of warm air bringing rain. scientists say the total disappearance of greenland's ice sheet would see the world's oceans rise by seven metres. and we'll be taking a second in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers rachel cunliffe, comment & features editor at cityam and stephen bush, political editor of the new statesman — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. hello there. after a blustery and in places wet day on thursday friday brings something drier and calmer. certainly to start off with. but it is only a temporary interlude. you can see the zone of clear whether on the satellite picture. you can also see the next weather system hurtling in from the atlantic. this is just the first sign of what is going to be an unsettled weekend. friday sta rts be an unsettled weekend. friday s

nada tawfik, bbc news, ottawa. decade injail after being accused of aborting their babies. the women say they suffered miscarriages but were convicted of aggravated homicide. they were welcomed by well—wishers and activists near the capital san salvador. ramzan karmali has more. after a decade behind bars, alba rodriguez, maria del transito orellana and cinthia rodriguez emerged from prison just outside the capital, san salvador. translation: we feel so happy, so happy. we are grateful to the citizen organisations, the national and international organisations, that have supported us, and we hope the state will also recognise the fact that there are many women inside that are also innocent and hopefully one day they will regain their freedom. the three women were released after the supreme court commuted their original 30—year sentences. since 1998, when abortion was banned in el salvador, dozens of women accused of aborting their babies have been sent to prison, even in some cases where the women had been victims o

nada tawfik reports from ottawa.leaders on the international stage. justin trudeau came into power promising to be different — honest, transparent, and inclusive. but now he's facing allegations that his office improperly pressured the former attorney general to shield the engineering firm snc—lavalin from a corruption trial. in a press conference — meant to put the controversy to rest — trudeau defended his government's actions, but admitted mistakes. over the past months, there was an erosion of trust between my office and, specifically, my former principal secretary, and the former minister ofjustice and attorney general. i was not aware of that erosion of trust but, as prime minister and leader of the federal ministry, i should have been. the former attorney general, jody wilson—raybould, contradicted the prime minister's account and accused his office of demoting her, in retaliation for her refusal to strike a deal that would keep snc—lavalin out of court. i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many

and peers at the sami was a professor at carleton university in ottawa the nigerian won an award for his writing on africa he's university called him a towering figure in african post colonial scholarship many of the day to u.n. staff traveling to an environment conference inside they observed a moment of silence for their colleagues thank you very much may god bless all of us thank you but the crash sites the recovery effort is ongoing investigators picking their way through the victims' belongings all that's left of so many lives lost. with me in the studio is my colleague command me from kenya thanks for joining us edith so this tragedy has hit africa but most importantly kenya. did not survive or that were killed in the crash or how a kenya is dealing with this tragedy i mean it's absolute shock and i will tell you yesterday when i received the news it's actually somebody who called me to say would you believe that my wife was meant to be on this aircraft and that's the thing about aviation industry accidents could happen to anyone and looking at the money first and the names fro

>> tucker: i don't know. >> we had a moment together back home in ottawa.never signed my picture until fox and friends a couple of years ago. i said, i have this great moment with steven tyler but i don't have an autograph. on twitter somebody contacted me and said, send me the picture, i'll get him to sign it. he did. there it is because of tucker carlson. >> tucker: that is so cool. that was in canada? >> yeah, that was backstage. he wanted me to come backstage after the show. and then that would have changed the whole trajectory of my life. >> tucker: we never would have met you if you had done that. without getting too heavy on live tv, with you talked about this a number of times. you decided that you were going to approach the challenges in your life in a positive way. >> mm-hm. >> tucker: how -- i mean, people are inspired when they hear that. can you give advice to other people facing challenges? how do you stick with it? >> i wrote this book for myself when i was diagnosed with ms because i was looking for people doing well despite the challenge. i

. >> the reason you do it, sometimes we say we get caught in the bubble, no matter if you're in ottawa, in the capital or if you are in toronto or city hall you get caught in the bubble sometimes and you never lose track of the people that brought you there. brought you to the dance. voted for you. and all of a sudden you get in the office, no one can get ahold of you because there's 15 layers before they can get ahold of you. in our case in our family come knock on my door, give me a call and i will show up to your door. i don't care how small of an issue it is. every single day we try to help people. to some folks they think it's a small issue, to other people it's massive. it's massive if you support them and every day i get calls and texts, i need help, and we do our best to help these folks. >> i have to say that we live in the greatest neighborhood in the world. >> absolutely do. >> i am such a beneficiary of exactly that because i arrived in ottawa and anybody -- we live in a thin border, we're best friends, allies, neighbors, i'm the recipient and i can say firsthand that canad

mayor of montreal said "what this budget shows is that ottawa wants to assist municipalities to develop structural projects worthy of the 2020th century." another quote, "excellent announcement to support electric vehicles." the canadian federation of black communities said that they support the implementation of the official decade 4 -- >> order, please. member quitethe often today come even though he did not have the floor. i quite appreciate the sound of his voice, but not in this way. >> here are some quotes. > the former attorney general, i quit. . the former top advisor to the prime minister, i'm gone. the former clerk of the privy council, i quit. mr. speaker committees members -- mr. speaker, these members have always because of the scandal that emanated from the very top of this government. the liberals have tried to shut this down time and time again. will the prime minister and his officials finally have the decency to show up at the ethics committee and do their job explaining to canadians what they are so afraid of when it comes to the scandal? >> honorable prime minister.

it was an outdoor shows at lands down park in ottawa for all of you ottawa fans.stage and meet, you know, joe and steven tyler. he sort of scans the room. i'm at the back with my little group answered looks at everybody very charismatic guy. hey, how is it going everybody. i felt his eyes on me right away. i thought okay. what is looking over at me? somebody next to me? what's going on does he recognize somebody? he made a bee line right in my direction and said hi i'm steven tyler, what's your name? the first group goes up and they are about to take the picture. steven tyler says janice dean. where is janice dean? i was like ha. here i am. come on up here. i need you right next to me. and at the very end he said, you know, basically what are you doing later? do you want to come to the show? i said well i was hoping to get an interview with you. he said oh we could try to make that happen and make sure that this person takes care of you and come back stage and so i said to him, okay, yes. that sounds great. but could i get a picture just you and me? is that okay?

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for ottawa. the point is bob, you have a number of countries pushing back on using china telecom .ec. state, mike pompeo in the studio a couple of weeks ago. he said if european countries use a huawei telecom infrastructure, the u.s. will not share as much information with those countries as they have in the past. tell us about huawei and why there is so much worry around espionage? >> well, the core problem here is, huawei has developed some sensational products. recently, britain did a massive study on whether or not you really can find a backdoor in those products. and they came out, this is the national cybersecurity center that they have over there. and so, many of the big carriers in europe are saying yes, we want to use those products because they are the best products. they typically are lower price. but on the other hand, he of governments beginning to realize that the bigger picture here is that your hurting innovation globally because one of the players namely china, is not respecting intellectual property. they can copy things all they want but when you copy something,

launching in toronto and ottawa city.t is also working on self driving cars, buying blue vision labs, beefing up staff working on autonomous technology to over 300 people. lyft has cornered investors in japan. as it prepares to go public, it is trying to lure more, hoping to impress by doubling its right count from 500 million in 2017 to one billion in less than one year. yearue jumped up 541% last from just 343 million in 2016. with an estimated value. of 20 to $25 billion despite losses inreasing to $991 million 2018. while lyft was a second to launch, it is first to go public, weeks or months ahead of uber. will hails investors lyft's ride. . nejra: joining us for more is bloomberg asia deals reporter. great to have you with us. just round up for us what we -- hubert huber's ipo. ipo. uber's picked the new york stock exchange for its ipo. they are planning to file publicly in april, several weeks from now. they have already filed confidentially with the sec. we are seeing that there is a shift between the exchange beca

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nada tawfik, bbc news, ottawa.: british foreign secretary remy hunt has decided to grant protecon to the british national detained in iran. it does not mean that authorities ha tapprove the but it marksd an escalation mp the british gn to secure her release. hothe of representatives has passed and resolution by an overwhelming margin condemning anti-semitism and bigotry. this comes after democratic representative ilhan omar implied that backers of israel carry dual loyalty. my colleagues on "beyond 100 days" spoke to hakeem jeffries and asked if his party should take tougher action against the freshman congresswoman. rep. jeffries: the leadership has been clear as we did wi our letter on february 11, that we condemn anti-semitism in any form, and we will not allow anyone to traffic in it either under the capitol dome or throughout the united states of america. these are volatile times, and in the united states we have over the last two years a rise in anti-semitic incidents, a rise in hate crimes,e in racism, a ris

the bbc's nada tawfik reports from ottawa.: he is the golden boy of progressive politi outshines other leaders on the international stage. justin trudeau came into power promising to be differt -- honest, transparent, and inclusiv but now he is facing allegations that his office improperly pressure the former attorney general to shield an engineering firm from a corruption trial. in a press conference meant tot e controversy to rest, trudeau defended his government's actions but m admitttakes. prime min. trudeau: over the past months there was an erosion er trust between my office and specifically my forincipal secretary and the former minister of justice and attorney general. i was not aware of that erosion of trust. as pme minister and leader the federal ministry, i should have been. nada: former attorney general jody wilson-raybould contradicted the prime minister's accot and accused his office of demoting her in retaliation for her refusal on a deal that would have keptsn d:valin out-of-court. ms. wilson-raybo experienced

mobile china has repeatedly urged canada to release its citizen claiming ottawa and washington are violating her rights what's wrong for the some u.s. government officials have been playing up these so-called security risks associated with the products of certain chinese companies and linking it with china's national intelligence level this kind of behavior is an interference and economic activities by political means it is against the w t o rules and it disrupts the international market order that is built on fair competition this is a typical case of double standards it is not a fair nor ethical. economist and author steve keen believes washington's claims about what way stealing american technology could be a plot to control the market. there is a certain amount of merit i mean equally there's merit to america's claims about why stealing you know generic and technology the entire basis of the need to china's industrialization program from its very outset and i was i was actually in the first free trade zone before and i've been back in ninety one eighty two sides and we discussed was to g

mobile china has repeatedly urged canada to release its citizens saying that ottawa and washington are violating her rights would soon for the some u.s. government officials have been playing up these so-called security risks associated with the products of certain chinese companies and linking it with china's national intelligence launching this kind of behavior is an interference and economic activities by political means it is against the w.t. rules and it disrupts the international market that is built on competitions this is a typical case of double standards this is not the first nor ethical. economist richard wolffe believes the canadian government is merely serving u.s. interests in the while way to speed. but there's no question given what she has said happened to her that it contradicts canadian law and contradicts the normal kind you see you give to people. especially for that kind of nonviolent crime not don even a crime in europe to the united states why he willing to quickly under pressure make this arrest so that this pressure could be applied both in the company and to

from ottawa, this is 50 minutes. >> order, please.

the senior executive of the chinese tech firm huawei, currently detained in canada, is suing ottawa overhe manner of her arrest last year. the husband of british teenager shamima begum who joined the so—called islamic state tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. when you say that you are a victim, thatis when you say that you are a victim, that is sickening. i lived a miserable life, i was imprisoned, i was tortured, i lived in fear. and the generation across the divide: how children born after northern ireland's peace agreement are trying to unite their divided communities. in the united states, the head of an influential committee in the democrat—controlled house of representatives, says he wants to see documents alleging obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power by donald trump, and his aides. committee chairmanjerrold nadler has requested information from more than 60 people and organisations, but he says it's too early to talk about trying to impeach the president. we are starting this investigation. we will — tomorrow, we will be issuing document reques

latest now from catharine tunney, a parliamentary reporter with the canadian broadcaster, cbc, in ottawaink the prime minister hasjust thanks for your time. i think the prime minister has just been speaking, hasn't he? what did you ta ke speaking, hasn't he? what did you take from that? yes, this was a preplanned appearance in toronto, he was supposed to be speaking to supporters, trying to change the page, an attempt to change the page on this ongoing affair. that went out the window this afternoon when jane philpott announced she was stepping down from cabinet. rather than starting off as a rousing speech will support a strike to gather support, he was forced to address the issue, and said he was disappointed that she was leaving, but thank her for her service, and that she had felt this way for a long time. this is a developing fair in canada, which been going on for the last few weeks now. the national newspaper here in canada reported that the former justice minister and attorney general was in the same position. she felt she had been pressured by the canadian government to make sur

mobile china has repeatedly urged canada to release its citizen saying that ottawa and washington are violating her rights. me what's wrong for the east here some u.s. government officials have been playing up the so-called security risks associated with the products of certain chinese companies and linking it with china's national intelligence level this kind of behavior is an interference in economic activities by political means it is against the w t o rules and it disrupts the international market order that is built on fair competition this is a typical case of double standards it is neither fair nor ethical. or not joined live by economist steve king welcome to the program now in your opinion is he likely to win this lawsuit against canada. well i mean so it's more a question for a lawyer which i do have is my background and on that front i find it absolutely outrageous that deserve so deserve the imprisonment ever occurred because this implies that you can be arrested in one country for breaking the laws of a second country when you're a resident of the third country and that m

nada tawfik reports from ottawa.leaders on the international stage. justin trudeau came into power promising to be different — honest, transparent and inclusive. but now he's facing allegations that his office improperly pressured the former attorney general to shield the engineering firm snc—lavalin from a corruption trial. in a press conference — meant to put the controversy to rest — trudeau defended his government's actions, but admitted mistakes. over the past months, there was an erosion of trust between my office and, specifically, my former principal secretary, and the former minister ofjustice and attorney general. i was not aware of that erosion of trust but, as prime minister and leader of the federal ministry, i should have been. the former attorney general, jody wilson—raybould, contradicted the prime minister's account and accused his office of demoting her, in retaliation for her refusal to strike a deal that would keep snc—lavalin out of court. i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many p