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[cheers and applause] [theme plays] Announcer:News you can trust,when you want,where you want. Download the freeCBC Newsapp. [ ] >> Jacqueline: hi, I'm jacqueline hansen. >> Andrew: and I'm andrew nichols. >> Jacqueline: nervous system cbc news network. A school-imposed deadline for protesters to clear out an encampment on the grounds of canada's largest university expires right now. This is a live look at the university of toronto this hour. The university issued a proposal yesterday and students were given until 4:00 P.M. eastern today to respond if they don't agree to the terms, they could be evicted. The encampment was set up in the centre of campus more than three weeks ago and both parties have been negotiating for a resolution since then. [ ] >> Jacqueline: in montreal we are waiting on a rule by the quebec superior court on an injunction request by the university of quebec in montreal. The school wants to restrict a pro-palestinian campus protest that started nearly two weeks ago. It wants to bar protesters from setting up tents or equipment within 3 metres of university buildings. The university has accused demonstrators of blocking access to the university, damaging surveillance cameras and vandalizing property. School officials said some protesters have been seen with iron bars and gas canisters. The protesters want the university to cut ties with israel, but the university said it is not linked to any israeli institutions. >> Andrew: the latest action on university campuses related to the israel-hamas war comes as the international court of justice ordered israel to halt military operations in rafah. South africa, the country that brought the original case for genocide to the court, is hailing today's ruling, although the larger question of the genocide allegation will be determined at a later date. Israel has also been ordered today to reopen the rafah crossing to give investigators access and to allow for the flow of aid and humanitarian efforts. >> Israel must immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the rafah area which >> Again, the u. Of t. Administration and toronto police confirmed that they will only come if the administration calls them, so they will be showing up later today, but whether or not there is a full raid on the encampment or any escalation is in the hands of the administration. >> Question: [Indiscernible] -- >> Answer: I think ultimately the offer that they put forward is really the first offer, it's the first step. We look forward to further negotiations. It's a bit disheartening that despite agreeing to the meeting and continuing these negotiations, this administration is still going forward with this trespass notice. We are here and will continue to be here. >> Question: [Indiscernible] -- >> Answer: as of, yeah, right now. It's 4:00 right now. No one is packing up their tents. I will be here later for a service at 7:45. We have lots of programming planned for tomorrow. We are here and will continue to be so. >> Question: even if you stay here over the weekend and you're still here on sunday [Indiscernible] -- >> Answer: in the e-mail that I just received about 10 minutes before this press conference here, this administration confirmed with us that they are meeting with us at 5:00 P.M. but they are moving forward with the trespass notice. That's where we're at right now. This trespass notice is a first of a much longer process. With these type of things, they issue the trespass notice and then that starts to get the wheels turning, but doesn't mean immediately in the next four or five minutes that hundreds of cops are going to show up. There is lots of room between now and then. We invite the administration to be on the right side of history. >> Question: [Indiscernible]. >> Answer: it's 4:00 P.M. right now. It's 4:04. We were told we would receive it at 4:00 P.M. it was not here yet. We anticipate it is to come in

the next five or 10 minutes. If you want you can take a picture of it I'm sure. But as of right now that's where we're at. >> Question: [Indiscernible]. >> Answer: we are looking for the university of toronto to make commitments towards divestment. We're talking lots about committees and processes and procedures that this institution has in place that ultimately are not good enough. There are lots of obstacles in our path one of them being the committee itself. The administration has not agreed to allow us to appoint people to this committee. We can make recommendations under the current proposal. The recommendations need to be approved by the president. Even if the committee did agree to divestment, president gertler could come down and say no as he did in 2016 with fossil fuels. That's where we're at and I think that's pretty much it. >> Andrew: you have been listening to erin mackey, a spokesperson for the pro-palestinian encampment that is on the university of toronto campus right now. Dozens and dozens of tents in the centre of the u. Of t. Campus. Yesterday the president of the university of toronto told protesters there that they had until 4:00 P.M. today to leave the campus and there was a whole negotiation over the terms of what that would entail and what they would do in terms of speaking with the students. Now the 4:00 P.M. deadline has passed and we heard from erin macke that no one is packing up their tents, that she received an e-mail about 10 minutes ago saying that the administration will be meeting with them at 5:00 P.M. eastern, less than an hour or so but that the university university. The police will show up at any second now. The administrators and the city of toronto police service could be showing up. We'll get the latest from our reporter idil mussa in just a few minutes from now and bring you the very latest on that. [ ] >> Andrew: an immigration board has ordered the truck driver responsible for the deadly humboldt bus crash to be deported. His lawyer is hoping to let his client stay in canada on compassionate grounds. Details coming up on cbc news network. [ ] Announcer:Closed captioning forthis program is brought to youin part byTour Watch all three episodesofCome and Say G'Day, a paid content series byTourism Australia,onCBC gem. Sometimes the difference between a summer road trip and the road trip of the summer is an ice cold drink from McDonald's. Like a Small McCafe Iced Coffee or a refreshing Coca Cola for $1 plus tax. Step up your summer today. ( ) [Thunder] It's live! Feel the fun of a live casino experience at Play Ojo, with gameshow hits like Mega Wheel. Download the app. Feel the fun! Play Ojo. Salonpas, makers of effective pain relief patches for 89 years believes in continuous improvement, like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients and sizes to relieve your pain. Salonpas. It's Good Medicine. Hisamitsu >> Andrew Chang: So you want to watchCBC News Explore, a new kind of news channel. Here's how to find us. We're on theCBC Newsapp, onCBC Gem, and on your smart tv. Stream any time. It's always free. Cbc News Explore. >> What assurances can you give to Canadians watching this at home? Is that everything you needed to do, or everything you wereableto do? >> We're not going to make a decision on a budget we haven't seen yet. >> Let Canadians decide. >> Announcer: David Cochrane forPower & Politics, today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern onCBC News Network. Announcer:Stories that make you think. -Will you lower prices? Announcer:If it matters in your home -I'm going to get in more debt. Announcer:or to this country -Affordable housing. -Climate change. Announcer:it's onCanada Tonightwith Travis Dhanraj. Watch onCBC News NetworkandCBC Gem. [ ] >> Andrew: an immigration and refugee board in calgary has ordered the truck driver that caused the deadly humboldt bronco broncos bus crash to be deported. Jaskirat singh sidhu blew through a stop sign and slammed into the junior hockey's bus.

16 people were killed. The cbc's erin collins has more from following. >> Reporter: today's hearing was virtual and quite procedural in nature. I want to run you through why it happened and the way it happened. The deportation order was issued today and what goes into that is essentially two things. Mr. Sidhu has been convicted of a crime with a maximum sentence of 10 years or more. He was convicted in that bus crash as you mentioned, he received an eight-year sentence. Secondly, he's not a canadian citizen. In this process, if you meet those two requirements, there is really nothing that can be done. That deportation order is automatically issued and there is no ability for mr. Sidhu or his legal team to appeal that. So that's a done deal and that was sort of baked in as we approach this situation today. Once mr. Sidhu was essentially convicted and received that sentence of more than six months for a crime with a maximum term of more than 10 years and the fact that he was a permanent resident and not a canadian citizen, this deportation order was going to happen and we're just sort of following through that administrative process today and this is the next step. He doesn't have an ability to appeal, but there are options available to him. >> Andrew: okay. So let's talk a little bit about that. Does that mean sidhu will be deported and if that were to happen, how soon would it happen? >> Reporter: that's a good question. It's complicated. What mr. Sidhu's lawyer is going to do at this point, michael green, a calgary-based immigration lawyer, and they're going to reapply for permanent residency status on compassionate grounds. They couldn't do that until today when the deportation order was issued. It's following along in that administrative process. They're going to make that application. Why are they going to make that application? Mr. Sidhu is not a lifelong criminal. They're going to argue this was a terrible, tragic mistake and mr. Sidhu has deep ties to canada. His wife and his daughter are both canadian citizens. They would not be deported. He would essentially be separated from them for what they say is a one-off terrible mistake that he's already served his sentence for. That's the argument they'll be taking. While that's happening, immigration officials will be doing what's called a pre-security screen for the deportation. So they have to make sure it's safe for mr. Sidhu to return to his home country before they can deport him. That's going to be going on too. He won't go anywhere until that's completed. That could take months. While that's going on, parallel track, mr. Sidhu's lawyer will be applying for that new permanent residency status. He says, michael green says, that's really a test of canada's immigration system. Have a listen. >> I think this case is a test of canadian values. Are we about forgiveness and second chances and are we about compassion or are we about retribution and revenge? It feels like those are the two competing sentiments when you hear people talk on either side of this one. I think there are very compelling, compassionate considerations here. We would hope we get that kind of consideration. I would like to see compassion triumph here. >> Reporter: so clear that mr. Sidhu's legal team hasn't given up on the possibility of him remaining in canada. Parents and families of those impacted by that crash and the many folks who died on that tragic april day in 2018, they're kind of divided on this. We heard from many family members who would like to see mr. Sidhu leave canada. Some others more on that side of compassion. So we'll have to wait and see what happens, andrew. >> Andrew: the cbc's erin collins in calgary. >> Jacqueline: cbc news has uncovered new details in a deadly wrong-way crash last month in ontario that killed a baby and three adults. Court records show the passenger in the u-haul van involved in that crash was charged in a liquor store robbery linked to the incident. Manpreet gill faces 12 charges from the day of that crash. He has not been charged in relation to the collision itself. On april 29, the cargo van was weaving through traffic going the wrong way on highway 401 in whitby, ontario. At one point it was being pursued by at least 20 police vehicles. The collision killed a 3-month-old boy from ajax and his grandparents visiting from india. The driver of the cargo van also died. Gill was hospitalized with serious injuries. His condition right now is not known. >> Andrew: quebec provincial police are searching for an escaped prisoner. The 32-year-old disappeared from a minimum security federal

detention centre in laval last night. Yacine zouaoui was convicted of second-degree murder murder in british columbia in 2011. Police believe he fled on foot and could now be in ontario and possibly heading west. He is described as 6' tall with 190 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He speaks english and has tattoos on his face and left hand. Police say anyone who spots him should not approach but call 911 right away. [ ] >> Jacqueline: this is a live look at the university of toronto this hour. A deadline for protesters to clear out an encampment on the grounds of canada's largest university expired at the top of the hour. The university issued a proposal yesterday and told students if they don't agree to the terms, they could be evicted. The encampment was set up in the centre of campus more than three weeks ago. Both parties have been negotiating for a resolution since then. The cbc's idil mussa is on the ground at the campus at the university of toronto for us now. So, idil, this deadline has passed. The deadline for these students to respond to this offer. What happens now? >> Idil: yeah, well, it seems like, jacqueline, it's a bit of a stalemate. I mean, the university has presented the pro-palestinian protesters who are demonstrating here at the centre of campus with an offer. They've rejected that offer. The deadline for them to decamp was 4:00 P.M. that has come and gone. The university said that a trespass notice would be issued and it was. It actually happened just as student demonstrators were actually speaking to media about their next steps. They basically told us that they will be meeting with university officials on sunday, but even though that meeting is happening, that these talks are still going on, they are being asked to leave and they say they will not do that. Let's go through a little bit what they want the university of toronto to do. It's essentially three things. They want the university to disclose its financial investments. They also want the university of toronto to divest its holdings from companies funding the israeli military. And they want the university to cut ties with israeli academic institutions that are working within the palestinian-occupied territories. They say that the offer that was presented to them by the university does not come close to meeting those demands. The university for its part has said that it will not sever its ties with israeli academic institutions, universities, it will do that. But it says it will invite the students to meet with university officials on june 19 to discuss their demands. They also say that they are creating a working group to consider options for disclosure when it comes to their investments. They say that the students that are here demonstrating, they can put forward names for people they believe should be a part of that working group. Although that's no guarantee it's going to happen. The university says that it is right now trying to balance two things: people's right to protest and to demonstrate and also the safety of students on campus. Some have expressed that they don't feel safe coming to this area. The university for its part says there have been nearly 30 reports of harassment, discrimination and "hateful speech and hateful actions." the university's president spoke to the cbc's david common on "metro morning" earlier today. Here is some of what he had to say on that. >> We are prepared to keep talking, but we have told them if they haven't accepted our offer by 4:00 P.M. we will serve a notice of trespass and they will have a period of time within which they must comply with that notice of trespass. We hope they will continue to abide by the law and we hope they will continue the consideration conversation with us. >> Idil: that is the university's president giving some rationale as to why they want to see this encampment shut down. It's at the centre of university right in front of convocation hall where thousands of students graduate each year. The students here, the pro-palestinian demonstrators say they are staying put. They say the offer put forth by the university is not enough. They say the university has divested before when it comes to oil during south africa's apartheid regime and they believe the university can commit to divesting again, jacqueline. >> Jacqueline: idil mussa, thank you so much for this. That's the cbc's idil mussa at the university of toronto. [ ]

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operation in rafah. That is clear. He says more humanitarian aid must go into gaza, go into rafah. And he had some strong words for the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, who continues to defend israel's military operation in rafah, saying this is necessary to eliminate hamas. Take a listen now to what trudeau had to say about the israeli government. >> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: unfortunately, the netanyahu government is creating barriers and blockages to ever being able to create or ever imagine that two-state solution. That is where we fundamentally disagree with the netanyahu government, even as we continue to support the rights of the state of israel and also the aspirations of the palestinian people. We need an end to the violence. And humanitarian aid for those impacted in the region and we need a path forward towards a true two-state solution. >> Olivia: now, the ruling today by the international court of justice does not come with a police force to enforce it. However, trudeau says that everyone must abide by this ruling as a matter of international law. >> Andrew: the cbc's olivia stefanovich in ottawa. [ ] >> Jacqueline: well, there's some bad news for soccer fans in vancouver. Some of them shelled out big bucks for tickets to see lionel messi but he is not coming. The latest next on cbc news network. [ ] I'm lost in love... (Electronic chime) So lost in love with you Get started for free on eharmony. (Giggling) Must be 18 or older to join. Get who gets you. eharmony. Let's go for a skate, and a little chat. Because retirement today is not what it used to be. The good news is we're living longer and more active lives, but planning for that longevitycan come with some challenges. Thankfully as a Canadian homeowner aged 55 and better, you have options. The chip Program allows you to access the value of your home without selling it. So you can live retirement on your terms. If you're 55 or older call now for your free no obligation chip Reverse Mortgage Guide. With chip you get up to 55% of your home's value in tax free cash take only what you need in a lump sum or over time with no monthly mortgage payments required. Call (number on screen) Maybe it's time for you to consider chip too! Call now for your free no obligation guide. Call (number on screen) or visit chip dot ca. Call chip today and live retirement your way. Dry skin needs a little extra care. And it's natural. Treat it that way. With Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion. Formulated with nourishing prebiotic oat. Proven to moisturize dry skin. All-day. Also, try our face formula. Aveeno. The future is not just going to happen. You have to make it. And if you want a successful business, all it takes is an idea, and Now becomes the Future where you grew a dream into a reality. The all new godaddy airo. Put your business online in minutes with the power of ai. ( ) (i am by your side ) Thanks! Anytime! (i am by your side ) ( ) >> Announcer: We carry a world of information in our pockets. Because we want to know. Breaking news that shapes your world. >> All right. >> Announcer: Reporting from the scene onto your screens. >> Dropping the aid now. We are just approaching Gaza. >> Announcer: With local cbc Radio Onelive to connect us closer to home. It's news you can trust, delivered when you want, where you want, on theCBC Newsapp. Download for free. [ ] >> Andrew: more on our top story. These are pictures just in from our cameras at the university of toronto. As you can see, a notice of trespass paper has gone up at the encampment there. So we've heard from university administrators saying that they'll have a period of time to leave that encampment, but we've also heard from pro-palestinian protesters there saying that no one is packing up their tents. We'll bring you any updates on this breaking story. >> Jacqueline: an estimated 54,000 people in vancouver may be feeling pretty grouchy right

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