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might have to do with maybe a little bit more in-depth knowledge of this conflict compared to some of the younger generation, that might be have a lot of passion for what's happening. But might lack some of the that the details and the nuances of a 75 year-old conflict. Well, I think you hit the nail on the head. It's about historical those of us who are old enough and I'm 67 this year. >> You recall a lot of my friends whose parents were at home across camps and who were part of the birth of israel as a state. Lot of the younger people haven't had that connection to the holocaust. You may have heard people in their school talking about it or or had some kind of a and involvement with people in their neighbourhoods, maybe, but it's seen as something that happened a long time ago. The palestinian issue is something which has been forefront during their lives. When you think of kids who are or not kids anymore, but up to the age of 25, this is very present, it's very political in it. It smacks of something which they think has actually got nothing to do with the past and has more to do by part tight state that they would like to see. Very quickly, was there a big difference in terms of how men and women voted? Not really, it is very much what you find women more. 60 40 on this than men. Very interesting staff. John. Right, we appreciate your time. Thank you. Pleasure. It's one 2029 degrees. So we'll have a quick check on the roads coming up after the break. Hi, it's Doug Ford. Just give me a call back. Well, it's the people. That's what gets me up every single morning. Really busy, busy. Morning to night. I'll be there in a little bit. Thank you. You take care. They're working hard every single day, because they believe in a better future right here in Ontario, and so do i. I think the future of Ontario is very, very bright. It's the best place anywhere in the world to raise a family. I always ask my team, what are we doing to make life better and easier for folks out there? You can change people's lives with one phone call. You really can. If I can help them, that makes my day. And that's what I'm here for, to listen and to do what we can to try to help the people. You can't always get it right. ell you, when I don't, I hear from the people. But that's what it's all about, listening and working hard to make things better for every single person in Ontario. Getting it done for the people. If there's anything else I can help you with, don't hesitate to reach out. A message from the Ontario pc Party. EcoTech Windows and Doors offers cutting-edge ecosmart technology in its latest product line, meeting Energy Star compliance for substantial savings on your energy bill. Right now, we pay the tax, or don't pay till 2025. See more at Ecotechwindows.ca. Oh, maybe we try Peggy's Cove tomorrow? Sure. Or take the Dartmouth ferry... Yeah, maybe... So, whale watching? Tonight at 6 a promising new purpose Developed over 60 years ago for a common medication They would start making new cells giving new hope for those with m-s tonight on ctv news at 6:00 Like a puzzle piece stops now. Man: Us tribute's don't have a choice. My name is Alex Hitchons. Call me Hitch. (Dynamic jazz instrumental) >> Well, it's still a very busy afternoon and we continue to deal problem slowing down of the afternoon drive on the eastbound lanes of the 4, 1, it's a collision eastbound 4, 1, on the approach to keele in the express by that right lane and shoulder blocked with this crash. So this is the reason why the drive is that really, really busy from 427, then if travels take you to the don valley parkway, north traffic. Also dead stopped approaching dawn mills up to approaching york mills here they are slow moving grass cutting crew of they are making their way up to york mills lilly, the highway at that point. But as they continue to cut the continue to create all sorts of delays and we do have problems on the northbound 400. This is the ramp to highway 7. So that stalled vehicle towed just arrived on scene. They are blocking the left lane and shoulder, but not really can during your commute outside of camera view couple of problems out through cambridge, westbound 401 highway, 24 a single lane getting by for this multi-vehicle collision. Also on the eastbound 4, 7, at woodbine, 2 right lanes blocked with a serious collision of the water main repairs continue to see queen reduced to a single lane between woodbine and kenilworth. >> The cp24 traffic report is brought to you by capitaldirect.ca >> Barbie is 65 this year and is marking the milestone by honouring some of the greatest female athletes. Canadian soccer star christine sinclair is among 9 trailblazing women being honoured with their very own barbie. She joins tennis champion venus williams. Boxer is still mostly gymnast. Alexa marino.

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attendance as robinson's colleagues remembered her for her dedication and service. >> Jay was a good friend of mine. I remember that when she was here in the council chamber, she would always walk by me and say, can you please tell them to be quiet. I condone this goes out to the family and she will be missed. >> I also. >> Very much bonded with che around her love of parks of trees and ravines. And that beautiful dawn valley that she had in downtown west that she protected fiercely and said our ravines earn a living, breathing organisms in the city of toronto. We must take better care of them. And was leadership and support and spurred council 2 and staff to actually do that to pay attention to these very important green spaces. >> Robinson represented don valley west since she was first elected in 2010. She held several positions over the years, including ttc chair and chair of the infrastructure committee. She took a leave of absence in 2019 to undergo treatment for breast cancer. Robinson returned to work a year later, but mostly attending meetings virtually. She leaves behind her husband and 3 sons. City has created a new report aimed at changing the way homeless encampments are dealt with. Officials are moving away from an enforcement model and are focusing on preventative in support of measures to get people into permanent homes. There are now 9 active encampments, which is down from 84 last summer. City hall has faced pushback from unhoused people and advocates for clearing camps from parks and public spaces has toronto's shelter system is at capacity. Gordon tanner is the general manager of the city's shelter support and housing administration. He talked about the main pillars of the new report. >> Several key pillars to this approach. The first is expanding the enhanced focused housing focused outreach and support model. 2 other encampments. Its exploring new service models for people that are living outdoors. It's about enhancing safety in our shelter system, both for our staff and our clients. And finally, it must be about increasing housing opportunities and shelter system flow. We know great success comes from meeting people where they're at the city has added enhanced outreach model to its encampment to a that allows us to provide increased security amenities, health services and street outreach. >> Councillor alejandra bravo says the city is working with experts to ensure the issue of homelessness is address compassionately. >> We're making the request of the government of ontario to located 54 million dollars to the city of toronto up for the year. 5 administration of the canada ontario housing benefit program to meet demand and continue to support transitions for people living outdoors and in our shelter system to permanent housing. This is a problem for governments across the country to face. They crisis of people not having a home and put her know. This is another step that builds on the shelter safety study will include assessment of needs this fall, followed shelter safety plan and the capital plan for the city of toronto. >> The report will go before the city's economic community development committee on may. 29th. It's time take a look at the roads, let's hand it over >> Good afternoon, jamie. And yeah, at least we have the sunshine to company commuters that are making their way out, but we also problems underway happening on the for one will start. Issues have been in for a bit eastbound on the 4, 1, in the express on the approach to keele right lane and shoulder still falling. This collision continues to get slower and slower in terms of the backlog does extend from before renforth still watching these grass cutting crews are slowly inching their way to york mills has cut the grass on the side. So it is the right lane and that is blocked headed towards of the garder problem free. But pretty busy as you head from a jarvis out through the construction zone. Everything opens up as jane isn't eastbound. Also slow from parkside, too distraught to the construction outside of camera view slew of issues westbound 401 in cambridge at highway 24, only one lane still getting by following a multi-vehicle collision. Also in the east 407 at woodbine, 2 right lanes blocked with a crash in the water. Main repairs continue to see queen reduced to a single lane between woodbine and kenilworth. Jamie, we'll send it back to you. It said the update adds welcome canada ranks among the top 10 countries in the world for stolen vehicles. According to interpol. >> The international law enforcement agency says it has identified more than 1500 stolen canadian vehicles across the globe since february. Well, that's when the rcmp integrated its database for stolen vehicles with interpol's. The agency says auto thefts are significant revenue source for organized crime groups and thieves attracted to canada's

abundant supply of highly prized suvs and crossovers. Ontario federation of labour and ndp are looking to introduce legislation aiming to protect workers on the job from heat stress. Ctv's queen's park bureau chief siobhan morris has that story. >> On a warming planet with no escape. We need better protection for workers from heat stress. As ontario faces more climate change driven extreme heat events. The time for action is now new democrats. The ontario federation of labour and workers want the government to find ways to protect them from heat from sweltering classrooms to poorly ventilated and not cool to long-term care rooms from sweltering shop floors to the burning heat of a job site. The heat is a hazard that many cannot skates. These are jobs where air conditioning alone won't work to cool things down. I'm wearing heavy leathers, a mask gloves and sometimes I can only stand there for maybe 10 minutes and I have to stop and peel that. A lot of the ndp will take a look at what other jurisdictions have done, making sure that there's cold water available for more breaks for shade. >> Where frankly, brought an indoor space and you can air condition and making sure you have an engineering firm. Lucian, there is an acknowledgement that the solutions will cost money. There also is a cost when workers cannot work when workers are needing to go home. We've seen lives lost. Siobhan morris, ctv news. >> Hot docs film festival announces a temporary closure of its flagship toronto theatre as well as staff layoffs amid financial struggles. A statement released earlier today from the festival says the hot docs ted rogers cinema will close their doors for 3 months, beginning on june. 12th canada's largest documentary film festival says the closures and temporary layoffs are necessary to help find a path back to profitability. Chris bumbray, film critic in managing editor at joe blow dot com says it will be a challenge for hot docs to rebound. >> It's going to be tough for them to build up an audience because I mean, you know, docks have never been necessarily the easiest sell, but they're not alone. I mean, tiff is also really struggling. You know, they got a big chunk of the of the federal budget like a big cash infusion and are starting up the market in 2026. But you know, there's already other so markets, there's the fm, there's there's, there's kinds of their eyes on the markets and can't, of course, so they're going to compete with I think a lot of these places are just having a really hard time coming back after, you not only covid, but then you also have the sag after strike. >> Hot dogs had warned in april that its future was in jeopardy and appealed for support. As inflation continues to cool. Anticipation is building for a possible interest rate cuts. The rate of inflation slowed to the three-year low of 2.7% last month, inching closer to the bank of canada's target of 2% mortgage specialists. Janine, your join us live this morning with more on what we can expect. >> Over the last 2030 years here in southwestern ontario, it's you've either been in one market or another, it feels like for the majority of the time, either prices have been rising, interest rates have been falling or we've seen interest rates rising in prices have been falling. So I think there's a lot of people who want to get in before prices really start to climb again, but also need that lower interest rate to be able to feel like they can make that move confidently. >> The central bank is set to make its next rate announcement on june 5th n 42 29 degrees. This is toronto's breaking news cp24. The new poll shows most canadians think food inflation is worse than a year ago. We'll have those details. Up next. Oh Canada!! their time has come Argentina have done it! One more Messi moment! Beyond glorious! Messi magic once again This is it...the stage is set That's what they came for!! And it is spectacular!! These words matter when you have been seriously hurt in an accident. At Sokoloff personal injury lawyers, we're there every stop of the way. So call for your free consultation. Don't put it off, call Sokoloff Nuclear power is lighting the path to the future. A future where clean, reliable electricity meets rising energy needs. A future with a prosperous economy founded on job growth. A future where new medical isotopes triumph over disease. For decades, Bruce Power has provided clean, reliable energy to Ontario and cancer-fighting isotopes across the globe— —and will continue to play a vital role in powering a clean economy for the next generation. -Spring is a great time to get things done. A Flexi Line might be right for you. -Could you use two eighty or even two point eight million? -Call us today.

(Dynamic instrumental music) (Dynamic music) here are some of the stories we're following this afternoon. Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the city of toronto. City council has a busy afternoon on tap with plenty to discuss, including how to ease gridlock on the gardiner and the renaming of yonge dundas square. Coming up. We'll have the latest from city hall. The big news out of europe, spain, ireland and norway announcing today they will recognize a palestinian state next week. We'll have reaction in moments. And stay with cp24. For more on these stories in for further details, head to our website cp24.com the federal government is marking some milestones with its new dental program to the government says 2 million seniors will have been approved to receive coverage under the canadian dental care plan this week. It provides coverage for those without private insurance and a family income of less than $90,000 a year. The government says 90,000 seniors have already received service through the plan. Almost 10,000 oral health providers are offering services covered by the program. >> Our canadian dental care plan is going to make already making a real concrete difference in the lives of millions of canadians. Millions of canadians who won't have to wait until they're in real pain and only come see their dentist. Then have to spend a lot of money and end up maybe having to have their teeth pulled instead, people can come and get the regular care they need. >> When you think about what that means to have a smile that you're proud of that is such a fundamental issue of dignity in one of the things that is so incredible for me and I know it is for you as well, kristie, as we go across the country is to be able to see seniors have the pride of knowing they're seen and care for that they can have a smile that they're proud of. >> The plan is set to expand next month to include children and adults with the valley disability tax credit. Food banks. Canada is getting most provinces and territories poor marks when it comes to addressing poverty and food insecurity. The organization is out with its 2024 poverty report card it down almost 44% of people nationally feel they're financially worse off compared to last year. One in 4 say they are experiencing food insecurity. Federal government received an overall grade of d minus and 7 of 10 provinces, including ontario, also received a d minus banks canada says most governments poverty reduction efforts remain insufficient. And that indicates food inflation has been steadily cooling. But a new poll shows most canadians believe it still worse than it was a year to go. 64% of those surveyed by leger say they think inflation at the grocery store is getting worse. 25% say it's about the same in just 6%. Believe it's improving almost 30%. Think food inflation is primarily caused by grocery chains trying to increase profits, which major grocers have denied. 26% believe a global economic factors are responsible. While 20% blame the federal government. So then shot while the director of the agri-food analytics lab at dalhousie university joined us with his thoughts on the pole. >> Keep in mind that food inflation is a complex phenomena. Food inflation has hit every single nation around the world, not just canada. Everyone has been impacted by food inflation in recent across the planet. But right here in our own backyard in canada. I mean, you can actually almost everyone for starting with grocers to the supply chain to the economy, to the they all can play a part and they all at played a part in making our food basket less or more expensive. >> While food inflation is slowing down. Stats canada says between april 2021 in april twenty-twenty for grocery prices increased 21.4% well, spain, ireland and norway have all announced that they will recognize a palestinian state next week. The step comes amid international outrage over the civilian death toll in humanitarian crisis in the gaza strip. 7 months into the war. Today's generate momentum for the recognition of a palestinian state by other eu nations and eu and un member countries. Norway's prime minister said there cannot in the middle east and there is no israel has responded by recalling its ambassadors from all 3 countries. >> Make those getting the started importance day for ireland. I'm from dallas tonight. On the 21st of january, 1919, asked the

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