The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/04 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/04 at 02:00 EDT

The world we live in isn't perfect. This is all wrong. I say put mental health first. But it doesn't get any better on its own. I stand before you as a concerned citizen. That's why we talk to activists about how they do what they do and what inspires them to keep going. Because we're all about change.

Listen to stories that give us all hope on all about change wherever you get your podcasts. Yes we can! From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. The major party leaders are starting on Friday campaigning in Quebec. It's 78 seats makes the province a key battleground. The leaders were grilled on the issues during a Radio-Canada special Thursday night. Raffaele Boudjic-Canyon has more. Liberal leader Mark Carney, grading himself a 6 out of 10 on his spoken French, but asked what he thinks represents Quebecers, he's less specific.

Supply management, he says, then adds, it's a nation, it's a distinct society. His bloc Québécois rival Yves-François Blanchet picks up on that. Y a plus personne. Nobody calls Quebec a distinct society anymore, he says. It is its own nation. Conservative leader Pierre Polièvre may have provided Blanchet some ammunition. Y a un membre de la GRC. Y a un turban. Saying an RCMP officer assigned to protecting his family wears a turban, and he's against

the controversial Law 21 which bans public sector workers in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols. The performances on Thursday evening by each leader, a preview of the campaign's French language debate in a little less than two weeks. Rafi Bouducan, YonCBC News, Montreal. The death toll from last week's earthquake in Myanmar is now more than 3,100. Friday, the head of the ruling military junta took part in a regional summit in Bangkok looking for help carrying out rescue and relief operations. The magnitude 7.7 quake is one of the strongest in a century.

South Korea's Constitutional Court has removed President Yook Sook-Yoon from office. I declare a forced impeachment unanimously. The claimee, the President, Yoon Sung-Yul, is officially impeached. The country's parliament had impeached Yoon following his attempt last year to impose martial law. The leader of South Korea's ruling party has put out an official apology, while EUN himself says he's sorry for not living up to his country's expectations. It now has to hold an election within two months to elect a new president. Acting leader Prime Minister Han-duk So will say, says, rather, he will work to make sure

there's a smooth transition. Just hours after Donald Trump's 25% auto tariff kicked in, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a 25% tariff of Canada's own, and it seems the premiers are on board. Marina von Stackelberg reports. Ottawa will match Donald Trump's auto tariffs. It will slap 25% levies on all vehicles imported from the U.S. that don't comply with the current free trade agreement. Canada did manage to survive more tariffs yesterday

that Trump levied on imports from many other countries. We got the best of a bad deal, which in my opinion is still totally unacceptable. Ontario Premier Doug Ford coming out of a virtual meeting with Kearney and the rest of the country's premiers. It's really a team Canada effort right now. All of the premiers are very supportive of the measured response. Even Alberta premier Danielle Smith who has butted heads with Ottawa over the best way to respond to the US president says she supports this latest

response and revisiting the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement that Trump negotiated during his last term. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. Smith's asking Albertans to leverage any connections they have south of the border and use it to ward off tariffs. Smith was part of a panel about Canada-U.S. relations held in Calgary. She says she supports Carney's response to U.S. tariffs, but adds there's still work to be done. I believe that this is a president who will be very heavily swayed by the wealth creators

and job creators in his own country and saying, hey, my ability to create jobs and wealth in this country depends on having a great supply chain and relationship with Canada. So I would hope that you would use your networks to be able to do that. Earlier this week, Smith said that she will continue her strategy of speaking with far-right media to limit the impact of tariffs in Alberta. That is Your World This Hour. For news anytime visit our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.