The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/04 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/04 at 03:00 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. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Mike Miles. Measles, one of the most contagious diseases and one of the most preventable, is making a resurgence across the country. Public health authorities in Ontario are scrambling to contain an outbreak poised to break records. Jennifer Yoon takes us to the epicenter.

I'm terrified of needles. Chenoa Asquith never got her measles shot as a kid, but now as a 23-year-old, she's facing her fears at a pop-up clinic in Caledonia, Ontario, getting the vaccine. I just don't want to end up with measles. It's either get the vaccine or end up really sick in the hospital with measles. The region bordering Lake Erie is the epicenter of the measles outbreak in Canada now. The province is reporting almost 90 new cases in the past week.

Dr. Ninh Tran is the medical officer at Southwestern Public Health. The most effective way to safely prevent measles is through vaccination. But convincing those who are hesitant is hard. An effort crucial to curb the spread as Canada looks poised to break a record. There are over 700 cases already this year, two dozen more, and it will be the biggest outbreak since the disease was declared eliminated back in 1998. Jennifer Yoon, CBC News, Caledonia, Ontario. All five major party leaders were in the hot seat Thursday in Montreal for a three-on-one grilling by Radio Canada journalists.

Monsieur Blanchet, bonsoir. Bonsoir, Monsieur Singh. Bonsoir, madame. Bonsoir, Monsieur Cormier. Monsieur Pénou, bonsoir. Bienvenue. Monsieur Poilier, bienvenue à cette grande émission. It was an opportunity for the campaigns to get their message out in French. The stakes, Quebec's 78 writings in terms of seats, second only to Ontario.

The special came two weeks ahead of the French and English language leaders' debates. All five leaders are expected to begin the day in Montreal. While Canada got off relatively unscathed from Donald Trump's newest tariffs, it's still looking for new trade partners to replace the U.S. More than 200 companies are at a trade show in Germany hoping to grow their business in Europe. Briar Stewart reports. At a sprawling trade fair in Hanover, Germany technology and innovation are front and center. The problems over the last couple of months really showed the urgency but also the opportunity

to find new markets. That's Jason Myers, the CEO of NGen, a Canadian non-profit focused on growing the advanced manufacturing industry. He's part of a group of 1,600 Canadians in Hanover, where Canada is in the spotlight as the partner nation for the trade fair. It comes as the EU is looking to shore up its ties to new markets after the US introduced a 20% across-the-board tariff on its products. Hartmut Raun is the Deputy Executive Director

of Germany's Mechanical Engineering Industry Association. Canada and Europe could develop a good partnership. And the businesses hope those warm conversations will translate into actual trade. Briar Stewart, CBC News, Hanover, Germany. South Korea's former president is apologizing to his country. Yoon Suk-yool says he's sorry for not living up to his country's expectations. The country's constitutional court upheld Yoon's impeachment today. In December, he'd attempted to declare martial law. The court ruled that violated the Constitution and other laws.

There'll now be an election within two months to vote on a new president. Passover begins next week, but many Canadian Jewish families may not have men of Shevitz on the Seder table. When U.S. booze was pulled from the shelves recently, that included the traditional wine. Jeff Lieberman of the Jewish Federation of Manitoba says it's a big part of the celebration and asked that province for an exception.

People want to be able to have kosher wine. Manischewitz is an inexpensive kosher wine, and that it would be really important for the Jewish community if they'd be able to put the Mount of Sheva's back on the shelves. While Lieberman says he was told that Manitoba is working on a solution, Premier Wapka News said that won't be happening, adding there are other options and he hopes people will understand.

That is your World This Hour. Get all the news you need anytime, anywhere. Download the free CBC News app today. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.