The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/04 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/04 at 15:00 EDT

How do you know when an idea is worth your time? I'm Nala Ayed, host of Ideas. Join me as we deep dive into the stories and ideas that shape us. No topic is off limits, from the allure of authoritarianism to what we can learn from the average cat. Find and follow Ideas wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julie-Ann Hazelwood. Ontario premier Doug Ford has visited parts of

the province that are still recovering from last weekend's ice storm. More than a hundred thousand homes and businesses are still without power. And as Lisa Shing reports, many residents don't know when they'll get it back. I want to apologize to the people that I have not been able to get back to. Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Orillia, Ontario, after an ice storm caused widespread damage

and almost a million people lost power. He said crews are trying their best. They're going around the clock. Last weekend, a freezing rain fell for several days encasing trees in ice and damaging power lines in central and eastern Ontario. As of Friday morning, six days later, 140,000 people were without electricity, including Kate Warren's family. Because the branches are everywhere, I can't even walk down the sidewalk. Hydro One spokesperson Tiziana Bachega-Rosa says the storm lasted much longer than normal,

so the damage is compounded. Now another hurdle. They are traversing challenging terrain. There's still no estimate of when power will be fully restored. Hydro One says crews will be working into the weekend. Lisa Xing, CBC News, Toronto. China's response to Donald Trump's tariffs has led to another sell-off on the global markets. Beijing says it's imposing an additional 34 percent tariff on goods imported from the U.S.

Both the TSX in Toronto and the Dow Jones in New York were down by more than four percent in midday trading. The London Stock Exchange saw its biggest daily drop since the start of the COVID pandemic and everything from crude oil to big tech stocks continues to freefall. This follows yesterday's across-the-board losses that wiped more than $2 trillion off the books. Federal party leaders are campaigning in Vote Rich Quebec today. Liberal leader Mark Carney says he'll increase funding of CBC Radio Canada. He also promises to ensure long-term stable funding. And Carney says a Liberal government will develop a new governance plan of CBC Radio Canada. He also promises to ensure long-term stable funding.

And Carney says a Liberal government will develop a new governance plan for CBC Radio Canada to improve and streamline accountability. New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh promises an NDP government will take steps to keep Canadian money from ending up in offshore tax havens. We've got large corporations in Canada that purposely continue to avoid paying their fair share by using tax havens and other loopholes. It is wrong. We're losing billions of dollars a year.

Singh is promising to launch a review of all tax loopholes currently being exploited by big corporations, and he'll require all businesses to publicly justify the use of offshore accounts. Pierre Polyev says a conservative government will get tough on intimate partner violence. The proposed measures include scrapping bail for people accused of the offence. Tom Perry has more. Canada should be a safe place for law-abiding people, a country that protects its citizens. Pierre Polyev has always backed a tough on crime agenda, promising longer sentences and stricter bail conditions for violent offenders.

This time, Poliev's focus was on intimate partner violence, starting with those accused of it. There will be jail and not bail as a default for people who are accused of domestic violence. So they cannot be released on the street and re-offend against their victims. Poliev says a conservative government would create a new offense, assault of an intimate partner to ensure tougher sentences.

He says it would also ensure anyone accused of killing their partner or child faces a charge of first degree murder, not manslaughter. Tom Perry, CBC News, Trois-Rivières, Quebec. President Donald Trump is throwing another lifeline to TikTok. He's extending a deadline to keep the app running in the US for an additional 75 days. That gives his administration more time

to broker a deal with an American buyer. China's bite dance has insisted the app is not for sale. But Trump says there's been tremendous progress on a potential sale. And he doesn't want to insisted the app is not for sale. But Trump says there's been tremendous progress on a potential sale and he doesn't want the app that is to go dark in the meantime. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. you