The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 03:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague. The federal election campaign is about to enter its third week. All the leaders spent time in Quebec on Friday. Now they're heading to other provinces over the weekend. Alexander Silberman reports. Party leaders are spreading out from one end of the country to the other on Saturday. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is in Newfoundland, hoping to win back the riding of St. John's East. The seat has gone back and forth between the NDP and Liberals in recent years.

Singh will be staying in Atlantic Canada for the rest of the weekend heading to Halifax later to try and win back a seat held by former NDP leader Alexa McDonough. Liberal leader Mark Carney will be back in the vote-rich Greater Toronto area. The GTA is shaping up to be pivotal in this election, with the three main parties spending considerable time campaigning there. In the West, Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev is in British Columbia. He'll be campaigning in Osoyous in the BC interior. While historically BC has seen a lot of competitive blue-orange races,

the NDP is down in the polls. So those closer ridings are areas to keep an eye on. Alexander Silverman, CBC News, Ottawa. Could the results of the next election damage Canadian unity? That's the thesis being advanced by former Reform Party leader Preston Manning. He's even argued Liberal leader Mark Carney could risk being the last Prime Minister of a united Canada. But many other politicians disagree. Host of the House, Catherine Cullen, has more. We need to stick together to be successful as Canadians. BC Premier David Eby says this is not the time to be talking about Western secession.

But former Reform Party leader Preston Manning says if the federal liberals win this election more people in the West will want out. Manning says he doesn't disagree with Eby and others calling for unity. But coming together ought to mean advancing and protecting the interests of each region not just some. Manning cites a poll showing across Western provinces the percentage of people who think they'd be better off apart from Canada ranges from the 30s in Alberta to the teens elsewhere in the prairies. He insists the number could grow with a liberal re-election. But Liberal leader Mark Carney rejects that.

Such dramatic comments are unhelpful at a time when Canadians are coming together. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev was also asked whether he agrees with Manning. No, we need to unite the country. Manning says he hopes voters in Central and Atlantic Canada will think about how their vote could impact national unity. Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. Canadian and U.S. stock markets fell even deeper Friday, surpassing Thursday's dramatic meltdown. The Toronto Stock Exchange closed nearly 5% lower, the Dow in New York down 5.5%. Observers are blaming Donald Trump's tariff policy and China's counter tariffs of 34%. The U.S. and China are the two biggest economies in the world. Jerome

Powell is the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, the American equivalent of the Bank of Canada. And he's warning there will be pain ahead. It is now becoming clear that tariff increases will be significantly larger than expected. And the same is likely to be true of the economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth. While tariffs are highly likely to generate at least a temporary rise in inflation, it's also possible that the effects could be more persistent. A long-standing record in the National Hockey League has some company.

Here's a pass, Ovechkin, scores! The grade eights stand side by side with the grade one! Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitol scored his 894th goal Friday night in front of his home fans, part of a two-goal night and a 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. The goals, tying Ovechkin with Wayne Gretzky for the league's all-time goal scoring record. The 39-year-old superstar will get the chance to break the record Sunday against the New York Islanders. The 30-year-old NHL record that had been solely held by Gretzky is one of 57 that he owns.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Faye.