The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 11:00 EDT

How are Canadians bracing for a full-on trade war? Without U.S. buy-in, can Canada really help Ukraine? And is Canadian patriotism messing with conservative strategy? We explore questions like these on Power and Politics, CBC's only political daily. I'm David Cochran. I speak to the key players in the political stories everyone is talking about. You'll hear from those who've got the power, those who want it, and those affected most by it. You can find Power in Politics wherever you get your podcasts,

including YouTube. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. Federal leaders are scrambling across the country today for votes. Liberal leader Mark Carney is announcing more help for Canada's skilled trade workers. A new Liberal government will cover the cost of apprenticeship training for Canada's skilled workers. Carney making the announcement at a plant in Oakville, Ontario this morning. He says skilled trade workers are the driving

force of Canada's economy, especially in the face of U.S. tariffs. The new apprenticeship grant would provide up to $8,000 to registered apprentices, and it would increase access to training opportunities. Carney says skilled trades are crucial to building Canada's economy, and right now the country simply doesn't have enough. Tourism destinations are hoping for a boost from border boycotters this summer, as many Canadians opt out of travel to the U.S. It's a shift some businesses say they're already noticing.

Jodi Applewaite reports. How can I help you today? Meghan James is general manager of Somewhere in Kalabogie, an hour west of Ottawa. It's one of the Ontario-based boutique hotel chains' two locations. Both are expecting an influx of visitors this summer. In the last 30 days, we've seen an increase of 100% in bookings year over year from last year. Most of those are coming from Canadians, many of whom are avoiding US travel. In February, half a million fewer trave travelers crossed the land border from Canada into the

U.S. Scott Clement and his siblings have noticed a similar trend. They manage cottages at a resort in Prince Edward County near Sandbanks Provincial Park. Early March, it really just started taking off. We had emails from people making sure we were a Canadian company that they were booking with. Andrew Sigwart is with the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario. He welcomes the opportunity to ramp up local travel, but he says Canada should continue

to welcome international visitors, including those from the U.S. We want to make sure that we're welcoming to everyone from across the world that comes to visit. Jody Applewaite, CBC News, Ottawa. U.S. tariffs on aluminum are hitting Canadian brewers hard, but as Malika Kareem reports, two Alberta beer makers are using different strategies to ride the wave. Alberta's Big Rock Brewery addressing the cross-border tensions with humorous Instagram videos, but Brad Goddard says the beer maker had

to shift to accommodate aluminum tariffs. We aspired to stockpile as many cans as we could and move them into Canada as fast as we could. Goddard says although the aluminum is locally sourced from Canada, it crosses the border to become the material used to manufacture the cans. Over at Toolshed, a smaller microbrewery in Calgary, Graham Sherman says its strategy also involves buying more cans at once, but not from the U.S. I have to now buy a full container of cans from China. We are now landing massive deals from big organizations

that are deciding now to stop serving American beers. Both brewers hope the current situation will inspire others to open refineries on this side of the 49th parallel to truly be self-sufficient. Malika Karim, CBC News, Calgary. State media in Myanmar are revising the number of casualties from this week's earthquake to 3,354 deaths and 4,850 injuries. 220 people are still missing. The visiting United Nations aid chief has praised humanitarian and community groups for leading the aid response. Meanwhile, the UN's Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights says the ruling military junta has restricted aid supplies to those quake hit areas that did not back its rule. To Washington. Here's a pass Ovechkin. Scores! The great eights stand side by side with the great one.

Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington capital scored his 894th goal last night in a 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks tying Wayne Gretzky for the league's all-time goal scoring record. Ovechkin will get a chance to break the record tomorrow against the New York Islanders. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.