The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/06 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/06 at 11:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Clark Fahy. We begin in Israel, and an about-face by the military. Officials now say their soldiers made a mistake in killing 15 paramedics in Gaza on March 23. Israeli army officials originally defended the attack. The CBC's Anna Cunningham is in London. The Israeli military is now admitting its soldiers made mistakes because mobile phone

footage filmed by one of the paramedics killed has been released by the Palestinian Red Crescent Societies. It appears to now cast doubt on those original claims by the Israel Defence Forces. They say soldiers opened fire because the convoy approached suspiciously in darkness without headlights or flashing lights. But this video appears to show vehicles slowing down, headlights on, emergency flashing lights in use and emergency workers wearing high visibility jackets. And without warning, shooting begins.

And it goes on for about five minutes. Now Israel does say that six of the workers were linked to Hamas, but it hasn't provided evidence. It accepts though that they were all unarmed when soldiers opened fire but it does deny executing the group at close range. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. On the federal election campaign trail, party leaders are approaching the halfway mark of the campaign as they try to woo voters. Rosemary Barton reports from Ottawa.

There are no tariff deadlines this week, but there are ongoing threats. In particular, this news that the U.S. is set to more than double the duty it charges on softwood lumber imports from Canada. According to BC Premier David Eby, who called that an attack on forest workers and British Columbians, Eby says he will meet with Mark Carney in Victoria tomorrow to discuss supports and things that the government might do there. So another way that this trade war continues to ripple across the country continues to affect the election campaign. Pierre Poiliev also in British Columbia today, which is really a key battleground for the Liberals, Conservatives and the NDP, though the NDP struggle in the polls also being reflected

out West, even though Jagmeet Singh's own riding struggle in the polls also being reflected out west, even though Jagmeet Singh's own riding is in that province. Rosemary Barton, CBC News, Ottawa. And NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is in Halifax, where he's proposing affordable housing through rent control. If any province or municipality wants federal investments, federal funds to build homes, they have to put in place laws that protect renters. If we build a home and there's no rent control

and there's affordability there, well, that affordability will evaporate because there's no rent control. Meanwhile, on the West Coast, Conservative leader Pierre Paulyev will be making stops in Metro Vancouver. Also in BC, Liberal leader Mark Carney will attend an event in Victoria tonight.

Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet is attending events in Montreal. Meanwhile, Green Party leader will attend an event in Victoria tonight. Bloq Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchette is attending events in Montreal. Meanwhile, Green Party co-leaders will split their day. One will be in BC, the other in New Brunswick. The federal government is updating its online travel advisories to the United States. Canadians are being warned to expect scrutiny

from border officers, including electronic devices. Sam Sampson has more on the advisory and how Canadians are responding. Did you know that they could search your phone? No, I didn't know that. Under a sunny sky in Edmonton, Nicole Lemire and Kim Villicam consider Canada's latest travel advisory, a reminder that U.S. border agents can seize and search electronic devices. On Friday, the Canadian government added a reminder to its official travel advisory page for the United States, noting the federal government cannot step in if you're detained

and travelers should comply with border authorities' requests. Ottawa-based immigration lawyer Betsy Cain says the changing relationship between Canada and the U.S. probably prompted this alert. She says to delete confidential documents, you might not need to travel, like your child's birth certificate or copies of a spouse's passport. Not in a sense to hide necessarily, but just to tidy that if there's nothing that doesn't need to be there, it's not necessarily there. The updated travel advisory also notes you should be prepared to show evidence of your

legal presence in the U.S. because authorities can ask for it at any time. Sam Samson, CBC News, Edmonton. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.