The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/07 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/07 at 00:00 EDT

Every language is a note in the symphony of our heritage. Together, they create a harmony that cannot be silenced. Discover your voice on the new APTN Languages TV channel. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. We begin on the campaign trail as the NDP leader is expanding on his party's plans to help renters across the country. Jagmeet Singh promises to bring in a bill of rights for renters,

along with national rent controls. David Thurton has more. There's not much left over. People are talking about how much their rent is costing them, how it takes up sometimes more than half of their income that they're bringing in. And that is wrong. Jagmeet Singh in Halifax today talking about an issue

that hits home for a lot of people, especially in a riding the Democrats are trying to flip. Singh promised to turn on federal funding taps to municipalities and provinces that protect renters through things such as rent control as well as ending so-called rent evictions and demo evictions and cracking down on landlords colluding to jack up rent, Singh says. We're not going to build affordable homes for those homes to just turn into unaffordable homes because there's no protections in place. Singh said the NDP would require provinces to enact laws that protect renters if they

want to qualify for federal housing dollars. David Thurton, CBC News, Halifax. New Conservative government will fund recovery for 50,000 Canadians who need it. That's conservative leader Pierre Pauliev blaming the Liberal government's support for safe injection sites and access to drugs for the increasing rates of overdoses and overdose deaths. He wants to replace injection sites with rehab sites. To fund this program, we will end federal funding for

opioids, defund the drug dens, sue the opioid manufacturers and consulting companies who created this crisis and we will fund directly those people who need the help through groups that have success in delivering drug-free outcomes. He also wants better surveillance at the border to stop opioids getting into Canada and tougher sentences for drug traffickers. Liberal leader Mark Carney is campaigning in B.C. but on Monday he'll put his Prime Minister's hat on and meet with Premier David Eby to discuss a Team Canada approach in support of B.C.'s forestry industry.

The U.S. says it will apply tariffs of just over 34% on Canadian lumber exports. The tariffs and threats from US President Trump are driving down the number of Canadians planning vacations in the US, but many in the hospitality industry say they're not seeing a drop in Americans making bookings. The executive director of Cranbrook Tourism says she expects a busy summer ahead. Christy Jan says local campgrounds are already booked up, and golf courses are seeing a 26% increase in bookings compared to this time last year.

Americans are still gonna come to us, maybe even in increasing numbers, and that's because we are the friendly neighbor to the north, and that we wanna remember to kind of preserve that at a time like this. She says preliminary numbers from Destination Canada already show an uptick in travel intent from Americans and because so many communities rely on tourism she says she hopes Canadians will remember to be kind. In the NHL, Alexander Ovechkin has made hockey history. The Washington Capitals captain broke Wayne Gretzky's record of 894

career goals. The Great One held that honor for 31 years after taking it from Gordie Howe in 1994. The game against the New York Islanders was paused immediately for an on-ice ceremony marking the moment. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman gifted Ovechkin with a painting of him hoisting the Stanley Cup. Ovechkin addressed the crowd and his team. Like I always say all the time, it's a team sport without my boys, the whole organization, the fans, the trainers, coaches. I would never stand there and obviously I would never pass a great one. So fellas, thank you very much. I love you so much. Wayne Gretzky was on hand including Ovechkin's mother, wife and two sons.

And that is Your World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.