The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/07 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/07 at 02:00 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 Neel 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. President Trump's latest tariffs are hitting home for many Canadians with those who work in the auto industry, forestry and more. Some are already out of work. And there's a new threat of rising U.S. duties on other goods. JP Tasker explains. So it's going to be devastating for our community and for the jobs here. The Canadian auto industry is reeling in the wake of new U.S. tariffs.

The massive Stellantis plant in Windsor, Ontario, closed for at least two weeks. There's some folks that are going to be struggling pretty quick. Derek Gungle builds Chrysler and Dodge vehicles there, one of the 3,200 auto workers now off the job. Forestry workers are also bracing for impact. B.C. and Ontario say Trump's Commerce Department is planning to more than double duties on Canadian lumber, the latest move in a decades-long dispute. We're not going to stop until we get to zero.

Vic Fidelity, Ontario's jobs minister, arguing this lumber surcharge will make it a lot more expensive to build anything in the US. Trump is threatening even more tariffs on Canadian pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. Combined with existing tariffs on steel and aluminum and now lumber and autos, the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement has been left in tatters. JP Tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. The tariffs and threats from U.S. President Trump are driving down the number of Canadians planning vacations in the U.S., 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. Kristy 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 you know are still going to come to us maybe even in increasing numbers and that that's because we are the friendly neighbor to the North, and that we want to 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 Vetchkin has made hockey history. Here is O'Vetchkin. He scores! He scores! Number 895! The Washington Capitals captain broke Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career goals. The Great One held that honor for 31 years after taking 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 great one. So fellas, thank you very much. I love you so much. Wayne Gretzky was on hand including Ovechka's mother, wife and two sons. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.