The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/15 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/15 at 14:00 EDT

1942, Europe. Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods. They make him a member of Hitler's army. But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish. Could a story so unbelievable be true? I'm Dan Goldberg. I'm from CBC's personally, Toy Soldier. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Honda says production in Canada will continue as planned for the foreseeable future. The company is responding to rumors it was planning to move production from Canada to the U.S. A Japanese outlet said Honda was pivoting after

Donald Trump slapped 25% tariffs on auto imports last month. Jamie Strashan reports. I believe it should stay in Aliston. In a supermarket parking lot in Aliston, Ontario, there was obvious concern from shoppers about reports Honda could move some production to the United States. In the town of about 24,000 people, about 4,000 are employed by the Japanese auto giant. What becomes of the families, that's their livelihood. So it's like taking their livelihood away from them. Honda's operation in the town was actually set to expand, fuelled in part by billions

in government investment. Premier Doug Ford says he spoke to the CEO of Honda Canada this morning. They're sending a statement out clarifying what Revers said is not accurate at all. In a statement released early this afternoon, Honda Canada says its Canadian manufacturing facility will operate at full capacity for the foreseeable future and that no changes are being considered at this time. Jamie Strash in CBC News, Toronto. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev is in Montreal making a promise for Canada's seniors.

We're going to pass the Stop Scamming Seniors Act, a common-sense law that forces banks and telecom companies to deploy state-of-the-art technology to catch scams and stop them before they happen, not after, when it is too late. Polyev says the law would make Canadian banks impose a 24-hour hold on high-risk transactions involving seniors' accounts. It would also toughen criminal penalties for fraud. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he would hike the capital gains tax, a change initially proposed then scrapped by the

Liberal government. As Olivia Stefanovic reports Singh is promising to use the extra money to pay for social programs. New Democrats are committed to fighting for you and your family, are committed to a tax system that is more fair. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh reviving a controversial pitch by the Liberals. A plan to hike the amount of capital gains that are subject to tax. That would have raised $19 billion over five years. A measure that could have used, we could have used that revenue to invest in people. The move would affect individuals, corporations and trusts, taxing annual capital gains over

$250,000, changing the inclusion rate from one half to two thirds. The Liberals abandoned the idea after they received pushback from businesses who say they're unfairly targeted. But Singh wants the policy to go forward. He says he would use the extra cash to expand pharma care, introduce national rent control and a cap on grocery prices. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Montreal. Canada's inflation rate fell last month. Statistics Canada says it dipped down to 2.3% from 2.6 in February. Following gasoline prices were the biggest factor, along with a drop

in the price of air travel. The Bank of Canada is taking all of this into account as it prepares to make its next interest rate decision tomorrow. Jury selection began in New York today in Harvey Weinstein's retrial on multiple rape charges. New York's Court of Appeal threw out his 2020 conviction and a 23-year sentence. It found that women lacking formal charges should not have been allowed to testify. Lindsay Goldblum is representing a number of Weinstein's accusers. Justice has been delayed. The conviction was overturned and the DA's office is going to have to try this case again. And they are going to ensure that Weinstein is held accountable for his heinous crimes

against women. Even if acquitted, the former film producer will not be able to walk free. The 73-year-old is serving a 16-year sentence in another rape case, this time in Los Angeles. He is appealing that conviction as well. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks for listening.