The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/15 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/15 at 16:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Honda says for now production in Canada will continue as planned. Reports the automaker was planning to relocate manufacturing to the US unsettled an auto industry already on high alert. Honda says no changes are being considered at this time. Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke with companies who say they want to maintain production in Canada, but he says at the end of the day, it's not just about convincing automakers.

Well, we can protect our workers and we will and we've taken steps. Well, we can provide incentives. It's a war. And we can't provide guarantees for every situation. And that just underscores how important it is the negotiation with the US President. Donald Trump's 25 percent tariffs on auto imports have already led to layoffs in Canada. It's been weeks since US President Donald Trump has talked about Canada as the Trump's 25% tariffs on auto imports have already led to layoffs in Canada. It's been weeks since US President Donald Trump has talked about Canada as the 51st

state, but the White House says his thinking has not changed. Katie Nicholson has more. Embroiled in a global trade war and a roller coaster economy, President Donald Trump hasn't made many threats of late to Canada's sovereignty. And he has so far refrained from referring to Prime Minister Mark Carney as a governor, as he did with former Prime Minister Trudeau. But White House press secretary Caroline Lovett said that doesn't mean anything has changed. I would reject the president's position on Canada has shifted. And she trotted out some of his familiar talking points.

The president still maintains his position on Canada. The United States has been subsidizing Canada's national defense and he believes that Canadians would benefit greatly from becoming the 51st state of the United States of America. A threat that has been top of mind among voters and candidates in this Canadian federal election still evidently very much in play. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Washington. 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. A new study is raising concerns about chemicals children are being exposed to in their sleep. Some chemicals are supposed to be restricted by Health Canada regulations because they can harm kids' health.

But researchers say they've found some inside their mattresses. Jennifer Yoon has more. Researchers at the University of Toronto bought and tested 16 new mattresses sold for children under 4 in Canada. They found one mattress exceeded the regulatory guidelines for a plasticizer, a chemical that helps make products softer and more flexible, while another mattress had a flame retardant, which Health Canada had banned in 2014 for kids under four

because it could be harmful for children's health. Kids sleep 18 hours a day. Miriam Diamond is a professor at the University of Toronto's School for the Environment and one of the authors of the study. Manufacturers must be more vigilant. They are selling products that are intended to help kids. They need to make sure that their products are safe. Bedding and clothing can act as a protective barrier, so parents should wash them frequently,

Diamond says. Jennifer Yoon, CBC News, Toronto. A Russian court has sentenced four journalists to jail on charges of extremism. They will spend five and a half years in prison each. The closed-door trial found them guilty of working with the anti-corruption group of the late Alexei Navalny. Navalny was one of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest opponents before he died on an Arctic prison colony last year. All four maintained their innocence and said they were being punished

for doing their job. And that is The World This Hour. You can listen to us anytime on voice-activated devices like Amazon Echo or Google Home. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks for listening.