The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/18 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/18 at 10:00 EDT

When they predict we'll fall, we rise to the challenge. When they say we're not a country, we stand on guard. This land taught us to be brave and caring, to protect our values, to leave no one behind. Canada is on the line, and it's time to vote as though our country depends on it, because like never before, it does. I'm Jonathan Pedneau, co-leader of the Green Party of Canada.

This election, each vote makes a difference. Authorized by the Registeredleader of the Green Party of Canada. This election, each vote, makes a difference. Authorized by the registered agent of the Green Party of Canada. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. As Canadians head to advance polls today, they may have last night's English debates on their mind. Federal leaders went face to face for the final time in this election campaign as Olivia Stefanovic reports a liberal leader Mark Carney was the one mostly caught in the crossfire. You are exactly the same in the same line as Justin Trudeau and the rest of

the liberal team. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev repeatedly tried to paint Mark Carney in the same image of his predecessor. Look, I'm a very different person from Justin Trudeau. Focus is on results. Were you his economic adviser? Carney pushed back. Justin Trudeau isn't here. Although the new Liberal leader was the main target,

Carney wasn't the only one who came under attack. Conservatives have a plan for change. And that plan includes cutting your... Your plan voted against every measure to help people out. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh interrupted Poliev several times. You want to save people $2,000 but cut their dental care which is thousands of dollars.

Bloc Québécois leader Yves-Francois Blanchette also engaged in some sharp exchanges with Carney over areas of provincial jurisdiction. Forcing health care, spending our whole social space. Intrusion, intrusion, intrusion in Quebec, jurisdiction over and again. Olivier Stvinovich, CBC News, Montreal.

Airlines are shifting their routes and schedules as more Canadians abandon plans to travel to the U.S. Paula Duhatschek explains how this could result in cost savings for travellers. Definitely avoiding U. avoiding US travel. I'm going to go to Toronto, I'm going to go to Europe, and I'm not going to US this summer. Travellers at the Calgary International Airport say they have no plans to go south of the border this summer. They've got plenty of company. Analytics firm Sirium looked at data from third-party booking websites and travel agencies. It says summer bookings between major Canadian cities

and popular U.S. destinations are down nearly 20% compared to last year. This is particularly unusual that you're going to see softening of demand between Canada and the United States. Mike Arnett is a spokesperson for Syriam. He says airlines are ramping up domestic capacity, bookings between popular Canadian destinations trending up about 11% for July compared to last year. WestJet has also introduced new flights from Halifax to Amsterdam and Barcelona, Air Canada

has announced a new flight to Edinburgh and more capacity to Paris, Rome and Athens. Paula Duhaczek, CBC News, Calgary. Measles continues to spread in parts of Canada. The virus is one of the most contagious but also one of the most preventable diseases with vaccinations and as Jennifer Yoon reports one province appears to be curbing the trend. We're facing essentially kind of a return to the late 1800s. Dr. Lenora Saxinger remembers being told during her training that she might not see another case of measles. With how widely measles is spreading though, now the University of Alberta infectious disease

specialist thinks that's unlikely. Over a thousand Canadians have caught the virus so far this year. Saxinger fears the virus will kill someone before long. I think it's just a matter of time, honestly, which is a really terrible thing to have to think about. The number of measles cases are steadily on the rise across Alberta. And with some communities with vaccination rates as low as 20 percent and below, Saxinger fears it will spread quickly among those without immunity. That's what's happening in Ontario, which reported over a hundred new cases this past week.

Health authorities in other provinces in the meantime are imploring those who haven't gotten the jab to do so. Jennifer Yoon, CBC News, Toronto. Ukraine is announcing plans to forge a minerals deal with the U.S. Kiev says the memorandum of intent creates an important economic partnership with Washington, the critical raw materials are used in many electronic products and the U.S. wants more of them. Ukraine had linked a deal to U.S. security guarantees in any future ceasefire agreement with Russia.

The deal is expected to be finalized next week. And that is your World This Hour. You can listen to us anytime on voice-activated devices such as Google Home. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks for listening.