The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/18 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/18 at 13:00 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 Julianne Hazelwood. Federal leaders are back on the campaign trail after this week's two election debates. They're focusing their messages and making their pitch to voters as the campaign enters the home stretch. Tom Perry reports. A Canada that's forever independent of the United States. Liberal leader Mark Carney in Niagara Falls, Ontario on the Canada-U.S. border, promising to build this country's economy and stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump.

Now the question is whether we, with rising costs and crime, the Liberals deserve a fourth term in power. Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev in Montreal continued to hammer home his message that Carney is no different than his predecessor Justin Trudeau, while NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, also campaigning in Quebec, kept up his pitch to voters to put New Democrats in a position to influence whoever comes out on top in this election. Ottawa does work best when one party doesn't have all the power. With advanced voting underway, Canadians are already starting to make

up their minds. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev says he'll reverse a federal ban on single-use plastics including food packaging and straws. Only 1% of plastic waste ever ends up in the environment. The other 99% it's disposed of safely or recycled. But the Liberals don't care because this isn't about science it's about symbolism and control they're not about saving the planet they're about punishing all of us to make themselves feel good. Many years after the NDP's orange wave washed through Quebec Jagmeet Singh is trying to rekindle some of that spirit making

pitches on issues that matter to the province. David Thurton reports. When we lay out our vision for Quebec it's one of acknowledging Quebec as a nation. Jagmeet Singh unveiling his plan for Quebecers. The NDP leader is making sweeping promises. Under the New Democrat plan, the Quebec government will receive a boost to its immigration funding, $100 million annually, plus reimbursement for other costs dealing with increased arrivals of asylum seekers. Singh also promised to invest in massive electric transmission lines. And it would be an east-west energy grid that would connect all the way from the west coast to the east coast,

and it would allow for Canada to have access to low-cost hydroelectric energy. For Quebec, what that would mean is, instead of having to be dependent on selling energy only to the states, Quebec could sell energy to the rest of Canada. Although Singh has released his plan for Quebec, he has yet to unveil his national platform. David Thurton, CBC News, Yamashish, Quebec. The U.S. is threatening to abandon attempts at brokering peace between Russia and Ukraine. U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio says there hasn't been enough progress to satisfy President Donald Trump.

Anna Cunningham has the latest. We need to determine very quickly now, and I'm talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable. Frustration from the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. If it's not possible, if we're so far apart that this is not going to happen, then I think the president's probably at a point where he's going to say, well, we're done. Steve Wittkopf, U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, has met three times this year with the Russian president Vladimir Putin. But the Kremlin refuses to agree to peace unless

its conditions are met. Ukraine has agreed to an unconditional maritime ceasefire. I think this is worrisome. Ukrainian politician Ivana Klimpush Tsvetsade believes believes this is a perilous moment if the US withdraws from negotiations. I think that will have a drastic implications both for Ukraine or Europe. Rubio says the US has other priorities around the world. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. The Trump administration has released some 10,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

He was fatally shot in June of 1968. Some of the records have already been made public. Others sat in archives for decades. Last month, the White House released unredacted files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. And that is Your World This Hour. assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.