The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/18 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/18 at 20:00 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. Advance voting opened across the country today and many Canadians are reporting long lineups. I was a little surprised to see the length of the line this morning. It means that everybody's waking up. I think the urge to vote is more important now than ever and I want to get it in and do my duty as fast as I can. Voters are passionate.

This is the biggest thing that's ever happened in my life. Advance voting. I think it's a good sign. People are engaged. Elections Canada expects advance voting will be busy throughout the weekend before they close on Monday. The agency says for those wanting to avoid lines, polling stations are usually busiest between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Election day is on Monday, April 28th. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev was in Montreal today. He 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. Mark Carney says Poliev is following the US lead on climate. The liberal leader has no plans to reverse the plastics ban.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh was also in Quebec promising to boost immigration funding by a hundred million dollars a year. Singh says the province would also be reimbursed for dealing with an influx of asylum seekers. And he promises to invest in a national hydroelectric grid that would benefit Quebec. Although opinion polls don't look promising for the NDP, Singh is sounding optimistic. We are going to really just let Canadians know the choice in this election. That's what we want people to know in the last 10 days. What's at stake and what's the choice? Really, who's in it for you? And that's ultimately the question. And we have said this, and I really believe this, and more and more Canadians are telling me, yeah, they agree as well. Ottawa does work

best when one party doesn't have all the power. I'm going to let people know in the last 10 days of this campaign. Singh is promising to release his party's fully costed platform in his words very soon. U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen is urging El Salvador to act in the case of a mistakenly deported resident of Maryland. Salvadorian Kilmar Abrego Garcia was sent to a super prison in his native country despite being granted protection by a judge in 2019. Van Hollen flew to speak with Garcia in El Salvador and says securing the meeting was difficult.

He says the case is not just about Garcia. It's about protecting the constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States of America. If you deny the constitutional rights of one man, you threaten the constitutional rights and due process for everyone else in America. Both the U.S. and El Salvador have refused to arrange Garcia's release. The Trump administration says without proof Garcia is a gang member and that his fate now rests with El Salvador. The US could abandon Russia-Ukraine peace talks if it doesn't see progress soon. Stalled ceasefire negotiations have led to mounting frustration on all sides and conflicting messages from the White House. Phil Bleszianak has the latest.

We're not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end. In Paris, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested the U.S. was days away from leaving talks if a deal is not imminent. We have other priorities to focus on as well. But hours later in Rome, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance sounded much more optimistic. We think we have some interesting things to report on. We do feel optimistic that we can hopefully bring this war, this very brutal war, to a close. From the Oval Office, U.S. President Donald Trump

suggested one side was being difficult. He didn't say whether it was Russia or Ukraine, but just that the time to make a deal was now or... We're going to just take a pass, but hopefully we won't have to do that. And Marco's right in saying we're getting, we want to see it end. Trump declined to say what would happen to American military aid to Ukraine should the U.S. decide to abandon ceasefire negotiations.

Philippi Shannock, CBC News, Toronto. And that is Your World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever. You get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.