The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/19 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/19 at 11:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague. Liberal leader Mark Carney has released his party's platform this morning. It's called Canada Strong. And Carney says it's all about building a new Canadian economy. Two-thirds of all new spending in our plan will go to capital investments that catalyze the building of affordable homes, that provide equipment for our Canadian Armed Forces to secure this country,

that build clean and conventional energy, that create nation-building infrastructure like ports, new roads, railways that connect us with reliable trading partners. And crucially, most of the remaining spending is on our middle-class tax cut. In total, the Liberal platform promises $130 billion in new spending over four years, including tax cuts to the middle class, and combined with the existing spending will add $225 billion to the federal debt. Carney made the announcement in Whitby, Ontario. Meanwhile, New Democrat leader Dagmit Singh is back in his Burnaby Central riding. He's expected to outline the NDP's entire election

platform this hour. David Thurton reports. That's awesome. Are we all going to go vote? Yes. Yeah? Let's go, too. A small group of supporters greet Jagmeet Singh. The NDP leader and his wife are joining Canadians across the country to cast advance ballots. Singh's riding is Burnaby Central. Polls suggest Singh could be at risk of losing his own seat.

After 30 minutes in line, Singh meets polling clerks not long after he slips his ballot into the box. Early in the day, Singh was in Yamashish, Quebec, unveiling his platform for the province. He was also there to highlight one of his star candidates, helping Ruth Ellen Brosseau win back her seat. New Democrats lost it back in 2019. Now Brosseau is trying to take back the riding from the Bloc Québécois. I'm not a new face here in Berthier-Masque-Norange. I've always been present. I think people are

really worried this time around and they're looking for somebody that they could have confidence in. Back in his riding today, Singh will unveil his full list of commitments to Canadians. David Thurton, CBC News, Burnaby. Elsewhere, Conservative leader Pierre Paldiev is spending his day in Richmond, B.C. He's expected to announce his costed platform soon. Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet is holding a press conference in the city of Magog.

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown a wrench into the Trump administration's plans to deport a group of Venezuelans. They're being held in Texas and could have been sent to El Salvador possibly this weekend. But early this morning, the court ordered a temporary pause of that. The CBC's Albert Delitalo reports. What this order does is temporarily direct the Trump administration not to remove anyone held in the North Texas detention facility until there is a further order from the Supreme Court. The people at the center of this were believed to face imminent deportation under a centuries

old law. The order didn't explain the court's reasoning here. The decision comes after the American Civil Liberties Union appealed to the court, arguing the men had not been given due process to defend themselves. The Trump administration accuses them of being part of a Venezuelan gang, but has offered no proof to back that claim. With this latest development, the administration is expected to return to the Supreme Court soon in an effort to persuade the justices to lift their temporary order. Albert Delatalla, CBC News, Toronto. The NHL playoffs get underway today with a pair of games.

The Winnipeg Jets, who finished with the best record in the league this season, will face off with the St. Louis Blues in Winnipeg at 5 p.m. Central in Game 1 of their Western Conference Series. Defenseman Josh Morrissey, a Calgary native, says he's ready for a high-energy game. For us being at home here games one and two and being in front of our fans I mean it's incredible you can feel the energy in the city whenever we're in the playoffs this time of year and you know just can't wait to hit the ice. The other game has the Dallas Stars hosting the Colorado Avalanche and you can watch both games on CBC television.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.