The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/19 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/19 at 17:00 EDT

Just weeks after 9-11, letters containing anthrax were sent all over America, and it would go down as the deadliest biological attack in U.S. history. I'm Kathleen Goltar, and this week on Crime Story, I speak with Jeremiah Kroll about a long-forgotten story that's had a lasting impact on American life. Find Crime Story wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Liberal leader Mark Carney

has released his party's platform. Today, I'm proud to launch Canada Strong, our plan to unite, to secure, to protect and build Canada. Carney making his announcement in Whitby, Ontario. His platform promises nearly 130 billion dollars in new spending over the next four years, adding about 255 billion dollars to the federal debt. We're not spending that amount of money. We're investing that amount of money. So we're using very limited government resources

to catalyze enormous private sector investment. And that's what drives this economy forward. That's what meets this moment. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev's calling the Liberal platform too expensive for Canadians. Amazingly, Mr. Carney plans to run even bigger inflationary deficits than Justin Trudeau had already budgeted. One Carney-friendly economist on Twitter said that this Liberal platform is a quote spendorama with even bigger deficits than free than freelance that just go on forever. Poliev has not released his fully costed platform yet. He says he's already

shared much of it and that he'll unveil the final document soon. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh also releasing his party's costed platform during a morning appearance in Burnaby, BC. Singh's also promising to cover essential medicines and mental health services. He's also pledging 10 billion dollars a year for infrastructure. Bloc Québécois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is maintaining his party's opposition to pipelines, even as he admits it could hurt Western Canada's economy. I always say that I would accept easily for more money to be left in Alberta in order for them to start this change toward a greener economy, which I would support. And if they do turn to greener economy, I think I will support their independence.

He accuses Canadian voters of putting all their eggs in the liberal basket, saying they don't all have to be red. Elections Canada says the number of Canadians who voted on the first day of advance polls has set a record. The agency says early estimates show nearly two million people cast a ballot on Friday. Many Canadians also reported long lineups. Elections Canada says it's going to adjust over the next few days to handle the high traffic. Advanced voting runs until

Monday and Election Day is on Monday, April 28th. As loved ones gather this Easter weekend, conversations about politics and the federal election might get heated. Charles McPherson is a professional butler who teaches manners and protocol. He says the best approach in these moments is to keep calm and stick to the facts. I want you to be prepared to be able to talk about a subject intelligently and to feel confident enough to be able to say at some point, you know what, it's okay for us to disagree. We don't have to agree. It's okay if we don't agree. McPherson says if conversations get too intense, it's okay to establish boundaries and change the subject.

A landmark protest in London today. Because the world we are building is a world of love and freedom. Several thousand marched outside the UK Supreme Court protesting this week's ruling declaring only biological females are women under the law. Trans rights groups warn the judgment could exclude trans women from single-sex spaces like washrooms, hospital wards and sports teams. The government says the ruling brings excuse me clarity but many say it leaves trans people vulnerable to discrimination and exclusion. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.