The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/19 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/19 at 23:00 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 is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. 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. His platform promises nearly $130 billion in new spending over the next four years, adding about $255 billion 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. NDP leader Junkmeet Singh also released his party's costed platform. So here's what we'll fight to deliver in the first year. Real steps towards a family doctor for every Canadian. Universal Pharma Care, National Rent Control,

grocery price caps, a real fixed EI, and tax relief for working people. Singh's also pledging $10 billion a year for infrastructure. While on the campaign trail in BC, Conservative leader Pierre Poliev proposed allowing judges to order mandatory drug treatment instead of sending some drug offenders with minor convictions to jail. JP Tasker has more details. This policy is not about punishment, it's about redemption. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is pitching mandatory drug treatment for convicted criminals with an addiction, saying some drug offenders

should go to rehab, not jail. We will give judges the power, we will take action, and we will save lives. It's the latest in a string of conservative tough on crime policy proposals. Poliev has also promised to invoke the notwithstanding clause to push through policies that will keep some murderers in jail for life. People in BC are terrorized and afraid to go outside. Critics say Poliev is pushing a cruel American style agenda that just doesn't work. The Tories, meanwhile, say a spike in violent crime and drug use demands a crackdown.

JP Tasker, CBC News, Richmond, B.C. Saturday, March 30 years since the biggest act of domestic terrorism in the U.S. The bombing of a federal government building in Oklahoma City. 160 people died, including 19 children. Then President Bill Clinton spoke at a memorial commenting on how today's divisive politics could lead to a similar tragedy. The country has grown more polarized and on that awful day 30 years ago you were the center of the polarization. America needs you and America needs the Oklahoma standard and

if we all live by it we'd be a lot better off. That Oklahoma standard refers to how the city came together in service and compassion. A grass fire near Edmonton destroyed some buildings at a provincial Ukrainian museum this long weekend. It's a stretch of land with dozens of buildings all restored to show what life was like for original Ukrainian settlers. Sam Sampson has more on what happened. Coming out here with my mom and my siblings. A few tears escape Carol Slukinski's eyes as she runs through memories of the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village. She helps Ukrainians settle in Canada and knows so many Albertans

who've donated their ancestors ancestors homes to the village. Here I was already calling friends that have buildings that have been restored in memory of their grandparents and great grandparents and it was a sigh of relief when I drove down the highway to see that a lot of those buildings have been saved. Fire crews saved all historic sites but the fire destroyed four buildings including a visitor centre that housed artifacts. Orissia Boychuk, president of the Ukrainian-Canadian Congress Alberta Provincial Council, says there's already an online fundraiser for the rebuild. This is a focal and a gathering point for our Ukrainian community.

The Alberta government, which owns the museum, says it will reopen the site once it's safe to do so. Sam Samps in CBC News near Elk Island National Park in Alberta. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.