The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/20 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/20 at 01:00 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. On the campaign trail, two of the federal parties have released their full cost of platforms. Liberal leader Mark Carney is promising billions of dollars in new spending, and he is also promising a deficit that shrinks in four years. CBC's Karina Roman has the details. The biggest expenditures in the Liberal platform are the previously announced income tax cut, the scrapping of the capital gains tax changes and the Build Canada Homes Plan for affordable

housing. There's new defence spending of 18 billion that the Liberal say would get Canada to the 2% of GDP spending target before 2030. Overall nearly 130 billion over four years in new measures with a deficit projected downwards from nearly 62 billion this year to 47 billion in 2029. Mark Carney says the numbers add up. We're in an enormous crisis so we have to be able to do two things. One, pull down on that wasteful spending, which we will do, but much more than that we need to be bold

and drive investment in the economy. Karina Roman, CBC News, Peterborough, Ontario. The NDP is promising a new tax on the wealthy if it forms the next government. Leader Jagmeet Singh made the pledge as he unveiled his party's platform in Bernie BBC. The CBC's Marina von Stakeberg reports. With less than 10 days until election day and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh having already voted in advance polls, the New Democrats have released their platform. Now it provides details on previous and new promises and how much they will cost over the next

four years. In total the NDP wants to spend more than 227 billion dollars for new programs. It says a large chunk of that spending can be paid for by taxing the rich. When it all shakes out, the NDP plan would still increase Canada's deficit by $48 billion. That's on top of the existing deficit the Liberal government has been running. In a difficult time, which a recession and a trade war represent some of the most difficult times, you can't cut your way out of those things. You actually have to make investments. The New Democrats want to expand pharmacare to cover all essential medications and bring in a new multi-billion dollar mental health program. Marina von Stakelberg, CBC News,

Burnaby, British Columbia. While on the campaign trail in B.C, 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 B.C. 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 marked 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. The Oklahoma Standard refers to how the city came together in service and compassion. And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.