The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/20 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/20 at 19:00 EDT

Readers have been waiting for a new novel from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for 12 years. On my podcast Bookends, Chimamanda tells me what was happening behind the scenes, about the sudden loss of both of her parents and how her mother's spirit brought her back to fiction. Sometimes I do not even want to talk about my mother because I get ridiculously emotional. But she kind of helped me start writing because she realized that I might go mad if I wasn't... If the thoughts all had to stay inside. Search for bookends with Matea Roach to hear the rest of that conversation. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate Rutherford. the world this hour. I'm Kate Rutherford. Eggs are top of mind for many this Easter and so is the cost of groceries. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is talking

about both vowing to cap food prices while making a point about strategic voting. David Thurton explains. No you should definitely not put all your eggs in one basket. We've been taught this our whole life, folks. We know that you don't do that. And in this election, that totally applies. Jekmeet Singh talking about Easter eggs to make a political point about how Canadians should vote in this election. Yeah, you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket.

You shouldn't put all your power in one party. And we know that that's just how our country has worked best. Singh is making it clear in no uncertain terms that if he gets his way, he wants Canadians to elect another minority government. After Liberal leader Mark Carney has been suggesting he needs a majority mandate to take on Donald Trump. It's a new strategy as Canadians vote in advance polls this long holiday weekend. David Thurton, CBC News, Kaua Chin, Vancouver Island.

Liberal leader Mark Carney rallied in his Ottawa area rotting before a hometown crowd of supporters and local candidates. What a day. What a day. To be back in Nepean on this day when we celebrate with renewed hope for eternal glory. And of course I'm speaking about the senators. He also took a dig at his conservative rival. Within nine days, we did more than Pierre Poliev has imagined. Has imagined in his many decades in politics. Axe Poliev, sir. That's right, Poliev, Axe Poliev.

We, you know, we just need to remove him. He does no violence, no violence. We'll just remove him. He's had his time. He's got his pension. Earlier in Surrey, BC, Conservative leader Pierre Poliev made this vow. I will axe the inflation tax. We will do this by cutting waste, capping spending, reducing deficits, taxes and inflation.

We will cut bureaucracy, foreign aid, handouts to corporate insiders, special interest groups and consultants. As for the other leaders, the Bloc Québécois's Yves-Francois Blanchet appears tonight on Radio Canada's Tout Le Monde en Parle. Green co-leaders Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneau did not have any public events scheduled today. Even though the parties are only now releasing their platforms, some Canadians have already cast their ballots during advance polling. More than two million people voted on the

first day alone. Here's the CBC's chief political correspondent, Rosemary Barton. I mean, I think it tells us what we kind of already knew, that people are very engaged in this election, perhaps in a way we have not seen in some time. They were motivated to vote. I should point out that in 2021, almost 5.8 million voters turned out for advanced polls. That was over the course of four days. This is two million in just one day, to give you an idea. It also shows, obviously, that people are interested in having more opportunities to vote rather than just on election day. And as you mentioned, it was

without voters, that number anyways, without voters having seen any costed platforms because the liberals and the NDP only released theirs on Saturday. The conservatives say that theirs is coming in the coming days. So that also suggests to me that having these policies and all these numbers add up is perhaps not the most important thing for voters right now and not a big part of their consideration as they make their decisions. Rosemary Barton, CBC News, Ottawa. At the Vatican. Pope Francis waved to those gathered in St. Peter's Square as he prepared to deliver the Easter blessing. Francis met briefly with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance.

The 88-year-old Francis is still recovering from double pneumonia that kept him hospitalized for five weeks. And finally, the Stanley Cup playoffs are about to resume tonight with a battle of Ontario with the Toronto Maple Leafs hosting the Ottawa Senators. Earlier, Team Canada fell to Team USA in the Women's World Hockey Championship. The game was tied going into overtime when the US scored the winning goal. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate Rutherford.