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

Episode Date: April 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/20 at 20:00 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 Registered Agent of the Green Party of Canada. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Kate Rutherford. This is the final week of campaigning. Liberal leader Mark Carney spent Sunday afternoon on home turf rallying supporters in his Ottawa area riding. Tom Perry was there.

Carney! Carney! Mark Carney spent Easter Sunday in his home riding of Nepean. At an outdoor rally before hundreds of Liberal supporters, Carney rhymed off a now familiar list of accomplishments. Scrapping the consumer carbon levy, ditching a plan to increase the capital gains tax, and bringing Canada's premiers together

in agreeing to bring down inter-provincial trade barriers. We've done a lot. This is one month. I am describing the highlights from one month. Just imagine what the Liberal Party could do with a strong mandate back in... CHEERING Carney kicking off the final days of this campaign with a dig at his main rival, Conservative leader Pierre Polly-Eve. His big idea is to bring back plastic straws this week. It's great. We're really looking forward to it.

And a plea to Liberal supporters to pull out all the stops between now and Election Day. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. As for Pierre Poliev, he's talking about where he would reduce spending to axe what he's calling the inflation tax. JP Tasker was at Poliev's campaign stop in Surrey, BC. Yesterday we learned that Mark Carney is far more costly than Justin Trudeau. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is tearing into the new liberal platform but he still hasn't released one of his own. He's the last major party leader to put out a plan

and advance voting ends Monday. But Poliev is promising to slash government spending on consultants. Can you imagine that? You're spending over $1,000 in federal taxes just to pay for consultants. This is insane. Poliev is also facing questions about his plan to tackle gun crime.

He's refusing to say if he will repeal the national handgun ban if elected. JP Tasker, CBC News, Surrey, BC. And earlier today, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh was in Victoria talking about how he wants to reduce inflation. We're going to put in a price cap on food essentials.

This is a policy that France has done and Greece has done. Both of them have effectively brought down food inflation in the case of France by 15 percent. And in the case of Greece, they brought down food prices by 15 percent by putting in a price cap on food essentials. We're going to stop price gouging. In other news, Nova Scotia RCMP have suspended the search for a child who fell into a river Thursday while fishing.

More than 13 agencies were involved, but there's been nothing to prove the child got out of the water safely or to pinpoint a search area for remains. Officials are considering next steps before beginning again. And Pope Francis made a surprise appearance today in St. Peter's Square, although he was still too unwell to lead Easter celebrations. Before greeting crowds, the Pope had a brief meeting with the U.S. Vice President. Meghan Williams has more from Rome. I know you've not been feeling great, but it's good to see you.

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance greeting Pope Francis today at the Pope's Vatican guesthouse. The brief photo-op where they exchanged Easter greetings and gifts came a day after Vance met with senior Vatican officials to discuss, among other things, migration. Vance and the Pope have clashed publicly on that, with Francis calling the U.S. crackdown a disgrace and criticizing Vance's use of Christian theology to justify it. After meeting Vance, a Catholic convert, the Pope stepped onto the St. Peter's balcony to wish the crowds a happy Easter. But he was too frail to lead mass or deliver his traditional Urbi et Urbi. Instead, a Vatican official

read his political message, calling for a Gaza ceasefire, food for the starving, peace across war-torn nations, and protection of migrants. The Pope then toured St. Peter's Square in his Pope-mobile to the delight of the crowd. Megan Williams, CBC News, The Vatican. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate Rutherford.