The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/22 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/22 at 21:00 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 this hour. I'm Neil Herland. Elections Canada says more than 7 million people voted in the four days of advance polling. That's a 25% increase over the election in 2021 and a record for early voting. With the countdown now on to election day, the parties are releasing new ads. As Olivia Stefanovic reports, they're trying to cover more ground on the campaign trail. Are we really going to give these clowns a fourth term? In their latest ads, the Conservatives feature two older men talking politics at a golf course

and an endorsement from former Prime Minister Stephen Harper. And my choice, unequivocally, is Pierre Poilier. CBC polls analyst Eric Grenier says it's a sign the Tories are leaning on their base to get out the vote. They have lost some supporters that they had been counting on before this campaign began and these ads might be an attempt to try to get those the vote. They have lost some supporters that they had been counting on before this campaign began and these ads might be an attempt to try to get those people back. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is spending a second day in the Greater Toronto area, where his party's fortunes could be decided, while the NDP plays defence on the West Coast where nearly half their seats are, and the Liberals campaign in Trois-Rivieres, traditionally

bloc québécois territory. Olivia Estefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev unveiled his party's platform today just outside Toronto. It promises tax cuts, lower spending, and also a pathway back to a balanced federal budget. It is a plan that will lower taxes and debt by getting rid of bureaucracy, consulting fees, waste and excessive foreign aid to dictators, terrorists and global bureaucracy. It is a plan to build homes by removing taxes and bureaucracy. It is a plan for safe streets by locking up criminals for a change. The Conservatives are the last major party to release a spending plan

just days before the election. The platform includes revenue from expected economic growth. The other parties did not use that in their own accounting. Liberal leader Mark Carney dismissed the Conservative plan as a joke. He says it's based on what he calls phantom numbers. A jury has been selected in the case of five members of Canada's 2018 World Junior Hockey Team charged with sexual assault. Tomorrow, it's expected we'll start hearing the Crown Prosecutor's opening statement and possibly some evidence.

Karen Pauls reports. It took all day, but 11 women and three men will hear this case. 14 jurors were chosen plus two alternates so there will be enough jurors by the time deliberations begin in the trial which is expected to last eight weeks. Nick Cake is a former Crown attorney now a defense lawyer in London. I think it's an important case for everyone in this country because it shows that no matter who you are, the law applies. Michael McLeod, Cal Foote, Dylan Dubay, Carter Hart and Alex Formonton are charged with

one count each of sexual assault. McLeod faces an additional count of being party to the offense. They all pleaded not guilty. The presumption of innocence obviously applies. So the Crown has the burden to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. There is a publication ban on the identity of the complainant and some of the witnesses. The Crown's opening statement is expected Wednesday morning. Karen Pauls, CBC News, London, Ontario.

Emergency vehicles rushed to the scene of a deadly attack in India's Kashmir. Local media say at least 26 people are dead after gunmen shot a tourist near a resort town in the displaced Himalayan territory. Officials call it a terrorist attack. The funeral of Pope Francis will be held on Saturday. The Cardinals also decided the public viewing of Pope Francis' body will begin tomorrow in St. Peter's Basilica. The leader of the Catholic Church died of a stroke yesterday at the age of 88.

And finally, in Stanley Cup Hockey Playoffs, the Battle of Ontario resumes tonight. The Toronto Maple Leafs are ahead of the Ottawa Senators 2-0 in the second period. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurlind.