The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/23 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/23 at 10:00 EDT

I've been covering politics for 20 years and I can't remember a time like now when everything we thought we knew has been thrown in the air. From Trudeau's resignation to Trump's tariffs to a spring election during huge shifts in the polls. There's a lot at stake and power and politics is here to guide you through it. I'm David Cochran and on CBC's only political

daily I speak to the key players in this election. From the candidates to the analysts to the journalists on the campaign trail, you can find power and politics wherever you get your podcasts, including YouTube. It's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. First to the federal election campaign, and with less than a week to go, the three main party leaders are all in agreement when it comes to one specific issue. We have to continue to increase our spending

on Canadian security and military. To rebuild our military so that we are a truly sovereign and strong nation. What Donald Trump has done has really changed our relationship forever. It can no longer be that we are so vulnerable or so dependent. That is liberal Mark Carney, conservative Pierre Poliev and new Democrat Jugmeet Singh all saying that in the era of Donald Trump, Canadian national security has to be a priority. Murray Brewster has more.

I think there's far more similarity than there is difference. Defense expert Dave Perry, who says Canadians can be forgiven for not being able to distinguish which party promised what. The Liberals and the Conservatives, even the NDP, are promising greater presence in the Arctic. And the parties all agree Canada must spend 2% of its GDP on defence. Canadians need to be aware that we have landed on actually living up to the set of commitments we promised to make and deliver on 11 years ago, just as our allies move on to a new set of commitments. The upcoming NATO summit will likely see the benchmark raise to 3 or more percent of GDP.

In terms of specifics, the Liberals and Conserv conservatives appear to be trying to outdo each other on points they agree on. How many Arctic bases are needed? How quickly to buy airborne early warning surveillance planes? How much of that there will be in the midst of a trade war remains to be seen. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. Meanwhile, the federal party leaders are fanned out across Canada today. Mark Carney is in D.C. for campaign events that include a rally in Surrey.

Jagmeet Singh is also in Western Canada. He's campaigning in Edmonton before participating in a forum with the Assembly of First Nations. As for Pierre Poliev, he's starting his day in Hamilton, Ontario, before heading to a rally in Nova Scotia. The body of Pope Francis is now in St. Peter's Basilica. It will lie in state for the next three days ahead of this weekend's funeral. Megan Williams has more now from Vatican City. The Pope's simple wooden coffin carried by members of the papal litter

made the solemn procession from the small Santa Marta guesthouse behind the walls of the Vatican up the grand staircase of St. Peter's Basilica and inside. Two hours later the doors to the Basilica were open to the public thousands of people shuffling forward in the hot sun among them seminarian Matteo Vilella from Hamilton. My whole time and discerning the priesthood it's always been with him as the father of the church so an opportunity to say goodbye and to pray for the church. Angelo Kazanis is from Toronto. A lot of beautiful things I was

able to do, talk to the poor. The Pope's body will be on display until Friday evening when a ceremony to close the coffin will take place before the funeral on Saturday morning. Megan Williams, CBC News, The Vatican. Diplomats from Britain, the EU, the United States and Ukraine are meeting in London today to work on a peace deal between Moscow and Kiev. British Defense Secretary John Healy is saying

today's meeting will include talks on quote, what a ceasefire might look like and how peace can be secured for the long term. But a plan for the talks to involve foreign ministers has been scrapped after the US announced that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend. Now to Kashmir. We want justice! We want justice! Demonstrators call for justice in the wake of yesterday's shooting at a popular tourist destination. 26 people were killed after gunmen opened fire on a crowd of tourists. Indian police say they're searching for four male suspects, but no group at this point

has claimed responsibility. Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi is calling the attack a heinous act of terrorism. And that is the World This Hour. For news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.