The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/24 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/24 at 17:00 EDT

1942, Europe. Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods. They make him a member of Hitler's army. But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish. Could a story so unbelievable be true? I'm Dan Goldberg. I'm from CBC's personally, Toy Soldier. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Juliane Hazelwood. Liberal leader Mark Carney is under attack from other party leaders. They're questioning his trustworthiness after a report from Radio Canada. It says US President Donald Trump did talk about making Canada the 51st state

in his March phone call with Carney. Alexander Silverman has more. Yes or no, did Mr. Trump bring up the 51st state in his call with you? I said that he did. Liberal leader Mark Carney was challenged on his account of his March 28th call with US President Donald Trump. Initially, he said Canada's sovereignty was respected. Today, Carney said he stands behind those comments, but admits Trump talked about a 51st state. The essence of the discussion was exactly what I said.

It treated us with respect as a sovereign nation. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is questioning if Carney can be trusted. I'm worried that if Mark Carney's not being straight up with us, he's not going to be straight up with us in the negotiations. And Bloc Québécois leader Yves-Rançois Blanchet calls Carney's initial comments a stunt. And if that is not true, what else is not true? As Donald Trump continues to cast a shadow over the election. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Ottawa.

Conservative leader Pierre Polyev is accusing the Liberals of planning to hike the price of gas-powered vehicles. He's blaming the incentives aimed at phasing out the sale of combustion engine vehicles by 2035. And I'm talking about what Mark Carney calls the zero emissions vehicle mandate. Starting next year, if a company sells even one car over the government imposed quota, they will face a $20,000 per vehicle tax, which will obviously be passed on to consumers. The Liberals did establish a set of regulations in 2023. It involved giving companies tax credits for building electric and hybrid vehicles and charging stations. Those credits could be used to build

gas powered vehicles or traded on the open market. A Quebec Superior Court judge has struck down the province's university tuition hike for out-of-province students. Justice Eric Dufour ruled that charging out-of-province students 33% higher tuition was unreasonable. The tuition hike was part of the province's measures to protect the French language. The Calgary Company at the centre of an E. coli outbreak has pleaded guilty. Fueling Minds was a catering company that provided meals and snacks to daycares across the city. Hundreds of children fell sick in 2023. Megan Grant has the latest.

Today was supposed to be day one of a two-day trial. Instead, lawyers arrived at the Calgary Courthouse having struck a plea. The deal, the company, Fueling Mines, pleaded guilty to operating without a food services business license. In exchange, all charges will be dropped against the corporation's two directors. In September 2023, an E. coli outbreak was declared in Calgary. More than 440 cases were identified. Dozens of kids were hospitalized. The city said it traced the outbreak back to Fueling Mines, a catering company that supplied food to daycares. Lawyers asked the judge to impose a $10,000 fine. We'll be back in court in May for a sentencing decision. That's when the remaining charges against the two directors will be dropped. A proposed class action lawsuit also

remains before the courts. Megan Grant, CBC News, Calgary. Habs fans may have another reason to be disappointed after the hockey team lost to the Washington Capitals yesterday. Quebec has instructed Montreal's transit agency to de-anglify its iconic Go Habs Go banners. The decades-old slogan was a staple on electronic bus displays on game days, but the province's language watchdog says it received a complaint that Go is an English word. An agency has ordered the transit service to translate the fan-favorite chant to Aller Canadian Aller.

The transport group has complied, but told local media the move was a drain on time and money. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.