The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/24 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/24 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 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 Julianne Hazelwood. There have been more than a thousand detected cases of measles in Ontario since the year began. Public health officials say that's a thousand too many. They're concerned the highly preventable disease may once again become common in Canada. Jennifer Yoon has the details.

Ontario has smashed a grim record. More than a thousand measles cases have been reported this year. Six children have been hospitalized. That's more people sick with measles than in over a quarter century. And that's not even the whole story. Alberta is also struggling with its own measles outbreak.

129 cases reported so far. The more measles there is, the harder it is to control. Dawn Bowditch, an immunologist at McMaster University, is aghast. Measles is vaccine preventable. That's how Canada eliminated the spread of the virus back in 1998. I'm really worried that we're entering a situation where we're going to lose our status where we can't say that

measles is no longer endemic in Canada. There is no cure for measles. The best prevention is two doses of vaccination, which provides nearly 100% protection. Jennifer Yoon, CBC News, Toronto. Yesterday was more proof, as if any were needed, that the old relationship with the United States is over. Liberal leader Mark Carney, along with other federal leaders, has denounced US President Donald Trump for repeating his idea that Canada should become part of the US. Carney says it's crucial Canada face what he calls the new reality and restructure its

economy. This is a time for serious leadership. We can control our economic destiny with the right plan because in a crisis, plan beats no plan. Carney's plan includes using revenues from counter-terrorists to support workers and businesses to build supply chains that no longer rely on the U.S. and open new markets for Canadian goods. Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore how to bring down inter-provincial trade barriers. It includes pending legislation to recognize trade credentials granted in each other's provinces.

New Brunswick's Premier, Susan Holt. Any credential that you hold in Newfoundland, you can bring to New Brunswick and get to work on day one of landing in our province. That's legislation that Premier Fury was the first to pass, and now we have it in our house going through. Premier Andrew Fury says they're not stopping there. And the Premier and I have been talking for quite some time

about how we can extend that similar philosophy, that similar strategy to other professional designations. Holt says that provinces and territories are re-evaluating all regulations that make it difficult to trade within Canada. Halifax Police Chief John McLean says officers arrested a teenage boy who threatened to bring weapons to school. I can confirm that the youth was held overnight to appear in court this morning and we do not believe there was an ongoing threat to the school community but we do have officers

on site today to provide a sense of safety and security. In court the teen's lawyer revealed he called a suicide hotline last night. The teen threatened to shoot up his school then take his own life. The operators called the police who arrested the 16-year-old in his home. Their investigators found a number of legally obtained weapons. He's facing multiple charges. 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. 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. The agency has ordered the transit service to translate the fan favorite chant, Tu alles canadiens, allez. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. [♪upbeat music playing.♪