The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/25 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/25 at 00:00 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 is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. With only a few days left before Canadians pick their next Prime Minister, the Bloc Québécois is attacking the Liberal leader. It's part of an effort to stem a loss of seats predicted by the polls. Raffy Boucher-Canyon is covering the Bloc campaign. It seems more and more to have been a stunt. Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet's comments about Mark Carney's phone call with Donald Trump

were not his only offensive move against the Liberals today. He was in red territory in the eastern townships of Quebec, fighting for votes. Four years ago, the Liberals kept Bram Missisqua with just under 200 votes, and the Bloc seems to think this rioting is within reach this time around. But this potential red to Bloc blue switches not the main story being told by opinion polls in Quebec. Most suggest the Bloc could lose almost a third of its 33 seats. Blanchet is defiant though. There are a few days left in this campaign. Stick with us. If enough people listen to his message in this volatile and vote-rich province,

it could undermine the Liberals chances at government, or at least the majority, and give Blanchet the balance of power he's looking for. Rafi Boudjikan, YonCBC News, Farnam, Quebec. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev made his first campaign stop in Nova Scotia. He continues to blame the Liberals for the rising cost of living, saying change is the only solution, while pushing back on reports that he might lose the race for his Ottawa area riding. JP Tasker has more.

For his final pitch of this federal election, Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev is warning of the potentially dire consequences if voters return the Liberals to power. A fourth Liberal term will paint of higher costs, of raging crime, of more despair. At a 30-minute press conference during his first and only campaign stop in Nova Scotia, Pauliev urged Canadians to vote for change some 55 times. We need change and we need a plan to deliver that change. Part of that change includes Polyev's latest promise to do away with the electric vehicle

mandate if elected. Scrapping a liberal policy that all new cars sold in Canada need to be zero emissions by 2035. The Conservative campaign is pushing back on reports Pauliev could lose his own long-held seat, telling CBC News they are confident he will win the Ottawa area riding of Carlton comfortably. JP Tasker, CBC News, Halifax. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is continuing to argue that electing new Democrats will keep

either the liberals or conservatives in check. David Thurton is covering the NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is continuing to argue that electing new Democrats will keep either the liberals or conservatives in check. David Thurton is covering the NDP campaign. Welcome to the center of the universe, otherwise known as Winnipeg Center. That's new Democrat Leah Gazan, who holds one of the three seats the party has in the province. Hers is probably a safe one, but one that's especially in play is Elmwood Transcona, where the NDP is in a tight race against conservatives. Three New Democrats delivered far more than all the conservatives combined in this province.

Singh is hoping his party's track record will help them keep a strong presence in Manitoba. Just in case that doesn't work, the party has brought in some extra muscle. At their campaign stops, Labour Union leaders have been showing up, often before and after a busy day of door knocking. David Thornton, CBC News, Winnipeg. A Quebec Superior Court judge has struck down the province's university tuition hike for out-of-province students. Justice Eric Defour ruled that charging out-of-province students 33 percent 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 on Wednesday, Quebec has instructed Montreal's transit agency to de-anglify its iconic Go Habs Go banners. Go Habs Go! Go Habs Go! 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 to Aller Canadien Aller. And that is Your World is Sour.

For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.