The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/25 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/25 at 03:00 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 just days to go in the federal election campaign, Mark Carney continues to position himself as the best leader to confront US President Donald Trump. But a conversation the two men had last month and how Carney described it has his opponents questioning his honesty. Cameron McIntosh has more. Who can stand up to President Trump? Liberal leader Mark Carney in British Columbia, insisting as he has,

he's the leader to deal with Donald Trump, while also facing repeated questions about their first and only phone call after new reporting by Radio Canada. Did the president bring up the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state during that call with you? The president brings this up all the time. He brought it up yesterday, he's brought it up before. That call came after weeks of Trump taking shots at Canada. Carney said he would only talk to Trump on respectful terms, as sovereign leaders.

No mention of Trump referring to Canada as the 51st state. Today, Carney stood by that. The president says lots of things, but the essence of the discussion was exactly what I said. Treated us with respect as a sovereign nation. On the campaign trail, his opponents accused him of being misleading. For what Carney says he told the president about the 51st state that it will never happen Cameron McIntosh CBC News Ottawa conservative leader Pierre Poliev is

accusing the liberals of planning to hike the price of gas-powered vehicles he's blaming 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.

With cross-border relations key to this campaign, one voting bloc is more engaged than ever. About 800,000 Canadians live in the United States, and record numbers have requested expat voting kits. Chris Reyes has more from New York. Walk into the Canuck, a Manhattan bar, and you'll find a shrine to all things Canada. Here we sat down with a group of Canadians living in New York, eager to cast their ballot in this federal election. I grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

I'm from neighboring Newfoundland. In an election that's been largely shaped by threats from the Trump administration, Sandra Pike feels compelled to stand up for the country. It's hard to sit back and not be a part of things and to show up and to pick up for Canada. Sanjay Gopal is voting with his family's interests in mind. With my parents still being in Canada, I just feel very vested in being able to help them. This year, more than 90,000 ballot kits have been sent out to Canadians living outside the country, an extension of Canada that goes beyond its borders.

Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. In a crisis that has been getting worse and worse for years, new data shows drug overdose deaths are now dropping. But as Georgie Smythe reports, health officials aren't celebrating yet. Data from the province shows a decline of 12% over 12 months and no one really knows why. The University of North Carolina's opioid data lab is one place scientists like Nabarun Dasgupta areesting theories. Maybe the drug supply got less toxic, or interventions like life-saving opioid reversal drugs

and treatments could be making an impact. Our initial reaction was skepticism. Something is working, they say, but abrupt challenges to the drug supply could threaten that, like Canada's tariff-driven fentanyl crackdown. If it becomes hard to get fentanyl, then there will probably be other drugs that flood the market. Sarah Blythe is the executive director of the Overdose Prevention Society.

She says actions against fentanyl supply and distribution should be calculated and measured. Organized crime adapts quickly, it can and has pivoted to create new substances in the past. Georgie Smythe, CBC News, Vancouver.