The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/30 at 16:00 EDT

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fink. I spoke to him yesterday, he couldn't have been nicer. President Donald Trump says he congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney on his electoral victory during their phone call yesterday, and he says Carney will come to the White House within the next week. And he says the Prime Minister is looking to make a deal. Ontario Premier Doug Ford went off this morning on his province's judges. Ford said too many are soft on crime and even floated the idea of

judges having to run for election. Jamie Strashan has more. At an announcement for a new bill on bail reform, Doug Ford lashed out on Ontario judges saying many are too lax. You see these criminals getting out on bail not once or twice four or five times and going out and committing heinous crimes. I'm just done with it. The bill also streamlines the process for appointing judges. Ford is promising to appoint people who are what he called tough on crime and said he's tired of judges putting the brakes on legislation that voters gave him a mandate to implement. Things like requiring the City of Toronto to take out bike lanes. So you know we get democratically elected and some judge slaps an injunction on bike lanes.

Don't the judges have anything better to do than worry about if we're taking out bike lanes? Ford says one way to hold judges more accountable is to make them run for election as many U.S. jurisdictions require. Jamie Strash in CBC News, Toronto. One of the co-leaders of the Green Party has resigned. Jonathan Pedneau says he's stepping down because he failed to win a seat in Monday's election on his second attempt. Alexander Silberman has more. Jonathan Pedneau first won the leadership in 2022 on a shared ticket with Elizabeth May. The former journalist and activist finished fifth in a Montreal area riding on election

night. He also lost in a June 2023 federal by-election. It is undemocratic. Pedneau was originally supposed to represent his party on the debate stage but the Greens were removed last minute after failing to meet participation requirements. And they're afraid not of chaos or confusion, but they're afraid of a clear voice that's calling for change. Under Pedno's co-leadership, the Greens saw their worst election result in recent history. The party now has only one seat, winning Elizabeth Mays BC Riding.

Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Ottawa. Parking at Nova Scotia hospitals will be free starting tomorrow. Premier Tim Huston says the decision will mean less stress for patients, their families, and health care workers. Anyone using the parking lots will have to get tickets validated to prove they are visiting a patient or work in the hospital. The province will compensate hospitals for millions of dollars collected in parking fees. The mayor of Vancouver says the city's mental health crisis is now a public safety crisis. Officials are reviewing the circumstances that led to the killing of 11 people at a Filipino festival.

A 30-year-old man has been charged with several counts of second-degree murder. Chris Reyes has the latest. This is incredibly difficult to hear and even harder to accept because it points to a deeper failure in the mental health system. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim called on the province and the federal government to step up and expand mandatory care for people with severe mental health issues.

Sim made an impassioned call to action that goes beyond the public inquiry and independent commission promised by BC Premier David Eby. How many more times do we have to study this? Come up with another commission, come up with another report, they're important, let's come up with action now.

CIM said the city is working on its own internal review of what happened. That report will be released in two weeks. The suspect in the Lapu Lapu festival killings was under the care of a mental health team, but was on extended leave from hospital at the time of the attack. Chris Reyes, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.