The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 08:00 EDT

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. The Supreme Court of Canada decides today whether to hear a climate change case brought forward by a group of teenagers. Led by 18-year-old Sophia Mather, the group is looking to challenge Ontario's reduced emissions targets. John Northcott reports. The teens argue that under the Charter Sections 7 and 15, the Doug Ford government's Cap and

Trade Cancellation Act of 2019 violates their right to life, liberty and security of person as well as discrimination based on age. This case has ping-ponged back and forth in Ontario's lower courts with the Ford government choosing to take the case to the Supreme Court for a ruling. If the court agrees to hear the case, it will be a big deal. It would be the first case in Canada to rule on whether a government is obligated to meet higher emissions targets. We've just come through an election where the issue of climate change was notably largely absent. If the court decides today to deal with this case, it might force governments to put their responsibilities for the climate's future back on the agenda.

John Northcott, CBC News, Toronto. Hydro-Québec is reporting that more than 5,000 homes and businesses are still without power following Tuesday night's violent storms across the province. Most of the affected customers are in the Laurentians and the Outouais region east of Ottawa. Power outages forced one of Quebec's largest hospitals, Montreal's Mason of Rosemount, to close more than two dozen surgeries. Prime Minister Mark Carney has spoken on the telephone with Ukrainian President Vladimir

Zelensky, and among the issues discussed was Zelensky's request for further sanctions on Russian banking and Russian energy sectors. But it is Ukraine's relationship with the United States that is under the microscope today. Both the United States and the government of Ukraine look forward to quickly operationalizing this historic economic partnership. That is U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bissons speaking last night after Washington and Kyiv signed a rare minerals deal. We're still waiting for all the details to be made public, but US President Donald Trump has said the agreement has the potential to give the United States more than what it has

spent to date supporting the Ukrainian war effort. To mark the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second term as US President, Kamala Harris delivered a blistering speech last night in San Francisco. It was her first public address since her November election loss, and the former vice president zeroed in on a range of issues from tariffs and deportations to the Constitution. Steve Futterman reports. Kamala Harris accused the Trump administration of trying to scare the American people. We all know President Trump and his administration are counting on the notion that fear can be contagious. She called it part of a well-conceived agenda.

To shrink government and then privatize its services, all while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest among us. In one of her sharpest attacks, Harris said Trump is abandoning American ideal. It is not OK to detain and disappear American citizens or anyone without due process. She called the Trump tariffs the greatest man-made economic crisis in modern American history and said it could lead to a recession. The president's reckless tariffs hurt workers and families. Harris said the country may very well be on the verge of entering a constitutional crisis. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. Latest figures are showing a significant drop in the number of emergency room visits by

Canadian minors needing mental health care. Over a five-year period starting in 2018, it's down by 30%. Cheryl Chewey is the director of the Canadian Institute for Health Information. These data points suggest that we're seeing a bit of a shift in where children and youths are getting care for their mental health and shifting away from hospitals and towards community settings. She says in many provinces, more young people are talking to their doctors about mental health and more are being prescribed medications for mood and anxiety.

And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.