The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 19:00 EDT

1942, Europe. Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods. They make him a member of Hitler's army. But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish. Could a story so unbelievable be true? I'm Dan Goldberg. I'm from CBC's personally, Toy Soldier. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Scanderis. Ontario is seeing a spike of 223 cases of measles in the past week alone. And health officials say the true numbers are likely worse.

The case counts we have isn't under reporting. Dr. Ninh Tran is with Southwestern Public Health which is seeing the bulk of the cases. He says full vaccination is the most effective way to prevent further spread. Since the start of this year Ontario has reported more than 1200 cases. The vast majority of our cases are those who aren't up to date on immunization and the risk of acquiring measles and acquiring any complications is dramatically lower than those who are up to date on and have two doses of measles containing vaccine. Ottawa is now investigating its first confirmed case since 2019.

In Alberta, officials are reporting 193 cases since the outbreak began in March. It appears Canada's auto industry will avoid new American tariffs set to kick in this weekend. US Customs and Border Protection says auto parts that are Kuzma compliant will be exempt from 25% levies that start Saturday. That includes most of the parts Canada ships to the U.S. President Donald Trump had said the tariffs would bring more auto jobs and production to the country, but he's recently made concessions after some automaker CEOs warned the measures will hurt the industry.

Quebec is expected to impose a full ban on cell phones and other electronic devices on all school property. As Sarah Levitt tells us, the province is going further than any other jurisdiction in Canada. For us it's a good idea. David Bowles is the head of Quebec's Federation of Private Schools. He's also the director general of a school on Montreal's South Shore where cell phones have been banned for a few years now. I think it's important that students be able to socialize at school, do social activities, borrow a football, a basketball, go play outside rather than being on social media or scrolling on YouTube. Quebec is set to expand its ban from classrooms to entire schools, including at recess and

during lunch, starting in the fall. It's a key recommendation from a special committee looking at the impact of screen time on young people. Other provinces have banned cell phone use in recent policy changes, but all allow high schoolers to use them on breaks. And Quebec will allow certain exceptions, including for health reasons and teaching needs. Sarah Levitt, CBC News, Montreal.

Alberta is taking the federal government to court. Premier Danielle Smith says her province will not allow Ottawa to impose net zero electricity regulations. She says the constitution gives the province exclusive jurisdiction over power generation. We will not accept the reckless and dangerous policies, policies that will harm our economy, stifle our energy industry, jeopardize the reliability of our electricity grid and raise electricity prices for Albertans. Ottawa passed a law requiring electric systems to begin limiting greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels by 2035. The goal is to eliminate them completely by 2050.

Alberta is mostly relying on natural gas to generate power. The U.S. national security advisor accused of breaching national security is out of his post. Mike Waltz had been under fire since he shared sensitive military plans over the messaging app Signal. Sasha Petrusik reports. It's the first big shuffle in Donald Trump's second term as president. At the core, Trump is moving Mike Waltz out of his office as national security adviser and nominating him to be UN ambassador, praising Waltz online today as a patriotic ex-soldier and congressman. But actually, Waltz is reportedly being demoted, blamed for the now infamous leak of military

secrets on a signal chat group that included an invited journalist. They discuss the details of a U.S. attack on Houthi militants in Yemen a month ago. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be interim national security adviser until a permanent replacement is chosen. Sasha Petrusaik, CBC News, Washington. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.