The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 05:00 EDT

Are Swifties the best music fans? Should kids be on social media? Is the customer really always right? You know there are two sides to every debatable question and we're here to make you laugh while you listen to Canada's top comedians taking on these topics and many more. I'm Steve Patterson, host of The Debaters, and I'm here to make sure our debates don't end in tears or bloodshed or hockey type fights with sweaters over each other's heads. No guarantees though. Find and follow the debaters podcast and never miss an episode. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Mark

Carney's unveiled an ambitious agenda that includes dealing with US President Donald Trump and the tariffs and keeping liberal promises such as a tax cut. But as Evan Dyer tells us, he also seemed willing to tackle some of the problems the Conservatives were focusing on. Canadians also sent a clear message that their cost of living must come down and their communities need to be safe. Affordability and crime were conservative issues in this election more than liberal ones, but today Mark Carney seemed to say that conservative voters' concerns had registered

with him. Carney pledged to stiffen penalties for criminals. Including making bail harder to get for those charged with stealing cars, with home invasion, human trafficking and smuggling. The PM repeated his promise to build more houses, but he also promised to reduce the number of non-Canadians in the country putting pressure on the housing supply. We will return our immigration to sustainable levels

by capping the total number of temporary workers and international students at less than 5% of Canada's population by the end of 2027. And he also promised his government would be a catalyst of major nation-building projects and not, as he put it, an impediment. Evan Dyer, CBC News, Ottawa. Pierre-Paulia's political future is starting to gain a little clarity. Despite growing the Conservative's party seat count, Paulia lost his own riding of Carleton.

Now he's trying to get back into the House of Commons. Host of the House, Catherine Cullen, has a look at how long that could take and what the wait might mean for his party. Obviously, I would like to see Mr. Poliev in the house where he belongs. Conservative MP-elect Gérard Deltel is sounding fairly positive about the election results. His party increased seats, but one they lost belonged to leader Pierre Poliev. On Friday the Conservatives revealed Poliev would run in a by-election in the Alberta riding of Battle River Crowfoot. Damien Couric is stepping aside just days after winning the riding with 82% of the vote. In a statement Poliev praised Couric as selfless and said he was accepting the offer with humility

and appreciation. The Liberals could wait months to call the by-election, keeping Poliev out of the House of Commons for as long as possible. But Prime Minister Mark Carney says he won't delay. I will ensure that it happens as soon as possible. Still, there are rules and procedures to follow, and Poliev likely won't know the results of that race until at least late June. By then, Parliament may have gone on break until the fall. Catherine Kellen, CBC News, Ottawa.

And you can hear more on this and Prime Minister Mark Carney's trip to Washington on the House right after the 9 o'clock edition of World Report, 9.30 Newfoundland or wherever you get your podcasts. Newfoundland and Labrador will find out who will be the next Liberal leader and premier today. The party is holding its leadership convention to replace Andrew Furey after his surprise resignation in February. CBC's Heather Gillis reports. The race is between John Hogan and John Abbott. And whichever John wins, he will lead the party to the next general election.

Judy Morrow runs the Liberal Election Committee. She says 14,000 party members have until noon local time to vote. This is a very important race for our party and for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Hogan is the front runner, a lawyer, who has been the Minister of Justice and most recently Health Minister. While Abbott was a former Deputy Minister in the provincial government, he's also been Minister of Housing, Transportation and Infrastructure, also Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development.

Whoever wins will have some big files to deal with. The high cost of living, the province's record debt at $20 billion and a new historic hydro deal with Quebec is not finalized. The province has a fixed election date, meaning the 15th premier of Newfoundland and Labrador must call an election before October. Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. In Southern California, two female employees of a technical college have been shot on campus. The shooting took place at Spartan College in Inglewood on Friday around 4 p.m. local

time. Mayor James Butts says the suspect is believed to be a former employee. One of the victims is now in critical condition. And that is your World This Sour for CBC News. I'm Neal Kumar.