The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 22:00 EDT

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st, tickets on sale now at national.ballet.ca sponsored by IG Private Wealth Management. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Washington's 25% tariff on foreign

auto parts is now in effect. It comes a day after General Motors announced it's cutting about 750 positions at its plant in Oshawa, Ontario. Flavio Folpe is the president of Canada's Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association. He says it's important to keep pushing the Trump administration to understand that cuts to the American car companies in Canada hurts America. We were able to successfully get the auto parts tariffs through under USMCA. My hope is that we continue the fight with the same zeal to maybe save those jobs before they go away in the fall. Volpe referred to the Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement as the USMCA. The US Border and Customs Agency

says auto parts compliant with the trade deal will not be subject to the new 25 percent tariff. John Hogan has won the race to lead the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador and be the next premier. The former health minister got more than 77 percent of the vote, defeating fellow cabinet minister John Abbott. Hogan promised to give the job everything he's got. There's no question there are challenges affecting everyone right now.

We're facing a new relationship with our neighbors south of the border and we must be prepared on how that will impact us here at home. Families continue to struggle with affordability. There's frustrations with our health care system. Under my leadership, a liberal government will continue to work hard on these and other important priorities. Hogan will succeed Andrew Furey, who announced his resignation earlier this year. In Alberta, doctors and health leaders are questioning the province's ability to battle the growing measles outbreak.

As the provincial government says, it's in the initial stages of hiring a new permanent medical officer of health. Lorian Hardcastle teaches health law and policy at the University of Calgary. The fact that we only have an interim CMOH would be a lot easier to manage if the province was providing that clear and consistent public health messaging around measles, but they're not.

210 measles cases have been reported in Alberta since the outbreak began in March. Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won re-election in a campaign that had striking similarities to Canada's recent vote, including a come-from-behind victory in a campaign overshadowed by Donald Trump's trade war. Philip Lee Shanuck reports. Australians have chosen optimism and determination. In a victory speech in Sydney Anthony Albanese didn't mention Donald Trump but he didn't have to. The US president has been in the headlines almost daily throughout the

campaign. We did not need to beg or borrow or copy from anywhere else. After months of trailing in the polls, Albanese becomes the first Australian Prime Minister to clinch a second consecutive term in more than two decades. I accept full responsibility for that. Although there were some similar policies and messages, Peter Dutton, leader of the Conservative Liberal Party, says his opposition unfairly tied him to Trump.

We've been defined by our opponents in this election, which is not the true story of who we are. Observers see parallels between Dutton and Canada's Conservative leader, Pierre Poliev, both lost despite huge leads before Trump came to power, and both lost their own seats. Philip Le Chattox, CBC News, Toronto. Singapore's People's Action Party has won its 14th consecutive election, extending its 66-year reign in government.

The result bolsters the leadership of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office a year ago. We are grateful once again for your strong mandate. We will honour the trust that you have given to us by working even harder for all of you. Wong appealed for a strong mandate to allow him to steer Singapore's economy through the turbulence caused by US tariffs. And that is your World is Sour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts, updated every hour, seven days a week.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.