The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 23:00 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. Engines, steering wheels, door hinges,

those are just a few of the auto parts that are subject to a 25% import tax in the U.S. Those tariffs came into effect on Saturday. Canadian parts are exempt if they can prove enough US content. Chris Reyes reports from New York. Most auto parts coming into the US will be slapped with a 25% tariff. Those parts come from all over the world, including Canada. In an interview earlier this week, Ford's CEO Jim Farley said his company can't put out an entirely made-in-the-USA car. To keep it competitive and affordable compared to companies that import,

we have to import certain parts. For now, Canadian auto part imports are exempt under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Still, questions abound about how to comply with President Donald Trump's new round of levies, says Christian Bravo, a business analytics professor at Western University. You have to go through a process in order to get them to be compliant. It's not automatic. You need to actually go and certify that there is a certain percentage of North American male parts. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York.

There's a new premier designate in Canada's easternmost province. And in first place, with 77.48% of the vote, John Hogan. Please join me in congratulating the new leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland, Labrador, and in this three-year-old government process. The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador chose former Health Minister John Hogan to be its next leader and the province's next premier. He told his supporters he knows people are worried about their relationship with the U.S., affordability, and the province's health care system, and he promised to give the job

everything he's got. Hogan will succeed Andrew Fure Fury, who surprised many when he announced his resignation earlier this year. A vocal minority of Albertans want their province to break up with Canada. They held a rally outside the legislature in Edmonton on Saturday. At the moment, it's highly unlikely they'll get their wish, but the provincial government did just make it easier to put questions like separation to a vote. Paige Parsons explains. Hundreds gathered on the steps of the Alberta legislature today for a rally calling for Alberta to separate from Canada. Jeevan Mangat was one of the organizers. So we wish to be in charge as Albertans of our own nation. Premier

Daniel Smith says an initial call with Prime Minister Mark Carney went well. It also introduced legislation to make it easier for citizens to ask for a referendum about Alberta separating from the rest of Canada. A recent poll found only 25% of Albertans support the idea of separatism, but First Nations leaders were swift to react to the proposed referendum legislation. Sheldon Sunshine is the chief of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. At this point, with the level of disregard for our people, nothing is off the table. We will do what we have to to protect our people and protect our lands.

Paige Parsons, CBC News, Edmonton. Alberta's new Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart. Delegates in Edmonton voted to allow provincial members to opt out of joining the federal NDP. It's a move leader Naheed Nenshi campaigned on last year. He said the practice skeers some Albertans away from the provincial party. Regina City Council has voted to continue with plans to add fluoride to the city's water supply starting next year. The council rejected a motion that said adding fluoride is unsafe. Dr. Susan Petrick from Regina Pediatricians says fluoride at the right dose offers strong health benefits. The levels proposed are safe

and have been endorsed by every medical association, including our Canadian Pediatric Society, Canadian Medical Association. Fluoride has added to the water supply of many major Canadian cities. 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, or for news anytime you can visit our website at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.