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

Episode Date: May 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/05 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 Pap Philpott. Mark Carney has arrived in Washington for tomorrow's critical meeting with President Donald Trump.

Ahead of his arrival, the new prime minister was predicting some difficult but constructive White House talks. The CBC's Tom Perry has more from Washington. Mark Carney was offered a modest welcome as he touched down. The prime minister greeted by Canada's ambassador to the U.S. and to American officials before being whisked away in a motorcade. Carney will meet U.S. and to American officials before being whisked away in a motorcade. Carney will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday with Trump setting the bar low. I don't know if he's coming to see me. I'm not sure what he wants to see me about, but I guess he wants to make a deal.

Everybody does. They all want to make a deal because we have something that they all want. Carney has also tamped down expectations around getting US tariffs lifted on Canadian aluminum, steel and autos. There's also the matter of Trump's constant goading around Canada becoming America's 51st state, something Carney says will never happen. Tom Perry, CBC News, Washington. And still in Washington, Donald Trump is threatening to impose a new tariff he says will target a national security threat.

Movies made outside the US. The president has announced a 100% tariff on films produced internationally. Canadian officials say the move could devastate the film industry here. Many of the movies and series made in Canada are either productions or co-productions with US companies. Alberta Premier Daniel Smith is promising a referendum on separation next year, but only if a citizens-led campaign gathers the required number of signatures.

She says many people have lost hope about Alberta's future within Canada. The vast majority of these individuals are not fringe voices to be marginalized or vilified. They are loyal Albertans. They are quite literally our friends and neighbors who've just had enough of having their livelihoods and prosperity attacked by a hostile federal government. In a live stream addressed to the province, Smith said she prefers a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada, but she insists

the voices of those unhappy with confederation must be listened to. The premier also outlined her demands for the new Liberal government in Ottawa. Many of these include changes to what she calls hostile policies related to Alberta's resource industries. At the sexual assault trial of five former World Junior Hockey players in London, Ontario, the complainant testified for a second day. The woman, identified only as EM, says she cried and felt physically sick during the alleged assault. In June 2018, she met player Michael McLeod at a bar and

had consensual sex with him. What followed, with more players entering the room, is the focus of this trial. The jury had previously been presented video evidence of E.M. that evening saying, quote, it was all consensual. E.M. testified the videos were not a reflection of how she felt. All five men have pleaded not guilty. The Manitoba government says indigenous families who have lost loved ones will soon be able to apply for special funding. The money is to help them pay for search efforts, attend court proceedings, or seek opportunities for healing. Sandra De La Ronde is the executive director of Gagandoe, one of five Manitoba organizations

handling family applications. I think it will make a difference, you know, for families that are grieving, to be able to do things like have a ceremony to put up a headstone for their loved one, either to maybe further their education and have their tuition paid for. Today's announcement comes on Red Dress Day, the annual commemoration for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people. Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his Pope Mobiles to serve the children of Gaza. The Vatican's charitable foundation, CARETA, says the vehicle will be converted into a mobile health unit outfitted with equipment for diagnosis, examination and treatment.

But CARETA says the humanitarian corridor in Gaza needs to reopen before putting the vehicle to use. That's your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Pep Philpott.