The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/06 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/06 at 21:00 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 this hour. I'm Neil Herland. Prime Minister Mark Carney sat down

with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House today. The two leaders, along with some of their top officials, met in the Oval Office. As Tom Perry reports, they talked about trade, tariffs, and the tense relationship that's developed between their two countries. Thank you very much everybody. It's a great honor to have Prime Minister Mark Carney with us. It was a meeting that could have gone off the rails but from the start us president Donald Trump treated prime minister Mark Carney with what sounded like respect a few days ago he won a very big election in Canada and I think I was probably the greatest thing that happened to him but I can't do it though it didn't take long for the conversation to turn to Trump's

fixation with turning Canada into America's fifty first state. Well I still believe that but you know takes two to tango right. Carney's response affirmed no. As you know from real estate there are some places that are never for sale. The Prime Minister says Canada and the U.S. still have much work to do on trade in tariffs, his meeting with Trump producing few immediate results, but no fireworks.

Tom Perry, CBC News, Washington. Conservative MPs have chosen former leader Andrew Scheer as their interim opposition leader. Scheer will lead the Tories in Parliament as Pierre Polyev tries to regain a seat. Olivia Stefanovic has more. I'll be taking over the parliamentary leadership duties of the caucus until Mr. Poliev rejoins us in the House. Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer announcing he will

fill in for Pierre Poliev during the spring sitting of Parliament. A decision made by newly elected and returning Conservative MPs who met for the first time today in Ottawa as a caucus since losing the federal election and seeing their party leader defeated in his own Ontario riding. Obviously very thankful to the people of Carlton for the two decades I had the privilege of serving them. Poliev is expected to keep the top Tory job as he prepares to run in an upcoming by-election triggered by the resignation of Alberta Conservative MP Damien Couric. But Poliev's caucus has adopted the Reform Act, giving MPs more power to act independently and possibly trigger a leadership review.

Olivia Stavanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will honour some residents' wishes to pursue a referendum on provincial separation. A citizen-initiated referendum would be, by definition, initiated by citizens. And so I won't prejudge what issues citizens might want to put on the table. But I do not support separatism myself. I support a strong, sovereign Alberta within a united Canada, and that's what I'll keep working towards.

Yesterday, Smith announced she would call a referendum next year if citizens gather enough signatures and the number of signatures needed will be lower if her government's new legislation passes. The United Kingdom and India have now signed a free trade deal. It's several years in the making but spurred into action by Donald Trump's tariff war. Both nations call it a huge economic milestone. Salima Shivji reports. The free trade deal is a critical one in the shadow of the turmoil caused by US President Donald Trump's tariff

policies as both India and the UK try to shield themselves from the fallout. That context could have been the impetus to close the deal even though stop-start negotiations kicked off three years ago. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says That context could have been the impetus to close the deal, even though stop-start negotiations kicked off three years ago. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says securing the free trade agreement was a key priority. This is a historic day for the United Kingdom and for India. And this will be measured in billions of pounds into our economy. For the UK, it means a big reduction in tariffs that India imposes on goods like Scotch whisky

and cars. Aside from lower import duties, the deal makes India an increasingly appealing country for investors looking to diversify from China and signals to other countries that India is willing to break down some of its historically high tariff walls. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Mumbai. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Hurland.