The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 01:00 EDT

So, how did the Liberals manage to win government while the Conservatives also boosted their voter support with voters almost evenly split between the two? And what will this mean for hopes of some cooperation on Parliament Hill this spring? I'm Catherine Cullen and every Saturday on The House, we cut through the noise to make politics make sense. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts as we explore these questions and answer yours. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Herland. One vote down and still no pope. Cardinals cast their first ballot Wednesday. Margaret Evans reports.

Wednesday Margaret Evans reports. The cardinals the so-called princes of the church bathed in the red glow of their robes as they filed into the Sistine Chapel and so the history books tasked at this conclave with choosing the Catholic Church's 267th Pope. Each taking an oath of secrecy before being locked in to deliberations. Professional Pope watchers say the choice of a new pontiff is inevitably a judgment on the legacy of the old. By day's end St. Peter's Square was full of those watching for the results of the old. By day's end St. Peter's Square was full of those watching for the results of the Cardinals first vote even though few expected a result this early in the process. And when the smoke started to flow from that much-watched chimney it was black. More deliberations Margaret Evans CBC News Vatican City.

Prime Minister Mark Carney briefed the premiers on what was said during his meeting with US President Donald Trump. Tom Perry has more. I don't think I'd have the restraint that he had yesterday to be very frank. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Mark Carney's encounter with Donald Trump went about as well as it could. No one expected to sign a deal, but'll tell you it was a massive step forward that he went down there and they seemed to be getting along quite well and... BC Premier David Eby also breathing a sigh of relief. We were all grateful that the meeting went the way that it did knowing how some other meetings have gone in that exact same office with other world leaders. But despite that relief, U.S. tariffs remain in place on Canadian steel, aluminum and other

products. Carney will sit down with the premiers in Saskatchewan in early June before meeting face to face again with Trump at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet has opinions on Alberta separatism. He says since Quebec hasn't successfully split from Canada, he's not the one to ask. Still, he has this advice. The first idea is to define oneself as a nation. Therefore, it requires a culture of their own. And I am not certain that oil and gas qualify to define a culture.

But it's theirs to decide if they want to re-vindicate the right to self-determination. Would never interfere in that. It belongs to them. Some parents in Canada have received disturbing news. Their children's personal information that was stolen in a major school data breach has not been deleted as promised despite a ransom being paid. Jamie Strashen reports. In late December, Power School, a data storage platform used by hundreds of school boards in Canada and across North America suffered a massive data breach affecting millions of students. It assured clients, including

multiple Canadian school boards, that the data of students. It assured clients, including multiple Canadian school boards, that the data of students and staff hadn't been exposed. It paid a ransom. In exchange for assurances from the hackers, the stolen data would be deleted. It now turns out that never happened. Predictable says technology analyst, Carmi Levy. It's absolutely clear that the data is being used for subsequent attacks.

Now the hackers, still in possession of a massive amount of data, are targeting individual school boards. The Toronto District School Board says it was the target of a ransom demand this week. Certainly we can. Toronto Metropolitan University Professor Charles Finlay advises vigilance for those affected, but points out it could be months, even years, until the true implications of this massive breach are known. Jamie Strash in CBC News, Toronto. The Winnipeg Jets lost their opening game of round two in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Scramble! Connor Canka the shot away and Dallas will win Game 1-3-2 here in Winnipeg. Meantime the Leafs won their second game against the Florida Panthers tonight, final score 4-3. And that is your World This Hour. I'm Neal Herland.