The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/09 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/09 at 04:00 EDT

The election may be over, but that certainly doesn't mean things are settled on Parliament Hill, and that gives At Issue a lot to talk about. I'm Rosemary Barton, CBC's Chief Political Correspondent, and every week I'm joined by three of Canada's top political journalists, Chantelle Baer, Andrew Coyne, and Althea Raj, to help you understand what's at stake as the Liberals settled in for another minority and the Conservatives try to hold them to account. Follow At Issue as we break down the biggest stories in Canadian politics, new podcasts every Friday. From CBC News, the world this hour.

I'm Claude Fague. The new leader of the Catholic Church will hold his first mass as Pope later this morning. Pope Leo XIV will lead mass in the Sistine Chapel a day after being named the new pontiff, a selection that was a pleasant shock to many around the world, including in his home country of the U.S. Steve Futterman reports. In many parts of the U.S., the announcement was met with shock and elation at Villanova University where the pope went to college, bells rang.

In Pennsylvania, the Sisters of Mercy were watching on a church TV when they learned where the Pope was from. In the Pope's hometown Chicago, his brother John said almost from the start, Pope Leo had a fascination with the church. You know how some kids like to play war and be soldiers and he wanted to play priest. Here in Los Angeles, at the midday mass at the downtown cathedral, they said prayers for the new pope and Father John Ochoa feels Pope Leo, even though he is American, has an international mindset. A lot of his life he lived in Peru so he's not just a

pope of the United States but he's a pope of the Americas. Here and in many other US cities the faithful are hoping for future visits from the American Pope. Steve Futterman for CBC News Los Angeles. Russia is marking 80 years of their defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II today, a large military parade took to the streets of Red Square and Moscow. President Vladimir Putin was joined by several foreign dignitaries, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The former Soviet Union lost an estimated 27 million people during the war between 1941 and 1945.

Climate change and shifting geopolitics are shaping conversations about Canada's Arctic and how we can protect its sovereignty. The governing Liberals and the opposition Conservatives have recently embraced the notion of giving the Royal Canadian Navy armed icebreakers to defend the Arctic. And it's an idea a former top naval commander and several defense experts question. As the CBC's Murray Brewster explains, they wonder whether it's political theater aimed at the Americans or sensible policy. The notion of arming an icebreaker is overly simplistic. Former Vice Admiral Mark Norman, who looks at the proposals of

both the liberals and the conservatives with a raised eyebrow. I'm puzzled because I don't know what it is we're trying to achieve other than the political objective of demonstrating a commitment to Arctic sovereignty. Other defense experts say icebreakers are slow and noisy. Submarines, they say, are better. The Conservatives in 2006 proposed heavy military icebreakers only to back away because of the enormous cost and limited utility. The Coast Guard is usually the home of Canada's unarmed icebreaking fleet. The Liberals, however, have promised to rewrite the services mandate to conduct maritime surveillance and integrate them into Canada's NATO defense capabilities. Whether that means arming them is unclear. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. The Edmonton Oilers have

taken a 2-0 series lead against the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup playoffs. One back to the gate, Dreisaitl scores! Game two to Edmonton, final 5-4 in overtime! As seen on CBC and Roger's Sportsnet, Leon Dreisaitl converted a pass from Captain Connor McDavid at 15-20 of the first overtime, leading the Oil to a 5-4 win and a 2-0 Western Conference Series lead. It's the first time the current Oilers' Corps has won the first two games of a series since 2017. The series now shifts to Edmonton for games 3 and 4 starting on Saturday.

Tonight, the Toronto Maple Leafs look for a 3-0 series lead, facing off with the Panthers in Florida, while the Winnipeg Jets look to get on the board and even their series, hosting Dallas in Game 2. Panthers in Florida, while the Winnipeg Jets look to get on the board in even their series, hosting Dallas in Game 2. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.