The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/09 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/09 at 14:00 EDT

How did the internet go from this? You could actually find what you were looking for right away, bound to this. I feel like I'm in hell. Spoiler alert, it was not an accident. I'm Cory Doctorow, host of Who Broke the Internet from CBC's Understood. In this four-part series, I'm going to tell you

why the internet sucks now, whose fault it is, and my plan to fix it. Find Who Broke the Internet on whatever terrible app you get your podcasts. Julie Anne Hazelwood From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julie Anne Hazelwood. Prime Minister Mark Carney's post-election cabinet is set to be sworn in next Tuesday. As Kate McKenna reports, its makeup could tell us a lot about how Carney plans to govern. Next Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce which members of his team will take on key

roles in his administration. There are 169 Liberal members of the House of Commons who could be tapped for cabinet positions. He has said he'd maintain gender parity. He's also said his cabinet will be efficient and focused. Regional representation is also expected to be a consideration. Unlike in the previous government, there are now liberal MPs elected in every province. Carney campaigned on being best suited to handle the US administration, and this week he took three cabinet ministers to the White House with him, signaling early confidence in Dominique LeBlanc, Melanie Jolie, and David McGinty staying in cabinet. But we can expect some new faces too, as Carney seeks to differentiate himself

from his predecessor. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. The impact of Trump's tariffs has started rippling through Canada's economy. The evidence – new jobs numbers – released today. It shows a sharp drop off in employment in trade-sensitive sectors. That caused the jobless rate to tick up to 6.9 percent. Peter Armstrong reports. Canadian employers added 7,400 jobs last month, but there are a whole series of caveats that go along with that report. Public sector jobs were up nearly 23,000, while private sector employment fell 26,000. And many of those public sector jobs were one-time gigs working through the federal election. The job losses were concentrated in

manufacturing and regions dependent on manufacturing. Economists like Brendan Bernard from the job search site indeed say it doesn't take much to figure out why those jobs are being lost. Well we've been waiting all year for signs of a direct hit from the trade war on the economy in general and the job market specifically. And I think these April numbers were that first real sign. Bernard says other trade sensitive sectors showed substantial declines as well. And the concern is that though the tariffs began in April the uncertainty has only grown since then. Peter Rennstrow, CBC News, Toronto.

The owner of WestJet is selling 25% of the Calgary-based airline. The Canadian investment firm Onyx says a 15% stake will go to Delta Airlines. Another 10% will be sold to Korean Air. Both airlines have been WestJet partners for more than a decade. The cost of the deal is more than 750 million Canadian. China's leader Xi Jinping stood alongside Vladimir Putin during a victory parade in Moscow. Xi was among a number of world leaders who came to Russia to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany. But as we hear from Breyer Stewart, today's ceremonies were not just about remembering the past.

As the band played, thousands of soldiers and cadets marched in front of Red Square. On display in the parade, Russian drones currently being used in Ukraine. Putin had declared a unilateral three-day ceasefire to mark the anniversary, a move which Ukrainian officials saw as a manipulative stunt. They say the fighting hasn't stopped on the front line. Sam Green is a professor in Russian politics at King's College London and says Victory Day in Russia has gone through a transformation. They have framed certainly the entirety of the conflict in Ukraine going back to 2014 in the language of World War II. It's an effort, he says, to try to convince the Russian public that the country is fighting

a just war, even as it refuses to agree to a 30-day proposed ceasefire. Briar Stewart, CBC News, London. Pakistan is postponing its premier cricket tournament because of rising military tensions with India. The Pakistan Cricket Board says it's acting on advice from Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif. It says cricket is a unifying force and a source of joy, but it must take a respectful pause.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.