The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/09 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/09 at 21:00 EDT

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When debts got you, you've got us. Give Credit Counseling Society a call today. Visit NoMoreDets.org. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. Tens of thousands of people lost their jobs last month, mostly in the manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, as U.S. tariffs work their way through the Canadian economy. Anis Hadari reports.

Statistics Canada confirms it was harder to find work this April compared to last April. 189,000 more unemployed people year over year. Overall unemployment is at 6.9%. That's an increase too. We've been waiting all year for signs of a direct hit. These April numbers were that first real sign. Brendan Bernard pins this soft job market on tariffs and the trade war.

He's senior economist at the job website indeed. Wholesale and retail trade in the natural resource sector. These are the areas of the economy most exposed. One step forward, two steps back in terms of the Trump's administration of the tariff rollout, that's creating a lot of uncertainty. Gio Jacinto is an economic and trade policy analyst with the United Steelworkers in Toronto. He says the hope is federal responses might mitigate the economic impact of tariffs as time goes on. Meaningful employment across Canada may depend on decisions made in Washington.

Anis Hadari, CBC News, Calgary. Prime Minister Mark Carney will name his new cabinet on Tuesday. Carney says there will be an equal number of men and women. He did not say how many ministers there will be. His first cabinet in March, after he he was sworn in had just 24 members. The House of Commons will resume on May 26. The new Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador was sworn in earlier today. John Hogan became leader of the governing liberals last Saturday. He replaced Andrew Fury, who announced his resignation in February. At the sexual assault trial of five former World Junior Hockey team members, more questioning

this afternoon of EM, their accuser. The five players have all pleaded not guilty in the alleged 2018 incident. Ali Shiasan has this update. The accused hockey players and their lawyers walk past a group of about 40 EM supporters. It's the largest group we've seen here all week. And inside the courtroom, Alex Formanton's lawyer Daniel Brown continued his cross-examination with a show and tell in front of the jury. He brought in a one ounce shot glass and a Jaggerbomb shot glass from Jax. He pours the Jaggerbomb shot into the one ounce glass and suggests that it's actually about half the amount of alcohol.

Quote, you had eight Jaggerbomb shots but that was the equivalent of four shots of alcohol. You hadn't drunk as much as you thought, Brown says to EM. So far Brown's cross-examination has mostly focused on what took place at Jax before the alleged assault. His client, Alex Bormanton, wasn't at the bar. He wasn't 19 yet. Brown will likely wrap his cross-examination of EM on Monday. Then the defense counsel for Calfoot and Dylan Dubey will begin theirs. Ali Shiasan, CBC News, London, Ontario. Pakistan is claiming India has fired missiles that landed in Indian territory. It's the latest in a sudden escalation from the nuclear armed neighbors.

A spokesperson for Pakistan's army says the missiles were fired at three air bases, but most were intercepted. It comes hours after New Delhi said Pakistan launched a fresh wave of drone strikes against India. Air traffic controllers directing planes into Newark Airport in New Jersey lost radar signals this morning for the second time in two weeks. Traffic was being directed from a facility in Philadelphia. The radar went black for 90 seconds similar to that April 28th incident. While White House press secretary Caroline

Levitt says today's outage is a glitch. There's a four-part infrastructure plan that was released by the Secretary of Transportation yesterday to improve communication, surveillance, automation, and their facilities. They want to replace the antiquated telecom systems with new fiber, wireless, and satellite technologies. The first outage led to hundreds of flight cancellations and delays at Newark, a disruption that still hasn't cleared. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.