The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/12 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/12 at 20:00 EDT

Café William wants to know, what's your favorite roast? We're touring selected Metro grocers across Ontario. Come by for a tasting and find the brew that's just right for you. It's the perfect moment for great coffee. For more info, go to CaféWilliam.com. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Stephanie Scanderis. The question of which party controls the riding of Terrebonne, Quebec, could still be up in the air.

Over the weekend, a judicial recount revealed the Liberals won the riding by one vote, beating out the Bloc Québécois. Radio-Canada has now learned Elections Canada is trying to decide what to do after one voter said her mail-in ballot was returned to her. The agency says there was an error on the envelope provided. They say they are gathering more details. Alberta is freezing its industrial carbon price at $95 per ton of emissions effective immediately.

Premier Danielle Smith says the move is meant to keep the energy industry competitive and provide it with certainty. We have a reasonable system in place that's working, but any additional increases past $100 per tonne will wipe out any of the benefits we've seen. That means fewer jobs for Albertans, less revenue to invest in our public services, and decreased innovation across our industries.

The price had been set to rise to $110 per tonne next year and continue increasing to $170 per tonne by 2030. The government says the freeze is indefinite. Meanwhile, an Alberta separatist group says it'll push the premier to hold a referendum on independence from Canada this year. And the Alberta Prosperity Project has released the question it hopes to have on the ballot. Josh McLean has the details. This is as serious as a heart attack. Jeffrey Rath with the Alberta Prosperity Project

unveiling the question his group hopes to put to Albertans later this year. Do you agree that the province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province of Canada? This is what Albertans expect. They want a clear, concise question leading to a clear, unequivocal answer. Rath argues Alberta would fare better economically free of Ottawa's oversight. But his group has more hurdles to clear before the question will appear on a

ballot, including getting it approved. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wouldn't weigh in when asked about the question. There are several groups out there that are proposing different timelines, different questions and so I'll wait to see which one garners enough signatures. Smith says she wants to see Alberta have more sovereignty while staying a part of Canada. Josh McLean, CBC News, Calgary. The last living American hostage abducted by Hamas is now in Israeli custody. Crowds in Tel Aviv cheered as they saw a picture taken today of Idan Alexander standing with workers from the Red Cross.

The 21-year-old was serving at an Israeli military base near the Gaza border when he was taken in the October 7 attacks. Washington negotiated the handover of the US Israeli citizen with Hamas without Israeli involvement. Hamas says the release was a gesture of goodwill in efforts to revive ceasefire talks and the delivery of humanitarian aid. A report from the world's leading monitor on hunger says the entire population of Gaza, 2.1 million people, is now at risk of famine. North American markets are climbing after the U.S. and China announced a 90-day truce in their trade war.

The world's two largest economies agreed to temporarily take down most of their tariffs against each other. Aaron Collins has more from Washington. The talks in Geneva were very friendly. The relationship is very good. Donald Trump speaking in Washington, signaling progress in trade talks with China. Both sides have agreed to dramatically reduce tariffs while they work on a deal. We're not looking to hurt China.

China was being hurt very badly. They were closing up factories. They were having a lot of unrest. This trade war also a burden for the U.S. Worries of rising prices, making getting trade deals done important here too. An opportunity for Canada according to international trade lawyer Martha Harrison. With the U.S. key retail markets continuing to suffer, that may create additional leverage for Canada to try and settle this tariff issue once and

for all with the United States. Perhaps a good place to make progress on a deal, a G7 meeting being held in Alberta next month. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Washington. And that's your World This Hour. I'm Stephanie Scanderis.