The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/13 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/13 at 04:00 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. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Herland. Mark Carney is expected to swear in his new cabinet today. The Prime Minister's office says it will be slimmer than Canadians have been used to seeing under Justin Trudeau. But Carney is also adding Secretaries of State or junior ministers into the mix. Rafi Boujikanean reports. Are you in cabinet?

Newly minted Liberal MP for Toronto Centre Evan Solomon picking up his luggage at Ottawa International Airport, not quite issuing a denial about whether he is getting into cabinet. The Prime Minister's office has said Mark Carney is adding 10 junior roles to the cabinet. Some of the ministers will be the new faces that got elected along with Carney, such as former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, who will take on housing, and former chair of Hydro One Timothy Hodgson, who becomes natural resources and energy minister, replacing Jonathan Wilkinson, who is out of cabinet.

Carney's office says there will be fewer than 30 full-time cabinet ministers, and he's committing to gender parity. Carney is keeping some old ministers. Christian Freeland will stay on. So will Stephen Gilbo, as well as Sean Fraser, who is moving to justice. Rafi Bujay Khan, YonCBC News, Ottawa. Canadian tobacco companies will start to pay out billions of dollars this year as part of a class action lawsuit.

In total, 32 billion will be paid out over 20 years, most of that to provinces and territories. But Newfoundland and Labrador has put all of its money into this year's provincial budget. As Peter Cowan reports, experts are questioning the approach during an election year. That's probably one of the lowest in the country. Newfoundland and Labrador's finance minister has touted just how small the province's $372 million deficit is this year. But what Siobhan Cody didn't mention was the deficit would have been almost double if it

wasn't for the settling of a decades-long court battle with tobacco companies. There's a large tobacco settlement, which is about $500 million. The Deputy Minister of Finance, Michelle Juer, says it took the total amount of the settlement and put it into this year's budget, even though the actual amount will be paid out over 20 years. It's the only province to do it this way. The government's up for reelection. Ian Lee, who's a professor of business management at Ottawa's Carleton University, says politics

may have influenced how Newfoundland and Labrador treated this. The temptation is, hey, we'll take it all into revenues and we'll make the situation look much better than it really is. The province says it's following accounting standards, but it'll be up to the auditor general to decide if this follows the rules. A provincial election is scheduled for October. Peter Cowen, CBC News, St. John's. India's prime minister warns his country will retaliate if a delicate ceasefire with Pakistan is violated.

The pause in fighting appears to be holding for now. In both countries, airports are back up and running. Salima Shivji reports. The latest flare-up lasted four intense days, filled with drone strikes and heavy shelling. The clashes, triggered by a deadly attack on tourists that India blames on terrorists, it says are backed by Pakistan, a claim Islamabad denies. Each side quickly claimed victory over the weekend, fervour and cheers in Pakistan,

with newspaper headlines praising the country's brave, glorious sons. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to his nation with strong words for New Delhi's rival. Terror and talks can't go together. This is only a pause on military action Modi says. We'll wait and see what Islamabad does. It was US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he helped broker the ceasefire, who also floated the idea of broad negotiations on the Kashmir dispute sometime soon.

But that's not on India's agenda. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Mumbai. Asian stock shares advanced Tuesday after China and the United States announced a 90-day truce in their trade war. But the gains were tempered by uncertainty over the long term, as analysts warned that President Donald Trump's policies could still change. And that is your World This Hour. I'm Neal Hurland.