The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/13 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/13 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. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. We begin in Ottawa with a first look at Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet. 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of state have been sworn in today at Rideau Hall. And many of them are brand new MPs. David Thurton has more. With a new team, purpose built for this hinge moment in Canada's history.

Prime Minister Mark Carney outside Rideau Hall after the swearing in. His new cabinet has new and old faces. Justin Trudeau-era cabinet minister Francois-Philippe Champagne remains finance minister. Anita Onon swaps jobs with Melanie Jolie. Onon going to foreign affairs as Canada hosts the G7 summit next month. Her predecessor — I, Melanie Jolie, do solemnly and sincerely promise and declare — heads to industry. Krisha Freeland keeps her job at transport.

Carney's new cabinet has 28 members. Many are rookie ministers, like former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson. Execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as Minister of Housing and Infrastructure. Carney is reviving a dormant ministerial role. Ten Secretaries of State are supporting the new cabinet, including one focused on crime. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Honda is delaying major investments in Canada.

The Japanese automaker was set to spend billions of dollars on electric vehicle production in Ontario. It is the latest blow to the province's auto industry amid growing economic uncertainty. Anissa Hadari reports. It's a 15 billion dollar investment delayed. Honda had proposed an electric vehicle battery plant in this country along with retooling an existing assembly plant in Alliston, Ontario. In North America the EV market growth is slowing down and so as of now we think that we should postpone for at least two years."

Company executives are blaming less demand for electric vehicles as one reason for the delay. The company does say it's not cutting existing jobs in Ontario, something Premier Doug Ford echoed. We're going to keep that facility moving forward, so we'll just see how that moves forward. But we're very confident that we'll continue producing Honda vehicles here in Ontario. Both federal and provincial governments had promised billions to support the Honda expansion, which politicians say they still expect to happen eventually.

NECDARI CBC News, Calgary. Police have lifted an emergency alert for uptown St. John, New Brunswick. Officers had been searching for three armed individuals after locating a dead 20-year-old in a vehicle. Police now say they have one person in custody and there is no further threat to the public. U.S. sanctions on Syria will soon be gone. I say good luck Syria, show us something special. President Donald Trump says he has taken the first steps to lift sanctions and normalize

relations with the country. The decision comes ahead of his reported meeting tomorrow with Syria's new president. Ahmed al-Sharah was named to the post this year after a stunning offensive by insurgent groups ended the five-decade rule of the Assad family. The sanctions were brutal and crippling and served as an important, really an important function, nevertheless, at the time, but now it's their time to shine. Trump made the announcement in Riyadh where he signed various new agreements with Saudi Arabia. That includes a landmark defense deal amounting to some $147 billion in U.S. military equipment.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he will be in Turkey on Thursday, waiting for Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Zelensky is hoping to secure a 30-day ceasefire if Putin meets him face-to-face in Istanbul. The Ukrainian leader says if talks fail, he expects to see sanctions on Russia from the US and European Union. He's also invited President Trump to join the meeting, but Trump is sending his Secretary of State Marco Rubio instead. A spokesperson for the Kremlin says they are prepared for substantive talks, but would not say if Putin plans to attend.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.