The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/14 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/14 at 03:00 EDT

Other People's Problems was the first podcast to take you inside real-life therapy sessions. I'm Dr. Hilary McBride, and again, we're doing something new. The ketamine really broke down a lot of my barriers. This work has this sort of immediate transformational effect. Therapy Using Psychedelics is the new frontier in mental health. Come along for the trip. Other People's Problems Season 5, available now. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. Prime Minister Mark Carney will hold his first meeting today with his new cabinet. 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of state were sworn in Tuesday at Rideau Hall.

They include a mix of old and new faces. Melanie Jolie is Canada's new industry minister. Prime Minister Carney is very results-oriented, very focused. He wants to empower his ministers. He wants us to have a lot of responsibilities. And you know, basically we will be evaluated based on how much we're able to deal with crisis. Conservative leader Pierre Polyaev says the new Carney cabinet has too many of the same

ministers who served under Justin Trudeau. A remote Ojibwe community is taking the federal government to court over decades-old issues with its water and wastewater infrastructure. The First Nation has declared a state of emergency over its lack of running water and limited capacity to fight fires. As Sarah Law reports, the community is tired of waiting for solutions. If we don't have safe drinking water, our future looks bleak. Paddy Peters was 30 years old when he was first elected into office. More than three decades later, the chief of Pecanjeukum First Nation says he's dealing with the same issues.

About 4,000 people live in the Northwestern Ontario community. It's been in and out of drinking water advisories for years. Pecanjeukum is seeking $2 billion in damages from Canada in federal court. It argues the government has breached its constitutional, charter and treaty rights by not ensuring access to potable water, sewage and fire prevention systems. A spokesperson for Indigenous Services Canada says the government has spent millions of dollars assessing the problem and providing support, and is committed to working with Pekanjecom.

With a new federal cabinet in place, advocates want to see the First Nations Clean Water Act pushed through Parliament. Sarah Law, CBC News, Thunder Bay, Ontario. After nearly 30 years behind bars for murdering their parents, the Menendez brothers may be one step closer to freedom. Yesterday, a California judge re-sentenced Eric and Lyle Menendez to 50 years to life. That means they're immediately eligible for parole. Mark Garagos is the brothers' lawyer.

I want to do a hat tip to Judge Jessic, who was able to cancel out all the noise surrounding this, all of the grandstanding, all of the political back and forth. The brothers claim they were sexually abused by their father. Both were originally sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. CBC News has learned the Canada Border Services Agency is investigating a Vancouver-based immigration consultancy, accused of duping Filipinos out of tens of thousands of dollars. The Promised Land Consultancy is also facing 15 labor complaints and 11 lawsuits.

As Lindsay Duncan reports, a former employee recruited others. Michael found Promised Land Consultancy on Facebook in late 2023. He's from the Philippines. We aren't using his real name because he fears repercussions. Michael paid more than $6,000 on the promise of a new job and a better life in Canada. It was quite enticing to be honest. He came on a tourist visa, but when he got to Vancouver, the only job available was working for the Promise Land itself, recruiting others. CBC News added up the fees from invoices sent by Promise Land for a seven-month period. From August 2023 to May 2024, the company received at least $500,000.

CBC News has learned the Canada Border Services Agency is investigating the company. The agency would not confirm that investigation, but in a statement said it was aware of complaints. We tried repeatedly to reach promised land. No one got back to us. Lindsay Duncombe, CBC News, Vancouver. U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Syrian President Ahmad Asharah in Saudi Arabia today, just one day after announcing that the U.S. is lifting sanctions on Syria. And that is Your World This Hour.

I'm Neil Herland.