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

Episode Date: May 14, 2025

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

Are Swifties the best music fans? Should kids be on social media? Is the customer really always right? You know there are two sides to every debatable question and we're here to make you laugh while you listen to Canada's top comedians taking on these topics and many more. I'm Steve Patterson, host of The Debaters, and I'm here to make sure our debates don't end in tears or bloodshed or hockey type fights with sweaters over each other's heads. No guarantees though. Find and follow the debaters podcast and never miss an episode. 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 Joly 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 Polyab 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 a solution. 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 Pecanjecom First Nations 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. Pecanjecom 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 Pekinjecom. 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. U.S. President Donald Trump is outlining his vision to improve relations across the Middle East. Trump is speaking today at a meeting in Saudi Arabia and laying out strict conditions for Iran.

I want to make a deal with Iran. I want to do something if it's possible. But for that to happen, it must stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars and permanently and verifiably cease its pursuit of nuclear weapons. They cannot have of nuclear weapons. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. Trump also wants to expand the Abraham Accords with a potential peace deal between Israel and the new government in Syria. After nearly 30 years behind bars for murdering their parents, the Menendez brothers may be one

step closer to freedom. Late yesterday, a California judge re-sentenced Eric and Lyle Menendez to 50 years to life. That means they're immediately eligible for parole. 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. Lindsay Duncombe reports.

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 promised 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. And that is your World This Hour for CBC News.