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

Episode Date: May 14, 2025

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

The election may be over, but that certainly doesn't mean things are settled on Parliament Hill, and that gives At Issue a lot to talk about. I'm Rosemary Barton, CBC's Chief Political Correspondent, and every week I'm joined by three of Canada's top political journalists, Chantelle Baer, Andrew Coyne, and Althea Raj, to help you understand what's at stake as the Liberals settled in for another minority and the Conservatives try to hold them to account. Follow At Issue as we break down the biggest stories in Canadian politics. New podcasts every Friday. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has signed an order delivering a promised tax cut for the middle class. It will take effect on Canada Day. By July 1st, as promised, that middle class tax cut that will reduce taxes for the 22 million Canadians who pay federal income taxes, that that tax cut will take into effect. It's my pleasure on behalf of the cabinet to sign this order to deliver that tax cut. Carney signed the order during the first meeting of his newly sworn in cabinet. He says the cuts are part of his government's plan to grow the economy.

An out-of-control wildfire has forced nearly a thousand people to evacuate part of eastern Manitoba cottage country. The fire in the rural municipality of Lactobani is one of several severe fires in the province. Local Reeve Lauren Schinkel says strong winds causing highway closures have died down for now.

This morning, of course, with the cooler temperatures, you know, we're still not out of the woods here, so to speak, because it's the fire is still burning. And you know, we're hopeful that the water bombers will get back in the air and continue to fight for our region here. Shinkhole is concerned new winds will push the fire back across the major highway. Authorities are looking into reports of structural damage and are conducting property assessments for displaced residents.

Several dozen kilometres to the east, a Northern Ontario First Nation is also issuing an evacuation notice to its members. At least two wildfires are burning close to the Wabasamong First Nation, causing significant smoke and fire risk. The band council says it has secured spaces for canora and other locations for the evacuees. The search and rescue operation may be over, but Nova Scotia RCMP insists they're continuing to investigate the disappearance of two children from their home in Pictou County. The children were last seen nearly two weeks ago. Nicholas Sagan reports.

Nicholas Sagan, Reporting. RCMP say they've received more than 180 tips from the public and identified 35 people for formal interviews as they try to uncover what happened to six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old Lily Sullivan and her 4-year-old brother Jack. The children disappeared from their home in Lansdowne Station, a community in northeastern Nova Scotia. Their mother called 911 on the morning of May 2nd, saying they'd wandered off.

This launched a six-day search, hundreds of people scouring kilometers of dense woods around the family's trailer. The search and rescue operation was called off last week, police saying it's unlikely Jack and Lily are alive. But RCMPs say they continue to work. The children's stepfather has told CBC News he was interrogated by police. RCMPs say the next interviews will be with community members and those closest to the children.

Nikola Sagan, CBC News, Halifax. Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes have killed at least 70 people in northern Gaza. At a hospital, people mourn the deaths of their relatives, including an eight-month-old, born and killed in the war. Medics say several homes in Jabalia were struck overnight. Israel says it's looking into the reports. The military says it had issued what it described as a final warning to residents of Jabalia town and refugee camp. It ordered residents to evacuate to shelters in Gaza City, adding it would retaliate for

rockets previously fired into Israel. On the second leg of his Middle East trip, Donald Trump has signed another multi-billion dollar deal. It's the largest order of jets in the history of Boeing. That's pretty good. Qatar will buy up to 210 jets from Boeing in what's considered the largest one-time order of aircraft in the company's history. The U.S. president received a lavish welcome in Doha, treated to displays of camels and red cyber trucks. Trump has

said he plans to accept a luxury jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One. U.S. lawmakers have raised security concerns as well as ethical questions, given its value, some $400 million U.S. given its value some 400 million dollars US. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.