The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/15 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/15 at 19:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Ontario has tabled its first budget since the reelection of Doug Ford's government and the start of the tariff war with the U.S. Madam Speaker, I move, seconded by the Premier, that this House approves in general the budgetary policy of the government. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says the province is projecting its deficit will balloon to $14.6 billion this fiscal year. It's more than double the $6 billion of the previous year. A lot of that money is going toward economic stimulus to offset the effect

of those tariffs, which are also expected to limit GDP growth to just 8 tenths of a percent. Manitoba has declared a state of emergency around Whiteshell Provincial Park. The wildfire burning in the area has already forced nearly 1,000 people out of their homes and two people have been confirmed dead. The news of this loss of life changes what was an emergency into a tragedy. Manitoba Premier Wab Kanu is pleading with Manitobans not to light any campfires this long weekend. Officials report the province has had 80 wildfires to date, well above the average for this time of year.

The battle over the election result in a Montreal area riding is going to court. The Bloc Québécois wants a judge to decide whether a whole new vote is needed in Turbonne. A riding elections Canada gave to the Liberals. David Thurton has the details. There's a law. It is clear. We have a case. We go forward because we want this election to be held properly and that's it.

Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet leaving up to the courts after a judicial recount decided the Liberals won the riding of Terrebonne by just a single vote. Elections Canada revealed issues with mail-in ballots sent to voters including several labeled with the wrong return postal code. The misprint resulted in at least one ballot being returned to a voter. LeBlock hopes the courts order a new election. We have to bring this situation in front of a judge in a court in order to get, in order to do the election all over again. Elections Canada has said the results of their judicial recounts are final, but there is a legal mechanism allowing challenges in the courts.

David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Opposition parties are calling out the Liberals for not releasing a budget this year. The Finance Minister confirmed yesterday he would release an economic statement, a mini-budget, in the fall. Ashley Burke has the reaction in Ottawa. We were very disappointed. The Conservative leader holding a press conference outside Parliament after losing his seat in the House of Commons.

Pierre Pauliev taking aim at the Liberals for not releasing a full budget this year. Extremely unusual. He'll send a bad signal to investors and ratings agencies. On Wednesday the finance minister confirmed Canadians won't be able to have a look inside the government's books until the fall, when he releases an economic statement, not a full budget. The Blanc-Québécois leader, Yves-François Blanchet, says Canadians deserve answers. They must not expect the population or us to say, okay, do whatever you want, explain nothing, and we will let you go with it.

The finance minister says the government plans to lay out its priorities in more detail in a speech from the throne later this month. The finance minister says the government plans to lay out its priorities in more detail in a speech from the throne later this month. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Ottawa. Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years in Turkey, but hopes for a breakthrough are diminished after Russian President Vladimir Putin did not show up. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Putin for sending

a low-level delegation to the talks. The priority is to be here today. That's why I'm here and that's why I'm underlining it again and again, the high level, the high level of representatives of our group. U.S. President Donald Trump says no deal will be made until he sits down for talks with Putin himself. And that is your World This Hour. For news anytime, visit the website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.