The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 10:00 EDT

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With Francois-Philippe Champagne serving as host, the G7 finance ministers are meeting today in Banff, Alberta. This global finance meeting is being held in advance of next month's G7 Leaders Summit. And while a range of issues are on the agenda, it's worth noting that the Trump tariffs are not. Anissa Dari reports. Summer is in Canada. It's great to have you everyone. Unpredictable weather, as it often is in Alberta, means it's snowing in the Rocky Mountains

as Federal Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to reporters as the G7 Finance Minister meetings get underway. Our mission is really about restoring stability and growth. We're going to be talking about a number of things. That number of things, notably, does not include tariffs, at least not officially. What is on the agenda? Economic resilience, growth policies, and some discussion of a well-functioning global trade system. Peter Beam was a senior Canadian adviser at six previous G7 summits. He says tariffs have definitely influenced the topics at this gathering.

So the global economy will be addressed. Downside risks. I would say tariffs fall into that downside risks category in terms of their impact. Canada's finance minister is also expected to meet with his counterparts from other nations one-on-one through the coming days. And he's had our CBC News. Bamf. one-on-one through the coming days. Anis Hadari, CBC News, Banff. Iran is saying it is ready to talk about renewing diplomatic relations with Canada.

But first, of course, there are numerous factors to consider, including Iran wanting Ottawa to make the first move. Margaret Evans has more. Diplomatic relations between Iran and Canada were severed in 2012. The government of then Prime Minister Stephen Harper citing Iran's perceived nuclear ambition and declaring it a threat to international peace and security. The needle on that position has barely moved in 13 years. But at a recent Foreign Ministry briefing, spokesman Ismail Bakhari said Iran is ready

for talks with Canada. The relation was frozen unilaterally by Canada, not by Iran. But he also said it's up to Canada to take the lead. Experts say that's unlikely. There are too many unresolved issues. Not least accountability for the 2020 downing of a passenger plane by Iranian missiles, killing all 176 people on board, including dozens of Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Margaret Evans, CBC News, Tehran. Heavy rains have triggered widespread flooding across a vast area of southeastern Australia. We have got a situation here where the rain really has been falling quite heavily and quite hard and it hasn't been moving away. Part of that is because the ground is so saturated. Another part is also because the rivers are swollen. That is New South Wales Emergency Services Minister Jehad Dibb. The state is being swamped by record rainfall that is cutting off roads and has thousands of people under evacuation orders. Emergency personnel are using boats to rescue people stranded on roofs or in some cases trees.

And it's possible the worst has yet to come. Australia's Weather Bureau is saying another 300mm of rain is in the forecast for parts of New South Wales over the next 24 hours. The PWHL final is underway with the Ottawa Frost off to a good start. It's Emily Clark with the overtime winner as Ottawa beat Minnesota last night in game one of the Walter Cup final. Two won the final score. Game two in game one of the Walter Cup final to one the final score game two in that best of seven series goes tomorrow night again in Ottawa as for the Stanley Cup playoffs the Edmonton Oilers are in Dallas tonight for game one of the Western final against the Stars the winner of this series will move on to play for the

Stanley Cup against either Florida or Carolina and the Panthers opened that best of seven Eastern final last night with a strong 5-2 win. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. MUSIC