The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 23:00 EDT

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st, tickets on sale now at national.ballet.ca sponsored by IG private wealth management. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague.

My government is fighting to get the best deal for Canada. Mark Carney says the next few weeks will be crucial. The Prime Minister has released a letter outlining his mandate following the end of a two-day cabinet retreat. Priorities include bolstering Canada's economy and shaping a new trade partnership with the U.S. Carney says it'll be guided by Canadian interests. We are in a position now where we cooperate when necessary, but not necessarily cooperate. You will see a very different set of partnerships, security and economic, going forward. One of those security partnerships could involve Donald Trump's proposed Golden Dome project. Canada Post has rejected the union's offer of a two-week truce ahead of a looming strike

on Friday. The truce would have delayed job action, but Canada Post says it's committed to negotiating. The Crown Corporation delivered its latest proposal to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers today. It includes wage increases and benefit protections, which the union says it will review. Officials from the world's seven top economies are meeting in the Alberta Rockies. G7 finance ministers are laying the groundwork

ahead of the leaders summit in June. Karina Roman reports. Welcome, sir. Glad you're here. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem greet their US counterparts, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant

and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. There are seven countries at the G7 table but everyone here is keenly aware that the one with the most impact is the United States. The agenda is long, including recent threats to the global economy, what's not explicitly on the agenda? Tariffs. The key one-on-one meeting for Champagne is with US Treasury Secretary Besant. John Manley, a former deputy prime minister and finance minister, says it's important that the US Treasury Secretary as well as Federal Reserve chair are attending. Besant is, a lot of people call him the

adult in the room in the US government right now. Champagne says this week's gathering is also about laying the groundwork to bring back financial stability to the global economy. Karina Roman, CBC News, Banff, Alberta. Meanwhile, a tense meeting at the White House between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and U.S. President Donald Trump. Katie Simpson reports from Washington.

We are essentially here to reset the relationship. Ramaphosa hoped this would be a chance to present Trump with facts. Ultimately, none of it would matter. In what can only be described as an ambush, Trump directed everyone's attention to a TV screen. People are going to occupy land. Playing a video showing fringe South African politicians and a series of clips, he says prove his untrue claims.

Ramaphosa calmly tried to correct Trump, acknowledging South Africa does have a problem with crime. People who do get killed are not only white people. The majority of them are black people. And we have now been utilizing... The farmers are not black. After more than an hour of uncomfortable exchanges in front of the press, Trump clearly was not swayed. It is a reminder of just how difficult it is to deal with Trump and an administration that is not grounded in reality or guided by facts.

Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. As a competitor and as a kid dreaming about the game, it's always in the back of your mind. And I'm very thankful to be at this side of the, I guess, the ballot. But none of it's possible without the guys behind me. That is Hamilton, Ontario native Shay Gilgis Alexander, a star guard for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, responding after being named the league's most valuable player tonight. Gildas Alexander led the league in scoring at nearly 33 points per game and is currently

playing in the Western Conference Finals. The only other Canadian player to win the award was BC native Steve Nash, who did it twice in 2005 and 2006. Gildas Alexander and his Thunder lead the Minnesota Timberwolves one game to none. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.