The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/22 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/22 at 10:00 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, it's The World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. It appears pressure is mounting on Conservative leader Pierre Poliev to distance himself from Jenny Byrne. Byrne was the Conservatives' national campaign manager in the federal election campaign. It's being reported that within the party caucus, she's being blamed for the election loss.

Janice McGregor has more. Our Radio Canada colleague Christiane Noelle spoke to 12 conservatives, did not name them, and they were scathing, saying after the conservatives blew a double-digit lead in the polls to lose the election, heads have to roll. And yet there hasn't been any accountability from national campaign manager Jenny Byrne, a private contractor whose exact job now that the general election is over is unclear, except that she's personally tight with PR Polyev. Radio Canada heard that she treats people like, quote, garbage, that her behaviour

at party headquarters was toxic and angry, that she didn't communicate well with teams in the field. When caucus met two weeks ago, Polyev brushed aside questions about Burns, saying conservatives won't grow by excluding people. He will face a review vote at the party's next convention. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Stellantis says it's putting the production of its Canadian-made Charger Daytona on hold

for the 2026 model year. The company says it needs time to assess the effects of the U.S. tariffs. The vehicle is made at the Stellantis assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario. But while production is on hold, the company is insisting no jobs will be affected. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling it a horrific act of anti-Semitism. Two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed last night outside the Capitol Jewish Museum. A 21-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene and was heard shouting, free Palestine, as he was being taken into custody. Steve Futterman reports. The killings took place outside of Washington's

Capitol Jewish Museum where a reception was taking place for diplomats. Washington DC Police Chief Pamela Smith. Prior to the shooting, the suspect was observed pacing back and forth outside of the museum. The motive for the shooting appears to be connected with the ongoing war in Gaza. As the suspect was apprehended, he began shouting, Free, free Palestine! This person encountered the suspect after the shooting. He spoke with the BBC. He's like, I did this for Gaza, free Palestine. This person encountered the suspect after the shooting. He spoke with the BBC.

He's like, I did this for Gaza, free Palestine. The two people killed were a couple who worked at the Israeli embassy. Here's Israel's ambassador to the US, Yahil Leiter. It's a young couple about to be engaged. The young man purchased a ring this week with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem. In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement, we are witnessing the terrible price of anti-Semitism against Israel. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles.

U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill has passed the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The yeas are 215, the nays are 214, with one answering present. The bill is passed. It's legislation that Trump calls his big, beautiful bill. Among other things, it calls for extensive corporate and individual tax cuts. It cancels green energy incentives, however, and restricts eligibility for a range

of health and food programs. Canadian writer Michael Crummey has won the prestigious Dublin Literary Award. Crummey, who lives in St. John's, wins for his novel The Adversary. It's a story of sibling rivalry set in 19th century Newfoundland. The Dublin Prize is awarded each year by the Dublin City Council with nominations sent in from public libraries around the world. And in his acceptance speech, Crummey spoke of his love of libraries, and specifically the Buckins Public Library in his Newfoundland hometown. When I was a child, I was awed by the number of books on the shelves in that room. And it made the little world that I was born into feel something close

to limitless. The Dublin Literary Award is worth $180,000 Canadian. And that is a World This Hour.