The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/25 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/25 at 15:00 EDT

Are Swifties the best music fans? Should kids be on social media? Is the customer really always right? You know there are two sides to every debatable question and we're here to make you laugh while you listen to Canada's top comedians taking on these topics and many more. I'm Steve Patterson, host of The Debaters, and I'm here to make sure our debates don't end in tears or bloodshed or hockey type fights with sweaters over each other's heads. No guarantees though. Find and follow the debaters podcast and never miss an episode. From CBC News the world this hour I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Today marks five

years since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. Floyd was black, the cop white. The incident sparked a racial reckoning. The CBC's Sarah Levitt is in Minneapolis where Floyd is being remembered. People here say they feel raw. Some have said that they do think there have been some changes. Others are upset they feel like nothing has changed. I spoke with one of Floyd's friends. Let's hear from Maestro King about his relationship and the importance of that relationship with George Floyd. Strong, positive, and I just know we used to chat for hours.

He was, I don't got much family, so he was somebody to talk to. He was an elder, you know, somebody older than me that's been around. And I just remember having long conversations with him. Meanwhile, here in Minneapolis, they're going to continue to commemorate the anniversary of the death tonight. There will be a gospel concert as well as a vigil. All to remember George Floyd. Sarah Levitt reporting from Minneapolis.

With Parliament about to start a new session tomorrow, parties are meeting with their caucuses to determine strategy. Prime Minister Mark Carney had these opening remarks at the Liberal meeting. You know the scale of responsibility that we have been given, and it is enormous. Our government has been elected to do nothing less than define a new economic and security relationship with the United States and build the strongest economy that works for everyone. Canadians also want their life to become more affordable. They want their communities safer. In the conservative caucus meeting, leader Pierre Polly-Eve said his party would push for a spring budget rather than in the fall, as promised by Carney. The return to parliament will be a brief four-week sitting of the Commons.

King Charles delivers the speech from the throne Tuesday in Ottawa. It's part of Charles' first visit to Canada as King. Canada's High Commissioner to the UK, Ralph Goodale, was present for Queen Elizabeth's 1977 throne speech. Goodale compared events in this week's speech to when the Queen delivered the address. This is really following very closely a precedent set by Queen Elizabeth II. When she delivered her first throne speech for Canada back in 1957, it was immediately

after an election. The election had generated a somewhat surprising and controversial result. There was a minority parliament and a new prime minister. Well, all of those factors are together again. The King and Queen arrive in Canada tomorrow. It's a brief visit. They'll leave after Tuesday's throne speech. Canada Post says mediation talks are scheduled today with the Postal Workers Union.

This is the third day of job action. Workers are in a legal strike position but chose to stay on the job, although are not working overtime, so there may be some disruptions to mail delivery. The Crown Corporation says it's waiting for the union to respond to its latest contract offer. To Gaza now. Palestinians and communists hold a funeral for people killed in an Israeli airstrike. At least 23 people were killed in separate Israeli strikes in the north, south and central

Gaza. Palestinian authorities say a local journalist and a senior rescue service official are among the dead. A new poll suggests Quebecers support lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers. 61 percent in the Leger poll says it should be 0.05%. In Quebec, the current limit is 0.08%, the highest in Canada. Dr. David Martin-Millot specializes in public health at Université de Sherbrooke. He's calling for change. It would be a great public health initiative to lower that limit. It has been done in many,

many different countries and also in other provinces. The studies also show that it would lower the fatalities due to a car crash or impaired driving. So the science is behind this intervention. Since 2023, two Quebec coroners have recommended the province lower the alcohol limit to 0.05 percent. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.