The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/25 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/25 at 20:00 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 Juliane Hazelwood. With Parliament about to begin a new session, the Liberals and Conservatives held caucus meetings today. Details from Rafi Boujikani. This government failed to table a budget pretty soon. liberals and conservatives held caucus meetings today. Details from Rafi Boujikani. This government failed to table a budget pretty soon. Conservative Gérard Deltel ready with criticism before MPs return to the House of Commons, a theme for leader Pierre Paulyèvre as well.

We're going to be demanding a spring budget. But the opposition cannot force the government to do that. Paulyèvre also won't be in the Commons until he wins a by-election as he lost his seat. This is the room that won our party a strong mandate. Prime Minister Mark Carney was keen to highlight liberal electoral success. A 169-member caucus that is the conscience of this party. MPs will also choose a new House Speaker. Seven members have put their names forward.

Rafi Mujikani on CBC News, Arwa. 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 the conversation with George Floyd? Strong, positive, and I just know we used to chat for hours. I don't have much family, so he was somebody to talk to. He was an elder, somebody older than me that had been around. 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. In Toronto, thousands of people draped in Israeli and Canadian flags walked below an overpass for the 56th Walk with Israel rally organized by United Jewish Appeal. There was a heightened police presence at this year's rally because of planned pro-Palestinian counter protests. UGA's Sarah Leften. I think this year more than ever our community is feeling increasingly isolated because of

the drastic increase in anti-Semitism. And I think that more than ever it's important for us to come together to stand united again with people inside of our Jewish community but also those outside of the Jewish community to show us that we're not alone. Toronto police say there have been 43 reported hate crimes against the city's Jewish community so far this year. On Sunday, Israel's National Security Council raised its travel alert for Canada, warning of threats against Israelis and Jews.

A new poll suggests Quebecers support lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers. It currently has the highest level in the country. And as Paula Diane Perez reports, some families who've lost loved ones to drunk drivers hope the provincial government is listening. We don't want no family going through what we went through. Antoine Bittar has been calling for the blood alcohol limit to be lowered since his daughter died in an accident in 2017. Jessica Sarly Rivera was a passenger in a car with a drunk driver. We're leaving every day and it's like a roller coaster. One day you're smiling, the next minute you're crying.

Losing a child is awful. Bittor believes a lower limit saves lives. And a recent poll done by Léger for the Quebec Association for Public Health is giving him hope. In the survey of just over 1,000 people, 61 percent agree the legal limit for alcohol should be 0.05 percent. Quebec's current limit is 0.08, the highest in Canada. The family isn't alone in their calls for change. Since 2023, two Quebec coroners investigating different fatal accidents have recommended

lowering the limit. Paula, Diane Perez, CBC News, Montreal. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.