The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/26 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/26 at 00:00 EDT

Café William wants to know, what's your favorite roast? We're touring selected Metro grocers across Ontario. Come by for a tasting and find the brew that's just right for you. It's the perfect moment for great coffee. For more info, go to CaféWilliam.com. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. With Parliament about to begin a new session,

the Liberals and Conservatives held caucus meetings on Sunday. Details from Raffi Boutchakanian. 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 Poilieuvre as well. We're going to be demanding a spring budget. But the opposition cannot force the government to do that.

Polyevra 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. 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 Boudjikan, YonTvC News, Ottawa. Sunday marked five years since George Floyd, a black man, was murdered by white Minneapolis police officer. Sarah Levitt has more on the anniversary.

Sitting outside a convenience store five years ago, Floyd was pulled from a car and onto the ground by police. For nine and a half minutes, Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck during the arrest. A video of the incident was soon seen worldwide as Floyd cried. I can't breathe. His murder led to major protests across the US, then worldwide. Philonius Floyd is George Floyd's brother.

Efforts were made to reform police departments across the country, but in a blow to those efforts, this week the Department of Justice Justice instructed by the Trump administration announced it was ending police reform agreements. Do you think things have changed five years later? Absolutely not. A strong rebuke in a city and country where many are still in mourning five years later. Sarah Levitt, CBC News, Minneapolis. In Toronto. 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. Here's the UJA'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.

Paula Diane Perez reports. 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% 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 is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.