The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 12:00 EDT

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I'm Joe Cummings. From the floor of the Senate chamber, King Charles today delivered the federal government's throne speech. And he began with some personal thoughts on Canada. Canada has embraced its British, French, and indigenous roots and become a bold, ambitious, innovative country that is bilingual, truly multicultural, and committed to reconciliation. From there, the King outlined the government's immediate priorities. And while the Trump administration was not mentioned by name, the speech did make reference

to the threats Canada is facing from outside its borders. Today, Canada faces another critical moment. Today, Canada faces another critical moment. Democracy, pluralism, the rule of law, self-determination, and freedom are values which Canadians hold dear and ones which the government is determined to protect. Another highlight from the speech includes the announcement that Canada will be joining the Rearm Europe initiative. It's a defense procurement project to ramp up military arms production. The move could reduce Canada's reliance on the United States for any future purchases of military equipment. Another priority included in today's address is the Liberal government's promise to

open up trade between the provinces and the territories. And work on this is already underway on a number of fronts, including BC and Yukon, taking steps now toward sharing an electricity grid. Amelia John has more. BC Premier David Eby and Yukon Premier Ronj Palay signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the Yukon-BC Grid Connect, calling it a generational investment and a way to boost clean energy supply. Yukon's grid is isolated and sometimes relies on diesel, while BC often has a surplus of hydroelectricity which it sells. Barry Penner is a former BC Environment Minister and now head of the Energy

Futures Institute. The idea has been bouncing around for at least two decades, maybe more. You have to ask yourself why has it not come to fruition? And that's because it faces daunting challenges, a combination of distance and cost. Penner says it could cost well over a billion dollars to connect the B.C. and Yukon grid. The two premiers say they'll seek federal support and work with First Nations who may be impacted. Amelia John, CBC News, Vancouver. Police in Liverpool insist they had taken every possible precaution

to ensure yesterday's soccer celebration was safe. Streets had been closed and armed police were on hand. And they say they had no prior warning that a vehicle would drive into a crowd of Liverpool FC supporters in the city centre. Here's Chief Superintendent Karen Jondrell. It is believed the driver of the Ford Galaxy car involved in this incident was able to follow an ambulance onto Water Street after the roadblock was temporarily lifted so that the ambulance crew could attend to a member of the public who was having a suspected heart

attack. 65 people were injured and 11 remain in hospital. A 53-year-old man remains in custody on suspicion of murder and driving under the influence. Moscow is reporting today that Russian troops have taken control of more territory in eastern Ukraine, but at the same time it's accusing Ukraine of trying to derail peace talks. Kremlin officials claim they are actively working on draft terms for a peace accord between the two countries. This says security officials in Kiev say Russia overnight launched more than 60 drones into Ukraine.

National Public Radio in the United States has formally launched a lawsuit against the Trump White House. It's arguing that the president's executive order that cuts federal funding to both NPR and PBS is illegal. Trump issued the executive order earlier this month, alleging there is, quote, a liberal bias in the public broadcasters' reporting. And that is The World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour, seven days a week.

And for news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.