The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 20:00 EDT

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Visit Specsavers.ca for details. Conditions apply. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Scanderis. King Charles has promoted Canada's sovereignty and outlined the federal government's plans to grow the economy in the speech from the throne. That speech will now be voted on in the House of Commons. It's considered a confidence vote and an early test of the minority liberal government. David Thurton has more. The government's overarching goal, its core mission, is to build the strongest economy in the G7.

The throne speech delivered by King Charles committed the government to building affordable housing, cutting wasteful government spending while capping the number of public servants, plus moving ahead with nation-building projects, something Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev said he could get behind, but on his terms. The government says they want to get projects built. Great. We've got just the plan to do it. Pauliev said conservatives, though, will propose repealing the federal government's environmental

review law, Bill C-69, and eliminating the proposed oil and gas cap. For NDP interim leader Don Davies... But fundamentally from an economic point of view, this is a very conservative throne speech and I think it's going to be a very conservative government. Davies signaled New Democrats may vote against it. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Wildfires are forcing hundreds of people across the prairies to leave their homes. In northern Alberta, 1,400 residents of Swan Hills have been ordered to evacuate.

Officials say the efforts of firefighters are being challenged by dry and windy conditions. In Saskatchewan, people living in Pelican Narrows have been ordered to leave immediately, and in Manitoba, a mandatory evacuation order is in effect for 600 people in the town of Lynn Lake. The Calgary Company, the centre of a large E. coli outbreak, has been fined $10,000. Hundreds of children fell ill at various daycares across the city in 2023. The commercial kitchen company, Fueling Mines, pleaded guilty in April to four bylaw offenses. Megan Grant has more. It is a lifelong battle that we will live with forever.

Kyla Herman's four-year-old daughter was hospitalized during the E. coli outbreak. She developed HUS, a condition that can lead to life-threatening kidney failure. Herman and several other mothers were in court today as Fueling Minds was handed a $10,000 fine for bylaw offenses. The company admitted to operating without a proper catering license. During the September, 2023 outbreak,

more than 440 cases of E. coli were identified, mostly in children. Dozens were hospitalized. The city said it traced the outbreak to Fueling Minds, a catering company that supplied food to daycares. Many of the families are part of an ongoing proposed class action lawsuit. Fueling Minds lawyer Steve Major was careful to separate the company's guilt for the bylaw offense

from any connection to the E. coli outbreak. The families, they want answers, and hopefully they will get those answers in that proceeding. Megan Grant, CBC News, Calgary. Israel says 8,000 food boxes have been handed out in Gaza under a new scheme backed by the U.S. But the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says operations were cut short following chaotic scenes at distribution points.

The UN, Red Cross and other aid groups are boycotting the US-Israeli plan, Sasha Petrasek reports. Thousands of Palestinians stormed food distribution sites in southern Gaza, desperate after almost three months of an Israeli aid blockade. No flour, no food, no one is eating says Fatima Ahmed. As crowds advanced, the U.S.-backed private contractors hired to provide security were overwhelmed and withdrew. Israel says the new system aims to keep aid from getting into the hands of Hamas, but NGOs call it the weaponization of aid and the UN warns it's too little to prevent starvation.

Spokesman Jens Lerke. It is a distraction from what is actually needed, which is a reopening of all the crossings into Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says distribution will continue Wednesday. Sasha Petrasek, CBC News, Toronto. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.