The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/28 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/28 at 09:00 EDT

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Parliament gets down to work today with a new speaker, a new Prime Minister, and plenty of new faces in the House of Commons. Roughly one-third of the MPs in the House, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, were elected for the first time in April and are about to face their first question period. And for the first time in two decades, Conservative leader Pierre Polyev will not be on the floor, this after failing to win re-election in his home riding. Former party leader Andrew Scheer is leading the conservative caucus. Survivors of a government program that saw tens of thousands of indigenous youth taken

from their families for off-reserve education are being urged now to reach out to claim compensation. Between 1951 and 1992, the federal government paid non-Indigenous families to host students under the Indian Boarding Initiative. The result was, in many cases, horrific trauma, along of course with the loss of language and culture. Kate Rutherford reports. I blew my nose before I cried. 71-year-old Marilyn Godereau laughs nervously having never talked about the trauma of being relocated to a different community for high school. She's a member of Metogamy First Nation south of Timmins, Ontario.

The government placed her and her cousin with a young couple in Kirkland Lake in 1969. This was the worst night we ever had. That was the night their landlord threatened to burn the house down. After that, they were boarded in a home that wasn't any better. They are among an estimated 40,000 survivors eligible for compensation after a 2019 class action lawsuit against Canada was settled out of court. Efforts are being made to connect with survivors. $50 million is set aside to recognize loss of language, culture, and to compensate for additional abuses, the deadline to file claims is February 2027.

Kate Rutherford, CBC News, Metagame First Nation. As Russia and Ukraine exchange some of the heaviest drone and missile attacks of the war, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is in Berlin today for talks with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. And while German support is essential to the Ukrainian war effort, Zelensky's top priority is to get peace talks underway with Vladimir Putin. Anna Cunningham has more. In comments published ahead of the talks, Zelensky says if President Vladimir Putin is

not comfortable with a bilateral meeting, he is ready for any format, including, he says, a Trump-Putin-Me meeting. He says he will attend next month's G7 meeting in Alberta. But he dismissed Russian suggestions that the next round of peace talks takes place in Belarus, a key ally of Russia, saying that is impossible. Instead, he says the most realistic locations are Turkey, Switzerland or the Vatican. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the neutral status of Ukraine remains one of Russia's key demands in peace

negotiations. Ukraine has already said it is ready for an unconditional ceasefire. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Weather network is out today with its long-range summer forecast. Across most regions of the country, we're being told to expect plenty of sun and plenty of hot temperatures. That means drought and wildfire concerns primarily across the southern prairies. Hot and humid conditions are expected through most of Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes,

and that is raising fire concerns as well, considering those conditions lead to thunderstorms and lightning. Now, to Edmonton and the Stanley Cup playoffs. That goal from Euler winger Corey Perry proved to be the game winner as Edmonton was on its way to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars. The Eulers now lead that best of seven Western final, three games to one and can finish off the Stars tomorrow night in Dallas. The winner of this series goes on to play for the Stanley Cup. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.