The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/31 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/31 at 15:00 EDT

So lately, I've been really blown away by how locked in Canadians are to political news. I'm Jamie Poisson, host of the daily news podcast Frontburner. And while the election's over, that does not mean that people are done with politics. Quite the opposite, really. So if you're curious about how our country will navigate this divided and crucial moment in our history, listen to Frontburner. We've got you covered on that and a wide range of other top-of-mind stories as well. Follow Frontburner wherever you get your podcasts.

From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is expected to give an update this hour on the province's wildfire situation. Meantime in neighbouring Manitoba, more communities are under evacuation orders, forcing more Manitobans out of their homes. Rosanna Hempel updates that situation. Officials say no homes or structures had been damaged in Flint Flawn as of Saturday morning, a concern with the changing winds potentially pushing the fire south. Evacuee Leslie Bezo.

Everybody's living minute by minute and trying to survive by just hoping that they'll get another message by the phone. Just south of Flintlawn in the community of Cranberry Portage, up to 600 people there now under an evacuation order too. Meanwhile, about 130 kilometers north, people in Mathias Colombe Cree Nation are getting flown out on military Chinook helicopters. Nearby, a Pasquiat Cree Nation is offering support. Chief Maureen Brown is relieved to welcome them. I went to bed late last night.

I woke up very early this morning. I was very concerned. From their evacuees head to southern Manitoba to safety. Rosanna Hempel, CBC News, Winnipeg. Industry leaders and Canadian politicians are condemning Donald Trump's plan to double steel and aluminum tariffs to 50%. Keenan Loomis is president of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction. He warns the hike creates new uncertainty for companies and their workers. I know, for example, here in Hamilton, DeFasco has been very, very adamant. We have not laid off

anybody yet and we will try to do everything we can to avoid job losses. So that was under 25%. I don't know how that calculus changes for them under a regime in which they are now faced with 50% tariffs at the border. It's going to be very difficult. Trump announced the plan at a steel plant near Pittsburgh. Those new tariffs are slated to take effect this coming Wednesday unless Trump changes his mind. The ground search for two children who went missing in rural Nova Scotia resumes this weekend.

Lily and Jack Sullivan were reported missing on May 2nd. Their disappearance sparked extensive searches in the area, with hundreds of people on the ground and air looking for the siblings. Nova Scotia RCMP say this weekend search teams will focus on specific areas around a pipeline trail where a boot print was previously found. Robert Parker is the warden for Pictou County. He says the community is on edge and waiting for answers. It's hard to believe that that many people look for that long, including

search parties from all over this province. And the RCMP have been involved since day one and lots of others looking and trying and there's not one iota that I've heard of anyway as to a hint of where the two little ones went. The stepfather of the children says he's still holding on to hope that the pair will be found. RCMP have confirmed the siblings were seen in public with family on May 1st, the day before they were reported missing. This week, an Ontario court judge ordered a lawyer to prepare a new set of defense submissions in an assault case without using artificial intelligence. The judge said that one of the cases the lawyer

cited appeared to be fictitious. Amy Salazan is an associate professor of law at the University of Ottawa. She says the use of AI in the legal field needs better regulation. Amy Salazan, Lawyer, University of Ottawa, Iowa, There's a big worry that if one of these cases did potentially sneak through, you could have a miscarriage of justice. You don't want a court making a decision about someone's rights, someone's liberty, someone's money, based on something totally made up. That's just not how the system works.

Salazan says if you have the right controls in place, AI technology could be helpful for simpler legal documents like wills and real estate transactions. Thousands of soccer fans are filling the streets of Munich ahead of the UEFA Champions League final. Fans of both teams sing and celebrate ahead of the showdown despite hot summery temperatures. Paris Saint-Germain of France is set to face off against Inter Milan of Italy in the highly anticipated European soccer finals. The match kicks off tonight to a

sold-out stadium.