The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/31 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/31 at 17:00 EDT

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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has given an update 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 has the story. Officials say no homes or structures had been damaged in Flintlawn 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 kilometres north, people in Mathias Colombe Cree Nation are getting flown out on military Chinook helicopters. Nearby a Pasquiat 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. Another cabinet minister is commenting in the wake of US President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement. We're going to bring it from 25% to 50% the tariffs on steel into the United States of America. On social media Trump later added that new surcharge will also apply to aluminum. Dominic LeBlanc is responsible for trade with the U.S. He says Canadians can give themselves more than the U.S. can take away.

Last night, industry minister Melanie Jolie said Canada's fighting the unjustified and illegal levies. Business professor Ian Lee of Carleton University says Trump's tariff hike will scare away investment. It affects all of us. Because of the uncertainty it's causing, it drives down the exchange rate, it has an impact on the exchange rate, and of course it has an even larger impact on capital investment in the country and all industries who are saying, gee whiz, it's so unpredictable what's going on, I would maybe should be investing in the states to

avoid these issues. Trump says the tariff hike will take effect this coming Wednesday. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is holding rallies across the country today. They come after Canada Post presented its final offers on Wednesday. Canada Post said Friday the parties are at an impasse. It wants a new collective agreement vote, agreement vote administered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board. An Ontario lawyer found themselves in hot water this week after relying on artificial intelligence for legal submissions. Mercedes

Gadsden Bide has the story. The judge said one of the cases the defense cited appeared to be made up and warned that generative AI must not be used for legal research. Amy Salazan is an associate professor of law at the University of Ottawa. She says while AI can reference real legal cases, it sometimes throws in citations that look real but aren't. And that could lead to a miscarriage of justice. We need to make sure that message is getting to lawyers though because it does seem that

not everybody understands that with this technology you need to have this level of caution. Criminal lawyer Nadir Sachik says lawyers do get help with information gathering and AI is a resource that can be used. But the lawyer is still ultimately responsible for whatever is submitted to court. You better make sure that if you're relying upon technology like AI that it's done properly. CBC Toronto contacted the defense lawyer in the assault case. He declined our interview request and said in a statement he is focused on complying with the court's directions.

Mercedes Gaston Bidet, CBC News, Toronto. 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. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.