The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/03 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/03 at 06:00 EDT

The election may be over, but that certainly doesn't mean things are settled on Parliament Hill, and that gives At Issue a lot to talk about. I'm Rosemary Barton, CBC's Chief Political Correspondent, and every week I'm joined by three of Canada's top political journalists, Chantelle Baer, Andrew Coyne, and Althea Raj, to help you understand what's at stake as the Liberals settled in for another minority and the Conservatives try to hold them to account. Follow At Issue as we break down the biggest stories in Canadian politics. New podcasts every Friday.

From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Another evacuation order has been issued in the Canadian prairies. This one for La Ronge, the largest community in northern Saskatchewan. With an out of control wildfire rapidly approaching, the town's 2,500 residents and all those living within 20 kilometers are being ordered to leave immediately and drive south. Alexander Silverman reports.

An emergency alert from the province says the wildfire has breached the local airport about six kilometers from the municipality. The order impacts more than 7,000 residents in the communities of La Ronge, Ayr, and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. People are being asked to drive south on Highway 2 to Prince Albert immediately. The Saskatchewan government says drivers should prepare for delays of up to three hours on the road. Heavy wildfire smoke and limited to zero visibility is creating hazardous conditions for drivers. The province says vehicles are

being escorted through the road, only when safe to do so. Dozens of patients at a local hospital also need to evacuate. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Regina. The fire is listed as being at least 800 square kilometers in size. This latest evacuation order is just the latest in a series of orders that have now forced close to 15,000 people in the province from their homes. Manitoba is dealing with dozens of fires as well, and more than 17,000 evacuees. And Alberta has seen 5,000 people evacuated from their communities, with 26 wildfires listed as out of control in that province.

The Hamas-Rand HealthApe Ministry is reporting that at least 27 people have been killed near an emergency aid distribution center in Gaza. It's now the second deadly incident at a humanitarian aid site in just three days. Tom Perry reports. Gaza's civil defense ministry says Israeli soldiers opened fire on civilians as they waited to receive humanitarian aid. The Israeli military says its troops fired warning shots at what it calls suspects who had deviated from designated routes to receive aid. When those suspects did not retreat, it says soldiers fired at

individuals that were advancing toward them. This is the second deadly shooting near a site run by the newly formed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the group backed by the U.S. and Israel that's been distributing assistance in Gaza. 31 people were killed Sunday near the group's aid distribution site near Rafa. Israel denies any involvement in those deaths. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for an independent investigation saying

the perpetrators must be held accountable. Israel's foreign ministry responded on social media calling the Secretary General's comments a disgrace and chastising him for not mentioning Hamas. Tom Perry, CBC News, Jerusalem. With U.S. President Donald Trump set to double American tariffs on Canadian steel as of tomorrow, analysts are saying the time has come for Canada to chart a new course when it comes to developing international trading partners. Lisa Shing has more. This is a super wake-up call.

Yousef Petranic, head of a Canadian transit think tank, wants Canada to strengthen trade relationships with more countries. We have to figure out a way to trade with countries that do not have our values because to not trade is to revert and have to go back 30 years. As Prime Minister Mark Carney promises to remove inter-provincial trade barriers and fast-track new infrastructure projects to get goods moving, there's a renewed emphasis on making Canada more resilient and independent. Since Canada is a relatively small market, analysts like Nicholas Lamp, an associate law professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, cautions against disengaging from

the U.S. We have to maintain as much integration with the United States as we can. Simply because it's right next door and still a massive economy. Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Toronto. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.