The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/04 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/04 at 04:00 EDT

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As Anis Haidari reports, it's made a bad economic problem even worse. So most of our products are made out of steel or aluminum, so we are affected by tariffs in the U.S. Parag Shah is the president of Toronto's New Age Products. The company makes garage cabinets and outdoor kitchens. Even before tariffs doubled, U.S. Parag Shah is the president of Toronto's New Age Products. The company makes garage cabinets and outdoor kitchens. Even before tariffs doubled, he noticed them. There's a lot of uncertainty from the consumer. They are sort of holding off on bigger purchases for their home.

But it's not just Canadian businesses that will feel this. The Americans import most of their aluminum and most of their imports come from Canada. Jim Stamford is an economist and director of the Centre for Future Work. It is Americans who will feel the pain in an immediate way, as well as Canadians. In Canada, steel industry advocates already pointed out hundreds of job losses were related to the 25% tariffs. The exact consequences of 50% tariffs are unclear because predictions often rely on consistent policies, which these days

they often are not. NECDARI CBC News, Calgary. A dire warning from the Premier of Saskatchewan, Scott Moe says thousands more people may need to flee their homes in the days ahead, as fast-moving wildfires approach communities. Many families are leaving their home and they don't know if they're going to see it. They don't know if they're going to have the opportunity to go back there. They aren't just buildings. These are places where they have raised their family. More than 9,000 people have already evacuated their homes. In northern BC, new evacuation orders have been issued due to the

Kiskatna River wildfire near the BC Alberta border. We're following a mass shooting in Toronto. Six people were shot in the city's north end last night, and one of them is dead. It happened in the Lawrence Heights neighbourhood. Staff Sergeant Bahir Sirvandan is with Toronto police. Tragically, a man in his forties pronounced deceased, and four other men and one woman, all adults, transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Investigators are looking for multiple suspects and they're appealing to nearby residents and drivers to share any cell phone or security camera video. An RCMP employee is accusing the police force of sweeping a case of sexual misconduct under the rug. She filed a complaint against a high-ranking officer in 2023, but he won't appear before a disciplinary hearing because he decided instead to retire. Danielle LeBlanc has more. It just felt completely wrong to me. This woman says she experienced sexual misconduct by senior officer with the RCMP. She works for the force under a federal part-time employment program for university students.

CBC News has agreed not to divulge her identity. She says in 2022, she met a staff sergeant who was twice her age. In 2023, after an evening at the RCMP mess, he brought her to his office. He kind of came on to me and started kissing me and grabbed my leg. She filed a complaint against the officer. He was convened before a conduct hearing last year where he faced dismissal for sexual misconduct and abuse of authority. But the staff sergeant decided to file for retirement.

RCMP Commissioner Mike Zuhem says penalties have been strengthened for any inappropriate behaviour. Anything to do with sexual assault, sexual harassment, it's not tolerated. The RCMP says 74 employees have retired instead of facing a disciplinary hearing since 2020. Daniel LeBlanc, CBC News, Ottawa. South Korea's new president is now sworn in. That's Lee Jae Myung taking his oath of office today. The liberal politician is vowing to restart Dormant Talks with North Korea.

Lee won a snap election Tuesday. It was called after the previous leader of South Korea was ousted because he used his powers to declare martial law. The UN Security Council has scheduled a vote today on a resolution which demands a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, UN diplomats say the United States is likely to veto the resolution. And that is Your World This Hour. I'm Neal Herland.