The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/04 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/04 at 17:00 EDT

So, how did the Liberals manage to win government while the Conservatives also boosted their voter support with voters almost evenly split between the two? And what will this mean for hopes of some cooperation on Parliament Hill this spring? I'm Catherine Cullen and every Saturday on The House, we cut through the noise to make politics make sense. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts as we explore these questions and answer yours. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Ten people are under arrest after

a series of shootings in Toronto left more than a dozen people injured. The shootings go back to March. More than 200 charges have been laid, including 24 counts of attempted murder. Ali Chyasson has the details. Police call it Project Nighthawk. It was launched after a mass shooting in Scarborough at the opening night of a pub in early March. Three gunmen shoot their way in, firing indiscriminately, injuring 12 people. Remarkably, no one died. They fled the scene and fast forward three months and the police announced these arrests. But Paul McIntyre of the guns and gangs unit says they're investigating links to other shootings in the spring related to a tow truck turf war. We haven't linked it to any tow truck violence at this point. So yeah, they're all tow truck

related. It is part of the tow truck turf wars that we're going on and we're hoping now that those that we arrested will really make a difference in the number of shootings that we're seeing. The Toronto Police don't believe the gunmen are in a gang but instead we're operating as hired guns. Who hired them is a big part of this ongoing investigation. One suspect remains at large. Ali Shiasan, CBC News, Toronto. In northern Saskatchewan, wildfire is still threatening L'Range. Embers floated into town and set some buildings ablaze. Among them is a historic trading post, which housed a collection of Indigenous art

and historic artifacts. L'Range Mayor Joe Horduski says the weather is right for air support. Today would be a good day to get some planes in the air and really knock down that perimeter so that it's less challenging for the crew that the firefighters are on the ground trying to mop things up. Officials say they contained the fire that started in town, but another major wildfire is still threatening the community.

The Conservatives are demanding an emergency debate on Donald Trump's tariff hike on steel and aluminum. The government has yet to retaliate. The Prime Minister says that's because Ottawa is seeing movement in negotiations with Washington. Marina von Stackelberg reports. We will take some time, not much, some time, because we are in intensive discussions right now with the Americans. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's negotiations with the U.S. on its trading relationship are progressing. That is why Ottawa is waiting to respond to the latest tariffs from President Donald Trump.

Carney points to Canada's current counter tariffs on 90 billion dollars of U.S. imports. We've acted strong. Those are in place. The federal government says money it collects from those measures will support Canadian workers and businesses. Terry Sheehan heads up a group of MPs from different political parties from communities hurt the most. The steel industry will be here tomorrow. We're going to be meeting talking about what their needs are. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is calling for the Liberals to take a strong stance against these latest tariffs. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. The Bank of Canada is holding the interest rate unchanged for a second time in a row. It remains at 2.75%.

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem admits setting the rate is a tough balancing act. He points to unusual uncertainty in the economy due to U.S. tariffs, this uncertainty already translating into higher unemployment. The U.S. has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution, which demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The remaining 14 member countries voted in favor. The draft resolution has not been adopted owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the council.

The U.S. says it vetoed the resolution because it did not link the ceasefire to the release of all the hostages held by Hamas. It also did not condemn Hamas' deadly attack on Israel in 2023. The U.S. vetoed the last resolution on Gaza in November. That was also because the ceasefire demand was not directly linked to the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.