The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/04 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/04 at 23:00 EDT

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Mark Carney says his team is still trying to make a deal, but industry leaders warn that time is running out. Kate McKenna has more. Unjustified, they're illegal, they're bad. Prime Minister Mark Carney with a message for the US president. Donald Trump doubled the tariffs on steel and aluminum, now an eye-watering 50%. Canada is the biggest exporter of steel and aluminum to the United States. And some industry groups warn with tariffs this big, that market is now basically shuttered,

leaving thousands of Canadian jobs in limbo. I want to discuss this and more with the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford. Ontario Premier Doug Ford came out swinging, appearing on CNN warning Americans this comes with a cost. It's a four billion dollar tax on American products that have steel. Speaking to Canadian reporters, Ford says Ontario will use Canadian steel and aluminum as much as possible. Carney says Canada isn't responding with more counter tariffs for now.

He says the two countries are in intensive talks over trade, one of the first tests for Carney, who campaigned on being a strong voice in dealing with Donald Trump. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. Former Canadian astronaut and Federal Cabinet Minister Mark Garnot has died. His wife Pam released a statement. It says her husband died peacefully, surrounded by family,

following a short illness. In 1984, Garneau became the first Canadian to travel to space. He spoke with CBC Radio's The House last year and talked about listening to classical music while in space. The first time I flew we used Walkman. You don't hear about those anymore. But I would listen to that and look out the window and it's just a sublime experience to do that. I mean listening to good music is already fantastic but while you're gazing at your planet as you're orbiting high above it and going around is just, it's I think the closest thing to being in heaven. He also served as president of the Canadian Space Agency. In the 2000s, Garneau entered politics with the Liberal Party, serving as minister of

foreign affairs and transport. Mark Garneau dead at 76. While fire crews are on the front lines trying to push back flames in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Aaron Collins has more. This year has been the worst. I have never seen a fire do this in my entire firefighting career. Joe Rat is a veteran firefighter who lives in La Ronge. He quickly volunteered to try to save his community,

a fight that's still ongoing. When the people go back home, they're not going to like what they see. Many of Rat's neighbors have fled south to Prince Albert. You'd see the fire things burning on the side of the road. Among the evacuees Jocelyn Theodoref and her daughter Haley. Well it makes you happy for the simple things. Resources are stretched thin across the prairies as this firefight drags on. Here you have Minnetonnas helping us on this side of Flintlawn. Just across the border in Manitoba, crews are still fighting the fires burning near Flintlawn.

That community still evacuated, still under threat. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Calgary. The United States has vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The remaining 14 council members voted in favour. The draft resolution has not been adopted owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the council.

The US says it vetoed the draft resolution because it did not link the ceasefire to the release of all the Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. U.S. President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States. The countries include Afghanistan, Haiti, Iran, and Yemen. Game one of the Stanley Cup final is headed to overtime. The Edmonton Oilers are facing the returning champions Florida Panthers tonight. Right now the teams are tied 3-all.

And that is your World This Hour.