The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/06 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/06 at 14:00 EDT

The ocean is vast, beautiful, and lawless. I'm Ian Urbina back with an all new season of The Outlaw Ocean. The stories we bring you this season are literally life or death. We look into the shocking prevalence of forced labor, mine boggling overfishing, migrants hunted and captured. The Outlaw Ocean takes you where others won't. Available on CBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world is ours. I'm Julianne Hazelwood.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has invited India's leader to attend the G7 summit in Alberta. The decision to welcome Narendra Modi later this month comes after a tumultuous few years between the two countries. Marina von Stackelberg reports. There are certain countries that should be at the table for those discussions. Mark Carney defending his decision to invite India Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7. India, the fifth largest economy in the world, effectively the most populous country in the world. This will be Modi's first visit since the RCMP accused his government of orchestrating widespread violence on Canadian soil,

including coercion, extortion and murder. That includes the targeted shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijer. The prominent Sikh activist was assassinated in BC two years ago. India has denied the allegations. We have now agreed, importantly, to continue law enforcement, to law enforcement dialogue. The World Sikh Organization calls Carney's decision dangerous and a betrayal of core Canadian values. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa.

The Liberal government has just tabled its bill to knock down barriers to interprovincial trade and labour. Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined its goals. A bill that is laser focused on building a stronger, more competitive and a more resilient Canadian economy that works for all Canadians. It's our contribution to a broader effort with all the provinces and territories to eliminate the barriers that have held our country back for far too long. Carney estimates those barriers are costing Canadians as much as $200 billion a year.

The bill will also speed up approvals for infrastructure projects that are considered in the national interest. Carney promises Ottawa will consult with provinces, territories and Indigenous peoples before fast-tracking the projects. The legislation was one of Carney's key election campaign promises. Canada's unemployment rate went up to 7% in May. It's the highest it's been in almost a decade, with the exception of the COVID years. That's despite Canada adding 9,000 jobs to the economy last month.

Most analysts have been predicting steep losses because of the US tariffs that came into force in April. Trade and prohibited technology and equipment could and does pose serious risks. Chief Superintendent Chris Leather with the RCMP in Ontario is confirming a CBC News report from last week. Police have arrested and charged a Canadian businessman for violating sanctions prohibiting technology trade and export to Russia. The RCMP investigated 43-year-old Antof Trophimov for three years.

They accuse him of illegally shipping restricted goods to Russia. Individuals and businesses are responsible for ensuring the end destination of all exports do not fall under these sanctions. The RCMP is and will continue to pursue individuals or groups who attempt to profit from illegal trade. The RCMP can't confirm if the equipment Trofimov allegedly sent to Russia was used in its war against Ukraine. Another large-scale aerial attack by Russia has killed at least four people in Ukraine. four people in Ukraine. A number of explosions were heard in the capital of Kiev overnight. In total, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia fired more than 400 drones and

40 missiles into the country. Loblaw is pulling Folger's coffee off its store shelves across Canada. The grocery giant says recently proposed price increases by Folgers are unreasonable, and talks with the manufacturer could not solve the impasse. The maker of Folgers insists the pricing reflects the rising cost of raw coffee beans. La Blah expects its grocery stores to run out of Folgers stock within the next week or two. And that is your World This Hour.

You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.