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

Episode Date: June 7, 2025

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

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I'm Claude Fague. One Canadian economy, not just the name of the new bill tabled today in the House of Commons, but also a cornerstone election pitch by the Prime Minister. Mark Carney wants to fast track big building projects and break down trade barriers between provinces. Kate McKenna reports. It's a day that has literally been decades in the making. Prime Minister Mark Carney hasn't shied away from setting sky high expectations. This government introduced one of its first marquee pieces of legislation.

First pitched during the election as a way to fight back against the economic carnage of Donald Trump's tariffs, Bill C-5 seeks to remove some federal barriers to interprovincial trade and make it easier to get nation-building projects off the ground. It's become too difficult to build in this country. The bill would streamline and speed up the approval process for some projects, including mines, ports and pipelines, identified by the government as being in the national interest. So far, premiers like Quebec's François Legault and Manitoba's Wab Kanou like what they see. When we see we will accelerate the start of projects, I like that very much.

Let's put Manitobans to work and let's use that work to build up this country that we love so much. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. In Saskatchewan, two people have now been charged with setting wildfires. Here's Premier Scott Moe. Many, if not virtually all of the fires that we're dealing with in Saskatchewan are, although not intentionally, are human caused. And some of those have been intentionally human-caused. The fires in northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba have forced thousands of people to flee their

communities. The RCMP tells CBC News Ryan Wedding's alleged criminal network remains active in Canada. He's the former Team Canada Olympian termed fugitive. As Thomas Daglett reports, this comes despite efforts to dismantle the Cartel Link Group. It's the first time police confirm Ryan Wedding's alleged murderous drug trafficking network still has a foothold in Canada while the former Olympic snowboarder remains on the run. Last fall, authorities in multiple countries arrested more than a dozen of his suspected accomplices.

But RCMP Chief Superintendent Chris Leather tells CBC News that large-scale operation didn't manage to dismantle the drug ring in Canada. There certainly are elements of his network that remain in place, but I couldn't say much more than that at this time. He points to several ongoing investigations involving the Mounties, Toronto Police and Ontario Provincial Police. U.S. authorities say Wedding could be hiding in Mexico and are offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his arrest.

Thomas Daigle at CBC News, Toronto. The Canadian and European space agencies are renewing a commitment to their partnership. They say economic and political uncertainty are forcing them to work closely together. Canadian space agency president Lisa Campbell says space infrastructure is key to Canada's sovereignty. You look at our satellites just above us. They have been essential tools and now power the delivery of many government services, environment, biodiversity, national defense.

So increasingly, our capacity to observe the Earth from the sky helps us. Canada and the European Space Agency have been collaborating since the early 70s. Formal cooperation began in 1979, with the agreement renewed five times since, including the last in 2019. A multi-billion dollar settlement has been legally approved, paving the way for college athletes in the US to be paid to play. A federal judge in California signed off

on a $2.8 billion settlement today, meaning NCAA schools can begin paying their athletes to compete as soon as next month. The payout, dubbed the House Settlement, will allow each school to share nearly $21 million with their athletes this year and nearly $3 billion over the next decade with thousands of former athletes who were barred from getting the revenue for years. The NCAA is made up of 1,100 member schools and nearly a half a million athletes. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.