The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/08 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/08 at 09:00 EDT

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I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Some much needed relief for firefighters might be right around the corner as a low pressure system passes through the prairies. In the meantime, there is a swelling demand for water bomber planes. But as Darren Major reports, it may be years before Canada gets a new one. The problem is right now, it's taken four years to produce more water bombers. Ontario Premier Doug Ford was speaking last week ahead of the First Minister's meeting in Saskatchewan, one of the provinces currently gripped by massive wildfires.

And he wasn't the only one anxious to get a new order of water bombers. Manitoba Premier Wab Kanu said his province is also waiting for three planes. We're not going to get delivery of them for five years. The Canadian-made CL-415, one of the most commonly used amphibious scoopers, hasn't been manufactured in a decade. De Havilland Canada bought the rights to the model in 2016 from Bombardier and started production on a newer model just this year. But provinces are contending with international buyers who beat them to the punch.

A number of European countries had orders in place years before the plant came online. John Gratic, an aviation management lecturer at McGill University, says that means Canada might not get one until 2030. The demand for these airplanes has skyrocketed. Darren Major, CBC News, Ottawa. Thousands of National Guard troops are expected to be on the streets of Los Angeles today. They were deployed by US President Donald Trump in response to protests and clashes with police. Demonstrators are angry about raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE agents as they're known. They've arrested more than 100 undocumented migrants.

To us, this is the only way that we're gonna get hurt. This is the only way that the government is gonna hear us. Whether we get hurt, whether they gas us, whatever they throwin' at us, they're never going to stop us. All we have left is our voice. California Governor Gavin Newsom says the National Guard will only escalate the tensions. A presidential hopeful in Colombia is in critical condition following an assassination attempt.

Manuel Rueda has more from Bogota. Senator Miguel Uribe was speaking to a group of about 50 people when shots ran out and sent everyone running. Videos posted on social media show the politician bleeding next to a car before he was rushed to a nearby hospital. His condition is still delicate. The 39-year-old senator is one of the most prominent voices in Colombia's opposition and has expressed interest in running in next year's presidential election.

Colombia cannot return to the 80s or the 90s, said Santiago Perdomo, a politician from the city of Medellin. He was referring to a time when presidential candidates, judges and journalists were frequently targeted by cartel hitmen. Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the attack and called for a transparent investigation. The assassination attempt comes amid growing animosity between Colombia's president and the nation's Senate over legislation related to Colombia's labor laws. Manuel Rueda for CBC News, Bogota.

Young Canadians are struggling to find work as they head into the summer. The federal government is rushing in with 25 million dollars to tackle the problem. Benjamin Lopez-Steven takes a closer look. It sucks just trying over and over and over again to get a job. Mel Purchase is driving around Ontario, dropping off her resume to as many temp agencies as she can. The 19-year-old is eager to find work, but so far, no luck. Last month, over 14 percent of young Canadians, those between 15 and 24 years old, were unemployed. Now, the federal government is adding $25 million to its summer jobs program.

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the money will create up to 6,000 more jobs for young Canadians, on top of 70,000 other positions already in the summer jobs program. Ilona Doherty is the co-creator of the Youth and Innovation Project at the University of Waterloo. She says AI is affecting entry-level gigs plus there's temporary foreign workers too. It's up to the adults. This is not young people's fault.

Benjamin Lopez, Steven, CBC News, Ottawa. Swimmer summer Macintosh has set a new world record in the pool. The 18-year-old Toronto native broke the record in the women's 400-metre freestyle at the Canadian swimming trials in Victoria last night. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.