The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/15 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/15 at 04:00 EDT

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The liberals are hoping to pass their mega projects bill this coming week, but concerns are being raised about how much power the law would give the federal government. As David Thurton reports, some believe the government is trying to bulldoze the legislation through parliament and Canada's environmental regulations. For far too long, major projects, whether energy transmission lines, critical mineral developments, pipelines, or clean technology projects, have been stalled by assessments and duplicative regulations. Dominic LeBlanc is the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and the One Canadian Economy. He

urged MPs to accelerate the passing of his bill, which aims to fast-track mega-projects. The minority Liberal government needs support from other MPs to get the bill through, which they may get from the Conservatives, even though the party's energy and natural resources critic, Shannon Stubbs, says there's more red tape that could be cut. Canadians deserve a government that backs them, not a government that pees down our leg and tells us it's raining. According to the NDP and others, the legislation gives the Liberals the power to ram megaprojects through the approval process, even if it means disregarding environmental laws and regulations.

David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Day three of the battle between Israel and Iran, and things appear to be intensifying. Israel says it's hit missile storage and launch sites in western Iran in the past couple of hours, while in central Israel, a central in central Israel, a missile strike has destroyed buildings in the city of Bat Yam. At least four people are dead, another hundred wounded. Emergency crews are digging through the wreckage looking for victims and survivors. This is Bat Yam's mayor. We don't have the exact number of people that are missing, but we do know that there

are a lot of people that haven't been in contact with their loved ones yet. So now we are focusing on looking for them. Iran says oil depots have been hit, but that damage is under control and that operations are back to normal. Yemen's Houthis, meanwhile, say they've been firing missiles at Israel with Iran's resistance. Israel is trying to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb. U.S. President Donald Trump said early today that he thinks a deal can be done quickly to end the conflict, but he's warning Iran not to hit any American targets, vowing to

unleash the full might of the U.S. military at levels not seen before. The Iran-Israel conflict is expected to take over the G7 Summit, which begins today in Kenanaskis, Alberta, near Calgary, while nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran that were supposed to happen today have now been scuttled. US President Donald Trump marked his 79th birthday Saturday, and he got something he's wanted for years, a parade of military force through the streets of Washington. It's an event that also marks the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. Sasha Petrasek has more.

To the soundtrack of marching bands and the rumble of fighting machines, Washington flexed its military might. It was exactly the celebration of the US military President Donald Trump has been asking for. Every other country celebrates their victories. It's about time America did too. There were 7,000 troops and millions of tons of armor, state-of-the-art tanks and ominous sounding helicopters under Washington's dark clouds. The Americans who line the route were enthralled. President Trump's been the best president that this country's ever had. This parade

is long overdue. But for many others across the U.S., watching troops deployed to Los Angeles, it's a symbol of the militarization of the Trump White House. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Washington. Trump and his parade were protested in hundreds of cities and towns across the U.S. and some in Canada as well. Donnie, Donnie, don't you know? We will march until you go. That demonstration in Toronto near the U.S. consulate that was followed by a march to

the Ontario legislature. Protesters speaking out against the president's tariffs, annexation threats, and increasing authoritarianism. That is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.