The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/05 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/05 at 14:00 EDT

It's summer, and it's going to be a hot one in Canadian politics. I'm Catherine Cullen. Join me and some of CBC's best political reporters as we bring you all new summer programming, focused on everything from negotiating with Donald Trump to Canada's climate goals, to the future of the Senate, and more. We'll talk to the chief of the defense staff and a top senator. We'll visit the Maritimes to learn about the future of energy production there. Catch the House Saturdays wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey.

Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a series of measures today designed to transform the Canadian economy. The goal is to help workers and businesses adapt to a rapidly changing global economic situation. Tom Perry has the details. What's going on is not a transition. It's a rupture. Mark Carney made his announcement at an aviation plant that uses Quebec aluminum to manufacture airplane parts. Aluminum is one of the Canadian commodities being hit by U.S. tariffs.

Kearney announced a suite of programs to help businesses suffering under America's global trade war, a plan to retrain up to 50,000 workers, expanded loans and funding to help struggling businesses, and stricter by Canadian measures to ensure federal departments give top priority to domestic suppliers. Now we need to use government procurement using Canadian taxpayer dollars to spur Canadian businesses. for longer-term prosperity. Carney also announced new support for canola and beef producers, along with the seafood sector, which have all been facing Chinese tariffs. Tom Perry, CBC News, Mississauga.

Carney also announced his government is delaying its electric vehicles mandate. The target, introduced by the Liberals under Justin Trudeau, would have required 20% of all new vehicles sold in Canada next year to be electric. A goal that Canada's auto manufacturers said was unrealistic, given falling demand and dropped EV mandates in the U.S. Flavio Volpe is the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association. We're committed to electrification, especially the supplier end, but you have to be able to get contracts where there's volume

so that you make hundreds of thousands of summer so you can employ people. Ottawa is delaying the mandate for a year and launching a review of the program to make it more cost-efficient. Canada's unemployment rate is on the rise. Statistics Canada says it just. jumped to 7.1% last month from 6.9 in July. That's the highest we've seen it outside the pandemic in almost a decade. In total, 66,000 jobs were lost in August, most of those part-time positions. The unemployment rate in the U.S. has also ticked up to 4.3%. That's the highest in nearly four years. And although the U.S. economy added 22,000 jobs in August, that was far below economists' expectations. A Quebec couple are among those killed. in the Lisbon tram accident. Global Affairs Canada says it is now providing support to the victims' families. Portugal calls the derailment of the 140-year-old funicular one of the nation's greatest tragedies.

Sarah Leavitt reports. That's Eric Bergeron, speaking from Lisbon. His brother, Andre Bergeron, and sister-in-d-do are among the 16 people killed when a funicular tram crashed. Both lived and worked in Quebec City as archaeological restorers. My brother just retired, and it was his birthday present to go to Portugal, and this was the last day of their vacation, imagine. Eric says the two were married for more than 20 years. He flew to Lisbon with the couple's two daughters

and met with officials at the Canadian Embassy earlier in the day. He believes it will take months to get full answers from the police investigation. The Elivador de Gloria, as the tram is called, is a popular tourist ride, and those who died came from a range of nationalities. One Canadian killed in the crash has yet to be identified, another was injured. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. And court records in Manitoba show that the man accused of killing his sister and stabbing several others was out on bail at the time of the attack.

Yesterday, RCMPs say Tyrone Simard attacked eight people in two homes on Hollowater First Nation. The 26-year-old suspect fled in a stolen car and died after crashing into an RCMP cruiser. Records reveal Samar was facing charges for assault with a weapon and mischief. And Winnipeg Court granted his release in June with conditions, including a curfew and an order not to possess weapons. And that is Your World This Hour. For news anytime, head to our website, CBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.