World Report - June 6: Friday's top stories in 10 minutes.

Episode Date: June 6, 2025

Federal government is poised to table legislation to bring down internal trade barriers.  Canada's jobless rate up 0.1 percent in May; now at 7 percent.  Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announces closure of all Gaza aid distribution sites.  Russian strikes kill at least 4 people in Ukraine in possible retaliation for recent Ukrainian attacks.  Residents of Weyakwin, Saskatchewan, return home after wildifre evacuation order lifted.

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This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning, I'm John Northcott. We begin in Ottawa and the latest on a core campaign promised by Mark Carney and his Liberal Party. Today, the federal government is expected to table legislation bringing down internal trade barriers. It's part of Carney's efforts to boost the Canadian economy in the face of U.S. tariffs.

The CBC's Janice McGregor is in Ottawa. Janice, what do we know about this bill? John, I don't think it's an exaggeration to suggest that this might be Mark Carney's most significant legislation so far. We are expecting a detailed bill, not only when it comes to exactly which federal regulations are changing or being eliminated entirely to shift Canada closer to the goal of making it easier to do business and move people across provincial and territorial boundaries. But in the criteria and the process, it's expected to lay out for prioritizing and fast

tracking key resource and infrastructure projects. This bill is intended to be a centerpiece of Canada's response to Donald Trump's trade threats. Industry Minister Melanesia Lee is under pressure from Canada's steel industry, and she's pitching this bill as a way to boost demand for Canadian building materials. It's important that Canadians support our major project bill that is coming up, which is ultimately to create major infrastructure across the country that will help the steel and aluminum sector. So bearing some of that in mind Janice how easy will it be to get a bill like

this passed? Well during the election there was a real consensus across parties about the need to drop internal trade barriers build more infrastructure there's always the how that's harder to agree on Pierre Polve last month said that conservatives are going to vote for legislation based on whether they believe it's an improvement on the status quo, which is what led to the extraordinary scene in the Commons yesterday when all parties voted in favor of liberal tax cuts. That kind of unanimity may be unlikely to repeat itself, but Mark Carney set a Canada Day deadline for at least introducing this. Whether it's going to slide through quickly now is the part he doesn't

control. Janice McGregor in Ottawa. Thank you Janice. You're welcome. The latest job numbers from Statistics Canada are just out and despite the threat from the Trump administration's trade war, little changed in May. The unemployment rate inched up just 0.1% from April. It now stands at 7%. The CBC's senior business correspondent, Peter Armstrong has more. All things considered, this is a much better report than it could have been and paints

the picture of a resilient economy in the face of obviously tough times. We've been looking for signs that what we're hearing about the tariffs and the uncertainty and the forces they play in the economy that that's going to start showing up in the data. We saw export numbers yesterday pushed exports way down and trade deficit way up so businesses are doing less business that's eventually going to show up in the numbers like jobs data and GDP. But today, it seems like the job market held on OK.

All the growth we saw was in full-time jobs, offset by losses in part-time. But it's still an undeniably difficult time. Unemployment at 7%, outside of COVID, that's the highest we've seen since 2016. Youth unemployment now an astounding 20.1%. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Toronto. To the Middle East now and the deteriorating situation in Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it has closed all its

food distribution sites in the territory. It says it's too dangerous for Palestinians to come for the handouts, citing recent deadly shootings near some of its venues. The GHF is the controversial agency backed by Israel and the US. It was formed after the United Nations Agency that had been previously providing food aid was banned from Gaza by Israel. At least four people are reported dead in the latest round of Russian airstrikes on Kiev, more than a dozen people were injured. Russia carried out the drone and missile strikes a day after Vladimir Putin vowed retaliation for

Ukraine's attacks on Russian planes. Anna Cunningham reports. Air raid sirens sounding across Kiev, Ukrainian gunfire aimed at incoming Russian drones. Explosions heard throughout the night. By morning, residents like Artem and Daria inspect the damage. Their apartments now are blackened, burnt out shells. My wife insisted we sleep in the corridor, says Artem. She saved my life, he adds. President Vladimir Zelensky says almost all of Ukraine was hit with 400 Russian drones and 40 missiles.

In Ternopil in the northwest, people are being told to stay indoors as a large fire is dealt with. Ukraine also carried out strikes on Russia overnight, hitting western Russian airfields targeting fuel reservoirs. President Vladimir Putin had warned Russia would retaliate for Ukraine's major drone attack on Russian air bases earlier this week. Sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart.

Says US President Donald Trump. Referring to an analogy about children, he says he shared with Putin in a phone call. That view is unlikely to be shared by Ukraine's allies, including Canada, who are pushing to support Kiev whilst urging Moscow to agree to peace. But after failed peace talks this week, nothing more is scheduled. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Thousands of kilometres away from the wildfires burning in the prairies, Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London.

Thousands of kilometres away from the wildfires burning in the prairies, residents of Canada's largest city are being cautioned to limit their time outdoors. It's part of a special air quality statement issued by Environment Canada for Toronto and southern Ontario. Those wildfires continue to rage out of control, but there is a little good news for some of the communities forced out of their homes. The evacuation order for the hamlet of Wayaquin is one of the few to be lifted. The CBC's Alexander Silverman reports. Yeah but it's good to be home. Lisa Powder and her great-grandchildren are

some of the first residents back in Wayaquin, Saskatchewan. After an evacuation order forced them to pack up and leave for a week. There's an actual spot in my brother's backyard where there's a spot that burnt. It was so close. Their northern community is still eerily empty. The sky hazy orange and thick with smoke. It's a good day over there. Sad to come home to see it like this. Helicopters keep flying overhead, and more firefighters than residents are on

the village streets working to put out hot spots. There's nothing but black around here now. Volunteer firefighter Jordan LaValley helped save the hamlet from widespread damage but the forest around it is charred. LaValley works at a grocery store in La Ronge, a town still under an evacuation order, and drove to Wayaquin to help when fire broke out. Seeing it burning while I was at work, I don't know, just kind of devastating. Trying to rush as fast as I could. Lavallee and his crew got there in time, and the village mayor lifted the evacuation order

yesterday. Powder and her family arrived back shortly after. There are some of the lucky few. More than 15,000 people are still out of their homes in Saskatchewan, with no word yet on when they can return. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Wayaquin, Saskatchewan. And finally, parents of athletes in remote communities across northern Canada can be

faced with a difficult decision, whether to stay in their community with a support network or to uproot everything and move to give their child a chance to play competitively. The CBC's Luke Carroll spoke with two parents originally from Arctic communities in the Northwest Territories who chose to move. Well, I mean, obviously it's not an easy decision to uproot your whole family and relocate to a new surrounding. Chris Grubin moved 12,000 kilometers south last year

from Anuvik, Northwest Territories to Whitehorse, Yukon. So his 13-year-old son, William, could play for the Whitehorse Mustangs. This is a competitive hockey team that travels for tournaments. Yeah! Chris says they chose Whitehorse for its relative proximity to Anuvik This is a competitive hockey team that travels for tournaments. Chris says they chose Whitehorse for its relative proximity to Inuvik via a highway, and Whitehorse's reputation for developing high-level hockey players, like Ottawa Senators forward Dylan

Cousins and Canada World Junior Hockey player Gavin McKenna. But for William, leaving home was still difficult. When we first moved here, I missed my friends, my family, everything there. But as soon as we started to settle in, it's been alright. But William did have at least one friend waiting for him in Whitehorse. He's like one of my closest friends so far. That's Evander Jerome. He's also from the Mackenzie Delta and plays on the White Horse Mustangs. Jerome's family moved in 2017 from Fort McPherson, a community of around 750 above the Arctic Circle. Gary Jerome is his father.

He's glitched in and says leaving was a sacrifice. It's leaving the bush life, right? It's leaving the traditional life of hunting, trapping, fishing. Evander says his dad will still drive him to their traditional lands to learn those things. But if Evander and William keep excelling at hockey, they may need to move further away for more competitive programs. This is something Chris says they're preparing for.

Allowing your children to have these opportunities doesn't come without sacrifice. Luke Carroll, CBC News, Yellowknife. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report. CBC News, Yellowknife.