World Report - May 01: Thursday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

Climate case brought forward by Canadian teens will go back to Ontario court.Kamala Harris delivers bold speech, criticizing US President Donald Trump in San Francisco.Ukraine and US sign a rare minerals deal, but the fine print still is not public. And the drone strikes in Kharkiv, Kherson and Odesa are not stopping.Some longtime Conservative supporters considering whether the party is headed in the wrong direction.Emergency room visits for mental health by Canadian children and youth are down by 30 per cent. 

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It was put forward by a group of teenagers, but the case is not closed. My World Report co-host John Northcott is here in studio with more. John, what do we know? Marcia, here's the key part to understand. In agreeing not to hear the case, we have to remember that the case was brought by the Ontario government. They are battling against this group of teenagers who are saying that government should be held to science-based standards when it comes to their climate change. So it's kicked around the Ontario courts for a while. This means now the Supreme Court

effectively saying, no, Ontario courts, you figure it out. So in essence, they've turned down the move by the Ford government in Ontario to put an end to this. It is still ongoing, still has plenty of energy in it. We all know the effects of climate change, higher temperatures, floods, fires, poor air quality, and these young people, they're led by a young person by the name of Sophia Mathur, she's just 18. They argue that the actions of the Ontario government effectively violate their charter rights. When we talk about the charter, we're talking about sections 7 and 15, Doug Ford government's

Cap and Trade Cancellation Act of 2018. They say it violates their right to life, liberty and security of persons, as well as age discrimination. They're saying, look, we're young people, we're moving into this world, and by not having these higher standards for emissions, you are affecting our health personally and our future. Tell us a little bit more about these young people. Marcia, the case names bears the name rather of Sophia Mathur. Despite her young age, she's been involved in the climate fight for years.

Now she's gone to Ottawa, she's gone to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, along with international climate activist Greta Thunberg. Here's Mathur talking about her battle. I believe that youth deserve a say in issues like climate change, social justice, are things that affect us on the daily. I also believe that youth deserve a say in our government's policies and what they do with our future. So Marcia, need I remind you, we've just come through a federal election where the issue of climate change was notably largely absent. So in allowing this case to go ahead, effectively saying back to the province, hey, you guys sorted out, it could force governments to put their responsibilities for the planet's future back on the agenda. Alright, thank you so much, John. Thanks, Marcia.

John Northcott with Means Studio. Prime Minister Mark Carney has spoken on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. They discussed ways to get closer to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Zelensky says that includes applying more sanctions to Russia's banking and energy sectors, but it is Ukraine's relationship with the United States that is under the microscope today. Both the United States and the government of Ukraine look forward to quickly operationalizing this historic economic partnership.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says both countries signed a rare minerals deal last night, but we are still waiting for all the details to be made public. President Donald Trump has long said support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion is draining U.S. resources, but he told a town hall yesterday this minerals deal could give the U.S. a lot more than it has already spent. Trump also says he wants to secure a lasting peace agreement to stop the deaths in this war. There was another wave of strikes overnight. Drones targeted the Black Sea port city of Odessa as well as Kharkiv. Ukraine's air force says Russia launched more than 170 drones and five ballistic missiles overnight. And Ukrainian drones

also targeted Russian occupied parts of Kherson. Russian officials say at least seven people were killed. From tariffs to deportations, former US Vice President Kamala Harris did not hold back attacking her former campaign rival, now President Donald Trump. She delivered a bold speech in San Francisco last night coinciding with Trump's first 100 days in office. Steve Vutterman has more. Kamala Harris accused the Trump administration of trying to scare the American people. We all know President Trump and his administration are counting on the notion that fear can be

contagious. She called it part of a well-conceived agenda. An agenda to shrink government and then privatize its services, all while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest among us. In one of her sharpest attacks, Harris said Trump is abandoning American ideals. It is not okay to detain and disappear American citizens or anyone without due process. She called the Trump tariffs the greatest man-made economic crisis in modern American

history and said it could lead to a recession. The president's reckless tariffs hurt workers and families, devastate the retirement accounts that people spent a lifetime paying into, and paralyze American businesses. The immediate future, she said, is uncertain. Straight talk. Things are probably going to get worse before they get better. Harris said the country may very well be on the verge of entering a constitutional crisis, with Trump gaining more and more control over powers traditionally given to the U.S. Congress

and the courts. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. The sexual assault trial of five former world hockey junior players is not sitting today. The judge says one of the jurors is ill. The jury was going to hear more testimony from Washington capitol's forward Taylor Radish. He's not one of the five accused, but he played on Team Canada with them at the time of the alleged sexual assault. The Conservative Party of Canada and its longtime supporters are breaking down what happened in this election.

The party hit a generational high in its share of popular vote and sources tell CBC News Pierre Poliev still has a lot of support as party leader, but as Nicole Williams reports some conservative voters are questioning the direction of their party. His antagonism just bothered me. I said I can't vote for him. For nearly every single election over the last 70 years, 92 year old Carol House has voted conservative. That is until now. I may not be around in four years time to make any decisions like that but if he remains head of the party I don't think I could ever vote for him. I just don't like his style of politics.

She's part of a group that has been faithful to the party but are now feeling alienated from it, suggesting leader Pierre Poliev's tactics and rhetoric became too negative or too right-wing to support. Even people like Jordan Priddle, who still voted conservative this election, understands why some people feel they no longer can. They might have been too too hard to step on the gas too early. There are many many shades of blue. It also marks a growing divide between conservatives at the federal and provincial levels. Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston, a progressive conservative, suggests the party reflecter, and the New Yorker, and the New Yorker, and the New Yorker, and the New Yorker, and the New Yorker, and the New Yorker, and the New Yorker, and

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But as Alison Northcott tells us, they're going to different places. It speaks to certainly what I've experienced as a clinician. Child and youth psychiatrist Dr. Rachel Mitchell at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto says she's seen fewer young people turning to emergency rooms for mental health treatment. The weight of mental health needs amongst children and youth and families is really being held in the community. New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, or CHIHI,

shows a 30% decrease in the rate of ER visits for mental health disorders by children and youth between 2018 and 2023. But in that same period, more young people in several provinces went to their physician about their mental health and more were prescribed medications for mood and anxiety. Cheryl Chewey is director of health system analytics at Chi-Hi. These data points suggest that we're seeing a bit of a shift in where children and youths are getting care for their mental health and shifting away from hospitals and towards community settings.

Chui says it doesn't mean young people's mental health has improved. But Dr. Tracy Vioncour, the Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention at the University of Ottawa, says it may show better awareness. The good news potentially is that they're coming to their family doctor earlier and it's being treated before it becomes this full-blown crisis. Still, Viacor points out the data doesn't capture those she says suffer in silence without treatment from a hospital or a physician. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report News Anytime, cbcnews.ca.

I'm Marcia Young.