The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/25 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: January 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/25 at 16:00 EST

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The deputy leader of the federal conservatives held a news conference outside a Toronto bar where MP Nate Erskine-Smith was set to announce his support for Mark Carney. She was criticizing the apparent liberal frontrunner when Erskine Smith arrived. I think Canadian's... I just wanted to welcome you to VCCR. Thank you. I want to know what you promised Mark Carney. I want to buy you a drink.

Perfect. We want to know what Mark Carney promised Mr. Erskine Smith for his endorsement today. So I hope that you asked him these questions, I hope that you get the answers today. I'm telling you, he promised me nothing. Nate Erskine Smith joins Bill Blair and Anita Onon in endorsing Carney for the Liberal leadership. He has the support of more than a dozen cabinet ministers compared to Krista Freeland, who's been endorsed by five. Candidates for the Ontario Progressive Conservatives are gathering today to discuss strategy ahead of Premier Doug Ford's election

call next week. Philip Lee Schenick reports. Heading into a Mississauga hotel, Ontario finance minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says it's worth calling an election to strengthen Ontario's hand in crucial discussions with US President Donald Trump. We're gonna ask for the people to give us the mandate to do everything in our power to protect the economy. But former conservative staffer and strategist Jamie Ellerton says this meeting is about more than tariffs. Think of it as like a team-building retreat. MPP standing for reelection, new candidates and their campaign managers all get support from party officials.

Premier Doug Ford will make a speech and be available for photos with candidates and staff will suggest messaging for them. But Ellerton says even an election being heard will be a challenge. With President Trump and the daily barrage headlines that is essentially sucking up all the oxygen, people only have so much time in a challenge. With President Trump and the daily barrage headlines that is essentially sucking up all the oxygen people only have so much time in a day. Ford's government has a healthy lead in the polls though that could change during the month-long campaign.

Phil P. Shannok, CBC News, Toronto. Mayors of Canadian cities on the U.S. border are forming a new partnership. The Border Mayors Alliance is intended to serve as a unified national voice to safeguard border communities. Matthew Shoemaker is mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and says proposed tariffs and a trade war are one issue, but so is any general reduction in cross-border traffic. I know, for example example if bridge traffic drops as it did in our community during COVID, that has a huge impact on local retailers, it has a huge impact on gas stations in town,

it has a huge impact on hotels. The municipal level it's really an on the ground economic impact from a reduction in back and forth travel. Shoemaker says he hopes that cross border relationship doesn't have to change. It was two steps forward one step back in the Mideast today. Four Israeli hostages were released by Hamas and 200 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released by Israel. But then the process hit a snag. Sasa Petrusic reports. After an emotional but smooth exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, the ceasefire deal hit a snag. Hamas failed to meet its obligations

to first release Israeli female civilian hostages as part of the agreement. Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari accused Hamas of holding on to Arbel Yehud, a 29-year-old taken from a border kibbutz. In return, Israel is refusing to allow Gazans to move back to their homes in the north of the territory. Our victory is that we are going home, even our homes are destroyed says Suheer Bakr going to look for her son's body near their house.

Mediators scrambled to resolve the issue in Cairo while aid organizations rushed to put up enough tents and deliver enough food for this delayed homecoming. Sasha Petrusek, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.