The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/21 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: February 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/21 at 23:00 EST

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. The Liberal Party is kicking Ruby Dalla out of the race to replace Justin Trudeau as leader and prime minister.

In a statement, it says Dalla is accused of 10 violations, including the party's leadership and expense rules. Dalla denies the allegations. Raffy Budja Canyon has more. These are false and fabricated stories. Ruby Dalla forcefully denying the allegations against her by the liberals she was once hoping to lead as Canada's next Prime Minister. It is very alarming.

Those allegations, the party says, they include violating Canadian electoral law and inaccurate financial reporting. A source told CBC News she accepted donations from a corporation as payments to campaign staff and failed to disclose the involvement of a non-Canadian citizen in her campaign. Dalla alleges the Liberals simply want her out of the picture. They want, did not want anyone challenging their blue-eyed boy, Mark Carney. She says she has not decided whether she will appeal this decision. Dalla is the second leadership contestant booted from this race. The first was Ottawa MP Chandra Arya. The party did not disclose why he was kicked out.

The remaining four contenders square off in two debates next week. Rafi Bajikhan, YonCBC News, Ottawa. Ottawa says it's removing about half of its barriers to internal trade. As Olivia Stefanovich reports, the move comes just before U.S. tariffs could hit. It's also time for us to strengthen ourselves internally. From Canadian beer and wine to trucking regulations and skilled tradespeople, Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon says the federal government is working with the provinces and territories to remove internal trade barriers and regulations.

That have existed for far too long and have grown a bit like weeds. provinces and territories to remove internal trade barriers and regulations. That have existed for far too long and have grown a bit like weeds. Today, Internal Trade Minister Anita Onond informed the provinces. The federal government is eliminating 20 of 39 remaining federal barriers in the Canada Free Trade Agreement, a move applauded by B.C. jobs minister Diana Gibson. It's really great to see the federal government coming to the table with such substantive movement. The provinces are expected to announce their plans to improve internal trade when they

meet with Onond again next Friday. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. U.S. President Donald Trump is keeping up the pressure on the president of Ukraine. Trump says Volodymyr Zelensky has no cards to play at peace talks with Russia. Chris Reyes has more. Following a meeting with U.S. governors at the White House, President Donald Trump took a public dig at Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelensky. He's been at a meeting for three years and nothing got done. So I don't think he's very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you. Trump was pressed to acknowledge that Putin started the war. The

president instead said this. Biden said the wrong things, Zelensky said the wrong things. They got attacked by somebody that's much bigger and much stronger. But Russia could have been talked out of that so easily. The U.S. has been applying pressure on the Ukrainian president on Trump's proposed deal to take a stake in Ukraine's rare earth mineral supply in exchange for security guarantees. National security adviser Mike Walz. President Zelensky is going to sign that deal. You will see that in the very short term. Zelensky has publicly rejected the deal while also accusing Trump of spreading misinformation.

Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. The bus driver who smashed into a daycare in Laval, Quebec in 2023, killing two children and injuring six others, will not face a jury trial. The Crown today agreed with the defense that Pierre-Ni Sanamon is not criminally responsible because of a psychiatric disorder. Apple will stop offering its strongest data protection in the UK. The company made the decision after reports the British government was demanding Apple build a back door to the program. That would mean all data would be accessible by Apple, which could be compelled to share it with British law enforcement.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.