The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: February 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 06:00 EST

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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, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. The four candidates looking to succeed Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party faced

each other last night in the first debate of the leadership campaign. The debate was in French, which for frontrunner Mark Carney proved to be a problem at times. Tom Perry reports. It was a remarkably polite affair, the four candidates for liberal leadership avoiding any harsh attacks on each other, focusing instead on who would be best to take on a common foe, U.S. President Donald Trump. Former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland pointing out she negotiated a new North American free trade agreement with the first Trump administration. Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, at times, stumbled in French.

Carney's rivals correcting him during a discussion on the Middle East when he mistakenly said he agreed with Hamas. The two other contenders, businessman and former Liberal MP Frank Bayless and former government house leader Karina Gould, both more fluent and more comfortable on this night. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. The English language debate is set for tonight again in Montreal. China's foreign ministry has lodged a diplomatic protest against Canada. It follows a new round of sanctions issued yesterday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

They target 76 Chinese individuals and entities that Ottawa claims are supporting Russia's military campaign against Ukraine. Beijing says the Canadian measures lack a basis in international law. Canada's construction industry and specifically the home construction industry is watching on with concern as the Trump administration's tariff threats approach. And it's to the point where certain projects are already being affected even before any trade action kicks off. Lauren Bird explains. Lauren Bird Steel is on a long list of items the Canadian

government says it will tariff in response to Donald Trump's tariff threats. Much of that list are things required for building homes in high rises. Flooring, shingles, windows, lumber. When those costs go up for builders, eventually it goes up for the buyer. Scott Anderson is the head

of the Ontario Home Builders Association. Anything that is in high demand going into home construction, cement, rebar, things like that, if there are terrorists that are hitting those, it's just going to continue to drive the costs up. But some builders may decide the added cost is too much to make a project viable. Michael Brooks is the head of the Real Property Association of Canada, which represents the real estate investment and development sector. I've already heard about projects for new housing, new apartments being shelved, just

because of the uncertainty. And for a country already in a housing crisis, experts say anything that makes housing more expensive or harder to build will likely lead to supply issues down the road. Lauren Byrd, CBC News, Toronto. We're getting more details now on Sunday's attempted murder of a six-year-old boy in Halifax. And it includes the fact that the suspect in the attack was known to police. Kayla Hounsell reports. It happened in the middle of the afternoon on a busy transit thoroughfare in downtown Halifax.

A six-year-old boy stabbed multiple times, attacked by someone he doesn't know, taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. It's a very, very tragic incident. Halifax regional police constable Martin Cromwell says officers were called around 1.20 Sunday. Police say one of the boy's parents was instrumental in ensuring the suspect remained on scene. Investigators have charged 19-year-old Elliot Chorny with attempted murder and possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace.

Crown attorney Michael Cody is prosecuting the case. I confirm these are very serious allegations, of course very tragic. Court documents show Chorny is also facing a previous assault charge. Nova Scotia Health says she was allegedly involved in an incident at a Halifax hospital last month. Kayla Hounsell, CBC News, Halifax. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.