The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/28 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: February 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/28 at 04:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. Ontario voters have chosen to stick with Doug Ford's progressive conservatives. What a night and what a result. Thank you so much. Together we have made history. Together we have secured a strong, historic third majority mandate. The PC's haven't achieved that in more than 65 years. Poll analyst Eric Grenier believes Donald Trump's tariff threat was the big issue. I do think it has played a big role in this campaign because while Doug Ford wanted to make the campaign about Donald Trump and the tariffs,

you know, the campaign itself might not have always dominated the news, but Donald Trump often has. So even when we weren't actually talking about the Ontario election, we were talking about the issue that Doug Ford wanted to run this campaign on. Merritt-Styles and the New Democrats will remain the official opposition, while the Liberals manage to edge back into official party status, leader Bonnie Cromby failed to win her riding. It's an issue consumer protection can't seem to get a handle on. A lot of people say they continue to get duped into pricey and unfair contracts for home heating and cooling equipment, all under the watch of a government that should be protecting them.

Here's Rosa Marcatelli from CBC's Marketplace. My name is Stacey and I agreed to a contract with Provincial Smart Home Services, initially at $27,000. Marketplace brought more than 80 people together to tell their stories about being taken by the same company, Provincial Smart Home Services. In all, they owe more than $1.5 million. They say Provincial made false promises when they bought heating and cooling equipment for their homes, and then locked them into these massive loans with financing companies they never agreed to do business with.

Provincial Smart Home Services is now facing charges under Ontario's Consumer Protection Act. The company says it followed all the rules, and it's now shut down. But that's no help to its customers, who are still on the hook for those loans. The Ontario government says it does have financial penalties in place. When asked how it plans to better protect consumers, it didn't respond. Rosa Marchitelli, CBC News, Toronto. For the full investigation, tune into CBC Marketplace tonight at 8, 8.30 in Newfoundland

on CBC Television and CBC Gem. The country's top court will rule on whether New Brunswick's lieutenant governor must be bilingual in order to be appointed. The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it will hear an appeal filed by the Acadian Society of New Brunswick. The case stems from the federal appointment of a unilingual lieutenant governor in 2019. Bobbi Jean McKinnon reports. It's a good day for New Brunswick, Francophone, Acadian.

Nicole Arsenault-Sleider is president of the Acadian Society of New Brunswick. Her group challenged the 2019 appointment of former Lieutenant Governor Brenda Murphy. Murphy made attempts to learn French but was not fluent. Arsenault-Sleider says the Constitution requires New Brunswick's Lieutenant Governor to be bilingual. Well, it's an important position in New Brunswick and we are the only bilingual province in Canada. The Acadian Society won its case in 2022 at the Superior Trial Court for the province. Chief Justice Tracy DeWeer ruled that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms imposes a bilingualism requirement not just on the institution but on the person holding the position of Lieutenant Governor.

But the New Brunswick Court of Appeal overturned that decision last May. It ruled that while people appointed to the position should ideally be fluent in the province's two official languages, the charter does not require it. No date for the hearing has been set yet. Bobbi Jean McKinnon, CBC News, St. John. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with Donald Trump today at the White House. He's expected to sign an agreement on giving the U.S. access to Ukraine's critical minerals.

Zelensky said the success of that deal will depend on discussions with Trump since a framework does not provide any firm security guarantees from the U.S. Trump's looking to recover some of the financial and military support it's provided Ukraine while reducing U.S. reliance on China. That is Your World This Hour. For news anytime, visit our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.