The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/28 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: February 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/28 at 06:00 EST

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I'm Joe Cummings. First to the Ontario election and another win for Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservative Party. Together we have made history. Together we have secured a strong historic third majority mandate. That's a PC leader celebrating his party's victory. The third straight majority is something the province hasn't seen in more than 60 years. And polling analyst Eric Grenier says the Ford campaign was helped significantly by

Donald Trump's tariff threats. 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. As for the New Democrats and leader Merritt Stiles, they remain the official opposition. And while the Liberals managed to earn back their official party status, leader Bonnie

Crombie will not be going to Queens Park. She failed to win her home writing. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky meets today at the White House with US President Donald Trump. And he's expected to sign an agreement that will give the US access to Ukraine's rare mineral deposits. It's not clear what security measures or military guarantees Ukraine can expect in return, but Trump has said he's looking to recover some of the costs the U.S. has paid out in backing

the Ukrainian war effort. It's an issue consumer protection officials are struggling to get control of. Canadians continue to get duped into pricey and unfair contracts for home heating and cooling equipment. Rosa Markatelli with CBC's Marketplace, that's more. 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 Marcitelli, CBC News, Toronto. The Supreme Court of Canada will be ruling on whether New Brunswick's Lieutenant Governor has to be bilingual in order to be appointed. The Supreme Court announced earlier this week it will hear an appeal filed by the

Acadian Society of New Brunswick. Bobbie Jean McKinnon has a story. 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 G. McKinnon, CBC News, St. John. And that is The World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour, seven days a week. And for news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.