The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 06:00 EDT

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I'm Gina Louise Phillips. After a six-week race, the Liberal Party will pick its next leader today in Ottawa, the winner going on to replace Justin Trudeau after ten years of serving as Prime Minister. Olivia Stefanovic brings us that story. I'm ready to give everything for Canada. As the former governor of the banks of England and Canada, Mark Carney knows what it's like to deal with crises. Now he says he's ready to take on US President Donald Trump.

Who is ready to help the Liberal Party win the most consequential election of our lifetimes? Carney has the most fundraising and Liberal caucus endorsements, but he doesn't have as much political experience as Christia Freeland. As Prime Minister, my approach would be united, strong, and smart. Freeland went toe-to-toe with Trump when she led Canada's negotiations for the new North American Free Trade Agreement. His nickname for me was the killer. Former Liberal House leader Karina Gould and Frank Bayliss, a former Liberal MP and Montreal businessman, are also in the running. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa.

And CBC Radio 1 will have special coverage of the Liberal leadership results. Join your World Tonight hosts Susan Bonner and Catherine Cullen of The House just before 5 p.m. Eastern. About 1,200 people who live in the small US enclave of Point Roberts Washington are trapped in the middle of the trade war. The tiny beach community sits just south of the 49th parallel. That makes it uniquely vulnerable. It can only be reached by driving through Canada. Yvette Brand reports. A Canadian flag flaps at the entrance to the Saltwater Cafe. Dual citizen and cafe owner Tamara Hanson sits at one of the empty tables that used to be packed with Canadians. If I don't do well in the next few months here, I might have to close my doors.

Dual citizen and 20-year Point Roberts resident Brian Calder is circulating bumper stickers that read Point Roberts Washington supports Canada. 90% of our economic activity comes from British Columbia. Calder is petitioning BC Premier David Eby to exempt this community from retaliatory tariffs. Here they rely on Canada for business, drinking water and even electricity. Take that away and say we're not coming to Point Roberts anymore. We're done. Business here is slower than during the pandemic. But some Canadians like Bob Cook still come.

Well, what's more valuable to you than a friend? He says he will keep supporting these longtime friends as long as this place survives. Yvette Brand, CBC News, Point Roberts, Washington. And then there are some small Canadian businesses who are getting a boost from anti-American sentiment. Gloria Van Wart owns Glorified by Society, a candle and fragrance company in Greeley, Ontario, near Ottawa. She says she's seen a 20% spike in candle sales since Trump started talking about

Canada becoming a 51st state. And Van Wart thinks it's more than just a passing trend. Since I've made my company so based on local providers, I don't see any problem with the foreseeable future or the tariffs because we're just doubling down and we're getting busier and busier, which is great. She credits the sales boost to the bi-Canadian movement. Blue rodeo's Jim Cuddy has composed a musical lament for the strained relationships between Canada and the U.S. Oh no, what went wrong? We used to be the singers in a two-part song.

Guess all good things come to an end, but we used to be the best of friends. He references historic events like 9-11, Watergate, and the JFK assassination, as well as American cultural icons like Dick Van Dyke and Bruce Springsteen. And it expresses hopes the relationship can be repaired. Cuddies posted the song to social media. Daylight saving time is now in effect across the country, so if you haven't already set your clocks going forward, you might want to do that, except for provinces that don't observe daylight saving time, including Yukon and parts of Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec,

BC and Nunavut. And that's it for your World This Hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips.