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

Episode Date: March 9, 2025

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

What do you see when you look around? Lively cities, growing neighborhoods, things that connect us. For those into skilled trades, it's a world they helped create. Discover more than 300 careers, paid apprenticeships, and the unmatched feeling of saying, I made that. Learn more at Canada.ca slash skilled trades. A message from the government of Canada. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Today, the Liberal Party of

Canada will pick its new leader. That person will take over for Justin Trudeau, who has led the country for nearly 10 years. But the winner of today's race does not become prime minister automatically. The host of CBC's Rosemary Barton Live tells us what's ahead, who's ahead, and what we can expect in the days to come. The front-runner continues to be Mark Carney. We found out over the past couple of days that he's raised more than $4 million in two months, very large

amount of money in a short amount of time. And he certainly has the vast amount of caucus support and cabinet support. If it turns out to be Mr. Carney, he of course doesn't have a seat in the House of Commons either. So there's a strong expectation that we could find ourselves in an election in just a matter of weeks. If one of the other people win, there is still a very strong possibility of an election because of the crisis that we are facing by the United States and Donald Trump. There is a feeling in Ottawa that whatever government is needed, we'll need a strong mandate from Canadians about how to take on Donald Trump going forward. Hosting CBC Radio 1 will have dedicated coverage hosted by Susan Bonner of Your World Tonight

and Catherine Cullen of The House. That all begins just before 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Toronto library workers say a dramatic increase in workplace violence is one reason they voted in favour of a strike. As Philip Lee Shannock reports, the issue is also being seen in other Canadian cities. Increases of physical incidents with people getting spat on. Brandon Hayes says the 2,300 employees of the busiest public library system in North America have had to deal with two to three times as many violent incidents in recent years. There is an increase in you know disruptive behavior in cases of harassment. Problems like understaffing, reliance

on part-time workers, a lack of security support need to be resolved in contract negotiations. And not just libraries. Safety issues are a growing problem on public transit. Jean-Selin Latilip, head of security for Montreal's transit system, says in the last year, incidents have spiked 40 percent. Between drug users and homeless people, we're faced with something that is not our real mandate. La Tulipe says public servants increasingly are bearing the brunt of larger social problems. Phil Dishanak, CBC News, Toronto.

In Washington Saturday night, drag performers led the way as hundreds of demonstrators protested Donald Trump's takeover of cultural institution, the Kennedy Center. Stay with me. Our art is not a pot. Last month, Trump fired the center's board and named himself chair. And all programming seen as promoting diversity, equity and inclusion was purged. Protesters are calling on Congress to end what they say are attempts to criminalize gender nonconformity. China's army is warning Taiwan this morning it will tighten its quote

noose around the island if separatists don't back off. Many people in Taiwan are saying they're unsettled about the future of its most important industry, the manufacturing of computer chips. The world's largest chip maker, TSMC, announced it will build a new $100 billion factory in the US. Patrick Fock. Oh, moving on. And that is your World This Hour. We have one more story for you.

It is daylight saving time. It's now in effect across the country. So if you haven't already set your clocks forward, you might want to go ahead and do that. Except for provinces that don't observe it, like Yukon, parts of Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, BC, and Nunavut. And that is all for Your World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. You can listen to us anytime on voice-activated devices also, such as Google Home. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks so much for listening. Thanks for watching!