The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 11:00 EDT

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After a six-week race, the day has come for the Liberal Party to pick its next leader. The winner will replace Justin Trudeau after nearly 10 years of serving as Prime Minister. But that person does not become Prime Minister automatically. Justin Trudeau must first hand in his resignation to Governor General Mary Simon. CBC Radio 1 will have dedicated coverage hosted by Susan Bonner of Your World Tonight and Catherine Cullen of The House. That begins just before 5 p.m. Eastern. Whoever becomes the next leader of the country will need to guide it through a heated trade war with our neighbors to the south.

The 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico are all about border security and fentanyl, so says US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. When speaking to NBC's Meet the Press, he says the tariffs will only be lifted when the flow of fentanyl into the US stops. It's important for the president to talk to the leaders of both Canada and Mexico. Get them to shut the border, shut the fentanyl coming into the country. This is the way you run the country. You shut the border, you get our neighbors to do their job. It's not only us who has to do their job.

Why are our neighbors who live and breathe off our economy not taking care of America? Canada and Mexico has received a temporary reprieve from the levees until early April. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Canada Wednesday, and tariffs will likely be on the agenda. About 1,200 people who live in the small U.S. 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, making 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.

Syria is facing some of the worst violence since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad last December. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than a thousand people have died since the violence erupted Thursday. It claims members of Assad's minority Alawite sect are being targeted. Crystal Guamansing reports from Jerusalem. A social media video shows a crowd near the Latakia airport and a Russian military base chanting, people want Russian protection.

Other graphic videos of bloodied bodies on the streets have also surfaced. Violets returned to several of Syria's coastal cities, including Latakia and Tardis, at the end of last week. Truckloads of government forces were sent to the region after fighters still loyal to deposed leader Bashar al-Assad attacked government-run checkpoints. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than 700 civilians have been killed in around 30 massacres targeting members of Assad's Alawite community.

Possible revenge killings against the minority group. Assad was overthrown in December and fled to Russia. Crystal Gamancing, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is 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. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.