The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 13:00 EDT

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But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Juliane Hazelwood. Today we'll find out who will be the next Liberal Leader and Canada's next Prime Minister designate.

Four contenders are in the running, front runner Mark Carney along with Christia Freeland, Karina Gould and Frank Bayless. Voting closes at 3 p.m. Eastern and the results will be announced a few hours later. JP Tasker is at the Liberal Convention in Ottawa. Now 148,000 liberals have voted so far in this race we know that 163,000 have been verified so there'll be more people voting today they have until 3 p. So there'll be more people voting today. They have until 3 p.m. Eastern to get those ballots in.

The former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is the clear front runner in this race. He's pulled in four and a half million dollars in donations. He also has the overwhelming support of caucus, MPs and cabinet ministers. Dozens of them have lined up behind his candidacy, leaving all the other candidates in the dust, frankly, when it comes to endorsements. Now it is a ranked ballot, so there could be some upsets tonight.

It's certainly possible with a ranked ballot. So Christia Freeland, Frank Bayless, Karina Gould, the other candidates in this race are hoping to see an upset despite Mark Carney having overwhelming support among caucus and a huge haul in donations. J.P. Tasker reporting from the Liberal Convention in Ottawa. CBC Radio will have special coverage of the Liberal leadership results starting just before 5 p.m. Eastern hosted by Susan Bonner

and Catherine Cullen. Whoever becomes the next leader of the country will have to deal with a heated trade war with our biggest trading partner. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the dispute is not really about fentanyl and illegal migrants, the reason President Trump has cited. But today, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said those are the issues. 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? A few days ago, Trump gave Canada and Mexico a temporary reprieve saying 25 percent tariffs will not be imposed until April 2nd. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Canada Wednesday and tariffs will likely be on the agenda. An armed man was shot by US Secret Service agents near the White House early today. In a statement the Secret Service said a

quote suicidal individual brandished a firearm. He was shot and wounded during the confrontation. His condition isn't known. No one else was injured. US President Donald Trump was at his Palm Beach Florida resort Mar-a-Lago at the time. Syria is facing escalating violence. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than a thousand people have been killed since Thursday in clashes between regime fighters and members of former President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority. Krystle Guamantse has the latest. 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. Violence 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. A reminder that CBC Radio will have special coverage of the liberal leadership results starting just before 5 p.m. Eastern, hosted by Susan Bonner and Catherine Cullen. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.