The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 16:00 EDT

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

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 Julie-Ann Hazelwood. Votes are being tallied and we should know in the next few hours who will be the new liberal leader

and prime minister-designate. The party says just over 150,000 liberals voted. Rosemary Barton tells us what to expect today and in the next few weeks. The front-runner continues to be Mark Carney. We found out over the past couple of days that he's raised more than four million dollars in two months. A 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. Rosemary Barton reporting.

CBC Radio 1 will have special coverage of the liberal leadership race and results beginning just before 5 p.m. Eastern, hosted by Susan Bonner of Your World Tonight and Catherine Cullen of The House. Even before the votes are counted and an election is called, Conservative leader Pierre Polyev is attacking Mark Carney. Donald Trump will have a big smile on his face as he exploits all of Carney's many conflicts to attack Canadian workers and Canadian jobs. But we conservatives won't let either of them do it.

We will put Canada first. Paul Yev did not provide any evidence Carney has conflicts of interest. He was speaking at a rally in London, Ontario. 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, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says yes, 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. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Canada Wednesday for a meeting of G7 foreign

ministers and tariffs will likely be on the agenda. Saskatchewan farmers are feeling the pressure of an escalating global trade war. China announced retaliatory tariffs yesterday, including a 100 percent levy on canola oil and pea imports and a 25% duty on Canadian pork and seafood. This is in response to the federal government's decision last fall to put a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles. Bill Bilsky is president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. I'm not surprised but obviously disappointed particularly in

light of the escalating trade war with the United States. So as producers we feel like we're almost being caught in the middle and being used as pawns in this dispute. Propilski says Canola is the cornerstone of Saskatchewan's economy with about 20 million acres seeded every year. Canola alone is worth almost $5 billion in exports. Three suspects remain at large after a Friday night shooting at a Toronto pub. 12 people were injured, seven suffering gunshot wounds,

but all are expected to recover. Toronto City Councillor Michael Thompson was at the scene on Saturday. I'm beyond mad of course, but just sad and shocked that this has occurred. 12 people altogether have basically had this traumatic effect immediately. But expanding that into the community as a whole. The community is saddened and shocked. I've had a number of phone calls this morning from residents asking what the heck is going on. Police are urging anyone with information about the shooting to contact them. And that is your World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.