The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 22:00 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 Neil Herland. The Federal Liberal Party has chosen Mark Carney as its new leader and the next Prime Minister of Canada. Carney is the former central bank governor in both this country and England.

He won a landslide victory tonight among party members even though he's never been elected in the House of Commons. The CBC's Tom Perry begins our coverage from Ottawa tonight. The next Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney. In the end there was no upset. Mark Carney, the former governor of the minister of Canada, Mark Carney. In the end, there was no upset. Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, crushed his three opponents to claim the Liberal leadership. Who's ready to stand up for Canada with me? Carney took more than 130,000 votes,

more than 10 times the number received by second-place finisher Christia Freeland. In his acceptance speech, Carney vowed that as leader and prime minister, he will continue the fight against U.S. President Donald Trump and his tariffs. They should make no mistake, in trade as in hockey, Canada will win. Carney says he'll keep reciprocal tariffs in place until the U.S. shows Canada respect, and vowed yet again this country will never become America's 51st state. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland came in a distant second place with 8% of

the vote and quickly threw her support behind the new liberal leader. Mark has a very clear mandate, very clear support. Our party now is in an excellent position to fight and win in the next general election. We must and we will beat Pierre Poliev. Former government house leader Karina Gould was third with 3.2%. I'm super happy with the campaign that I ran. I'm very proud of the team that we built and the momentum that we built across the country. We chose our next leader tonight and we are united liberals and that's something that is really important and now it's our job to stick together and to take this fight to Pierpaulio.

And former Montreal MP Frank Baylis came in fourth with 3%. Carney will become Prime Minister after being sworn in by the governor general. Last week Trudeau says he expects the transition to happen in the coming days or week. Even before the votes were counted, conservative leader Pierre Poliev went on the attack against 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. Poliev was speaking at a rally in London, Ontario, and on the platform X tonight he says liberals are trying to trick Canadians into electing them for a fourth term by replacing

Trudeau with his economic adviser Mark Carney. The trade war with the U.S. will be Carney's biggest policy problem. Officials from the Trump administration were giving interviews today defending the president's tariff plan. Steve Futterman reports. On the Sunday talk shows one of the major subjects was tariffs and Donald Trump's top economic aide Kevin Hassett claimed the initial tariffs have had nothing to do with trade. We launched a drug war not a trade war and it was part of a

negotiation to get Canada and Mexico to stop shipping fentanyl across our borders. Even though Trump has repeatedly talked about what he calls unfair trade practices, his Commerce Secretary Howard Ludnick also insisted the tariffs are about fentanyl. If fentanyl ends, I think these will come off. But if fentanyl does not end, they will stay. Canada's ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, shows her words carefully, expressing hope that Justin Trudeau's successor will start with a clean slate. I think our new prime minister, when that person comes in, will prioritize trying to

have a good and healthy and productive relationship with the president. But so far, Trump's tariff policy has felt like a roller coaster ride. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Washington. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.