The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/15 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/15 at 03:00 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 is Our, I'm Neil Kumar. Just hours after he was sworn in as Canada's 24th Prime Minister, Mark Carney acts the tax. During his first cabinet meeting,

he signed an order in council, getting rid of the un Carney acts the tax. During his first cabinet meeting, he signed an order in council getting rid of the unpopular consumer carbon tax. Tom Perry has more. We've already taken a big decision as this cabinet. Mark Carney's first act as Prime Minister undoing one of the marquee policies of his predecessor, Justin Trudeau. Carney signing an order in council eliminating the consumer fuel charge known to most Canadians as the carbon tax.

It's my honour on behalf of my colleagues to sign this order. Final rebate checks will go out in April. Conservative leader Pierre Pollyaev, who has campaigned on a slogan of Axe the Tax, says Carney's move is a ruse to fool voters in the next election. And after that election, if God forbid he were reelected, there would be a bigger carbon tax than ever before because Carney would no longer need your vote, but he'd still need your money. Carney has not yet said when that election will come. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa.

The announcement came just hours after Carney and his somewhat smaller cabinet were sworn in at Rideau Hall. David Thirt reports on who's in it. We have new ministers with new ideas, ready to respond to new threats and to seize new opportunities. Just days after becoming Liberal leader, Mark Carney isn't wasting time. The new Prime Minister filling his cabinet with new and familiar faces. Good day for Canada.

Francois-Philippe Champagne is finance minister. Other key ministers in the tariff war, Melanie Jolie, Jonathan Wilkinson and David McGinty, keep their old jobs. While Dominic LeBlanc now focuses on the relationship with the U.S. and provincial premiers. To execute the powers and trusts as minister of international trade and intergovernmental affairs. 24 ministers instead of 35 plus, among them some rookies. Ontario MP Ariel Kayabaga as house leader and Nova Scotia MP Cody Blois in agriculture. The team, Carney says, that will grow the economy and defend Canada in the trade war.

David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Canada's sovereignty wasn't on the official agenda at the meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Quebec, but as Kate McKenna reports, it was still a topic of discussion. The president has made his argument as to why he thinks Canada would be better off joining the United States for economic purposes. During his visit to Canada, U.S US Secretary of State Marco Rubio downplayed Donald Trump's annexation threat as a disagreement between governments. There's a disagreement between the president's position and the position of the Canadian government.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said that's underselling Canada's stance. It's crazy. His point is crazy. That's it. A meeting of G7 foreign ministers has wrapped in Charlevoix, Quebec. Though Canadian sovereignty wasn't on the agenda, other ministers, including Germany's Annalena Baerbach, offered solidarity. Canada's unity inspires us. Despite Rubio's comments, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie says it was

a good meeting, with ministers unanimously agreeing to support the US brokered ceasefire proposal in Ukraine. Kate McKenna, CBC News, L'Amélie-Bé, Quebec. Foreign ministers at the G7 also issued a warning to the Kremlin. In a joint statement the group threatened more sanctions on Russia if it does not agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine. The US is hoping Vladimir Putin will accept the American back proposal. Donald Trump posted on social media that he spoke with the Russian president and believes there is a good chance the war will end soon. Putin has said he agrees with parts of the deal, but several details still need to be worked out.

Hudson's Bay says it will begin liquidating its entire business as soon as next week unless it finds a more viable path forward. The department store chain has 80 stores and says it has now been forced toward a full liquidation because exhaustive efforts haven't turned up the financing the company needs to restructure. Hudson Bay is Canada's oldest company. And that is your World of the Sour. Remember you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven

days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.